Jack Douglas (actor)
Jack Douglas ( born April 26, 1927 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England; † December 18, 2008 in Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire), actually Jack Roberton, was a British actor who mainly through his involvement in carry-on ... is known film series.
Life
Douglas was born into a family that was on stage for more than 200 years. At the age of eleven he ripped off from home to work on Feldman 's Theatre in Blackpool. With his partner, Joe Baker, he appeared as a comedy duo; they went on tour with Howard Keel and had a guest appearance at Cliff Richard in London Palladium. After twelve years of cooperation and Douglas Baker parted.
Between 1955 and 1957 he appeared in the first two seasons of the long-lived game show Crackerjack! on, then it was up to August 1959 show master of the consignment Bold Journey. Between 1963 and 1967, Douglas met with the entertainer Des O'Connor on in the TV show. He had from the mid-1960s several appearances on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show and the Merv Griffin Show. In 1972 he made his first appearance in a film of the Carry-on ... film series. In The totally crazy matron Although he had only a tiny role, but he should be the only actor in the episode, which occurred in all other films of the series. In addition, he played in the film series based on the TV series Carry On Laughing and in the two Christmas specials.
Douglas retired in 1996 with his partner Vivienne Russell on the Isle of Wight back. He had two children and a stepdaughter.