Jack Curtis

Jack Curtis

ActorWriter
Born
May 28, 1880
Died
March 16, 1956

Jack was born in San Francisco in 1880 in to the well-known Curtis family. Chris Curtis was himself well-known in the financial circles. His uncle William was a lawyer in New York City in the early 1900s. Jack and Lil met on a ship heading to Hong Kong in 1904 and were married sometime in 1904. Both…

Biography

Jack was born in San Francisco in 1880 in to the well-known Curtis family. Chris Curtis was himself well-known in the financial circles. His uncle William was a lawyer in New York City in the early 1900s. Jack and Lil met on a ship heading to Hong Kong in 1904 and were married sometime in 1904. Both had toured with Vaudeville companies. They had one child born April 7, 1914, a daughter named Laura Ann Curtis, later becoming Hurst in 1935. Jack started in films in 1915 and lasted until 1951 when a stroke slowed him down. He was a great grandfather and a wonderful story teller.

Writer

The Cheyenne KidThe Cheyenne Kid(1933)

Actor

Rails Into LaramieRails Into Laramie(1954)as Townsman
The Siege at Red RiverThe Siege at Red River(1954)as Bartender
Ride Clear of DiabloRide Clear of Diablo(1954)as Townsman
Law and OrderLaw and Order(1953)as Townsman
Mask of the AvengerMask of the Avenger(1951)as Townsman

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CompressionCompression(1995)as Self

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William Ching, Bill Clauson, Lou Costello, Jack Curtis, Emmett Lynn, Marjorie Main, and Audrey Young in The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)Harry Carey, Dixie Carr, Jack Curtis, Marc B. Robbins, and Helen Ware in Secret Love (1916)Harry Carey, Dixie Carr, Harry Carter, Jack Curtis, Warren Ellsworth, Ella Hall, Jack Hoxie, Willis Marks, Harry Southard, Helen Ware, and Lule Warrenton in Secret Love (1916)Jack Curtis, Olin Francis, Dorothy Lee, Bert Wheeler, and Robert Woolsey in Silly Billies (1936)John Wayne, Sheila Bromley, Yakima Canutt, Jack Curtis, and Tex Palmer in Westward Ho (1935)Jack Curtis, Allan Forrest, Bertram Grassby, Otis Harlan, J. Warren Kerrigan, George J. Lewis, Charlotte Merriam, James Morrison, and Frank Whitson in Captain Blood (1924)

Credit Score: Jack Curtis

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#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownā˜…WinsNomsVotes
1It Happened One Night16.0019348.155119787
2Citizen Kane14.4019418.219493692
3How Green Was My Valley8.0019427.751029109
4Harvey4.0019507.91261046
5Stagecoach4.0019397.82758868
6I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang4.0019328.20315758
7The Brute Breaker3.251919•6.20024
8The Love Trader2.501930•6.90025
9Captain Blood2.501924•6.50098
10Graft2.501915•6.70018