Jack Carter (actor)
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Jack Carter in April 1936,
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Occupation | Actor |
Jack Carter (c. 1902 – November 9, 1967) was an African American actor. He created the role of Crown in the original stage production of Porgy.[1]:189
Carter is perhaps best known for having starred in the Federal Theatre Project's 1936 New York production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth that came to be known as the Voodoo Macbeth. Orson Welles adapted and directed the play, moved its setting from Scotland to a fictional Caribbean island, recruited an entirely African American cast, and earned the nickname for his production from the Haitian vodou that fulfilled the rôle of Scottish witchcraft.[2]:86
Welles later cast Carter as Mephistopheles in Doctor Faustus (1937), a Federal Theatre Project 891 production in which Welles played Faust.[3]:335–336
Select theatre credits
Date | Title | Role | Notes |
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April 20– April 1927 | Goat Alley | Policeman | Princess Theatre, New York[4] |
October 10, 1927–August 1928 | Porgy | Crown | Guild Theatre, New York[5] |
September 13–October 1929 | Porgy | Crown | Martin Beck Theatre, New York[6] |
September 16–October 24, 1931 | Singin' the Blues | Dave Crocker | Liberty Theatre, New York[7] |
April 18–July 1934 | Stevedore | Lonnie Thompson | Civic Repertory Theatre, New York[8] |
October 1–November 1934 | Stevedore | Lonnie Thompson | Civic Repertory Theatre, New York[9] |
April 12, 1936 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Lafayette Theatre, Harlem, New York A free preview draws 3,000 more people than can be seated[1]:198 |
April 14–June 20, 1936 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Lafayette Theatre, Harlem, New York[3]:333 Sold out for all ten weeks[3]:333[1]:203 |
July 6–15, 1936[3]:333[10] | Macbeth | Macbeth | Adelphi Theatre, New York Carter completes only Act I of the July 15 performance, which is completed by understudy Thomas Anderson[10] Beginning July 16 Maurice Ellis stars as Macbeth in the remainder of the run at the Adelphi Theatre and on the subsequent national tour[11] |
January 8–May 9, 1937 | Doctor Faustus | Mephistopheles | Maxine Elliott Theatre, New York[3]:335–336 |
Select filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1939 | The Devil's Daughter | Philip Ramsay | [12] |
1939 | Straight to Heaven | Stanley Jackson | [13] |
1942 | Take My Life | Sergeant Holmes | [14] |
1945 | Confidential Agent | Singer | [15] |
1947 | Sepia Cinderella | Ralph Williams | [16] |
1948 | Miracle in Harlem | Philip Manley | [17] |
References
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External links
- Jack Carter at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Photograph of Jack Carter as Crown in Porgy — New York Public Library