Jack Dean
actor
- Birth name:
- John Wooster Dean
- Born:
- 1874-09-15, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
- Died:
- 1950-06-23, New York City, New York, USA
- Professions:
- actor
Biography
A crisp Connecticut morning—15 September 1874—delivered Jack Dean into a Bridgeport already humming with industry. Before the century turned, he had slipped onto film sets, carving a screen presence that still flickers in The Cheat (1915), lingers in The Years of the Locust (1916), and resurfaces in Sealed Hearts (1919). Off-camera, his leading lady was the irrepressible Fannie Ward; together they navigated the spotlight of a nascent Hollywood. Dean’s final curtain fell on 23 June 1950, amid the restless neon of New York City.
