JACK PICKFORD BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Jack Pickford was born on August 18th, 1895 in Toronto, Canada with the birth name John Carl Smith born to John Charles and Charlotte Hennessy Smith. His older sister, Mary Pickford developed an interest in acting and his mother was actress, Charlotte Smith.
When his father abandoned the family, all three children found work as actors to assist in financial support, with Pickford first gaining experience as a stage actor.
In 1909, his sister helped get him associated with Biograph Pictures at the young age of thirteen and he began appearing in such shorts as, "The Broken Doll" (1910), "A Plain Song" (1910), "The Lesson" (1910), "The Poor Sick Men" (1911) and "Thou Shalt Not Lie" (1911).
Soon, Pickford signed a contract with First National, however by this time he had already added small roles in over ninety five shorts and was beginning to make a name for himself in the industry.
Some major memorable roles soon followed such as, "Great Expectations", "The Dummy", "Jack & Jill" and "Tom Sawyer" (all 1917). He then took a brief break from acting to join the United States Navy, and upon completing his service, Pickford returned back to acting.
Sadly, by this time, Hollywood had put him on the back burner and roles were becoming less available to him. What was once 5 to 6 film roles a year, turned into just a handful each year. Some of which were, "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" (1920), "The Man Who Had Everything" (1920), "The End of the World" (1922), "Garrison's Finish" (1923), "The Hill Billy" (1924) and "Waking Up the Town" (1925).
Although, he was in the public eye through most of his life making a living as an actor, he also caught a lot of media attention for his personal lifestyle. He abused the use of alcohol and drugs and was a well known womanizer.
He was however, recognized for his talent as an actor and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to the Motion Picture Industry.
Jack Pickford also married three times, all to former Ziegfeld girls. His first marriage made the tabloids when he married, Olive Thomas in 1916 and in 1920 the couple were in Paris out partying on the town, returned back to their hotel and it is believed, Olive accidentally overdosed on mercury bichloride, un-knowingly aware of what she was drinking. She passed away on September 10th, 1920. His second wife was Marilyn Miller whom he wed in 1922 however by 1927, this marriage came to an end. He then wed his third wife, Mary Mulhern in 1930 and they were together until he passed away at the age of thirty six, on January 3rd, 1933 from progressive multiple neuritis. His remains are interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Filmography
1928 Gang War
1926 Exit Smiling
1926 Brown of Harvard
1926 The Bat
1925 The Goose Woman
1925 My Son
1925 Waking Up the Town
1924 The Hill Billy
1923 Garrison's Finish
1922 The End of the World
1920 Just Out of College
1920 The Man Who Had Everything
1920 A Double-Dyed Deceiver
1920 The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1919 In Wrong
1919 Burglar by Proxy
1919 Bill Apperson's Boy
1918 Sandy
1918 Mile-a-Minute Kendall
1918 Mr. Fix-It
1918 His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1918 Huck and Tom
1918 The Spirit of '17
1917 Tom Sawyer
1917 Jack and Jill
1917 Ghost House
1917 The Varmint
1917 What Money Can't Buy
1917 Freckles
1917 The Girl at Home
1917 The Dummy
1917 A Strange Adventure
1917 Cupid's Touchdown
1917 Great Expectations
1916 Seventeen
1916 The Conflict
1916 The Reprisal
1916 The Hard Way
1916 Poor Little Peppina
1916 Virtue Triumphant
1916 Why Love Is Blind
1915 The Making of Crooks
1915 A Girl of Yesterday
1915 The Pretty Sister of Jose
1915 Fanchon, the Cricket
1915 The Commanding Officer
1915 The Love Route
1914 His Last Dollar
1914 Wildflower
1914 The Eagle's Mate
1914 Seven Days
1914 Home, Sweet Home
1914 Liberty Belles
1914 The Mysterious Shot
1914 The Warning Cry
1914 The Gangsters of New York
1914 The Massacre
1913 Giovanni's Gratitude
1913 Binks' Vacation 1913 For the Son of the House
1913 The Work Habit
1913 The Sneak
1913 Fate
1913 The Unwelcome Guest
1913 Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913 A Misappropriated Turkey
1912 My Hero
1912 The New York Hat
1912 Brutality
1912 The Informer
1912 My Baby
1912 Heredity
1912 The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912 The Painted Lady
1912 The Chief's Blanket
1912 A Ten-Karat Hero
1912 A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912 A Pueblo Legend
1912 Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
1912 The Inner Circle
1912 A Child's Remorse
1912 What the Doctor Ordered
1912 The Narrow Road
1912 Black Sheep
1912 The Would-Be Shriner
1912 The Speed Demon
1912 An Indian Summer
1912 Man's Lust for Gold
1912 The School Teacher and the Waif
1912 A Dash Through the Clouds
1912 Katchem Kate
1912 A Temporary Truce
1911 The Lost Necklace
1911 A Convict's Heart
1911 The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of
1911 A Boy of the Revolution
1911 Thou Shalt Not Lie
1911 For Her Brother's Sake
1911 Sweet Memories
1911 A Decree of Destiny
1911 The Poor Sick Men
1911 Fate's Turning
1911 His Trust Fulfilled
1910 White Roses
1910 The Lesson
1910 Happy Jack, a Hero
1910 A Child's Stratagem
1910 A Plain Song
1910 Waiter No. 5
1910 Two Little Waifs
1910 The Broken Doll
1910 The Iconoclast
1910 Examination Day at School
1910 Rose O'Salem Town
1910 The Oath and the Man
1910 In Life's Cycle
1910 Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910 The Modern Prodigal
1910 Ramona
1910 An Affair of Hearts
1910 The Tenderfoot's Triumph
1910 The Kid
1910 The Smoker
1910 The Newlyweds
1910 The Call
1910 All on Account of the Milk
1909 To Save Her Soul
1909 In a Hempen Bag
1909 Wanted, a Child
1909 Pranks
1909 The Message
