Jack Larson
Birthday: Born in 1928-02-08 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Deathday: 2015-09-20
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jack Edward Larson (February 8, 1928 – September 20, 2015) was an American actor, librettist, screenwriter and producer best known for his portrayal of photographer/cub reporter Jimmy Olsen on the television series Adventures of Superman.
TV Credits
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Character:
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy Griffith Show on May 18, 1964. The show ran for five seasons and a total of 150 episodes. In 2006, CBS Home Entertainment began releasing the series on DVD. The final season was released in November 2008. The series was created by Aaron Ruben, who also ...
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
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A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis. With the unknowing help of Lois Lane, Clark Kent created Superman there in Metropolis after finding work at the world-famous Daily Planet newspaper, where he meets fellow reporter Lois Lane....
The Millionaire
Character: Buzz
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception....
Adventures of Superman
Character: Jimmy Olsen
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-m...
Superboy
Character: Lou Lamont
Superboy is a half-hour live-action television series based on Kal-El's early years as Superboy. It depicted Superboy's adventures during his college years, his meetings with Lex Luthor and his romance with Lana Lang. The series was brought to the screen by executive producers Ilya and Alexander Salkind, who were the producers of the first three Superman movies and the 1984 Supergirl movie....
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Dewey Butler
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories....
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Character: Kenneth Dexter
The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley....
Movie Credits
The Movie Orgy
Character: Jimmy Olsen (archive footage)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities....
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
Character: Self
This is the first feature-length documentary on legendary director Raoul Walsh. In this 'memoir,' Walsh 'recounts' his career from the silent film era to the tumultuous 1960s. The documentary makes stunning use of rare, personal and production photos and footage, revealing Walsh's extraordinary, adventurous life on and off the set. From his apprenticeship with D.W. Griffith to his discovery of John Wayne and Rock Hudson, from the innovative 'The Thief of Bagdad' (1924) to the widescreen 'The Big...
Flame of Youth
Character: Boy (uncredited)
Outside the Wolf Club, wayward high school student Geraldine “Jerry” Briggs waits in the parking lot, while her partner in crime, Al, steals hubcaps from parked cars. When a patron named Steve Miller notices his hubcaps missing, he phones the police, and Jerry is apprehended....
Fighting Coast Guard
Character: Newsboy (uncredited)
Story of how the Coast Guard trained to help win World War II....
Starlift
Character: Will (uncredited)
To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie gets out, chaos ensues....
Trial Without Jury
Character: Tommy (uncredited)
A homicide detective suspects a playwright who bases his play on a murder....
Belles on Their Toes
Character: Packy Talbot (uncredited)
The "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends meet without her husband's income, while Anne, Martha, and even Ernestine find romance....
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
Character: Self (archive footage)
One of Hollywood's brightest stars is eclipsed by drink, drugs and self-doubt....
Superman Returns
Character: Bo the Bartender
Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel....
Stamp Day for Superman
Character: Jimmy Olsen
Superman's commitment to promote US Savings Stamps is temporarily delayed when Lois is kidnapped....
Johnny Trouble
Character: Eddie Landis
An elderly woman becomes convinced that a trouble-making college student is her grandson she's never met....
Kid Monk Baroni
Character: Angelo
Leonard Nimoy is "Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang who becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in "Little Italy" New York....
The Young Swingers
Character: Pete Mundy
Singing teenagers rally to keep open their local nightclub....
Battle Zone
Character: James O'Doole
Two Marine Corps combat photographers compete for the love of a Red Cross nurse during the Korean War. During a secret mission behind the North Korean lines their rivalry reaches a boiling point....
Redwood Forest Trail
Character: Dusty
Forest Ranger and singing cowboy, Rex Allen, attempts to save a camp for underprivileged boys with the help of "Alfalfa " Switzer who plays one of the boys....
Fighter Squadron
Character: Lt. 'Shorty' Kirk
During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted....
Three Sailors and a Girl
Character: Sailor (uncredited)
A group of sailors invest in a musical revue....
Star of Texas
Character: Henchman John Jenkins
Ed Ryan is a Texas ranger who goes undercover to trap a criminal gang headed by Luke Andrews. Posing as the wanted killer Robert Larkin, Ed is able to move freely amongst the town riffraff. Marshal Bullock learns that the brains behind the gang of Luke Andrews is a group of supposed respectable businessmen....
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Character: Self
A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero....
Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess
Character: Self
Documentary short focusing on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film I Confess....
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Character: Self
Stacy Keach narrates this documentary that chronicles the abbreviated life and career of iconic brooding bad boy James Dean, from his obscure early days working in television to his rise to stardom in films such as Rebel Without a Cause. Clips from Dean's movies are intermingled with candid interviews with the star's friends and Hollywood colleagues, including Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dennis Hopper....
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Character: Self
The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations....
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
Character: Self
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "The China Syndrome."...
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
Character: Self
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "The China Syndrome."...
Making Montgomery Clift
Character: Self
Classic film star and queer icon Montgomery Clift’s legacy has long been a story of tragedy and self-destruction. But when his nephew dives into the family archives, a much more complicated picture emerges....
Montgomery Clift
Character: Self
A documentary incorporating footage of Montgomery Clift’s most memorable films; interviews with family and friends, and rare archival material stretching back to his childhood. What develops is the story of an intense young boy who yearned for stardom, achieved notable success in such classic films as From Here to Eternity and I Confess, only to be ruined by alcohol addiction and his inability to face his own fears and homosexual desires. Montgomery Clift, as this film portrays him, may not have...