Jack Dougherty (born Virgil Ashley Dougherty) (November 16, 1895 – May 16, 1938) was an American actor who appeared in
B-movie
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s in the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s. He was married to actress
Barbara La Marr
Barbara La Marr (born Reatha Dale Watson; July 28, 1896 – January 30, 1926) was an American film actress and screenwriter who appeared in twenty-seven films during her career between 1920 and 1926. La Marr was also noted by the medi ...
at the time of her death.
Biography
Jack was born in
Bowling Green, Missouri
Bowling Green is a city in Pike County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,334 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Pike County.
History
Bowling Green was settled in 1819, and designated county seat in 1824. Settled chiefly b ...
, to Roy Dougherty and Julia Ach. The family relocated to Southern California when Jack was young. He began a career as an actor in Broadway musicals in the late 1910s. In 1920, after returning from serving in France during World War I, he was signed with Metro to play
Alice Lake
Alice Lake (September 12, 1895 – November 15, 1967) was an American film actress. She began her career during the silent film era and often appeared in comedy shorts opposite Roscoe Arbuckle.
Career
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lake began her ...
's leading man.
He and actress
Barbara La Marr
Barbara La Marr (born Reatha Dale Watson; July 28, 1896 – January 30, 1926) was an American film actress and screenwriter who appeared in twenty-seven films during her career between 1920 and 1926. La Marr was also noted by the medi ...
got married in 1923, the same year Dougherty was signed to a five-year contract at Universal. The marriage was tumultuous, and multiple separations were noted in the press. The pair were still legally wed, however, when La Marr died of tuberculosis in 1926 at the age of 29.
In 1927, Dougherty married his second wife, actress
Virginia Brown Faire
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Early years
Virginia Cecelia Labuna was born in Brooklyn, New Yo ...
. That marriage did not last long—the pair parted ways in 1929, and she soon married director
Duke Worne
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. In 1928, he and actress
Lottie Pickford
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were assaulted by robbers outside of a cafe in East Los Angeles. Later that year, Dougherty was charged for assaulting another male guest at a party held by Pickford.
His legal foibles and troubles with alcohol led to diminishing roles on screen right as the silent era waned; he was no longer getting starring roles or gigs from major studios. After an attempted suicide in 1933, he committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning on May 16, 1938, in the Hollywood Hills; he reportedly left behind four suicide notes that blamed financial troubles for his ultimate fate. He was 42 years old.
The Greater Claim
''The Greater Claim'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Alice Lake and Jack Dougherty. It was produced and distributed by the Metro Pictures Company.
An incomplete print is preserved in the Library of ...
Money, Money, Money
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The Haunted Valley
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The Meddler
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'' (1925)
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The Burning Trail
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The Radio Detective
''The Radio Detective'' is a 1926 American adventure film serial directed by William James Craft and William A. Crinley and released by Universal Pictures. The film is considered to be lost.
Cast
* Jack Dougherty as Easton Evans (as Jack Daugh ...
'' (1926)
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The Runaway Express
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*'' Down the Stretch'' (1927)
*'' Arizona Bound'' (1927)
*''Special Delivery'' (1927)
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Lure of the Night Club
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The Trail of the Tiger
''The Trail of the Tiger'' is a 1927 American film serial directed by Henry MacRae. The film is considered to be lost.
Cast
* Jack Dougherty as Jack Stewart (as Jack Daugherty)
* Frances Teague as Trixie Hemingway
* Jack Mower as Tiger Jordan ...
'' (1927)
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Haunted Island
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'' (1928)
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Gypsy of the North
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An incomplete copy is in the Library of Congress.
Cast
* Georgia Ha ...
'' (1928)
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Into No Man's Land
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Synopsis
A refined criminal keeps his life secret from his daughter. When he gets ...
'' (1928)
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The Vanishing West
''The Vanishing West'' is a 1928 American silent Western film serial directed by Richard Thorpe. The film is considered to be lost.
Cast
* Jack Perrin as Jack Marvin
* Eileen Sedgwick as Betty Kincaid
* Jack Dougherty as Jim Marvin (as Jack D ...
'' (1928)
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The Body Punch
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'' (1929)
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Afraid to Talk
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Release
The film was relea ...
'' (1932)
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General Spanky
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'' (1936)
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Sinner Take All
''Sinner Take All'' is a 1936 murder mystery film directed by Errol Taggart and starring Bruce Cabot and Margaret Lindsay.
Plot
When millionaire New York City businessman Aaron Lampier (Charley Grapewin) receives a death threat in the mail, he ...
'' (1936)
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Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
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'' (1937)
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It Can't Last Forever
''It Can't Last Forever'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Ralph Bellamy, Betty Furness, and Robert Armstrong.Etling p.179 It is also the debut film for an unbilled 11-year-old Donald O'Connor, who would ...
'' (1937)
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Charlie Chan on Broadway
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Plot
While Charlie Chan and his number one son, Lee, are aboard a New York-bound transatlantic liner returning from Ger ...
'' (1937)
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The Game That Kills
''The Game That Kills'' is a 1937 American mystery sport film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Charles Quigley and Rita Hayworth.
Plot
After his brother is killed on the ice during a hockey game, Alex Ferguson, convinced it was no accid ...
'' (1937)
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Double Wedding
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'' (1937)
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No Time to Marry
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Partial cast
* Richard Arlen as Perry Brown
* Mary Astor as Kay McGowan
* Lionel Stander as A ...
'' (1938)
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The Big Broadcast of 1938
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'' (1938)
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One Wild Night
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