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Jack L. Warner Biography

Birth Name:John Eichelbaum

Birth Place:London, Ontario, Canada

Profession Producer, Production manager, Writer, Director, Actor

Fast Facts

In 1956 the Golden Globes awarded him with the Cecil B․ DeMille Award, and in 1960 he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
He and his older brother Sam Warner bought a Model B Kinetoscope and screened "The Great Train Robbery" throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania
Quote: "If it's anything I can't stand it's yes-men․ When I say no, I want you to say no, too․"
After a suggestion from his close friend President Richard Nixon, he removed the song "Cool Considerate Man" from the musical "1776․"
In 1912 he received a job as a film splicer, assisting his older brother Sam Warner with "Dante's Inferno․"
He and his brothers sold their family business to General Film Company for a sum equivalent to $1․3 million today
He hated his film "Bonnie and Clyde" and tried to block the production of the film