Jack Pratt, born John Harold Pratt, (1878–1938) was a Canadian film director and actor. He directed several films and acted in dozens more. As a director, his work included screen adaptations of novels. Known as Smiling Jack, he married actress Betty Brice. She starred in the 1916 film '' Her Bleeding Heart'' he directed and was also in the film ''

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''. He was hired by Lubin as a director in 1915. He served as President of the Lubin Benefit Association, associated with

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Filmography

Director

*'' The Little Pirate'' (1913) *'' Shore Acres'' (1914) *'' The Jungle'' (1914), one of the directors of an adaptation of Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel *''

The Garden of Lies ''The Garden of Lies'' is a lost 1915 silent film drama directed by Jack Pratt and starring in her debut stage actress Jane Cowl. It was based on a novel by Justus Miles Forman who perished on the '' Lusitania'' that same year. The Universal Film M ...

'' (1915) *'' The Rights of Man: a Story of War's Red Blotch'' (1915) *'' The Gods of Fate'' (1916) *'' Her Bleeding Heart'' (1916) *''

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'' (1920) *''

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'' (1920) *'' Roman Candles'' (1920)

Actor

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'' (1914), as Stonewall Jackson *'' Ridin Thunder'' *''

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'' (1920) as Tully * '' Hush'' (1921) * '' Back to Yellow Jacket'' (1922) as William Carson *'' The Lone Hand'' (1922), as Jack Maltrain *'' The Western Wallop'' (1924), as Convict Leader *'' The Iron Man'' (1924), a serial *'' A Roaring Adventure'' (1925) as Brute Kilroy *'' The Sign of the Cactus'' (1925), as Sheriff *''

The Wild Horse Stampede ''The Wild Horse Stampede'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Fay Wray and Marin Sais.Munden, p. 903 Cast * Jack Hoxie as Jack Tanner * Fay Wray as Jessie Hayden * William Steele as ...

'' (1925), as Henchman *'' Ace of Spades'' (1925) *'' Ridin' Thunder'' (1925) *''

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'' (1925) *''

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'' (1926), a serial, as James Egan *'' Hawk of the Hills'' (1927), a serial, as Colonel Jennings *''

The Western Whirlwind ''The Western Whirlwind'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Harrison Jacobs. The film stars Jack Hoxie, Margaret Quimby, Claude Payton, Billy Engle, Edith Murgatroyd and Jack Pratt. The film ...

'' (1927) * '' Rough and Ready'' (1927) as Parson Smith * ''

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'' (1927) as Davis *'' Heart Trouble'' (1928), as Army Captain Bob Reeves *'' The Desert Song'' (1929), as Pasha * ''

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'' (1932), as Sheriff Gorman

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pratt, Jack 1878 births 1938 deaths Film directors from New Brunswick Male actors from New Brunswick Canadian male film actors