Jack Perrin

Jack Perrin was an American actor who worked mostly in Westerns. Born in Three Rivers, Michigan, he moved with his family to Los Angeles as a child, and after Navy service in World War I he returned there and broke into movies at Universal. He first appeared on screen in the 1917 film Luke's Lost Liberty opposite Harold Lloyd, and during the 1920s he starred in serials, melodramas and cliffhangers. The 1930s brought him a niche in B-movie Westerns, where he generally played leads under his own name, though he sometimes used the pseudonyms Jack Gable or Dick Terry. His final major role was Davy Crockett in The Painted Stallion in 1937, and he continued making films into 1960, often in minor uncredited parts. He also did uncredited bits on television Westerns such as Cheyenne, Lawman and Bat Masterson, and a star at 1777 Vine Street on Hollywood's Walk of Fame recognizes his film contributions.