Jack Perry

Career timeline

1. 1895 · Born

   Born in Nicastro, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy

2. 1928 · Screen debut

   Speedy (Movie)

3. 1933 · Breakthrough

   King Kong (Movie)

4. 1960 · Latest release

   Cimarron (Movie)

5. 1971 · Died

   October 7, 1971

Career in numbers

2 1920s

19 1930s

24 1940s

28 1950s

2 1960s

• Drama32
• Crime29
• Comedy27
• Romance17
• Thriller15
• Western10

Highest-rated title Some Like It Hot 1959 8.1 Most popular title Some Like It Hot 1959 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Jack Perry in our catalogue.

Max Steiner

6 titles together

Jay C. Flippen

5 titles together

Anthony Mann

5 titles together

George Macready

4 titles together

Alan Baxter

3 titles together

Dan Duryea

3 titles together

Richard Conte

3 titles together

Norman Lloyd

3 titles together

Sidney Toler

3 titles together

John McIntire

3 titles together

1. 1960 Cimarron as Townsman (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
2. 1960 Ocean's Eleven as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) 6.4 Movie
3. 1959 Some Like It Hot as Gangster at Convention (uncredited) 8.1 Movie
4. 1959 Rio Bravo as Barfly (uncredited) 7.8 Movie
5. 1958 Thunder Road as Kogan Henchman Killed in Car Crash (uncredited) 6.0 Movie
6. 1957 Ride Out for Revenge as Bartender (uncredited) Movie
7. 1956 Friendly Persuasion as Carnival Patron (uncredited) 6.7 Movie
8. 1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me as Man in Bar (uncredited) 7.2 Movie
9. 1955 Guys and Dolls as Gambler (uncredited) 6.6 Movie
10. 1955 A Bullet for Joey as Immigrant (uncredited) 5.8 Movie
11. 1955 Cult of the Cobra 5.9 Movie
12. 1954 Cannibal Attack as Rovak's Henchman Movie
13. 1954 Shield for Murder as William Taylor (uncredited) 6.7 Movie
14. 1954 The Far Country as Miner (uncredited) 6.9 Movie
15. 1953 Julius Caesar as Citizen of Rome (uncredited) 7.1 Movie
16. 1953 Thunder Bay as Fisherman (uncredited) 6.0 Movie
17. 1952 The Abbott and Costello Show as Passerby 7.2 TV
18. 1952 Son of Ali Baba as Villager (uncredited) Movie
19. 1951 Detective Story as Man in Custody (uncredited) 7.1 Movie
20. 1951 Iron Man as Savella's Counterman (uncredited) 6.2 Movie
21. 1951 Rhubarb as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited) Movie
22. 1951 Lightning Strikes Twice as Sidewalk Passerby 5.7 Movie
23. 1951 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man as Rocky's Handler (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
24. 1951 M as Cab Driver (uncredited) 6.5 Movie
25. 1950 Frenchie as Saloon Patron (uncredited) Movie
26. 1950 Cyrano de Bergerac as Cavalier (uncredited) 6.9 Movie
27. 1950 Walk Softly, Stranger as Worker in Pay Line (uncredited) 5.1 Movie
28. 1950 Convicted as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited) 6.2 Movie
29. 1950 Winchester '73 as Townsman (uncredited) 7.3 Movie
30. 1950 Buccaneer's Girl Movie
31. 1949 Reign of Terror as Citizen (uncredited) 6.8 Movie
32. 1949 Trapped as Bank Customer (uncredited) 6.0 Movie
33. 1949 White Heat as Convict (uncredited) 7.7 Movie
34. 1949 Ringside as Trainer (uncredited) Movie
35. 1949 House of Strangers 7.0 Movie
36. 1949 The Set-Up as Fight Spectator (uncredited) 7.4 Movie
37. 1949 Knock on Any Door as Man (uncredited) 6.2 Movie
38. 1949 Slightly French as Carnival Midway Onlooker (uncredited) Movie
39. 1948 Panhandle as Barfly (uncredited) Movie
40. 1947 Nightmare Alley as Roustabout (uncredited) 7.2 Movie
41. 1946 The Big Sleep as Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited) 7.6 Movie
42. 1946 The Diary of a Chambermaid as Townsman (Uncredited) 6.2 Movie
43. 1946 The Harvey Girls as Man in Saloon (uncredited) 6.6 Movie
44. 1944 Belle of the Yukon as Barfly (uncredited) Movie
45. 1944 The Thin Man Goes Home as Man in Pool Hall Brawl (uncredited) 7.1 Movie
46. 1944 The Missing Juror as Albert Leonard aka Lichter (uncredited) Movie
47. 1944 Lost in a Harem as Native in Café Audience (uncredited) Movie
48. 1942 The Big Street as Mug Asked to Clear Way (uncredited) 5.8 Movie
49. 1942 My Favorite Spy as Henchman Movie
50. 1942 In Old California as Townsman 5.3 Movie
51. 1941 Ball of Fire as Pool Hall Patron (uncredited) 7.4 Movie
52. 1941 Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Photographer (uncredited) 7.0 Movie
53. 1940 City for Conquest as Wales' Handler (uncredited) 6.9 Movie
54. 1940 Captain Caution as Sailor Movie
55. 1939 Slightly Honorable as Nightclub Bouncer (Uncredited) Movie
56. 1939 Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Hobo (uncredited) Movie
57. 1939 Each Dawn I Die as Hoodlum Who Helps Frame Ross (uncredited) 6.9 Movie
58. 1939 Charlie Chan in Reno as Rough Drunk (uncredited) 6.4 Movie
59. 1939 Nancy Drew... Reporter as Soxie Anthens (uncredited) 6.1 Movie
60. 1939 Mr. Moto's Last Warning as Guard at Door (uncredited) 5.6 Movie
61. 1938 Wide Open Faces as Gangster Movie
62. 1937 Topper 6.7 Movie
63. 1937 It Can't Last Forever as Torpedo Hansen Movie
64. 1937 Kid Galahad as Minor Role (uncredited) 7.1 Movie
65. 1937 We Who Are About to Die as Convict Making Noise with Cup (uncredited) Movie
66. 1935 The Daring Young Man as Convict (uncredited) Movie
67. 1935 The Nitwits as Singing Prisoner (uncredited) Movie
68. 1934 Strictly Dynamite as Junior's Cabbie (uncredited) Movie
69. 1934 A Woman's Man as Joe Ferrera Movie
70. 1933 King Kong as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) 7.6 Movie
71. 1933 Whistling in the Dark as Bennie (uncredited) Movie
72. 1932 Scarface as One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited) 7.4 Movie
73. 1930 One Night at Susie's as Mobster (Uncredited) Movie
74. 1928 The Way of the Strong as One of Handsome's Movie
75. 1928 Speedy as Tough (uncredited) 7.3 Movie

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