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Jack Chakrin (born June 24, 1923), known by his professional name of Jack Carter, is a Jewish-American comedian, actor and host. Brooklyn-born Carter had a long-running comedy act similar to fellow rapid-paced contemporaries Milton Berle and Morey Amsterdam. Carter is, arguably, the most prolific stand-up comedian in television history.
Carter was the host of an early television variety program called Cavalcade of Stars on the Dumont Network. He was lured away to NBC to host his own program titled The Jack Carter Show. Carter recommended Jackie Gleason take his place as host of Cavalcade of Stars. The Jack Carter Show appeared under the banner of the Saturday Night Revue, NBC's two and a half hour Saturday night programming slot. Carter hosted his show for one hour each week followed by the ninety minute Your Show of Shows starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris.
His only major Broadway appearance was opposite Sammy Davis, Jr. in the 1956 musical Mr. Wonderful. He had previously replaced Phil Silvers in the Broadway show Top Banana.
Actors: John Malkovich (actor), Griffin Dunne (actor), Wallace Langham (actor), Ming Lo (actor), Matthew Gray Gubler (actor), Jay Leno (actor), Ricky Jay (actor), Tom Arnold (actor), Jack Carter (actor), David Cohen (actor), Gary Coleman (actor), Dave Attell (actor), Tom Hanks (actor), Regis Philbin (actor), Conan O'Brien (actor),
Plot: When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician struggling to resurrect his career. This leads to a journey across the country staging the comeback of a lifetime.
Keywords: accountant, airplane, akron-ohio, animated-opening-credits, autograph, backstage, bad-luck, bakersfield-california, bar, bookActors: George Howell (actor), Eileen McCallum (actress), Ian Stewart (actor), Charles Kearney (actor), Jan Wilson (actress), Frances Low (actress), John Stahl (actor), Jack Gerson (writer), Dorothy Paul (actress), Bill McCabe (actor), Michael Elder (actor), Bill Armour (actor), Terri Cavers (actress), Liam Hood (producer), Bill Henderson (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Alun Armstrong (actor), Michael Caine (actor), Britt Ekland (actress), John Trumper (editor), Michael Caine (producer), Doreen Dearnaley (miscellaneous crew), Ian Hendry (actor), John Osborne (actor), Michael Klinger (producer), Ben Aris (actor), Mike Hodges (writer), Roy Budd (composer), Mike Hodges (director), Glynn Edwards (actor), Bernard Hepton (actor),
Plot: A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother's funeral. He begins to suspect that his brother's death was not an accident and sets out to follow a complex trail of lies, deceit, cover-ups and backhanders through Newcastle's underworld, leading, he hopes, to the man who ordered his brother killed. Because of his ruthlessness Carter exhibits all the unstopability of the android in Terminator, or Walker in Point Blank, and he and the other characters in the film are prone to sudden, brutal acts of violence.
Keywords: anti-hero, assassin, assassination, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, bartender, based-on-novel, bathtub, beach, beatingActors: Stuart Saunders (actor), Michael Ripper (actor), Guy Deghy (actor), Eric Pohlmann (actor), Robert Coote (actor), Cecil Parker (actor), George Cole (actor), Arnold Diamond (actor), Charles Lloyd Pack (actor), Sam Kydd (actor), Rex Harrison (actor), Michael Hordern (actor), Arthur Howard (actor), George Woodbridge (actor), Raymond Huntley (actor),
Plot: Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life back to his gorgeous wife and their large London house, so all seems well with the world. But more detective work starts to uncover an alarming chain of further stunning wives and a way of going on that the new Charles finds pretty unacceptable.
Keywords: amnesiaActors: Michael Hordern (actor), Stanley Holloway (actor), Patrick Holt (actor), Alan Gifford (actor), Martin Boddey (actor), William Hartnell (actor), Leo Genn (actor), Richard Attenborough (actor), Roland Culver (actor), Johnny Briggs (actor), Edward Chapman (actor), Marius Goring (actor), Henry Edwards (actor), Robert Beatty (actor), Sid James (actor),
Plot: Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
Keywords: baby-girl, bankruptcy, cameo, choir, conductor, death, development, doctor, enlistment, fightActors: Don Alvarado (actor), George Cleveland (actor), Robert F. Hill (actor), Fuzzy Knight (actor), George Morrell (actor), Edward J. Nugent (actor), Nick Stuart (actor), Forrest Taylor (actor), George Walsh (actor), Peter B. Kyne (writer), Al Martin (writer), Robert F. Hill (director), Sam Katzman (miscellaneous crew), Sam Katzman (producer), Dan Milner (editor),
Plot: Jack Carter ('Don Alvarado' (qv)), the brother-in-law of a young federal agent, Bob Andrews ('Edward J. Nugent' (qv), as Eddie Nugent as usual), is accused of murder, apprehended, jailed and awaiting trial. Andrews takes a leave-of-absence and traces the ownership of the planted-gun found on Carter. Clues lead him to another city where he accompanies Sheriff Williams ('George Cleveland')on an emergency case where the sheriff is forced to kill a murderer. Andrews asks the sheriff to put him in jail, as the late killer, as the owner of the gun is also in the jail. Plus, Andrews has met the sheriff's pretty daughter, Joan (Maxine Doyle'), and plans on marrying her as soon as he clears his brother-in-law.
Keywords: 1930s, b-movie, brother, brother-in-law, california, cell-mate, cigarette-smoking, cigarettes, convicted, daughterActors: Ernie Adams (actor), Don Alvarado (actor), Ed Cassidy (actor), George Cleveland (actor), Jack Hendricks (actor), Fuzzy Knight (actor), Edward J. Nugent (actor), Nick Stuart (actor), Forrest Taylor (actor), George Walsh (actor), Blackie Whiteford (actor), Sam Katzman (producer), Peter B. Kyne (writer), Al Martin (writer), Robert F. Hill (director),
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Western,Actors: George J. Lewis (actor), Fred Kohler (actor), Edmund Burns (actor), Oscar Apfel (actor), Mischa Auer (actor), G. Pat Collins (actor), Frank Atkinson (actor), John Elliott (actor), Robert Ellis (actor), Leonard Carey (actor), Wallis Clark (actor), Hale Hamilton (actor), Weldon Heyburn (actor), Arthur Hoyt (actor), Ralph Lewis (actor),
Plot: Sexy Texas gal storms her way through life, brawling and boozing until her luck runs out, forcing her to learn the errors of her ways.
Keywords: american-indian, attempted-rape, based-on-novel, brawl, broken-mirror, catfight, chicago-illinois, childbirth, dancing, death-of-childActors: Arthur Ashley (actor), Morgan Jones (actor), Carey L. Hastings (actress), Peggy Burke (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: David Aylott (actor), Harold Brett (writer), David Aylott (director), Dorothy Foster (actress),
Genres: Drama, Romance, Short,