Jack Carter Biography (1923-)

Born Jack Chakrin, June 24, 1923, in Brooklyn, NY (some sources say New YorkCity); married Paula Stewart (divorced); married Roxanne. Addresses: Manager: Meryl Soodak Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Comedian, actor
Birth Details: June 24, 1923; Brooklyn, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Rotating host, of Texaco Star Theater, 1948
Host, Pick and Pat, ABC, 1949
Host, American Minstrels of 1949, ABC, 1949
Host, Jack Carter and Company, ABC, 1949
Host, Cavalcade of Stars, Dumont, 1949-50
Host, The Jack Carter Show, NBC, 1950
Host from Chicago, The Saturday Night Revue, NBC, c. 1953-c. 1954
Host, Stage Show, CBS, 1956
Vaudeville, syndicated, 1975
Glenn Wallace, Santa Barbara, 1985
Himself, Make Me Laugh, Comedy Central, 1997
Voice of Teiresias, Hercules (animated; also known as Disney's Hercules), ABC and syndicated, 1998
Mr. Rapowski, Driving Me Crazy, 2000
Pilots
Madhouse 90, ABC, 1972
Robin Dennis, Human Feelings, NBC, 1978
Mr. Mancuso, The Hustler of Muscle Beach, ABC, 1980
Movies
Freddie Farber, The Lonely Profession, NBC, 1969
McGee, The Family Rico, CBS, 1972
Poor Devil, 1973
Manny Fox, The Sex Symbol, ABC, 1974
Theo Weiss, The Great Houdini (also known as The Great Houdinis), ABC, 1976
George Jessel, Rainbow, NBC, 1978
The Gossip Columnist, syndicated, 1979
Existentialist, For the Love of It, ABC, 1980
Chubby Waters, Neil Simon's Broadway Bound (also known as Broadway Bound), ABC, 1991
Double Deception, NBC, 1993
Specials
Murder at NBC (A Bob Hope Special), NBC, 1966
Shoot-in at NBC (A Bob Hope Special), NBC, 1967
The Alan King Show, ABC, 1969
The Bob Hope Show, NBC, 1969
Plimpton! Did You Hear the One about ...?, ABC, 1971
The Rowan and Martin Special, NBC, 1973
Joys (also known as Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope in "Joys"),1976
Sidney Wineberg, "Have I Got a Christmas for You," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1977
Sam Weinberg, "The Last Hurrah," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1977
The New and Spectacular Guinness Book of World Records, 1980
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business, NBC, 1983
Himself (archive footage), The Great Standups (also known as The Great Standups: Sixty Years of Laughter), 1984
Bob Hope with His Beautiful Easter Bunnies and Other Friends, NBC,1987
Mr. Perret, NBC Investigates Bob Hope, NBC, 1987
Hanukkah: Let There Be Lights, PBS, 1989
The Comedy Concert Hour, Nashville Network, 1990
Also appeared in other Bob Hope specials.
Episodic
Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1961
The Tonight Show, NBC, 1962
Dave Sumner, "Most Likely to Succeed," Alfred Hitchcock Presents,1962
Neil Schenk, "Stretch Petrie vs. Kid Schenk," The Dick Van Dyke Show, 1964
"Main Event," Combat!, 1965
James Ashley, "My Master the Ghostbreaker," I Dream of Jeannie, 1968
Alan Thorpe, "The Night of the Janus," The Wild, Wild West, 1969
"One for the Lady," Mannix, 1970
"Ragged Edge," Cade's Country, 1972
Sy Kleiner, "Syndrome," Emergency!, NBC, 1973

Harry Foxton, "Try to Die on Time," Hawaii Five-O, 1973
Risky Ross/Joey Flanders, "The Adventure of Veronica's Veils," Ellery Queen, 1975
"The Star," Cannon, 1975
Jackie Leroy, "The Girl Who Couldn't Lose," ABC Movie of the Week, ABC, 1975
"Fred meets Redd," Sanford and Son, 1976
Game announcer, "The Game," Emergency!, NBC, 1976
Salesman, "Family Crisis," CHiPs, 1978
Joey Jackson, "Here's Joey Jackson," The Littlest Hobo, 1981
Bert, "Exit Line," Darkroom, 1982
Telephone installer, "Nell Goes to Jail," Gimme a Break!, 1982
Cliff Carpenter, "Dead Heat," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1985
True Confessions, syndicated, 1986
John Bluthener, "Miss Stardust," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1987
Harry Finlay, "Just Another Fish Story," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1988
Klaatzu, "Barter," Tales from the Darkside, 1988
"The World of Jewish Humor," Great Performances, PBS, 1990
"Only When I Laugh," Blossom, NBC, 1992
"Oral Sex, Lies and Videotape," Dream On, HBO, 1993
"Who Killed the Host at the Roast?" Burke's Law, CBS, 1994
Joey Miller, "The Lottery," Time Trax, syndicated, 1994
Kenneth Trant, "The Big Crunch," Cracker, Arts and Entertainment,1994
"Resurrection/Niles and Bob/Harry Stenz," The Watcher, UPN, 1995
Voice, "Research and Destroy," Duckman (animated), USA Network, 1995
Sonny, "Bash at the Beach," Baywatch, syndicated, 1996
Voice of old man, "Sleepless in Orlando," Coach, ABC, 1996
Tony, "Something about a Family Photo," Something So Right, NBC, 1996
Himself, "Caroline and the Comic," Caroline in the City, NBC, 1996
Gordon Gonza, "Retribution: Part 1," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1998
Himself, "Cry and You Cry Alone," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1998
Uncle Abe, "Dick Solomon of the Indiana Solomons," 3rd Rock from the Sun, NBC, 1999
Oliver King, "Captain Crimestopper," L.A. Heat, TNT, 1999
Rudy Steineger, "The Voice," 7th Heaven, The WB, 1999
"The Hypnotist," Stark Raving Mad, NBC, 2000
"Unfunny Girl," Hollywood Off-Ramp, E! Entertainment Television, 2000
Barnacle Bob, "Jane Cops Out," One World, 2000
Also appeared as Joey Birney, "Your Mother Wears Army Boots," The OddCouple; voice of Harry, "Warrior Queen," Superman (animated), TheWB; Friendly Freddie, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.; in the Ed Sullivan Show, CBS; The Dean Martin Show, NBC; The Jackie Gleason Show,CBS; The Hollywood Palace, ABC; Laugh-In, NBC; Magnum P.I., CBS; Medical Center, CBS; The Fall Guy, ABC; Fantasy Island, ABC; First and Ten, HBO; Mike Hammer, CBS; Tales ofTomorrow, ABC; The Andy Williams Show; Fame; and PoliceStory.
Television Director
Episodic
Here's Lucy, CBS, 1971
Film Appearances
Lieutenant William "Billy" Monk, The Horizontal Lieutenant, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962
(Uncredited) Himself, Viva Las Vegas (also known as Love in LasVegas), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
Gunner's Mate Orville Toole, The Extraordinary Seaman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969
Dwight Childs, The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler, Vidtronics, 1971
Herbie Dalitz, Hustle, Paramount, 1975
Solly Kramer, The Amazing Dobermans, Golden, 1976
Male journalist, Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood, Paramount, 1976
Senator Caruso, The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington, Cannon, 1977
Manny, Record City, American International, 1977
Walter Stratton, The Glove (also known as Blood Mad and The Glove: Lethal Terminator), Pro International, 1978
Mayor Ledoux, Alligator, Group 1, 1980
Sharkey, The Octagon, American Cinema, 1980
Rat Vendor, History of the World, Part I, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
Barney Brodsky, Separate Ways, Crown International, 1981
Voice of Catskill, Heartbeeps, 1981
Philly Beekman, The Funny Farm, New World/Mutual, 1982
Construction manager, Eureka, 1983
Lester Burns, Hambone and Hillie, New World, 1984
Sydney, Love Scenes (also known as Ecstacy, Love Secrets, and Lovescene), 1985
Samsa, The Trouble with Dick, Frolix, 1987
Frank Bower, W.A.R.: Women against Rape (also known as Death Blow), 1987
Cal Farnsworth, Sexpot, 1988
Uncle Solly, Red Nights, Trans World, 1988
Evan Weiss, Deadly Embrace, 1989
Mr. Castaglia, Caged Fury, 1990
Robo-C.H.I.C. (also known as Cyber-C.H.I.C.), 1990
Old priest, Satan's Princess (also known as Malediction), Paramount, 1991
Senator Robertson, Social Suicide, 1991
Announcer, Arena, Columbia/TriStar, 1991
Stan, In the Heat of Passion (also known as Heat of Passion), Concorde, 1992
Rabbi, The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them, Miramax, 1992
Landlord, National Lampoon's Last Resort, 1994
Always Say Goodbye, 1997
Mr. Weintraub, Pastry, Pain and Politics, 1998
Dante Solomon, Play It to the Bone (also known as Play It),Buena Vista, 1999
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter (documentary), Cinemax, 1999
Also appeared in Comics.
Stage Appearances
(Broadway debut) Call Me Mister, 1947
Guys and Dolls, Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ, c. 1984
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 1991
Sugar, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1992
Legends of the Catskills, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie, IL, 2000
Also appeared in Mr. Wonderful; The Last of the Red Hot Lovers; Born Yesterday; A Thousand Clowns; Critic's Choice; The Odd Couple; A Hatful of Rain; Little Me; TopBanana.
Major Tours
Toured as Fagin, Oliver, The Nederlander Company.
Stage Director
Directed productions of A Thousand Clowns, Silver Anniversary, and Mouth-Trap, all at Drury Lane Theatre, Chicago, IL.

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