Jack Pratt

Canadian actor and screenwriter
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Jack Pratt, born John Harold Pratt, (1878–1938) was a Canadian film director and actor. He directed several films and acted in dozens more. As a director, his work included screen adaptations of novels.[1]

Known as Smiling Jack, he married actress Betty Brice.[2] She starred in the 1916 film Her Bleeding Heart he directed and was also in the film Gods of Fate.

He was hired by Lubin as a director in 1915.[3] He served as President of the Lubin Benefit Association, associated with Lubin Manufacturing Company.[4]

Filmography

Director

  • The Little Pirate (1913)
  • Shore Acres (1914)[5]
  • The Jungle (1914), one of the directors of an adaptation of Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel
  • The Garden of Lies (1915)
  • The Rights of Man: a Story of War's Red Blotch (1915)
  • The Gods of Fate (1916)[6]
  • Her Bleeding Heart (1916)
  • The Woman Untamed (1920)
  • The Heart of a Woman (1920)
  • Roman Candles (1920)

Actor

  • Dan (1914), as Stonewall Jackson
  • Ridin Thunder
  • Bright Skies
  • The Little Wanderer (1920) as Tully
  • Hush (1921)
  • Back to Yellow Jacket (1922) as William Carson
  • The Lone Hand (1922), as Jack Maltrain
  • The Western Wallop (1924), as Convict Leader
  • The Iron Man (1924), a serial
  • A Roaring Adventure (1925) as Brute Kilroy
  • The Sign of the Cactus (1925), as Sheriff
  • The Wild Horse Stampede (1925), as Henchman
  • Ace of Spades (1925)
  • Ridin' Thunder (1925)
  • The Red Rider (1925)
  • The House Without a Key (1926), a serial, as James Egan
  • Hawk of the Hills (1927), a serial, as Colonel Jennings
  • The Western Whirlwind (1927)
  • Rough and Ready (1927) as Parson Smith
  • Wild Beauty (1927) as Davis
  • Heart Trouble (1928), as Army Captain Bob Reeves
  • The Desert Song (1929), as Pasha
  • Between Fighting Men (1932), as Sheriff Gorman

References

  1. ^ Koszarski, Richard (March 2, 2005). Fort Lee: The Film Town (1904–2004). Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780861969425 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Hollywood". February 16, 1922 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "The Moving Picture World". Chalmers Publishing Company. February 25, 1915 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. February 16, 1916 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Gmür, Leonhard (November 14, 2013). Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen. epubli. ISBN 9783844246018 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Motography". February 16, 1916 – via Google Books.