Jack Pickford

Biography

Jack Pickford (born John Charles Smith) was an actor of some popularity in American Silent films. He was Silent screen star Mary Pickford's younger brother.

Career Overview

Jack Pickford has 95 screen credits in a career dating back to 1909. Signature works include Great Expectations, The Goose Woman, Waking Up the Town. 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

95

Birth Date

1896-08-17 00:00:00

Birth Place

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Known For

• 

  Great Expectations
• 

  The Goose Woman
• 

  Waking Up the Town
• 

  The Hill Billy
• 

  Garrison's Finish
• 

  Just Out of College

Frequent Collaborators

• Herbert Prior (2 collaborations)
• Louise Huff (1 collaborations)
• Frank Losee (1 collaborations)
• William Black (1 collaborations)
• Marcia Harris (1 collaborations)
• Grace Barton (1 collaborations)
• Louise Dresser (1 collaborations)
• Constance Bennett (1 collaborations)
• Marc McDermott (1 collaborations)
• George Nichols (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (93 credits)

  • American Experience

    - Mary Pickford (2005) ... Self actor actors
    1988
  • Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Gang War

    Clyde Baxter

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Life in Hollywood No. 6

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Exit Smiling

    Jimmy Marsh

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Brown of Harvard

    Jim Doolittle

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Bat

    Brooks Bailey

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Goose Woman

    Gerald Holmes

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • My Son

    Tony

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The End of the World

    Jack Joyce

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The End of the World

    Jack Joyce

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Waking Up the Town

    Jack Joyce

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Hill Billy

    Jed

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Hollywood

    Jack Pickford

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Garrison's Finish

    Billy Garrison

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Just Out of College

    Ed Swinger

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Man Who Had Everything

    Harry Bullway

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • A Double-Dyed Deceiver

    The Llano Kid

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

    Chad

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • In Wrong

    Johnny Spivins

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Burglar by Proxy

    Jack Robin

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Bill Apperson's Boy

    Buddy Apperson

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Sandy

    Sandy Kilday

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Mile-a-Minute Kendall

    Kendall

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • His Majesty, Bunker Bean

    Bunker Bean

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Huck and Tom

    Tom Sawyer

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Spirit of '17

    Davy Glidden

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Tom Sawyer

    Tom Sawyer

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Jack and Jill

    Jack Ranney

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Ghost House

    Ted Rawson

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Varmint

    John Humperdink Stover

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • What Money Can't Buy

    Dick Hale

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Freckles

    Freckles

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Girl at Home

    Jimmie Dexter

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Dummy

    Barney Cook

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Great Expectations

    Pip

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Seventeen

    William Sylvanus Baxter

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Poor Little Peppina

    Beppo

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Making of Crooks

    Tony

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • A Girl of Yesterday

    John Stuart

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Pretty Sister of Jose

    Jose

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Fanchon, the Cricket

    Young Bully (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Commanding Officer

    The Commandant's Orderly

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Love Route

    Billy Ball

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • David Harum

    Stable boy

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • His Last Dollar

    Jockey Jones

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Wildflower

    Bud Haskins

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Eagle's Mate

    A Young Clansman

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Home, Sweet Home

    The Mother's Half-Wit Son

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Liberty Belles

    Jack Everleigh

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Mysterious Shot

    The Mexican Boy

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Gangsters of New York

    Spot - the Spy

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • For the Son of the House

    In Gambling Hall (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • A Misappropriated Turkey

    On Street

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Unwelcome Guest

    One of the Children

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Love in an Apartment Hotel

    A Bellhop

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Massacre

    The Young Boy

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The New York Hat

    Youth Outside Church

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Brutality

    At Theatre

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Informer

    Negro Boy

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Heredity

    The Son of the White Renegade Father and Indian Mother

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    Rival Gang Member / At Dance

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Painted Lady

    Beau at Ice Cream Festival

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Chief's Blanket

    An Indian

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

    A Brother

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • A Pueblo Legend

    The Young Brave

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Mr. Grouch at the Seashore

    The Frenchman's Son

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Inner Circle

    The Messenger

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • What the Doctor Ordered

    Jenks' Son

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Narrow Road

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Would-Be Shriner

    Parade Bystander

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Speed Demon

    The Speed Demon's Son

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The School Teacher and the Waif

    Extra

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Katchem Kate

    Money Thief at School

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • A Temporary Truce

    An Indian (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • As a Boy Dreams

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • For Her Brother's Sake

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Sweet Memories

    Young Earl Jackson

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Lost Necklace

    The Son of the Laundress

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Lesson

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • Waiter No. 5

    The Chief of Police's Son (as a boy)

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • Rose o' Salem Town

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • The Oath and the Man

    The Messenger

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • Muggsy Becomes a Hero

    Mabel's Brother

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • The Modern Prodigal

    The Sheriff's Son

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • Ramona

    A Boy

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • An Affair of Hearts

    Boy

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • The Tenderfoot's Triumph

    A Boy

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • The Kid

    Walter Holden's Son

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • The Newlyweds

    At Station Reception

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • To Save Her Soul

    Stagehand

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Pranks

    One of the Boys

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • His Duty

    One of the Children on the Street

    actor

    actors
    1909

• directing (2 credits)

  • Little Lord Fauntleroy

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Through the Back Door

    director

    directing
    1921