Jack Warner

Jack Warner

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jack Warner OBE (24 October 1895 – 24 May 1981) was an English film and television actor. He was born in London, his real name being Horace John Waters. His sisters Elsie and Doris Waters were well-known comediennes under the names Gert and Daisy. Like them, Jack Warner made his name in music hall and radio, but he became known to cinema audiences as the patriarch in a trio of popular post-World War II family films beginning with Here Come the Huggetts. He also co-starred in the 1955 Hammer film version of The Quatermass Xperiment and as a police superintendent in the 1955 Ealing Studios black comedy The Ladykillers. Warner attended the Coopers' Company's Grammar School for Boys in Mile End, while his sisters both attended the nearby sister school, Coborn School for Girls in Bow. The three children were choristers at St. Leonard's Church, Bromley-by-Bow, and for a time, Warner was the choir's soloist. By the early war years Warner was nationally known and starred in a BBC radio comedy show Garrison Theatre, invariably opening with, "A Monologue Entitled...". It was in 1949 that Warner first played the role for which he would be remembered, PC George Dixon, in the film The Blue Lamp. One observer predicted, "This film will make Jack the most famous policeman in Britain". Although the police constable was shot dead in the film, the character was revived in 1955 for the BBC television series Dixon of Dock Green, which ran until 1976. In later years though, Warner and his long-past-retirement-age character were confined to a less prominent desk sergeant role. The series had a prime-time slot on Saturday evenings, and always opened with Dixon giving a little soliloquy to the camera, beginning with the words, "Good evening, all". According to Warner's autobiography, Jack of All Trades, Elizabeth II once visited the television studio where the series was made and told Warner "that she thought Dixon of Dock Green had become part of the British way of life". He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1965. In 1973, he was made a Freeman of the City of London. Warner commented in his autobiography that the honour "entitles me to a set of 18th century rules for the conduct of life urging me to be sober and temperate". Warner added, "Not too difficult with Dixon to keep an eye on me!" The characterisation by Warner of Dixon was held in such high regard that officers from Paddington Green Police Station bore the coffin at his funeral in 1981. Warner is buried in East London Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Warner (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Популярність : 7.147
  • Відомий за : Acting
  • День народження : 1895-10-22
  • Місце народження : Bromley-by-Bow, London, England, UK
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Jack Warner Фільми

  • 1955
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    Вбивці леді

    Вбивці леді

    7.3 1955 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Quatermass Xperiment

    The Quatermass Xperiment

    6.5 1955 HD

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  • 1948
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    Against the Wind

    Against the Wind

    5.8 1948 HD

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  • 1947
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    It Always Rains on Sunday

    It Always Rains on Sunday

    6.6 1947 HD

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  • 1947
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    Dear Murderer

    Dear Murderer

    5.7 1947 HD

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  • 1947
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    Hue and Cry

    Hue and Cry

    6.2 1947 HD

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  • 1958
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    Carve Her Name with Pride

    Carve Her Name with Pride

    5.7 1958 HD

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  • 1980
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    Dominique

    Dominique

    5.2 1980 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Ealing Comedies

    The Ealing Comedies

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp

    6.6 1950 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Captive Heart

    The Captive Heart

    6.2 1946 HD

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  • 1948
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    My Brother's Keeper

    My Brother's Keeper

    6.1 1948 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Square Ring

    The Square Ring

    6.6 1953 HD

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  • 1962
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    Jigsaw

    Jigsaw

    7.2 1962 HD

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  • 1948
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    Easy Money

    Easy Money

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1953
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    Albert R.N.

    Albert R.N.

    7.2 1953 HD

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  • 1951
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    Valley of the Eagles

    Valley of the Eagles

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1949
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    Train of Events

    Train of Events

    6.2 1949 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Final Test

    The Final Test

    6.6 1953 HD

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  • 1949
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    Boys in Brown

    Boys in Brown

    6.5 1949 HD

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  • 1952
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    Emergency Call

    Emergency Call

    6.5 1952 HD

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  • 1954
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    Forbidden Cargo

    Forbidden Cargo

    6.4 1954 HD

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  • 1948
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    Here Come the Huggetts

    Here Come the Huggetts

    6.4 1948 HD

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  • 1949
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    Vote for Huggett

    Vote for Huggett

    6.6 1949 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Huggetts Abroad

    The Huggetts Abroad

    6.6 1949 HD

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  • 1953
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    Those People Next Door

    Those People Next Door

    4.7 1953 HD

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  • 1954
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    Bang! You're Dead

    Bang! You're Dead

    7.3 1954 HD

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  • 1947
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    Holiday Camp

    Holiday Camp

    6.1 1947 HD

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  • 1956
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    Now and Forever

    Now and Forever

    7 1956 HD

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  • 1956
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    Home and Away

    Home and Away

    7 1956 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Dummy Talks

    The Dummy Talks

    4.7 1943 HD

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  • 1951
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    Talk of a Million

    Talk of a Million

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1951
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    Скрудж

    Скрудж

    7.4 1951 HD

    Фільм по мотивам твору Чарльза Діккенса «Різдвяна пісня» (A Christmas Carol, 1841) -...

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  • 1952
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    Meet Me Tonight

    Meet Me Tonight

    6.7 1952 HD

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  • 1955
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    Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green

    5.3 1955 HD

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  • 1958
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    Christmas Night with the Stars

    Christmas Night with the Stars

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1957
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    Eye to Eye

    Eye to Eye

    7 1957 HD

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  • 1976
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    Tell Me Another

    Tell Me Another

    8 1976 HD

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