Jack J. Clark (September 23, 1879 – April 12, 1947) was an American director and actor of the early motion picture industry. Biography Clark was born on September 23, 1879, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was persuaded to enter motion pictures in 1907 by Sidney Olcott of the New York-based Kalem Studios during the silent film era. Clark traveled through 24 countries with the film company becoming one of the first American film stars to film on foreign location. While in the Holy Land, Kalem Studios produced the first passion play, From the Manger to the Cross, casting Jack Clark as John the Apostle. Clark and co-star Gene Gauntier were married during the filming, in 1912. They divorced in 1918.McGowan 2005, p. 28
During a three-year leave from the film industry in the early 1920s, Jack was instructor of dramatic arts at Villanova University. He organized a dramatic workshop and produced the mystical play Vision. About the same time he staged a pageant, Charity, with a cast of 600 persons, which established new records at the Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House. He also wrote and produced a dramatic musical pageant, Columbus, which, with a cast of more than 1000 was staged at the Philadelphia Academy of Music for the Knights of Columbus.
In 1929, Jack Clark married Francis Rose Musolf. They remained married until his death.
Among Clark's plays were The Prince of Pilsen and 45 Minutes from Broadway. He acted in more than 200 films including The Colleen Bawn (1911),McGowan 2005, p. 128 From the Manger to the Cross (1912),McGowan 2005, p. 132 The Shaughraun (1912),McGowan 2005, p. 133 The Last of the Mafia (1915), A Fool's Paradise (1916), Audrey (1916), Pajamas (1927), Love and Learn (1928), and Broadway Howdy (1929). Among the films he directed or produced were The Yankee Girl (1915) and The Mad Maid of the Forest (1915).
Jack Clark died on April 12, 1947, in Hollywood, California.
Partial filmography 1910
The Conspiracy of Pontiac When Lovers Part
1911
For the Love of an Enemy Her Chum's Brother The Little Sister Grandmother's War Story Sailor Jack's Reformation A War Time Escape A Sawmill Hero The Lass Who Couldn't Forget By a Woman's Wit The Fiddle's Requiem When the Dead Return The Carnival In Blossom Time Tangled Lives
The Railroad Raiders of '62 The Little Soldier of '64 To the Aid of Stonewall Jackson Hubby's Day at Home The Colonel's Son The Romance of a Dixie Belle Special Messenger Rory O'More Losing to Win The Colleen Bawn The Fishermaid of Ballydavid Among the Irish Fisher Folk The Franciscan Friars of Killarney Arrah-na-Pogue
1912
A Southern Boy of '61 The O'Neill His Mother The O'Kalems Visit Killarney The Vagabonds Far From Erin's Isle You Remember Ellen A Visit to Madeira The Kalemites Visit Gibraltar Along the Mediterranean American Tourists Abroad The Fighting Dervishes of the Desert Missionaries in Darkest Africa Making Photoplays in Egypt
Captured by Bedouins Tragedy of the Desert Winning a Widow A Prisoner of the Harem Down Through the Ages The Ancient Port of Jaffa Ancient Temples of Egypt The Poacher's Pardon From the Manger To the Cross The Kerry Gow The Mayor From Ireland Ireland, the Oppressed The Shaughraun
1913
The Wives of Jamestown The Lady Peggy's Escape A Daughter of the Confederacy The Mystery of Pine Creek Camp
When Men Hate In the Power of the Hypnotist In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan
1914
For Ireland's Sake Come Back To Erin The Eye of the Government The Little Rebel Through the Fire of Temptation
A Fight for a Birthright Marian, the Holy Terror Twilight His Brother's Wife
1915
The Last of the Mafia The Smuggler's Lass The Woman Hater's Baby The Ulster Lass
The Mad Maid of the Forestl Gene of the Northlandl The Little Rebel
1916
A Fool's Paradisel Audrey
Scorched Wings The Innocent Lie
References
Notes
Sources
Michel Derrien, Aux origines du cinéma irlandais: Sidney Olcott, le premier oeil, TIR 2013.
External links
Jack J. Clark at IMDb Sidney Olcott, le premier œil