Jack Cheatham
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Jack Cheatham.
Born: December 28, 1894
Place of Birth: Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Known For
The Undie-World
A gangster is smitten with the two girls in the next apartment. With the help of his violinist friend he gets acquainted with the girls by posing as a musician.
It's a Wonderful Life
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
The Marshal Of Mesa City
A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
The Thin Man
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
If You Could Only Cook
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
The Killers
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
You Only Live Once
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.
The Petrified Forest
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
This Gun for Hire
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
Filmography
as Cop (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Policeman
as Brandon
as Cop Arresting Violet (uncredited)
as Cop (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Museum Attendant (Uncredited)
as Police Driver (uncredited)
as Jailer (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Policeman
as Commander (uncredited)
as The Turnkey (uncredited)
as Deputy (uncredited)
as Policeman
as Policeman
as Bailiff (uncredited)
as Police Officer Finnegan (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Detective Outside Movie Theater (uncredited)
as Tim
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
as Agent Frank [Chs. 3-5, 8-9, 15]
as Duke
as Agent Martin
as Moving Man #1 (uncredited)
as Reporter
as Pete - Steelmill Watchman
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
as Stakeout Cop
as First Cop at Building Collapse (uncredited)
as Cop / Detective Charlie
as Patrolman Olson
as Detective (uncredited)
as Jailer
as Policeman
as Bailiff (uncredited)
as Police Officer (uncredited)
as Cop
as 1st Detective (uncredited)
as Rioter
as Jack - Bartender
as Fireman
as (uncredited)
as Keeper
as Prison Hospital Guard (uncredited)
as Police Officer (uncredited)
as Townsman in Mob
as Radio Patrolman (uncredited)
as Cop (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Guard (uncredited)
as Deputy (uncredited)
as Police Officer Burns (Uncredited)
as Cop (uncredited)
as Constable Clark
as Simmons' Burly (uncredited)
as Radio Sgt. Meyers
as Barnes - Secret Service
as Police Officer (uncredited)
as Detective (uncredited)
as Detective (uncredited)
as Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
as Second Cop
as Gangster
as Doorman (uncredited)
as Policeman Posing for Picture (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
as Cop (uncredited)
as Jackson Heights Newspaper Reporter
as Rumrunner
as Guard House Sentry (uncredited)