Jack Perrin

American actor (1896–1967)

Josephine Hill

(m. 1920; div. 1937)

Ethel Compton

(m. 1943)

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Jack Perrin (born Lyman Wakefield Perrin; July 25, 1896 – December 17, 1967) was an American actor specializing in Westerns.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Perrin was born in Three Rivers, Michigan. His father worked in real estate and relocated the family to Los Angeles, California shortly after the start of the 20th century.^[1]

Career

Perrin served in the United States Navy during World War I. Following the war, he returned to Los Angeles and started acting for Universal Studios. His first on-screen appearance was in the 1917 film Luke's Lost Liberty alongside Harold Lloyd. During the 1920s, Perrin made a name for himself, starring in a number of cliffhanger, melodrama, and serial films. Perrin found a niche in B-movie Westerns of the 1930s. He usually played leads as Jack Perrin, but occasionally adopted the pseudonyms Jack Gable or Richard (Dick) Terry.^[2]

In 1960 Perrin appeared (uncredited) as Barfly on Cheyenne in the episode titled "Alibi for the Scalped Man." ^{[citation needed]} In 1961 Perrin appeared (uncredited) as a Courtroom Spectator on the TV western Lawman in the episode titled "Detweiler's Kid." That same year he also appeared (uncredited) as Barfly on Lawman in the episode titled "Owny O'Reilly" and also (uncredited) as a Townsman on Bat Masterson in the episode titled "Episode In Eden."

Perrin's last major role was as Davy Crockett in 1937's The Painted Stallion, for Republic Pictures. Though he continued making films through 1960, many of his later roles were minor and often went un-credited.^[3]

For his contributions as an actor in motion pictures, Jack Perrin was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1777 Vine Street, in Hollywood, California.^[4]

Family

Perrin married silent film actress Josephine Hill in 1920 and the two divorced in 1937.^[4]

Death

Perrin suffered a heart attack and died December 17, 1967, aged 71.

Selected filmography

Black Eyes and Blue (Short) (1916) as Diner
His Last Scent (Short) (1916)
Luke's Lost Liberty (Short) (1917)
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life (Short) (1917)
Cactus Nell (Short) (1917) as Banjo Player
A Royal Rogue (Short) (1917)
His Speedy Finish (Short) (1917) as Cop
His Sudden Rival (Short) (1917)
His Unconscious Conscience (Short) (1917)
His Marriage Failure (Short) (1917)
A Love Case (Short) (1917)
Adventurous Ambrose (Short) (1918) as U.R. Dunn the First
Ambrose, the Lion Hearted (Short) (1918) as Hair-Oil Hal
Ambrose's Icy Love (Short) (1918) as Jack Frost
Ambrose and His Widow (Short) (1918)
The Wild Rider (Short) (1919)
Cyclone Smith Plays Trumps (Short) (1919)
Cyclone Smith's Comeback (Short) (1919)
Cyclone Smith's Partner (Short) (1919)
Two Men of Tinted Butte (Short) (1919)
At the Point of a Gun (Short) (1919)
Toton (1919) as Carew
The Lion Man (1919) as Jim Westcott
The Jack of Hearts (Short) (1919) as Jack the Man
The Four-Bit Man (Short) (1919)
The Fighting Heart (Short) (1919)
Blind Husbands (1919) as Honeymooner
One He Man (Short) (1920)
Pink Tights (1920) as Reverend Jonathan Meek
Lahoma (1920) as Will Compton
The Adorable Savage (1920) as Templeton
The Grip of the Law (Short) (1921) as Cal Newton
The Pony Express Rider (Short) (1921)
Big Bob (Short) (1921) as Big Bob the Texas Ranger
The Midnight Raiders (Short) (1921) as Jack
The Knockout Man (Short) (1921) as Dick Conlon
The Trigger Trail (Short) (1921) as Lone McCarthy
Double-Crossed (Short) (1921)
The Outlaw (Short) (1921) as Dandy Dan the Outlaw
The Guilty Trail (Short) (1921) as Art Somers
The Danger Man (Short) (1921)
Stand Up and Fight (Short) (1921)
Fighting Blood (Short) (1921)
Valley of the Rogues (Short) (1921)
Rim of the Desert (Short) (1921)
Both Barrels (Short) (1921) as Jack Henderson
A Battle of Wits (Short) (1921) as Bud Harris
In the Nick of Time (Short) (1921) as Jack Peat
The Match-Breaker (1921) as Thomas Butler, Jr.
Partners of the Tide (1921) as Bradley Nickerson
The Torrent (1921) as Lieutenant Paul Mack
The Rage of Paris (1921) as Gordon Talbut
A Blue-Jacket's Honor (Short) (1922)
The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy (Short) (1922)
The Phantom Terror (Short) (1922)
The Guttersnipe (1922) as Tom Gilroy
The Dangerous Little Demon (1922) as Kenneth Graham
The Trouper (1922) as Herman Jenks
One of Three (Short) (1923)
The Showdown (Short) (1923)
Under Secret Orders (Short) (1923) as Robert Gordon
Mary of the Movies (1923) as Jack
The Santa Fe Trail (1923) as Kit Carson
The Fighting Skipper (1923)
Western Justice (1923)
Golden Silence (1923)
The Lone Horseman (1923) as Harry Elliott
Those who Dance (1924) as Frank Church
Riders of the Plains (1924)
Ridin' West (1924)
Up and at 'Em (1924)
Virginian Outcast (1924) as The Stranger
Why Get Married? (1924) as Jack Wainwright
Crashin' Through (1924) as Jack Lawton
Coyote Fangs (1924) as Jack Burroughs
Travelin' Fast (1924) as Jack Foster
Lightnin' Jack (1924) as Lightnin' Jack Hardy
Shootin' Square (1924) as Dan Dawson
Double Fisted (1925)
Canyon Rustlers (1925)
Winning a Woman (1925)
Desert Madness (1925)
Border Vengeance (1925) as Wes Channing
The Knockout Kid (1925) as Jack Lanning
Silent Sheldon (1925) as Jack 'Silent' Sheldon
Cactus Trails (1925) as Jack Wiley
Dangerous Fists (1925) as Jack Pearson
Starlight, the Untamed (1925) as Jack Barham
Mistaken Orders (1925) as Tom Lawson
The Open Switch (1925) as Jack Strong
Starlight's Revenge (1926)
The Grey Devil (1926)
A Ridin' Gent (1926)
Dangerous Traffic (1926) as Tom Kennedy
The Thunderbolt Strikes (1926) as Jack Carson
The Man from Oklahoma (1926) as Man from Oklahoma
Midnight Faces (1926) as Richard Mason
West of the Rainbow's End (1926) as Don Brandon
Hi-Jacking Rustlers (1926) as Larry Benson
Danger Ahead (1927 film) (Short)
Blind Man's Bluff (1927 film) (Short) (1927) as Bob MacKeller
South of the Northern Lights (Short) (1927) as Corporal Jack
King of Hearts (1927 film) (Short) as Dick O'Malley, R.C.M.P.
Code of the Range (film) (1927)
Thunderbolt's Tracks (1927) as Sergeant Larry Donovan
Fire and Steel (1927) as Terry O'Farrell
The Laffin' Fool (1927) as Jack
Where the North Holds Sway (1927) as Rance Raine, R.N.W.M.P.
Sealed Orders (1928 film) (Short) (1928) as Bruce Wallace, R.C.M.P.
Bare Fists (1928 film) (Short) (1928) as Jerry Masters, R.C.M.P.
The Ruse (1928 film) (Short) (1928) as John Allen R.C.M.P.
The Iron Code (Short) (1928) as Bob Frazer R.C.M.P.
The Dangerous Trail (Short) (1928) as Paul O'Malley R.C.M.P.
Yukon Gold (1928 film) (Short) (1928) as Bob McKenzie R.C.M.P.
The Ring Leader (1928 film) (Short) (1928) as The Mountie
The Code of the Mounted (1928 film) (Short) (1928) as The Mountie
Madden of the Mounted (Short) (1928) as Madden of the Mounted
Vultures of the Sea (1928)
The Vanishing West (1928) as Jack Marvin
Wild Blood (1928) as Jack Crosby
The Water Hole (1928) as Ray
Two Outlaws (1928) as Phil Manners / The Lone Rider
Guardians of the Wild (1928) as Jerry Lane
Go Get 'Em Kid (Short) (1929)
Hoofbeats of Vengeance (1929) as Sergeant Jack Gordon
Overland Bound (1929) as Larry Withers / Jimmy Winters
The Harvest of Hate (1929) as Jack Merritt
Plunging Hoofs (1929) as Parson Jed Campbell
The Lone Star Ranger (1930 film) (1930) as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
The Jade Box (1930) as Jack Lamar
Romance of the West (1930) as Jack Walsh
Beyond the Rio Grande (1930) as Bert Allen
The Apache Kid's Escape (1930) as Jim the Apache Kid
The Phantom of the Desert (1930) as Jack Saunders
Ridin' Law (1930) as Jack Rowland
Lariats and Six-Shooters (1931) as Jack
Wild West Whoopee (1931) as Jim Logan
Trails of Danger (1931) as Sheriff Johnson
The Sheriff's Secret (1931) as Jack Rawlins
Two-Gun Caballero (1931) as Sheriff
The Kid from Arizona (1931) as Marshal Jack
The Mystery Trooper (1931) as Mountie (uncredited)
The Sign of the Wolf (1931) as Jack (uncredited)
45 Calibre Echo (1932) as Jack
Between Fighting Men (1932) as Pete the Henchman
Dynamite Ranch (1932) as Jack the Henchman
Movie Crazy (1932) as Man in Screening Room (uncredited)
Hell Fire Austin (1932) as Curley the Henchman
Jaws of Justice (1933) as Sergeant Kinkaid
The Mystery Squadron (1933) as Roberts the Mystery Flyer
The Whispering Shadow (1933) as Williams the Henchman (uncredited)
The Big Race (1934) as Riley
Rawhide Mail (1934) as Jack Reed
Mystery Ranch (1934) as George Andrews
Arizona Nights (Short) (1934) as Bud Regan
Rainbow Riders (Short) (1934) as Bud Regan
Girl Trouble (Short) (1934) as Bud Adams
The Cactus Kid (1935) as Jack Durant
Loser's End (1935) as Jack
North of Arizona (1935) as Jack Loomis
Wolf Riders (1935) as Jack Jennings
Texas Jack (1935) Texas Jack Carrol
Wildcat Saunders (1936) as Wildcat Saunders
Desert Justice (1936) as Jack Rankin
Hair-Trigger Casey (1936) as Captain Frank Hair-Trigger Casey
Gun Grit (1936) as Bob Blake
Arizona Mahoney (1936) as Stevens the Henchman (uncredited)
Go West Young Man (1936) as Cop (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger (1936) as Guard (uncredited)
Reckless Ranger (1937) as Chet Newton
San Quentin (1937) as Hank (uncredited)
The Painted Stallion (1937) as Davy Crockett
The Last Train from Madrid (1937) as Guard (uncredited)
The Wrong Road (1937) as Policeman (uncredited)
The 13th Man (1937) as Policeman (uncredited)
Young Dynamite (1937) as Trooper at Map (uncredited)
Wells Fargo (1937) as Scout (uncredited)
The Mysterious Pilot (1937) as Thompson (uncredited)
The Trigger Trio (1937) as Henchman (uncredited)
The Purple Vigilantes (1938) as Duncan
The Pal from Texas (1939) as Sheriff
West of Pinto Basin (1940) as Ware
Under Age (1941) as Grant
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957) (Season 3 Episode 13: "Night of the Execution") as Man Exiting Courtroom

References

^ "Jack Perrin - Hollywood Star Walk - Los Angeles Times". projects.latimes.com. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
^ "The Rifleman - One Timers Only P - 2 of 5 pages". www.riflemanconnors.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
^ "Jack Perrin papers". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Jack Perrin". Archived from the original on December 2, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2017.