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Jack Warner‌

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Jack Warner

Bromley-by-Bow, London, England, UK

Jack Warner

Bromley-by-Bow, London, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1895-10-22

Popularity

star18.4

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jack Warner OBE (24 October 1895 – 24 May 1981) was an English film and television actor. He was born in London, his real name being Horace John Waters. His sisters Elsie and Doris Waters were well-known comediennes under the names Gert and Daisy. Like them, Jack Warner made his name in music hall and radio, but he became known to cinema audiences as the patriarch in a trio of popular post-World War II family films beginning with Here Come the Huggetts. He also co-starred in the 1955 Hammer film version of The Quatermass Xperiment and as a police superintendent in the 1955 Ealing Studios black comedy The Ladykillers. Warner attended the Coopers' Company's Grammar School for Boys in Mile End, while his sisters both attended the nearby sister school, Coborn School for Girls in Bow. The three children were choristers at St. Leonard's Church, Bromley-by-Bow, and for a time, Warner was the choir's soloist. By the early war years Warner was nationally known and starred in a BBC radio comedy show Garrison Theatre, invariably opening with, "A Monologue Entitled...". It was in 1949 that Warner first played the role for which he would be remembered, PC George Dixon, in the film The Blue Lamp. One observer predicted, "This film will make Jack the most famous policeman in Britain". Although the police constable was shot dead in the film, the character was revived in 1955 for the BBC television series Dixon of Dock Green, which ran until 1976. In later years though, Warner and his long-past-retirement-age character were confined to a less prominent desk sergeant role. The series had a prime-time slot on Saturday evenings, and always opened with Dixon giving a little soliloquy to the camera, beginning with the words, "Good evening, all". According to Warner's autobiography, Jack of All Trades, Elizabeth II once visited the television studio where the series was made and told Warner "that she thought Dixon of Dock Green had become part of the British way of life". He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1965. In 1973, he was made a Freeman of the City of London. Warner commented in his autobiography that the honour "entitles me to a set of 18th century rules for the conduct of life urging me to be sober and temperate". Warner added, "Not too difficult with Dixon to keep an eye on me!" The characterisation by Warner of Dixon was held in such high regard that officers from Paddington Green Police Station bore the coffin at his funeral in 1981. Warner is buried in East London Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Warner (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers‌
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calendar 1955

The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment‌
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calendar 1955

Against the Wind

Against the Wind‌
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calendar 1948

It Always Rains on Sunday

It Always Rains on Sunday‌
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calendar 1947

Dear Murderer

Dear Murderer‌
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calendar 1947

Hue and Cry

Hue and Cry‌
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calendar 1947

Carve Her Name with Pride

Carve Her Name with Pride‌
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calendar 1958

Dominique

Dominique‌
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calendar 1980

The Ealing Comedies

The Ealing Comedies‌
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calendar 1970

The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp‌
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calendar 1950

The Captive Heart

The Captive Heart‌
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calendar 1946

My Brother's Keeper

My Brother's Keeper‌
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calendar 1948

The Square Ring

The Square Ring‌
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calendar 1953

Jigsaw

Jigsaw‌
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calendar 1962

Easy Money

Easy Money‌
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calendar 1948

Albert R.N.

Albert R.N.‌
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calendar 1953

Valley of the Eagles

Valley of the Eagles‌
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calendar 1951

Train of Events

Train of Events‌
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calendar 1949

The Final Test

The Final Test‌
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calendar 1953

Boys in Brown

Boys in Brown‌
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calendar 1949

Emergency Call

Emergency Call‌
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calendar 1952

Forbidden Cargo

Forbidden Cargo‌
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calendar 1954

Here Come the Huggetts

Here Come the Huggetts‌
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calendar 1948

Vote for Huggett

Vote for Huggett‌
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calendar 1949

The Huggetts Abroad

The Huggetts Abroad‌
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calendar 1949

Those People Next Door

Those People Next Door‌
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calendar 1953

Bang! You're Dead

Bang! You're Dead‌
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calendar 1954

Holiday Camp

Holiday Camp‌
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calendar 1947

Now and Forever

Now and Forever‌
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calendar 1956

Home and Away

Home and Away‌
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calendar 1956

The Dummy Talks

The Dummy Talks‌
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calendar 1943

Talk of a Million

Talk of a Million‌
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calendar 1951

Scrooge

Scrooge‌
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calendar 1951

Meet Me Tonight

Meet Me Tonight‌
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calendar 1952

Tv Credits

Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green‌
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calendar 1955

Christmas Night with the Stars

Christmas Night with the Stars‌
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calendar 1958

Eye to Eye

Eye to Eye‌
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calendar 1957

Tell Me Another

Tell Me Another‌
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calendar 1976