Jack W. Johnston

Biography

Career Overview

Jack W. Johnston has 60 screen credits in a career dating back to 1912. Signature works include The Greatest Love of All, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Fifty-Fifty. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

60

Birth Date

1876-10-02 00:00:00

Birth Place

Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland

Known For

• The Greatest Love of All
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• 

  Fifty-Fifty
• 

  God's Half Acre
• 

  Out of the Drifts
• Runaway June

Frequent Collaborators

• Marguerite Clark (2 collaborations)
• George Beban (1 collaborations)
• Wanda Lyon (1 collaborations)
• Sam Hardy (1 collaborations)
• Florence Carpenter (1 collaborations)
• Frank Losee (1 collaborations)
• Phil Ryley (1 collaborations)
• Harry Lee (1 collaborations)
• Walter P. Lewis (1 collaborations)
• Augusta Anderson (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (60 credits)

  • The Locket

    Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Lost Weekend

    Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Lady on a Train

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • The Missing Juror

    Juror (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Woman in the Window

    Man at Club (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Customer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The More the Merrier

    Night Club Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Borrowed Hero

    Juryman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Lydia

    Ball Guest

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Lady Eve

    Lawyer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Arise, My Love

    Man at Maxim's (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Miracles for Sale

    Magic Show Audience Volunteer

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Union Pacific

    Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Rage of Paris

    Relative at Wedding (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Driftwood

    Barlow

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Sawdust Paradise

    District Attorney

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Obey Your Husband

    District Attorney

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Flying Luck

    The Colonel

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Black Diamond Express

    Sheldon Truesdell

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Desert Valley

    Tim Dean (as F.W. Johnston)

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The New Klondike

    Joe Cooley

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Greatest Love of All

    District Attorney Kelland

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Unseeing Eyes

    Trapper

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Backbone

    Captain of the Guards

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Valley of Silent Men

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Channing of the Northwest

    Buddy

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Cardigan

    Col. Cresap

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Partners Of The Sunset

    Jim Worth

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Ruling Passion

    Peterson

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Mother Eternal

    William Brennon

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Kentuckians

    Boone's Brother

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Man's Plaything

    Dan Vaughan

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Why Women Sin

    Captain Morelake

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Broken Melody

    (as Jack Johnstone)

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Praise Agent

    Stanley Adams

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Test of Honor

    Mr. Curtis

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Speedy Meade

    Henry Dillman

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Twin Pawns

    Harry White

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Woman the Germans Shot

    U.S. Minister to Belgium

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • On the Quiet

    Horace Colt

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Haley

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • At the Mercy of Men

    Boris Litofsky

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Land of Promise

    Edward Marsh (as J.W. Johnson)

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Eternal Mother

    Lynch

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Cost of Hatred

    Robert Amory

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Fifty-Fifty

    Frederic Harmon (as J.W. Johnston)

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • God's Half Acre

    Henry Norman (as J.W. Johnston)

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Destiny's Toy

    Thomas Carter

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Moment Before

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Molly Make-Believe

    Sam Rogers

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Out of the Drifts

    Rudolph

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Should a Baby Die?

    Burton

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Runaway June

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Ghost Breaker

    Markam the Man

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Rose of the Rancho

    Kearney, Government Agent

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Where the Trail Divides

    Clayton Craig (as J.W. Johnston)

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Virginian

    Steve

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Caballero's Way

    Lieutenant Sandridge

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Trail of the Silver Fox

    Sergeant Jack Daniels of the R.N.W.M.P.

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Lass of Gloucester

    The Stranger - a Wealthy Sailor

    actor

    actors
    1912