Jack Warner

Jack Warner

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1895-10-24
Deathday: 1981-05-24 (85 years old)

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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.

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Filmography

all 37

Movies 34

self 3

TV Shows 3

Dominique

Dominique (1980)

Movie
Self / George Dixon
The Ealing Comedies

The Ealing Comedies (1970)

Movie
Det. Insp. Fred Fellows
Jigsaw

Jigsaw (1962)

Movie
Self / PC George Dixon - Dixon of Dock Green segment / Self - Host
Christmas Night with the Stars

Christmas Night with the Stars (1958)

TV
Mr. Bushell
Carve Her Name with Pride

Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)

Movie
6
Self - Commentary
Eye to Eye

Eye to Eye (1957)

TV
Mr. J. Pritchard
Now and Forever

Now and Forever (1956)

Movie
George Knowles
Home and Away

Home and Away (1956)

Movie
The Superintendent
The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers (1955)

Movie
5.75
Inspector Lomax
The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

Movie
5.44
PC George Dixon
Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green (1955)

TV
Maj. Alec White
Forbidden Cargo

Forbidden Cargo (1954)

Movie
Bonsell
Bang! You're Dead

Bang! You're Dead (1954)

Movie
Capt. Maddox
Albert R.N.

Albert R.N. (1953)

Movie
Danny Felton
The Square Ring

The Square Ring (1953)

Movie
4
Sam Palmer
The Final Test

The Final Test (1953)

Movie
Sam Twigg
Those People Next Door

Those People Next Door (1953)

Movie
Murdoch
Meet Me Tonight

Meet Me Tonight (1952)

Movie
Inspector Lane
Emergency Call

Emergency Call (1952)

Movie
Mr. Jorkin
Scrooge

Scrooge (1951)

Movie
3.5
Inspector Peterson
Valley of the Eagles

Valley of the Eagles (1951)

Movie
Bartley Murnahan
Talk of a Million

Talk of a Million (1951)

Movie
PC George Dixon
The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp (1950)

Movie
1
Governor
Boys in Brown

Boys in Brown (1949)

Movie
6
The Huggett Family - Father
The Huggetts Abroad

The Huggetts Abroad (1949)

Movie
Father
Vote for Huggett

Vote for Huggett (1949)

Movie
Jim Hardcastle (segment "The Engine Driver")
Train of Events

Train of Events (1949)

Movie
Father
Here Come the Huggetts

Here Come the Huggetts (1948)

Movie
George Martin
My Brother's Keeper

My Brother's Keeper (1948)

Movie
6
Cronk
Against the Wind

Against the Wind (1948)

Movie
Philip Stafford (segment The Stafford Story)
Easy Money

Easy Money (1948)

Movie
Det. Sergt. Fothergill
It Always Rains on Sunday

It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)

Movie
6
Joe Huggett
Holiday Camp

Holiday Camp (1947)

Movie
Inspector Penbury
Dear Murderer

Dear Murderer (1947)

Movie
Nightingale
Hue and Cry

Hue and Cry (1947)

Movie
1
Cpl. Ted Horsfall
The Captive Heart

The Captive Heart (1946)

Movie
Jack
The Dummy Talks

The Dummy Talks (1943)

Movie

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1895-10-24

Deathday
1981-05-24 (85 years old)

Birth Place
London, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
Джек Уорнер, Horace John Waters

Awards
Officer of the Order of the British Empire


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