John McDermott

This article is a Biography

This article is part of

"The Spiderpool History Project" Click here for Nexus:Spiderpool

Click here for Special History Projects information

John W. (Jack) McDermott

Date of Birth: 9 September 1893, Green River, Wyoming, USA

Date of Death:22 July 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Alternate Names: J.W. McDermott / Jack McDermott / John W. McDermott

John W. (Jack) McDermott was an actor, writer and film director during the 1920s thorugh the early 1940s. He built a mansion in Hollywood that the locals referred to as "The House that Jack Built"

See also Spiderpool

Filmography

Actor:

1930s

• The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland (1930) (uncredited) .... Bit

1920s

• Excuse Me, Sheriff! (1922)
• In the Days of Saint Patrick (1920) (as Jack McDermott) .... Victor

1910s

• The Chalice of Sorrow (1916) .... Rance Clifford

... aka The Fatal Promise (UK)

• That Lovely Widow (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• The Bachelors' Alliance (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• In Cinderella's Shoes (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• Not What the Doctor Ordered (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• Romeo of the Coal Wagon (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• Counting Out the Count (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• Their Taking Ways (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• Fashion and Fury (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• Trapping the Bachelor (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• The Trailing Tailor (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• At Bachelor's Roost (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• The Eveless Eden Club (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• Riddle in Rascals (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• Winning a Widow (1916) (as Jack McDermott)

... aka Ham and the Husband (USA)

• Earning His Salt (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• am the Diver (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• Molar Mix-Up (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• Ham Takes a Chance (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• Murra-Wurra (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• Artful Artists (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• Snoop Hounds (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• The Tale of a Coat (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• Guardian Angels (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• The Missing Mummy (1916) (as Jack McDermott)
• The Caretaker's Dilemma (1915) (as Jack McDermott)
• The Bandits of Macaroni Mountain (1915) (as Jack McDermott) .... Mr. Doughbags
• Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo (1915) (as Jack McDermott) .... Ernest
• Old Heidelberg (1915) (as J.W. McDermott) .... Von Wendell
• Queen of the Band (1915) (as Jack McDermott)
• A Coupon Courtship (1913) (as Jack McDermott)

Writer

1940s

• Three Wise Fools (1946) (screenplay) (story)

1930s

• College Rhythm (1934) (screenplay)
• Fast Workers (1933) (play "Rivets") (as John W. McDermott)
• Caballero de frac, Un (1931) (screenplay)
• Un homme en habit (1931) (screenplay)
• The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland (1930)

1920s

• The Fifty-Fifty Girl (1928) (story)
• Flying Romeos (1928) (also story)
• She's a Sheik (1927) (story)
• Seňorita (1927) (also story)
• Evening Clothes (1927)
• Blonde or Brunette (1927)
• Stranded in Paris (1926) (adaptation)
• We're in the Navy Now (1926)
• The Love Thief (1926) (also story)
• Rolling Home (1926)
• Three Wise Fools (1923) (adaptation)
• The Sky Pilot (1921)
• Patsy (1921)
• Just Pals (1920) (story)

1910s

• A Bum Bomb (1918) (scenario)
• Fast Company (1918) (story)
• Black Evidence (1917) (scenario)
• Ashes (1916/I) (scenario)
• The Diamond Lure (1916) (scenario)
• Brick Top (1916) (scenario)

Director

1920s

• The Love Thief (1926)
• Where the Worst Begins (1925)
• Manhattan Madness (1925)
• Her Temporary Husband (1923)
• Mary of the Movies (1923)
• The Spider and the Rose (1923)
• Tin Bronco (1922)
• Excuse Me, Sheriff! (1922)
• Patsy (1921)
• Dinty (1920)

1910s

• A Bum Bomb (1918)
• Helen Grayson's Strategy (1917)
• Evil Hands (1917)
• The Folly of Fanchette (1917)
• The Fourth Witness (1917)
• Black Evidence (1917)
• Ashes (1916/I)
• Should She Have Told? (1916)
• Married a Year (1916)
• When He Came Back (1916)
• The Diamond Lure (1916)
• Brick Top (1916)

Self:

• Mary of the Movies (1923) .... Himself - The Director

Jump to: Main Page • History • Icons • Library • Life Lessons • Links • Micropedia • Macropedia • Time Line
What links here • References and Sources • Help • Contact info