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Jack Davis (artist)
Jack Davis may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Jack Davis (actor) (1914–1992), American child actor * Jack Davis (playwright) (1917–2000), Australian playwright and poet * Jack Davis (cartoonist) (1924–2016), American cartoonist and illustrator Business and industry * Jack Davis, American engineer who worked on the ENIAC computer in the 1940s *Jack Davis (industrialist) (1933–2023), American industrialist *Jack Davis, American businessman, co-founder of Novell Sports * Jack Davis (English footballer) (1882–1963) *Jack Davis (Australian footballer) (1908–1991) * Jack Davis (hurdler) (1930–2012), American Olympic hurdler * Jack Davis (guard, born 1932) (1932–2013), American football player for the Boston Patriots *Jack Davis (guard, born 1933) (1933–2015), American football player for the Denver Broncos Others *Mildirn, (a.k.a. Jack Davis, 1835–1914), Australian Aboriginal leader, translator and merchant *Jack Davis (prospector) (1879–1949), American prospe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Davis (actor)
John H. Davis (April 5, 1914 – November 3, 1992) was an American child actor, notable for appearing in Hal Roach's ''Our Gang'' series. His sister Mildred Davis also acted; she appeared in Roach comedian Harold Lloyd's films as his leading lady. When Lloyd and Mildred were married in 1923, Lloyd pulled Jack out of ''Our Gang'' and enrolled him in military school. Maltin, Leonard and Bann, Richard W. (1977, rev. 1992). ''The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang'', p. 269. New York: Crown Publishing/Three Rivers Press. Career Davis first appeared in the first Our Gang short, ''Young Sherlocks''. He was known as the little tough boy and was a rival (usually with Mickey) for Mary Kornman's affections. In other shorts he was a just a member of the gang instead of a bully. Davis' screen career ended after 19 shorts in the series when Harold Lloyd and his older sister, Mildred Davis, got married, and Lloyd put the boy into military school. His final appearance was the 1923 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mildirn
Mildirn, sometimes spelt Medlone, also known as Jack Davis, Old Jack Davis or Port Essington Jack (c. 1835–c. 1914) was a well-known Aboriginal leader, translator and advisor for Port Essington, a site of early British settlement in the Northern Territory of Australia. Life in Port Essington Mildirn was born c. 1835 near the Cobourg Peninsula. He was four years old when the Port Essington garrison was established and he became ‘something of a pet with the regiment’. He was a messenger for the officers and was well known for ‘giving vent to the most horrible blasphemies and obscenities’ which he had learnt from the soldiers. He became a well-known point of contact for any matters pertaining to Port Essington, advising visitors to the area and managing relations with his tribe. Work on merchant ships In 1847, at the age of twelve, Mildirn was taken to Hong Kong on a merchant ship with two other young boys, Mijok and Aladyin. He was left stranded after the master of the sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Davies (other)
Jack Davies may refer to: *Jack Davies (screenwriter) (1913–1994), English screenwriter, producer, editor and actor *Jack Llewelyn Davies (1894–1959), one of the inspirations for the boy characters in ''Peter Pan'' *Jack Davies (rugby), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s *Jack Davies (football trainer), British football trainer *Jack Davies (swimmer) (1916–1997), New Zealand swimmer *Jack Davies (cricketer, born 1911) (1911–1992), English psychologist and sportsman *Jack Davies (cricketer, born 2000), English cricketer *Jack Davies (footballer, born 2002), English footballer for MK Dons *Jack Davies (rugby league Australia), Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s *Jack Davies (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1985), English footballer See also *Jack Davis (other) *John Davies (other) {{human name disambiguation, Davies, Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack E
Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Jack (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Jack (Tekken), multiple fictional characters in the fighting game series ''Tekken'' * Jack the Ripper, an unidentified British serial killer active in 1888 * Wolfman Jack (1938–1995), a stage name of American disk jockey Robert Weston Smith * New Jack, a stage name of Jerome Young (1963-2021), an American professional wrestler * Spring-heeled Jack, a creature in Victorian-era English folklore Animals and plants Fish *Carangidae generally, including: **Almaco jack **Amberjack **Bar jack **Black jack (fish) **Crevalle jack **Giant trevally or ronin jack **Jack mackerel **Leather jack **Yellow jack *Coho salmon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack L
Jack Lukeman (born Seán Loughman 11 February 1973), usually simply known as Jack L, is an Irish songwriter, musician, record producer, vocal artist and broadcaster. History A native of Athy Co. Kildare Ireland, Jack Lukeman attended a youth club in Athy known as Aontas Ogra at the age of 12 years old, where he was involved in artistic ventures as well as playing music there. He left school at 15. After spending a short period in the family business he began playing music full-time at 18 cutting his teeth on the Bohemian busking scene around Europe in the early 90s. Playing across Holland, Belgium and Germany sometimes playing with art rock band Serious Women with David Constantine and Martin Clancy whom he has continued to collaborate with over the years. His first vocal performance can be heard on Serious Women's album 38SCR, called after the art-house in which they all lived and where the album was made. Lukeman first came to prominence in the summer of 1995 when he and Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Davis (Illinois Politician)
Jack Davis (September 6, 1935 – February 4, 2018) was a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1976 to 1986, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989 representing Illinois' 4th U.S. Congressional District. Biography Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 6, 1935, to Edna (née Haflei) and Russell Bender. His biological father died when he was a child and his mother got remarried to Melcher "M.C." Davis, who adopted Jack. He entered Southern Illinois University at age 15 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1956. He attended Naval Officer Candidate School and served in the United States Navy as a Lieutenant from 1956 to 1959, flying Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star, EC-121 between Midway Island and Alaska. He married Virginia "Ginny" Griffin of Shelbyville, Illinois, with whom he had three children. From 1959 to 1978, Davis owned and operated a steel warehouse business. A Republican, he served in the Illinois Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Davis (Canadian Politician)
John Davis, (July 31, 1916 – March 27, 1991) was a Canadian politician from British Columbia who was elected both federally and provincially. Early life and education Born in Kamloops General Hospital, in Kamloops, British Columbia, Davis grew up in Tranquille Valley on a homestead where he attended school in a one-room log cabin. The Davis family moved into Kamloops so that Davis could attend Grade 8 at Kamloops High School; he was elected student council president, as was his sister Ethel Davis Moore. Jack won provincial scholarships in junior and senior matriculation, the latter with the highest marks in B.C. Jack attended the University of British Columbia, where he was president of the Engineers and the Men's Undergraduate Society, and a member of U.B.C. Thunderbird Basketball team, which won the Canadian Men's Senior Championship. He graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science (chemical engineering) and was chosen a Rhodes Scholar from British Columbia in 1939. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Davis (veteran)
John Edward Davis (1 March 1895 – 20 July 2003) was one of the last surviving British veterans of the First World War and the last of Kitchener's Volunteers. He died aged 108, by which point he was the oldest living British veteran of the First World War. He once made a famous speech about his life: "I would not agree to participate in any form of warfare again. Wars have proved nothing, other than that everyone emerges from them as a loser in some way or another. I joined up in 1914, aged 19, in response to Lord Kitchener's appeal for 100,000 volunteers. My friends and I thought it would offer a welcome change to our normal lives. We were excited by the prospect of going to war - but we didn't know what we were getting into. When my regiment first saw action, we found it wasn't anything like we were expecting. Where I was - the Ypres Salient in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Davis (prospector)
Jackson Lee "Diamondfield Jack" Davis (12 August 1863 – 2 January 1949) was pardoned for the 1896 Deep Creek Murders in Idaho and would later strike it rich in Nevada, where he established several mining towns, one named after his nickname "Diamondfield". Life Davis got his nickname when he went west to Silver City, Idaho on the rumor of a diamond strike. The rumor led to nothing but after talking so much about it he got the nickname "Diamondfield Jack". After the failed prospecting attempt Jack was hired by Sparks-Harrell cattle company on the Idaho-Nevada border. Davis' job was to keep sheepherders off the cattle's land and after a confrontation that led to wounding of a sheepherder named William Tolman. The sheepherders would change their bed every night to a different position so that the head of the bed would be in a different direction; for the cattlemen would shoot at the head of the beds. Davis was on the run. He began working for the cattle company again the next year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Davis (guard, Born 1933)
Jack Owen Davis (February 19, 1933 – February 15, 2015) was an American football guard who played one season with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) in the fifteenth round of the 1958 NFL Draft. He first enrolled at the University of Oklahoma before transferring to the University of Arizona. Davis attended Heavener High School in Heavener, Oklahoma. Early years Davis played high school football for the Heavener High School Wolves. He was a three-year varsity letterman and team captain for the Wolves. He earned All-League honors his junior and senior seasons. Davis was also a four-year varsity letterman in baseball and a two-year varsity letterman in basketball. College career Davis first played college football from 1951 to 1952 for the Oklahoma Sooners of the University of Oklahoma. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1953 to 1955 where he also played football in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Davis (playwright)
Jack Leonard Davis (11 March 1917 – 17 March 2000) was an Australian 20th-century Aboriginal playwright, poet and Aboriginal Australian activist. Academic Adam Shoemaker, who has covered much of Jack Davis‘ work and Aboriginal literature, has claimed he was one of “Australia’s most influential Aboriginal authors”. He was born in Perth, Western Australia, where he spent most of his life and later died. He identified with the Western Australian Noongar people, and he included some of this language into his plays. His work incorporates themes of Aboriginality and identity. While known for his literary work, Davis did not focus on writing until his fifties. His writing centred around the Aboriginal experience in relation to the settlement of white Australians. His collection of poems ''The First Born'' was his first work to be published and also made him the second Aboriginal to have published poetry by 1970, after Kath Walker, also known by her Aboriginal name Oodgeroo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Davis (guard, Born 1932)
John James Davis (March 12, 1932 – January 1, 2013) was an American football guard who played for the Boston Patriots of the American Football League. He played college football at the University of Maryland. He also had played in the Canadian Football League for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel .... Davis died on January 1, 2013. References External linksNFL.com player page {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Jack 1932 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
