Jack Ingram (actor)


John Samuel Ingram was an American film and television actor. He appeared in many serials and westerns between 1935 and 1966.

Biography

Ingram served in the U.S. Army in France. After leaving the military, he gave up plans to study law and instead joined a traveling minstrel show. He acted in stock theater with several companies before going into film. Ingram first appeared on screen in a bit part in Westward Ho. His first film credit came in the serial Zorro Rides Again.
In addition to acting, Ingram was a stunt man, working with horses and cars in films in the early 1930s.
He was born in Frankfort, Illinois, and died in Canoga Park, California of a heart attack. He was interred in the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California. Ingram also acquired a movie ranch in 1944 with several Western films shot there.
In 1944, Ingram married Eloise Fullerton.

Selected appearances

Films