Jack Perrin

Jack Perrin (July 25, 1896 – December 17, 1967) was an American actor specializing in westerns.

Biography

He was born Lyman Wakefield Perrin in Three Rivers, Michigan; his father worked in real estate and relocated the family to Los Angeles, California shortly after the turn of the century.

Perrin served in the United States Navy during World War I. Following the war, he returned to Los Angeles and started acting for Universal Studios. His first on-screen appearance was in the 1917 film Luke's Lost Liberty alongside Harold Lloyd.

In 1920 Perrin married actress Josephine Hill. During the 1920s, Perrin made a name for himself, starring in a number of cliffhanger, melodrama, and serial films.

Perrin found a niche in B-movie westerns of the 1930s. He usually played leads as Jack Perrin, but occasionally adopted the pseudonyms Jack Gable or Richard (Dick) Terry. Perrin was then co-producing low-budget films with Hollywood veteran William Berke, and the pseudonyms may have been intended to mislead exhibitors as to the depth of the Berke-Perrin company's talent pool.

Perrin's last major role was as Davy Crockett in 1937's The Painted Stallion, for Republic Pictures. Perrin divorced his wife that year as well. Though he continued making films through 1960, many of his later roles were minor and often went uncredited.

Perrin suffered a heart attack and died December 17, 1967, aged 71.

For his contributions as an actor in motion pictures, Jack Perrin was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1777 Vine Street, in Hollywood, California.

Selected filmography

• Luke's Lost Liberty (1917)
• Lonesome Luke's Lively Life (1917)
• The Lion Man (1919)
• The Jack of Hearts (1919)
• The Four-Bit Man (1919)
• The Fighting Heart (1919)
• Blind Husbands (1919)
• The Santa Fe Trail (1923)
• The Fighting Skipper (1923)
• Riders of the Plains (1924)
• The Vanishing West (1928)
• Vultures of the Sea (1928)
• The Jade Box (1930)
• The Painted Stallion (1938)

References

• Jack Perrin at the Internet Movie Database Retrieved on 2009-02-22
• Jack Perrin at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2009-02-22