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Jack Cheatham

{{Short description|American actor (1894–1971)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Jack Cheatham

| image = Jack Cheatham in Desirable Lady (A Fig Leaf for Eve).jpg

| caption = Cheatham in A Fig Leaf for Eve (1944)

| birth_name = John Preston Cheatham

| birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1894|12|28}}

| birth_place = Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1971|03|30|1894|12|28}}

| death_place = La Mirada, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, California

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1928–1949

| spouse = Ewell Malone

}}

John Preston Cheatham (December 28, 1894 – March 30, 1971) was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. During his career he appeared in almost 200 films, with 100 of them being features.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&Type=PN&Tbl=&CatID=DATABIN_CAST&ID=75270&searchedFor=Jack_Cheatham_&SortType=ASC&SortCol=RELEASE_YEAR | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Jack Cheatham | accessdate=July 20, 2015}}

Life and career

Born John Preston Cheatham on December 28, 1894, in Jackson, Mississippi, he began acting in the 1920s, including two Broadway appearances.{{cite web | url=http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=35156 | publisher=Internet Broadway Database | title=Jack Cheatham | accessdate=July 20, 2015}} In 1928 he would appear in the successful Diamond Lil, written by and starring Mae West.{{cite web | url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=10620 | publisher=Internet Broadway Database | title=Diamond Lil | accessdate=July 20, 2015}} Cheatham entered the film industry with his performance in a featured role in 1931's Shanghaied Love, starring Richard Cromwell, Noah Beery, and Sally Blane.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8374 | title=Shanghaied Love: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 20, 2015}}

Notable films in which Cheatham appeared include: The Whole Town's Talking (1935), starring Edward G. Robinson and Jean Arthur;{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4140 | title=The Whole Town's Talking: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 20, 2015}} The Petrified Forest (1936), starring Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, and Bette Davis;{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5920 | title=The Petrified Forest: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 20, 2015}} Frank Capra's 1936 comedy, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur;{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6328 | title=Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 20, 2015}} the classic Meet John Doe (1941), directed by Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck;{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27680 | title=Meet John Doe: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 20, 2015}} Alfred Hitchcock's 1942 suspense drama, Saboteur, starring Priscilla Lane and Robert Cummings;{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27445 | title=Saboteur: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 20, 2015}} the 1946 comedy, The Kid from Brooklyn, starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo;{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=24845 | title=The Kid from Brooklyn: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 20, 2015}} and another Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo vehicle, 1947's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=25341 | title=The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 20, 2015}} Cheatham's final screen performance was in a small role in Michael Curtiz' 1949 melodrama, Flamingo Road, starring Joan Crawford.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=25925 | title=Flamingo Road: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 20, 2015}}

Cheatham was married to Ewell "Elaine" Malone. He died on March 30, 1971, in La Mirada, California, and was buried next to his wife in Rose Hills Memorial Park, in Whittier, California.Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

Selected filmography

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Category:1894 births

Category:1971 deaths

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:American male stage actors

Category:Male actors from Mississippi