1. John Norman Hulbert was a British actor, director, screenwriter and singer, specializing primarily in comedy productions, and often working alongside his wife Cicely Courtneidge.
11 Facts About Jack Hulbert
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Jack Hulbert was educated at Westminster School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and appeared in many shows and revues, mainly with the Cambridge Footlights.
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Jack Hulbert was one of the earliest famous alumni of the comedy club.
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On 2 March, the Military Service Act 1916 came into force and Jack Hulbert was expecting to be conscripted into the army for the remainder of the conflict.
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Jack Hulbert made his film debut in Elstree Calling ; appearing opposite his wife and frequent stage and screen co-star Cicely Courtneidge.
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Jack Hulbert's career went through a successful period during the 1930s when he appeared in several films, including The Ghost Train, Love on Wheels and Bulldog Jack, a tongue-in-cheek homage to the popular Bulldog Drummond films in which Jack was supported by his brother Claude.
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Jack Hulbert accepted responsibility for all the business's debts and undertook to repay every creditor.
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Jack Hulbert had a hit record in 1932 "The Flies Crawled Up the Window", which was originally sung in the film Jack's the Boy.
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Jack Hulbert's popularity waned as the 1930s came to an end, and after the war he and his wife continued to entertain chiefly on stage.
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In 1975, Jack Hulbert published his autobiography, The Little Woman's Always Right.
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Jack Hulbert died, at the age of 85, at his home in Westminster, London on 25 March 1978.