Jack Lipson
| Jack Lipson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 17, 1901 Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died |
November 28, 1947 (aged 46) Madera County, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Other names | Jack "Tiny" Lipson |
| Years active | 1927-1947 |
Jack "Tiny" Lipson (January 17, 1901 – November 28, 1947) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 85 films between 1927 and 1948.
Career
Lipson played character parts, and was usually uncredited. Due to his rotund, towering figure, Lipson gained the nickname "Tiny" and was usually cast as the "fat guy" in films.[1] He played the role of King Vultan the 1936 classic Flash Gordon. In 1941, he appeared in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break as a Turkish passenger aboard an airplane with W. C. Fields, whose mumbled remarks about the passenger's size prompt the retort, "You a big nose have it!"[2] Two years later, Lipson portrayed a German sailor in the Three Stooges' short Back from the Front, in which he is knocked unconscious and collapses on top of a suffocating Larry Fine. Moe Howard comes to the rescue and quips, "Woah, a German whale!"[3]
Death
Lipson died of a heart attack on November 28, 1947, aged 46. He is interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
Selected filmography
- Back From the Front (1943)
- Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
- I'll Never Heil Again (1941)
- Playing the Ponies (1937)
- Dizzy Doctors (1937)
- Babes in Toyland (1934)
- The Lucky Corner (1936)
- Slippery Silks (1936)
- Flash Gordon (1936)
- Beginner's Luck (1935)
- Three Little Beers (1935)
- Punch Drunks (1934)
References
- ↑ threestooges.net Jack "Tiny" Lipson bio
- ↑ Fields, W. C. (1973). W. C. Fields in Never give a sucker an even break and Tillie and Gus: Volume 37 of Classic film scripts. Lorrimer. p. 42.
- ↑ threestooges.net - Back From the Front
External links
- Jack "Tiny" Lipson at the Internet Movie Database
- Jack Lipson at AllMovie
- Jack Lipson at Find a Grave