Jack White

Birth Name:

Jacob Weiss

Birth Place:

Budapest, Hungary

Profession

Writer, Producer, Director, Actor

He and his three brothers all went into the film industry, most becoming directors and producers and one becoming a cameraman
As a child, he and his brothers would ride horses as extras in outdoor westerns
Started his career as an office boy at the Mack Sennett studio when he was 14 and worked his way up to being a director
Co-founded Lloyd Hamilton Corp․ with Lloyd Hamilton in 1922
Especially known for writing comedy shorts, notably several about the Three Stooges
Was already producing musical comedies by the age of 25
His life was chronicled in the 1990 David N․ Bruskin book "The White Brothers: Jack, Jules, Sam White․"

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