18 Facts About Jack Carson

John Elmer Carson, known as Jack Carson, was a Canadian-born American film actor.

Jack Carson appeared in such dramas as Mildred Pierce, A Star is Born, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Jack Carson worked for RKO and MGM, but most of his notable work was for Warner Bros.

Jack Carson was born on October 27,1910, in Carman, Manitoba, to Elmer and Elsa Jack Carson.

Jack Carson was the younger brother of actor Robert Carson.

Jack Carson's father was an executive with an insurance company.

Jack Carson attended high school at Hartford School and St John's Military Academy.

Jack Carson initially landed bit roles at RKO Radio Pictures in films such as Bringing Up Baby, starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn.

An early standout role for Jack Carson was as a mock-drunk, undercover G-Man opposite Richard Cromwell in Universal Pictures's anti-Nazi action drama titled Enemy Agent.

Jack Carson did work for Columbia Pictures, starring in a slapstick comedy, The Good Humor Man in 1950, co-starring his future wife, Lola Albright.

From 1950 to 1951, Jack Carson was one of four alternating weekly hosts of the comedy-variety show Four Star Revue.

Carson had his own variety program, The Jack Carson Show, from 1954 to 1955, and was the announcer on the television version of Strike It Rich.

Jack Carson would have played a veterinarian who raises horses and who has an adopted Chinese child.

On February 8,1960, Jack Carson received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the television and radio industry.

In 1983, after his death, Jack Carson was inducted into the Wisconsin Performing Artists Hall of Fame along with Dennis Morgan.

Jack Carson was married to Kay St Germain from 1941 to 1950.

Jack Carson died in Encino, California, on January 2,1963, at the age of 52.

Dick Powell, whom Jack Carson had known for years, died on the same date, from cancer.