Jack McNaughton

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|12|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mitcham, Surrey, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|2|22|1905|12|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = Cambridgeshire, England

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| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1939–1963 (film & TV)

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Jack McNaughton (22 December 1905{{spaced ndash}}22 February 1990) was a British stage and film actor.Keaney p.196{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/qxj/jack-mcnaughton|title=Jack Mcnaughton | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bab4730ae|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228132839/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bab4730ae|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2018|title=Jack McNaughton|website=BFI}} As a character actor he mostly played supporting roles, but occasionally featured in major roles such as playing the male lead in the 1951 comedy Cheer the Brave.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/cheer-the-brave-v87077/cast-crew|title=Cheer the Brave (1951) - Kenneth Hume | Cast and Crew|website=AllMovie}}

He was married to the Canadian-born actress Kay Callard.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&q=jack+mcnaughton+kay+callard&pg=RA2-PA2007|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|date=May 16, 2016|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}

Selected filmography

They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) – Soapy
Brighton Rock (1948) – Trudy brother – pierrot (uncredited)
London Belongs to Me (1948) – Jimmy
The Guinea Pig (1948) – (uncredited)
Brass Monkey (1948) – Porter
Badger's Green (1949) – Mr. Twigg
Cardboard Cavalier (1949) – Uriah Group
Man on the Run (1949) – First Man at Soho Pub
Madness of the Heart (1949) – Attendant
No Place for Jennifer (1950) – Coffee Stall Attendant
Her Favourite Husband (1950) – El Greco
She Shall Have Murder (1950) – Barman
The Man in the White Suit (1951) – Taxi Driver
Cheer the Brave (1951) – Bill Potter
Green Grow the Rushes (1951) – Bailiff Sgt. Edgar Rigby
High Treason (1951) – Benson – Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
Young Wives' Tale (1951) – Cab driver
Secret People (1952) – Postman
No Haunt for a Gentleman (1952) – Fitz-Cholmondley
The Hour of 13 (1952) – Ford
Trent's Last Case (1952) – Martin
The Pickwick Papers (1952) – Mr. Nupkins
Time Bomb (1953) – Briggs (uncredited)
Rough Shoot (1953) – Inspector Matthews
The Million Pound Note (1954) – Williams (uncredited)
River Beat (1954) – Hickson
Father Brown (1954) – Railway Guard
The Purple Plain (1954) – Sgt. Ralph Brown (uncredited)
The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) – Outlaw
Children Galore (1955) – Pat Ark
The Dam Busters (1955) – Waiter (uncredited)
Postmark for Danger (1955)
Dial 999 (1955) – Plainclothes Officer (uncredited)
Lost (1956) – Hotel Porter (uncredited)
Private's Progress (1956) – Medical Orderly (uncredited)
The Long Arm (1956) – Newspaper Circulation Manager (Manchester) (uncredited)
Town on Trial (1957) – Police Station Sergeant (uncredited)
After the Ball (1957)
Lady of Vengeance (1957) – Coroner
The Camp on Blood Island (1958) – First Prisoner
Up the Creek (1958) – Regulating Petty Officer
Tread Softly Stranger (1958) – Workman
The Rough and the Smooth (1959) – Bartender (uncredited)
Expresso Bongo (1959) – Jack – Journalist (uncredited)
The Stranglers of Bombay (1959) – Corp. Roberts (uncredited)
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960) – Stallholder (uncredited)
The Court Martial of Major Keller (1961) – Miller

References

Bibliography

Michael F. Keaney. British Film Noir Guide. McFarland, 2008.

External links

{{IMDb name|0573793}}

Category:1905 births

Category:1990 deaths

Category:British male film actors

Category:British male stage actors

Category:People from Mitcham

Category:Actors from the London Borough of Merton

Category:Male actors from Surrey