Jack Kirk

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Jack Kirk , actually John Asbury Kirkhuff , (born February 19, 1895 in Nickerson , Kansas , † September 13, 1948 in Ketchikan , Alaska ) was an American actor who was used in numerous films as a supporting actor .

Life

Kirk began his film career with the beginning of the sound film era ; he benefited from his singing voice, with which he also dubbed some heroes of B-Westerns during vocal interludes. With several, varying vocal groups like the Range Riders or the Arizona Wranglers , he had numerous appearances. He worked for various film production companies and was initially cast as a cowboy, rancher or bandit, later as a sheriff, lawyer or carriage driver. He shot around 180 productions for Republic Pictures alone; he was particularly often in westerns of the Three Mesquiteers (33 times), with Roy Rogers (31 times), Gene Autry (26 times) and Bill Elliott (23 times) to see. His nickname was "Pappy" Kirk.

In the late 1940s, with the decline of B-film , Kirk left the film business and moved to Alaska . There he worked as a fisherman and died while working. He left behind his wife and eight children.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1930: The Battle of the Blue Mountains
  • 1930: Tom Keene, the king of the steppe
  • 1931: Bank robbery in Kentucky
  • 1932: The murder trail
  • 1932: Four fists like a clap of thunder
  • 1934: Rin-Tin-Tin's revenge
  • 1934: The Winston Farm Enigma
  • 1934: Rodeo (as the voice of John Wayne )
  • 1935: Flaming frontier
  • 1935: Rex, the King of Arizona
  • 1936: Under two flags
  • 1936: Zorro - The blood-red eagle
  • 1937: Zorro's black whip
  • 1937: The attack on the gold express
  • 1938: gold in the clouds
  • 1939: rider in the night
  • 1940: Black Command
  • 1942: Fuzzy intervenes
  • 1943: Oklahoma Hell
  • 1944: Lady Alquist's house
  • 1946: Fuzzy, the hero of the west

Web links and sources

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cowboy Music: Arizona Wranglers
personal data
SURNAME Kirk, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kirkhuff, John Asbury (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Nickerson , Kansas , USA
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1948
Place of death Ketchikan , Alaska , USA