Jack Perrin

Birthday: July 25th, 1896 Date of Death: December 17th, 1967 Place of Birth: Three Rivers, Michigan, USA

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Jack Perrin (July 25, 1896 – December 17, 1967) was an

American actor specializing in Westerns.

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 start of the 20th 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.

He married silent film actress Josephine Hill in 1920.

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'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.