Jack Larson Biography

Fast Facts

• Was the first playwright to be awarded a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation
• His partner in both life and work, James Bridges, was a screenwriter and director who worked on "The Baby Maker," "Bright Lights, Big City" and "Perfect․"
• Although he left school to pursue a career as a professional bowler, he turned to acting after a Warner Brothers scout saw him performing in a play
• Made his screen acting debut in the film "Fighter Squadron" in 1948
• Best known as a playwright who appeared in the role of Jimmy Olsen in the TV series "Adventures of Superman․"
• As a playwright, his most famous works were "Chuck," "The Candied House" and "The Astronaut's Tale․"
• Wrote the libretto for Virgil Thompson's opera "Lord Byron," which premiered at the Juilliard Theater in 1972
• Made a cameo appearance as a bartender in the 2006 film "Superman Returns․"