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{{Short description|British actor, director, screenwriter and singer(1892–1978)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jack Hulbert
| image = Jack Hulbert Allan Warren.jpg
| caption = Portrait by [[Allan Warren]]
| birthname = John Norman Hulbert
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1892|04|24}}
| birth_place = [[Ely, Cambridgeshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1978|03|25|1892|04|24}}
| death_place = [[London]], England
| othername =
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|writer|singer}}
| years_active = 1930–1973
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Cicely Courtneidge]]|1916}}
}}
'''John Norman Hulbert''' (24 April 1892{{spaced ndash}}25 March 1978) was a British actor, director, screenwriter and singer, specializing primarily in comedy productions, and often working alongside his wife (Dame) [[Cicely Courtneidge]].
[[File:Jack-hulbert-1921.jpg|thumb|right|Jack Hulbert]]

==Biography==
Born in [[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]], Cambridgeshire, he was the elder and more successful son of Henry Harper Hulbert, a physician,<ref name=marriage>Register of Marriages Solemnized at St Paul’s Church, Hampstead, [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1623/31280_198927-00053 p. 94] (Marriage of J. N. Hulbert and Cecily Courtneidge on 14 February 1916, at ancestry.co.uk, accessed 7 May 2020 {{subscription}}</ref> being the brother of the actor [[Claude Hulbert]]. He was educated at [[Westminster School]] and [[Caius College, Cambridge]]<ref>[[ODNB]]</ref> and appeared in many shows and revues, mainly with the [[Footlights|Cambridge Footlights]]. He was one of the earliest famous alumni of the comedy club.

After Cambridge, he earned recognition and fame performing in musicals and light comedies.<ref name="odb">D. Pepys-Whiteley, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31262 ‘Hulbert, John Norman (Jack) (1892–1978)’], rev., ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004.</ref> However the [[First World War]] delayed his rise to fame; on 14 February 1916, while still an actor, he married [[Cicely Courtneidge]], the daughter of [[Robert Courtneidge]], a theatrical manager, in [[Hampstead]].<ref name=marriage/> On 2 March, the [[Military Service Act 1916]] came into force and Hulbert was expecting to be conscripted into the army for the remainder of the conflict.
However, he appears to have been exempted. In June 1916, Hulbert and Courtneidge were appearing together in a sketch called “A Lucky Mistake”,<ref>"MISS CICELY COURTNEIDGE AND MR. JACK HULBERT In a Farcical Sketch, entitled A LUCKY MISTAKE" in ''Leicester Daily Post'', 24 June 1916, p. 2</ref> and in December 1916 he was appearing at the Comedy Revue in "See-Saw".<ref>"THE PLAYHOUSES. SEE-SAW." in ''Illustrated London News'', 23 December 1916, p. 19</ref> In May 1917, he opened at the Comedy in "Bubbly", and the ''Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News'' commented that "Mr. Jack Hulbert, Miss Winnie Melville, and Miss Irene Greville also stay on at this same munition factory for high explosives of laughter".<ref>"OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC: BUBBLY, AT THE COMEDY THEATRE" in ''Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News'', 26 May 1917, p. 22</ref> After the war, Hulbert continued his career in the theatre.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hulbert, Jack (1892-1978)|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/462536/index.html|website=screenonline.org.uk|publisher=BFI Screenonline|access-date=27 August 2015}}</ref><ref>Hartley, 2013, ''A Historical Dictionary of British Women.'' p. 120</ref>

Hulbert made his film debut in ''[[Elstree Calling]]'' (1930); appearing opposite his wife and frequent stage and screen co-star Cicely Courtneidge. His career went through a successful period during the 1930s when he appeared in several films, including ''The Ghost Train'' (1931), ''Love on Wheels'' (1932) and ''Bulldog Jack'' (1935), a tongue-in-cheek homage to the popular ''[[Bulldog Drummond]]'' films in which Jack was supported by [[Claude Hulbert|his brother Claude]].<ref name="odb" />

In 1931 Courtneidge and Hulbert suffered a serious setback when they discovered that their financial manager had been speculating with their money, suffering heavy losses and putting their business into liquidation. Hulbert accepted responsibility for all the business's debts and undertook to repay every creditor.

He had a hit record in 1932 "[[The Flies Crawled Up the Window]]", which was originally sung in the film ''[[Jack's the Boy]]''. In 1934 he was voted the most popular male British star at the box office.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32850992 |title=Film World |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |location=Perth |date=1 February 1935 |access-date=4 March 2013 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

In 1936 exhibitors voted him the third most popular British film star.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25390774 |title=Pictures and Personalities |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=10 April 1937 |access-date=27 April 2012 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Hulbert's popularity waned as the 1930s came to an end, and after the war he and his wife continued to entertain chiefly on stage. In 1951 he appeared in the West End in ''[[The White Sheep of the Family (play)|The White Sheep of the Family]]'' and the following year directed his brother in ''[[Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (play)|Lord Arthur Savile's Crime]]''. In 1958 he starred with [[Yvonne Arnaud]] in [[Ronald Millar]]'s ''[[The Big Tickle]]''. In 1962 he appeared in the BBC radio sitcom ''Discord in Three Flats'', along with Courtneidge and [[Vic Oliver]].

==Personal life==
His marriage to Cicely Courtneidge lasted for 62 years until his death. Their relationship is mentioned in the British television series ''[[Dad's Army]]'' in the episode ''[[Ring Dem Bells]]'' when Hulbert pulls out of shooting a [[British Home Guard|Home Guard]] training film to spend time with his wife.

In 1975, Hulbert published his [[autobiography]], ''The Little Woman's Always Right''. Hulbert died, at the age of 85, at his home in [[City of Westminster|Westminster, London]] on 25 March 1978.

==Filmography==

===Film===
[[image:Jack and Claude Hulbert cigarette card from Wills's album 'Radio Celebrities' circa 1934.JPG|thumb|Photo of card in Wills's cigarette album circa 1934]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1930
| ''[[Elstree Calling]]''
|
| His film debut
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1931
| ''[[The Ghost Train (1931 film)|The Ghost Train]]''
| Teddy Deakin
|
|-
| ''[[Sunshine Susie]]''
| Herr Hasel
| Released as ''The Office Girl'' in USA
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1932
| ''[[Jack's the Boy]]''
| Jack Brown
| Released as ''Night and Day'' in USA
|-
| ''[[Happy Ever After (1932 film)|Happy Ever After]]''
| Willie
| Released as ''A Blonde Dream'' in USA
|-
| ''[[Love on Wheels]]''
| Fred Hopkins
|
|-
| 1933
| ''[[Falling for You (film)|Falling for You]]''
| Jack Hazeldon
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1934
| ''[[Jack Ahoy]]''
| Jack Ponsonby
|
|-
| ''[[The Camels Are Coming (film)|The Camels Are Coming]]''
| Jack Campbell
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[Bulldog Jack]]''
| Jack Pennington
| Released as ''Alias Bulldog Drummond'' in USA
|-
| 1936
| ''[[Jack of All Trades (1936 film)|Jack of All Trades]]''
| Jack Warrender
| Alternative title: ''The Two of Us''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1937
| ''[[Take My Tip]]''
| Lord George Pilkington
|
|-
| ''[[Paradise for Two]]''
| Rene Martin
| Released as ''Gaiety Girls'' in USA
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Kate Plus Ten (film)|Kate Plus Ten]]''
| Inspector Mike Pemberton
| Released as Queen of Crime in USA
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Under Your Hat]]''
| Jack Millett
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Into the Blue (1950 film)|Into the Blue]]''
| John Fergusson
| Released as ''Man in the Dinghy'' in USA
|-
| 1951
| ''[[The Magic Box]]''
| 1st Holborn Policeman
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Miss Tulip Stays the Night]]''
| Constable Feathers
| Released as ''Dead by Midnight'' in USA
|-
| 1960
| ''[[The Spider's Web (1960 film)|The Spider's Web]]''
| Sir Rowland Delahaye
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Not Now, Darling (film)|Not Now Darling]]''
| Commander Frencham
|
|-
| 1974
| ''[[The Cherry Picker]]''
| Sir Hugh Fawcett
|
|-
|}

===Television===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1951
| ''[[The Golden Year (BBC TV play)|The Golden Year]]''
| John Radlett
| Musical play for [[BBC TV]]
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Kraft Mystery Theater]]'' – "The Spider's Web"
|
| TV Episode
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Compact (soap opera)|Compact]]''
| Smith
| TV Series
|-
| 1970
| ''Party Games''
|
| (TV) - ''Waiter''
|-
|}

==Theatre==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Theatre
! Notes
|-
| 1913
| ''The Pearl Girl''
| [[Shaftesbury Theatre]]
| with Cicely Courtneidge
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1921
| ''Pot Luck!''
| [[Vaudeville Theatre]], London
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Performance Details for Pot Luck! (revue)|url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/play_sub_details?notes2=&theatre2=Vaudeville%20Theatre,%20London&season2=1921-1922&play_title2=Pot%20Luck!%20(revue)&author_id=843&unique_key=8813&composer_id=0&designers_id=0&director_id=0|website=bris.ac.uk|publisher=University of Bristol, Theatre Collection|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Wearing|title=London Stage 1920-1929|date=2014|page=137|quote=The show's success depended upon the exceptional talents of Beatrice Lillie and Jack Hulbert (Times)}}</ref><ref>Green, 2009, ''Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre'', p. 201</ref>
|-
| ''Ring Up''
| [[Vaudeville Theatre]], London
|
|-
| 1924
| ''Second Little Revue Starts at Nine''
| [[Little Theatre in the Adelphi|Little Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1925
| ''By The Way''
| [[Apollo Theatre]] and [[Shaftesbury Theatre]]
| Revue
|-
| 1926
| ''By The Way''
| [[Gaiety Theatre, London]]
| with Cicely Courtneidge
|-
| 1926-27
| ''Lido Lady''
| [[Gaiety Theatre, London]]
|
|-
| 1927-29
| ''Clowns in Clover''<ref>{{cite web|title=Clowns in Clover|url=http://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=XMS38%2F752|website=Cadbury Research Library Special Collections|publisher=[[University of Birmingham]]|access-date=27 August 2015}}</ref>
| [[Adelphi Theatre]] and [[Royal Strand Theatre|Strand Theatre]]
| with Cicely Courtneidge
|-
| 1930
| ''Follow A Star''
| [[Liverpool Empire]]
| with Sophie Tucker
|-
|1951-52
|''[[The White Sheep of the Family (play)|The White Sheep of the Family]]''
|[[Piccadilly Theatre]]
| with [[Rona Anderson]]
|-
|1952
| ''[[Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (play)|Lord Arthur Savile's Crime]]''
| [[Royal Court Theatre]]
| Director, with [[Claude Hulbert]], [[Peter Haddon]]
|-
|1958
| ''[[The Big Tickle]]''
| [[Duke of York's Theatre]]
| with [[Yvonne Arnaud]]
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Not in the Book]]''
| Touring
| With [[David Conville]]
|-
| 1960
| ''The Bride Comes Back''
| [[Vaudeville Theatre]], London
| Cicely Courtneidge, Jack Hulbert
|-
| 1973
| ''The Hollow''
| [[Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham|Everyman Theatre]], Cheltenham
| with Cicely Courtneidge
|-
| 1974
| ''Breath of Spring''
| [[Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham|Everyman Theatre]], Cheltenham
| with Cicely Courtneidge
|-
| 1976
| ''Once More With Music''
| [[Theatre Royal, Brighton]]
| with Cicely Courtneidge
|-
|}

==References==
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==Bibliography==

* Green, Stanley. (2009). ''Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre.'' Da Capo Press
* [[J. P. Wearing|Wearing, J. P.]] (2014). ''The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performances and Personnel.'' [[Rowman & Littlefield]] Education (2nd edition)
* Landy, Marcia. (2014). ''British Genres: Cinema and Society, 1930-1960.'' Princeton University Press
* Hartley, Cathy. (2013). ''A Historical Dictionary of British Women''. Routledge

==External links==
{{commons category|Jack Hulbert}}
*{{IMDb name|name=Jack Hulbert|id=0401323}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060620130700/http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/courtneidge.html Jack Hulbert & Cicely Courtneidge archive, Theatre Collection, University of Bristol]
*{{Find a Grave|6404888}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150907184403/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/actors/Jack-Hulbert Jack Hulbert] Britmovie | Home of British Films
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120711191308/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f55d8a1 Jack Hulbert] [[British Film Institute|BFI]]
*[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/462536/index.html Jack Hulbert] BFI Screenonline

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