Jack Carson

John Elmer "Jack" Carson was a Canadian-born U.S.-based film actor.

Jack Carson was one of the most popular character actors during the golden age of Hollywood, with a film career which spanned the 1930s, '40s and '50s. Primarily employed for comic relief, his work in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof proved he could also master dramatic material. During his career, he worked at RKO, MGM, but most of his memorable work was at Warner Brothers. Carson's trademark was the wisecracking know it all who eventually and typically was undone by his own excess self-confidence.