American actor (1920?2002)
Jack Lambert
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Born
| John Thomas Lambert
(
1920-04-13
)
April 13, 1920
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Died
| February 18, 2002
(2002-02-18)
(aged 81)
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Occupation
| Actor
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Years active
| 1942?1970
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Spouses
|
Frances Dalton
(divorced)
Marjorie Hall
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m.
1958)
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Children
| 1
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John Thomas Lambert
(April 13, 1920 ? February 18, 2002) was an American
character actor
who specialized in playing movie tough guys and heavies. He is best known for playing the psychotic cat-loving, iron-hooked Steve "the Claw" Michel in
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
.
[1]
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Career
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Lambert and
Randolph Scott
in
Abilene Town
(1946)
Following a spell on
Broadway
, the
Yonkers, New York
-born Lambert moved to Hollywood and began working in films in 1942.
[3]
He was a familiar figure in Westerns and crime dramas after World War II, in such movies as
The Killers
with
Burt Lancaster
and
Ava Gardner
,
The Enforcer
with
Humphrey Bogart
,
Bend of the River
with
James Stewart
,
Vera Cruz
with
Gary Cooper
and Burt Lancaster,
Kiss Me Deadly
with
Ralph Meeker
as
Mike Hammer
, and
How the West Was Won
.
[
citation needed
]
[4]
Lambert in
Bonanza
(1960)
Lambert also appeared in many television series of the 1950s and 1960s, such as
Rod Cameron
's
State Trooper
, twice on
Bat Masterson
(1959 in S1E22's "Incident in Leadville" and again in 1961 in S3E19's "Bullwhacker’s Bounty"),
Gunsmoke
(as all evil gunman Kin Creed in the 1959 S4E35 episode “There Never Was A Horse”, where he likely was the only man in the show's 20 year run who ever outdrew Matt Dillon - but missed),
Have Gun ? Will Travel
,
Sugarfoot
,
Tales of Wells Fargo
,
Daniel Boone
,
Wagon Train
,
Bonanza
,
Get Smart
(season one, episode 18, 1966) and
The Andy Griffith Show
(season three, episode 32, 1963, "The Big House")
[5]
From 1959 to 1960, Lambert was a regular cast member (as Joshua Walcek, sometimes called "Joshua MacGregor"), in 23 of the 42 episodes of the
Darren McGavin
series,
Riverboat
.
[6]
[
citation needed
]
Personal life
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In 1959 Lambert moved into a home in
Palm Springs, California
, owned by his wife Marjorie Franklin (who owned the home with her divorced husband
Alexander Hall
).
[7]
He had a son, Lee J. Lambert.
Lambert is not to be confused with the British character actor with the
same name
who died in 1976.
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Partial filmography
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References
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External links
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