Many of these actors achieved stardom because of their start in film noir; others, despite it. In any case, at one time or another, sometimes many times, they played cops and robbers, hoodlums and toadies, doomed anti-heroes and femme fatales in one of filmdom’s richest genres. And all of us fans of film noir are richer for that. A tip of the fedora to them all.
JACK LAMBERT
Jack Lambert (1920-2002) specialized in playing movie tough guys and heavies. Following a stint on Broadway, Lambert moved to Hollywood and began working in films in 1943. He was a familiar figure in crime dramas in such noirs as KISS ME DEADLY, VERA CRUZ, THE KILLERS and THE ENFORCER, and in Westerns such as HOW THE WEST WAS WON. Not to be confused with two others with the same name, the British actor and football player.
His last film role was in gunsmoke in 1970.
ReplyDeleteHe was then about 50 years old. What did he do after 1970.
I could not find any information.
Do you know anything?
Thanks - a good blog.
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Always liked him!
ReplyDeleteAppeared in a Wagon Train Episode
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