Acting
Jack W. Johnston
Born October 2, 1876 · Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland
Died July 29, 1946 · aged 69
No biography available.
Known For
The Lady Eve · 1941The Lady Eve
★ 7.31941
MovieComedyRomance
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
The Woman in the Window · 1944The Woman in the Window
★ 7.41944
MovieCrimeDrama
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
Union Pacific · 1939Union Pacific
★ 6.71939
MovieDramaWestern
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
The Lost Weekend · 1945The Lost Weekend
★ 7.61945
MovieDrama
Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
The More the Merrier · 1943The More the Merrier
★ 6.91943
MovieComedyRomance
It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.
The Locket · 1946The Locket
★ 6.31946
MovieDramaCrime
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Arise, My Love · 1940Arise, My Love
★ 6.51940
MovieComedyRomance
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
Lydia · 1941Lydia
★ 6.51941
MovieDramaRomance
Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia realizes, the truth was less romantic, and ill-starred.
Filmography
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The Woman in the Window · 1944The Woman in the Window
★ 7.41944
MovieCrimeDrama
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
Man at Club (uncredited)
The Locket · 1946The Locket
★ 6.31946
MovieDramaCrime
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Man (uncredited)
Arise, My Love · 1940Arise, My Love
★ 6.51940
MovieComedyRomance
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
Man at Maxim's (uncredited)














