Jack Lambert (actor)
Jack Lambert | |
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Born |
Yonkers, New York, U.S. | April 13, 1920
Died |
February 18, 2002 81) Carmel, California, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1942-1970 |
Children | Lee J. Lambert |
Jack Lambert (April 13, 1920 – February 18, 2002) was an American character actor born in Yonkers, New York, who specialized in playing movie tough guys and heavies. He is best known for playing the psychotic cat-loving, iron-hooked Steve "The Claw" Michael in Dick Tracy's Dilemma.
Following a spell on Broadway, Lambert moved to Hollywood and began working in films in 1942. He was a familiar figure in Westerns and crime dramas after World War II, in such movies as The Killers, The Enforcer, Bend of the River, Vera Cruz, Kiss Me Deadly and How the West Was Won.
Lambert also appeared in many television series of the 1950s and 1960s, such as Rod Cameron's State Trooper, Gunsmoke (season 4, episode 35, 1959), Have Gun - Will Travel, Sugarfoot, Daniel Boone, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Get Smart and The Andy Griffith Show.
From 1959 to 1960, he was a regular cast member (as Joshua Walcek, sometimes called "Joshua MacGregor"), in 23 of the 42 episodes of Darren McGavin's NBC western series, Riverboat.
He is often confused with Jack Lambert, a British character actor, as well as the former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Jack Lambert.
Partial Filmography
- 1943: Hostages
- 1943: The Cross of Lorraine
- 1945: The Hidden Eye
- 1946: Abilene Town
- 1946: The Harvey Girls
- 1946: The Killers
- 1946: Plainsman and the Lady
- 1947: New Orleans
- 1947: Dick Tracy's Dilemma
- 1947: The Vigilantes Return
- 1947: The Unsuspected
- 1948: River Lady
- 1948: Belle Starr's Daughter
- 1949: Big Jack
- 1949: Brimstone
- 1949: The Great Gatsby
- 1949: Yes Sir, That's My Baby
- 1949: Border Incident
- 1950: Dakota Lil
- 1950: Stars in My Crown
- 1950: North of the Great Divide
- 1951: The Enforcer
- 1951: The Secret of Convict Lake
- 1952: Bend of the River
- 1952: Montana Belle
- 1952: Blackbeard the Pirate
- 1953: Scared Stiff
- 1953: 99 River Street
- 1954: Vera Cruz
- 1955: Run for Cover
- 1955: Kiss Me Deadly
- 1955: At Gunpoint
- 1956: Backlash
- 1956: Canyon River
- 1958: Machine-Gun Kelly
- 1958: Hot Car Girl
- 1958: Party Girl
- 1959: Alias Jesse James
- 1959: Day Of The Outlaw
- 1960: Freckles
- 1961: The George Raft Story
- 1962: How the West Was Won
- 1963: 4 for Texas
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