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Jack Rice (May 14, 1893 – December 14, 1968) was an American actor best known for appearing as the scrounging, freeloading brother-in-law in Edgar Kennedy's series of short domestic comedy films at the RKO studio, and also as "Ollie" (a.k.a. "Oliver Merton" and "Oliver Shaw") in around a dozen of Columbia Pictures's series of the Blondie comic strip.
Born in Michigan to Dr. John Rice (1858–1921) and Mrs. Eugenia Rice, née Kerwick, (1874–1897), Jack Rice began his career as a stage actor sometime after the end of the First World War; he had previously worked as a travelling salesman in Grand Rapids. His stage credits included the annual road company tours of The Passing Show (1922–1925). He first appeared in films in 1933 and played roles in many shorts, feature films and TV. Rice appeared in the films Son of Flubber (1963), That Touch of Mink (1962), Ransom! (1956), The Spirit of 1976 (1935), The Pride of St. Louis (1952), Blondie's Big Deal (1949), Little Orphan Annie (1938), Walking on Air (1936), The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959) and in the television programs, Bonanza, Checkmate and I Love Lucy.
Filmography
all 130
Movies 122
TV Shows 8
Checkmate (1960)
Dennis the Menace (1959)
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Hey, Jeannie! (1956)
Crashing Las Vegas (1956)
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
The Marksman (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
I Love Lucy (1951)
Bargain Madness (1951)
Shakedown (1950)
Beware of Blondie (1950)
The Good Humor Man (1950)
Sweet Cheat (1949)
Super-Wolf (1949)
Take One False Step (1949)
The Sickle or the Cross (1949)
Blondie's Big Deal (1949)
Blondie's Secret (1948)
Contest Crazy (1948)
Dig That Gold (1948)
Blondie's Reward (1948)
The Return of the Whistler (1948)
Brother Knows Best (1948)
Blondie's Anniversary (1947)
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Dark Delusion (1947)
A Likely Story (1947)
Blondie's Holiday (1947)
Do or Diet (1947)
The Pilgrim Lady (1947)
Blondie's Big Moment (1947)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
I'll Build It Myself (1946)
Blondie Knows Best (1946)
Headin' for a Weddin' (1946)
Motor Maniacs (1946)
Blondie's Lucky Day (1946)
Meet Me on Broadway (1946)
Trouble or Nothing (1946)
Life with Blondie (1945)
The Big Beef (1945)
Sunset in El Dorado (1945)
You Drive Me Crazy (1945)
It's Your Move (1945)
What, No Cigarettes (1945)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Wife Decoy (1945)
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion (1945)
Eve Knew Her Apples (1945)
Leave It to Blondie (1945)
Her Lucky Night (1945)
Under Western Skies (1945)
Feather Your Nest (1944)
The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
Goin' to Town (1944)
Louisiana Hayride (1944)
Radio Rampage (1944)
Prunes and Politics (1944)
Crazy House (1943)
So's Your Uncle (1943)
Passport to Suez (1943)
So This Is Washington (1943)
Honeymoon Lodge (1943)
Hot Foot (1943)
Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)
Hold Your Temper (1943)
Reveille with Beverly (1943)
Duck Soup (1942)
Lucky Legs (1942)
The Secret Code (1942)
Cooks and Crooks (1942)
Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
Rough on Rents (1942)
A Quiet Fourth (1941)
New York Town (1941)
Niagara Falls (1941)
I'll Fix It (1941)
Westward Ho-Hum (1941)
Men of the Timberland (1941)
Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940)
The Flag of Humanity (1940)
He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
The Lady in Question (1940)
We Who Are Young (1940)
Turnabout (1940)
Five Little Peppers at Home (1940)
Danger On Wheels (1940)
The Shadow (1940)
Money To Burn (1939)
Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Sabotage (1939)
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew (1939)
The Flying Irishman (1939)
Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
The Jitters (1938)
Ears of Experience (1938)
I Met My Love Again (1938)
Rhythm Wranglers (1937)
Harris in the Spring (1937)
Easy Living (1937)
Shall We Dance (1937)
Grandma's Buoys (1936)
Mummy's Boys (1936)
Walking on Air (1936)
Dummy Ache (1936)
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
Silly Billies (1936)
Love on a Bet (1936)
Will Power (1936)
Gasoloons (1936)
Foolish Hearts (1935)
In Love at 40 (1935)
A Quiet Fourth (1935)
Woman Wanted (1935)
Edgar Hamlet (1935)
Alibi Bye Bye (1935)
Break of Hearts (1935)
Brick-a-Brac (1935)
The Dancing Millionaire (1934)
Poisoned Ivory (1934)
A Blasted Event (1934)
His Greatest Gamble (1934)
Contented Calves (1934)
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GenderMale
Birthday1893-05-14
Deathday1968-12-14 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceMichigan, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsEarl Clifford Rice
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