Jack Carson (1910 - 1963)

• actor
• born John Elmer Carson on October 27, 1910, in Carman, Manitoba
• died January 2, 1963
• educated at Carleton College
• came to films from vaudeville in 1937 and played scores of impressive supporting roles, ranging from numbskull buffoons and backslapping pests in comedies and musicals to callous heels in Westerns and dramas
• noted for flexible facial expressions
• beefy frame added a pathetic quality to his frequent characterizations of cowardly bullies
• in the 40s he teamed with Dennis Morgan in a series of Doris Day musicals
• among his four wives was actress Lola Albright (1952-58)
• notable films:
  • The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
  • Make Your Own Bed (1944)
  • Mildred Pierce (1945)
  • A Star is Born (1954)
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
• famous line (from Mildred Pierce): Oh boy! I'm so smart it's a disease!
• filmography

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