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Years active
  
1926-1932

Name
  
Jack Hanlon


Born
  
February 15, 1916 (
1916-02-15
)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

Died
  
December 13, 2012(2012-12-13) (aged 96) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

Spouse(s)
  
Jean Hanlon (1940-1977; her death)

Occupation
  
Actor, Furniture mover

Jack hanlon on bass


Jack Clem Hanlon (February 15, 1916 - December 13, 2012) was an American child actor known for his role in Our Gang and silent films. According to Variety, at the time of his death he was the oldest living person to appear in the Our Gang comedies and likely the last surviving cast member of the Buster Keaton silent classic The General.

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Hanlon was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and was raised by his grandmother in Culver City, California. He started acting at age 10. His first role was in Buster Keaton's 1926 film, The General, before appearing in two 1927 Our Gang/Little Rascals silent shorts: The Glorious Fourth and Olympic Games. He had what was characterized as a breakout performance in the 1929 William Wyler-directed part-talkie The Shakedown, co-starring James Murray and Barbara Kent. He also had minor roles in Romance, where as an uncredited extra he got his first on-screen kiss from Greta Garbo.

Between 1930 and 1933, Hanlon appeared in eight more films before giving up his acting career in 1932. After graduating from high school, he played minor league baseball and served as an Army Air Corps paratrooper during World War II. After the war, Hanlon, worked as a furniture mover for Allied Van Lines. He was married to Jean Hanlon from 1940 until her death in 1977. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1994. He stayed friends with fellow Our Gang alumnus and Las Vegan, Jay R. Smith. He died on December 13, 2012.

Jack hanlon spinning crazilly


Filmography

Actor
1933
King of the Arena as
Young Boy (uncredited)
1931
The Easiest Way as
Andy Murdock (uncredited)
1930
Big Money as
Office Boy
1930
Hide-Out as
Jerry (as Jackie Hanlon)
1930
Parade of the West as
Billy Rand (as Jackie Hanlon)
1929
Copy (Short) as
Jimmy
1929
The Wagon Master as
Billie Hollister
1929
The Fall of Eve as
Little Boy (as Jackie Hanlon)
1929
King of the Campus (Short)
1929
The Shakedown as
Clem
1927
Yale vs. Harvard (Short) as
Our Gang Team (uncredited)
1927
Olympic Games (Short) as
First Boy Beaten Up
1927
The Glorious Fourth (Short) as
Boy Who Gives a Quarter
1927
Ten Years Old (Short) as
Our Gang Member
1926
The General as
Bit Part (uncredited)

References

Jack Hanlon Wikipedia