Jack Egan
Acting
Biography
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Born: November 3, 1904
Place of Birth: Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Citizen Kane
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
There Goes My Heart
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
Nothing But the Truth
A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twenty-four hours.
Harold Teen
Farmboy Harold moves to the city and there attends high school. Soon he is very popular, his spirited nature causing much excitement on the campus. He joins a fraternity, goes out for football, and directs his class theatrical effort. Instead of a school play, Harold suggests doing a western motion picture. Part of the plot requires them to blow up the dam that has cut off the water supply to Harold's homestead in the country. After the explosion Harold runs away because he is afraid of being arrested, but he returns just in time to win a football game for his team.
Niagara Falls
The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
Mame Walsh promised their mother on her deathbed to look after little sister Janie. But Janie helps herself to everything of her sister's, be it her clothes or her men - even the money entrusted to her by fellow employees at the store they work at. Regardless, Mame can't break her promise. So when it comes to getting Janie out of trouble, big sister comes to the rescue.
Money to Loan
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths some will go to to get it. The loan sharking business has that want for money on both sides. He tells the story of one such loan shark, Stephen Hanley, who tried to pass his company off as a legitimate loan business, but who charged exorbitant rates, and used extortion and fraud to get out of his customers even more than what they may have owed on paper.
Bored of Education
Spanky and Alfalfa fake a toothache to get out of school. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2013.
The Gilded Lily
Secretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her best friend, reporter Peter Dawes, who secretly loves her. When Peter learns that the already-engaged Charles has hurt Marilyn, he fabricates an article casting her as the "No Girl" who refused to marry a callous aristocrat. But when the publicity brings Marilyn unexpected fame, and Charles returns, she is forced to choose between the two men.
Filmography
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Interne
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
as Elevator Starter (uncredited)
as Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
as Reporter
as Photographer's Assistant (uncredited)
as Reporter
as Elevator Man (uncredited)
as Reporter
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Coastguardsman (uncredited)
as Townsman
as Saxophone Musician
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Draftsman
as Secretary
as Party Guest
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Marine
as Jack, the assistant
as Reporter
as Ice Cream Attendant
as Photographer (uncredited)
as Bobby
as Ted Howard
as Ben Smith
as Horace Teen
as Bill Hedges
as Chauffeur
as Any Task
as Bill
as Cartwright
as Sophomore (uncredited)