Jack Marks (performer)
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Jack Marks (12 February 1895 – 12 March 1987) was an English performer and screenwriter. He was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, and began his career as a comedian, dancer and singer. He appeared before King George V and Queen Mary at the inaugural Royal Command Performance in London in 1912. He later became a successful screenwriter for several British films, such as Up for the Cup (1950).
Marks married Iris Dilley and they had a son, Howard.
He died from lung cancer in St John's Wood.
Selected filmography[]
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External links[]
- Jack Marks at IMDb
Categories:
- 1895 births
- 1987 deaths
- English male screenwriters
- English male comedians
- Writers from Leeds
- 20th-century British comedians
- Comedians from Yorkshire
- 20th-century English screenwriters
- 20th-century English male writers
- English actor stubs