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Jack Carter (Eureka)
Jack Carter may refer to: * Jack Carter (stage actor) (c. 1902–1967), American actor * Jack Carter (cricketer) (1907–1995), Australian cricketer * Jack Carter (footballer) (1910–1992), English footballer * Jack Carter (comedian) (1922–2015), American comedian, actor, and host * Jack W. Carter (1938–2019), American politician * Jack Carter (politician) (born 1947), American businessman and politician * Jack Carter, the protagonist of several novels by Ted Lewis (writer), Ted Lewis and of the film adaptations of those novels * Jack Carter, a character from Warren Ellis's comic ''Planetary (comic), Planetary'' * Jack Carter (Eureka character), Jack Carter (''Eureka'' character), character on the American science fiction drama ''Eureka'' See also * John Carter (other) * ''Jack Carter's Law'', a 1974 novel by Ted Lewis * Sir Jack Cater (1922–2006), Chief Secretary of Hong Kong {{hndis, Carter, Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Carter (stage 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 (play), Porgy'' (1927), and for starring in Orson Welles' stage productions, including ''Voodoo Macbeth, Macbeth'' (1936) and ''Doctor Faustus (play), 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 (play), 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Carter (cricketer)
Jack Carter (7 December 1907 – 19 August 1995) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match for New South Wales in 1928/29. See also * List of New South Wales representative cricketers This is a list of male cricketers who have played for New South Wales in first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket. It is complete to the end of the 2017–18 season. The list refers to the sides named as "New South Wales" and does not include pl ... References External links * 1907 births 1995 deaths Australian cricketers New South Wales cricketers Cricketers from Sydney 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-cricket-bio-1900s-stub ... [...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 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 Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of symbols, often specifically those of a written language, by means of Visual perception, sight or Somatosensory system, touch. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifacete ..., aged 81. References 1910 births 1992 deaths English Football League players Ipswich Town F.C. players Watford F.C. players Reading F.C. players Footballers from Aylesbury English men's footballers Men's association football forwards 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-forward-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Carter (comedian)
Jack Carter (born Jack Chakrin; June 24, 1922 – June 28, 2015) was an American comedian, actor, and television presenter. Born in Brooklyn, 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, to Russian Jewish immigrants Anna ( Borofsky) and Harry Chakrin. His parents owned a candy store there where he began to dance on tables at the age of 3. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack W
Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas 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 * Jack (hero), an archetypal Cornish and English hero and stock character Animals and plants Fish * Carangidae generally, including: ** Almaco jack ** Amberjack ** Bar jack ** Black jack (fish) ** Crevalle jack **Gia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Carter (politician)
John William Carter (born July 3, 1947) is an American businessman, politician and environmentalist. He is the eldest child of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Early life, education and career 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 Institute of Technology, Emory University, and Georgia Southwestern State University. After time in the military, he returned to Georgia Tech, earning a degree in nuclear physics. Following graduation, Carter immediately entered the University of Georgia School of Law, receiving his Juris Doctor in 1975. Carter enlisted in the United States Navy in April 1968 at the suggestion of his father. He served during the Vietnam War, on the salvage ship and received a gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Lewis (writer)
Alfred Edward 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. In 1946, the family moved to Barton-upon-Humber in Lincolnshire. As a child, Lewis contracted rheumatic fever and spent almost a year away from school in bed rest. During that time he read books and comics and drew constantly. From a young age he was a fan of film, particularly Western epics, B-movies and gangster pictures. 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 moved to London in 1961 with £70 he earned from his first illustration commission, the Alan Delgado children's book, ''The Hot Water Bottle Mystery''. His first work in London was in adver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planetary (comic)
''Planetary'' is an American comic book series created by writer Warren Ellis and artist John Cassaday, and published by the Wildstorm imprint of DC Comics. After an initial preview issue in September 1998, the series ran for 27 issues from April 1999 to October 2009. Publication history ''Planetary'' was previewed in issue #33 of '' Gen13'' and issue #6 of ''C-23'', both dated September 1998. The first issue of the series was cover-dated April 1999. Originally intended to be a 24-issue bi-monthly series, the series was on hold from 2001 to 2003 due to illness of writer Warren Ellis and other commitments by Cassaday. Laura Martin (also credited as Laura DePuy) colored almost every issue of the series. The main story concluded with issue #26 in October 2006; the concluding issue #27 released three years later in October 2009. Ellis intended the focus of the book to be the superhero genre, rather than the superheroes themselves: "I wanted to do something that actually went deeper i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Carter (Eureka Character)
Jack Carter may refer to: * Jack Carter (stage actor) (c. 1902–1967), American actor * Jack Carter (cricketer) (1907–1995), Australian cricketer * Jack Carter (footballer) (1910–1992), English footballer * Jack Carter (comedian) (1922–2015), American comedian, actor, and host * Jack W. Carter (1938–2019), American politician * 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 * Jack Carter, a character from Warren Ellis's comic '' Planetary'' * Jack Carter (''Eureka'' character), character on the American science fiction drama ''Eureka'' See also * John Carter (other) * ''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 lear ... [...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 (actor) (1927–2015), American actor and director * Carter (artist), (born 1970), John Carter, American artist and film director * John Carter (writer) (1905–1975), English author, book collector and bookseller * John Carter (film editor) (1922–2018), American film editor * John Carter (mouth artist) (1815–1850), disabled English artist * John Carter (sound engineer) (1907–1982), American film audio engineer * 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'' ... [...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. 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 (drums, ... 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 (writer) Michael Joseph books {{1970s-crime-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
