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Jack Carter (other) (1922–2006), Chief Secretary of ...
Jack Carter may refer to: * Jack Carter (actor) (died 1967), American actor in the early twentieth century * Jack Carter (comedian) (1922–2015), American comedian, actor, and host * Jack Carter (cricketer) (1907–1995), Australian cricketer * Jack Carter (''Eureka'' character), character on the American science fiction drama ''Eureka'' * Jack Carter (footballer) (1910–1992), English professional footballer * Jack Carter (politician) (born 1947), American businessman and politician * Jack Carter, the protagonist of several novels by Ted Lewis, and of the film adaptations of those novels See also * John Carter (other) * ''Jack Carter's Law'', a 1974 novel by Ted Lewis * Jack Cater Sir Jack Cater, (; 21 February 1922 – 14 April 2006) was the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1978 to 1981. Cater was the third Chief Secretary under the Governorship of Sir Murray MacLehose, later Lord MacLehose of Beoch. He was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Carter (actor)
Jack Carter (c. 1902 – November 9, 1967) was an American actor. He is known for creating the role of Crown in the original Broadway production of '' Porgy'' (1927), and for starring in Orson Welles's stage productions including ''Macbeth'' (1936) and '' Doctor Faustus'' (1937). He appeared in a few motion pictures in the 1930s and 1940s. Career Jack Carter created the role of Crown in the original stage production of '' Porgy''. , From 1928 to 1929 Carter portrayed Crown in a national tour production of ''Porgy''. The tour included nine weeks in Chicago, six weeks in London, and performances in Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Washington, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Detroit, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and cities in the northwestern United States and Canada From September 16 to October 24 in 1931 Carter portrayed the role of Dave Crocker in ''Singin' the Blues'' at the Liberty Theatre in New York. During 1934 Carter performance in a New York production of ''Stevedore'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Carter (comedian)
Jack Chakrin (June 24, 1922 – June 28, 2015), known by his stage name Jack Carter, was an American comedian, actor and television presenter. Brooklyn-born, Carter had a long-running comedy act similar to fellow rapid-paced contemporaries Milton Berle and Morey Amsterdam. Life and career Carter was born in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, in 1922 to a Jewish family. Carter served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He hosted an early television variety program called ''Cavalcade of Stars'' on the DuMont Network. He was lured to NBC to host his own program titled ''The Jack Carter Show''. Carter recommended Jackie Gleason take his place as host of ''Cavalcade of Stars'', though DuMont did not hire Gleason until the network's choice, Jerry Lester, also jumped to NBC. ''The Jack Carter Show'' appeared under the banner of the ''Saturday Night Revue'', NBC's -hour Saturday night programming slot. Carter hosted his show for one hour each week followed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Carter (cricketer)
Jack Carter (7 December 1907 – 19 August 1995) was an Australian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er. He played one first-class match for New South Wales in 1928/29. See also * List of New South Wales representative cricketers References External links * 1907 births 1995 deaths Australian cricketers New South Wales cricketers Cricketers from Sydney {{Australia-cricket-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Carter (Eureka Character)
Jack Carter may refer to: * Jack Carter (actor) (died 1967), American actor in the early twentieth century * Jack Carter (comedian) (1922–2015), American comedian, actor, and host * Jack Carter (cricketer) (1907–1995), Australian cricketer * Jack Carter (''Eureka'' character), character on the American science fiction drama ''Eureka'' * Jack Carter (footballer) (1910–1992), English professional footballer * Jack Carter (politician) John William "Jack" Carter (born July 3, 1947) is an American businessman and politician who unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate in Nevada in 2006, losing to John Ensign in the general election. He is the eldest child of former Presid ... (born 1947), American businessman and politician * Jack Carter, the protagonist of several novels by Ted Lewis, and of the film adaptations of those novels See also * John Carter (other) * '' Jack Carter's Law'', a 1974 novel by Ted Lewis * Jack Cater (1922–2006), Chief Secretar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Carter (footballer)
John Henry Carter (11 November 1910 – 2 July 1992) was an English professional footballer. He was born in Aylesbury. During his career he played as a centre forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ... for Watford, Reading and Ipswich Town for whom he was top scorer in their first season as a professional club. Following his retirement from playing, Carter spent time working as a steward at Reading's stadium, Elm Park. He died in Reading, aged 81. References 1910 births 1992 deaths English Football League players Ipswich Town F.C. players Watford F.C. players Reading F.C. players Sportspeople from Aylesbury English footballers Association football forwards Footballers from Buckinghamshire {{England-footy-forward-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Carter (politician)
John William "Jack" Carter (born July 3, 1947) is an American businessman and politician who unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate in Nevada in 2006, losing to John Ensign in the general election. He is the eldest child of former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Early life and education Carter was born at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Virginia. Raised in Plains, Georgia, he spent winters working at his father's peanut farm warehouse, where his wages began at 10 cents per hour. Carter struggled when he first entered college in 1965, attending Georgia Tech, Emory University, and Georgia Southwestern State University before enlisting in the United States Navy in April 1968 at the suggestion of his father. Carter served during the Vietnam War, on the salvage ship . He received a "less than honorable" general discharge in late 1970 after he and 53 classmates were caught smoking marijuana at the Naval Reactors Facility in Idaho Falls, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Lewis (writer)
Ted Lewis (15 January 1940 – 27 March 1982) was a British writer known for his crime fiction. Early life Alfred Edward Lewis was born in Stretford, Manchester and was an only child. After the Second World War the family moved to Barton-upon-Humber in Lincolnshire. He had a strict upbringing and his parents did not want their son to go to art school, but his English teacher Henry Treece, recognising his creative talents in writing and art, persuaded them not to stand in his way. Lewis attended Hull Art School for four years. Career Lewis's first work was in London, in advertising, and then as an animation specialist in television and films (among them the Beatles' '' Yellow Submarine''). His first novel, '' All the Way Home and All the Night Through'', was published in 1965, followed by '' Jack's Return Home'', which created the noir school of British crime writing and pushed Lewis into the best-seller list. The novel was later retitled ''Get Carter'' after the succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carter (other)
John Carter may refer to: Business * John Carter (businessman) (born 1961/62), British businessman, CEO of Travis Perkins * John Carter (insurance executive) (born 1937), chairman of Commercial Union (1994–1998) * John W. Carter (died 1895), partner in Carter's Ink Company in Massachusetts Arts and entertainment * John Carter (author) (1905–1975), English author, book-collector and bookseller * John Carter (actor) (1927–2015), American actor and director * John Carter (sound engineer) (1907–1982), American film audio engineer * John Carter (film editor) (1922–2018), American film editor * John Carter (mouth artist) (1815–1850), disabled English artist * John Charles Carter, birth name of actor Charlton Heston Media * ''John Carter'' (film), a 2012 film about the Burroughs character on Mars * ''Princess of Mars'', a 2009 direct-to-DVD film retitled in 2012 to ''John Carter of Mars'' * '' John Carter, Warlord of Mars'', a Marvel Comics series created in 1977 * John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Carter's Law
'' Jack Carter's Law'' is a 1974 British crime novel written by Ted Lewis. It is a prequel to Lewis' best known work, '' Jack's Return Home'' (1970) which was adapted into the film '' Get Carter'' in 1971. On Christmas Eve, Jack Carter learns that a supergrass Supergrass are an English rock band formed in 1993 in Oxford. For the majority of the band's tenure, the line-up consisted of brothers Gaz (lead vocals, guitar) and Rob Coombes (keyboards), Mick Quinn (bass, backing vocals) and Danny Goffey ( ... is about to inform to the police and put him and his associates away for lengthy prison sentences. Carter attempts to hunt down the informer, but it proves a far more dangerous task than he anticipates. References Jack Carter British crime novels 1974 British novels Novels by Ted Lewis Michael Joseph books {{1970s-crime-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |