Jack Lipson
Jack Lipson | |
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| Born | January 17, 1901 |
| Died | November 28, 1947 (aged 46) |
| Other names | Jack "Tiny" Lipson |
| Years active | 1927-1947 |
Jack "Tiny" Lipson (January 17, 1901 – November 28, 1947) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 85 films between 1927 and 1948.
Career[edit]
Lipson played character parts, and was usually uncredited. Due to his rotund, towering figure, Lipson gained the nickname "Tiny" and was usually cast as the "fat guy" in films.[1] He played the role of King Vultan the 1936 serial Flash Gordon. In 1941, he appeared in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break as a Turkish passenger aboard an airplane with W. C. Fields, whose mumbled remarks about the passenger's size prompt the retort, "You a big nose have it!"[2] Two years later, Lipson portrayed a German sailor in the Three Stooges' short Back from the Front, in which he is knocked unconscious and collapses on top of a suffocating Larry Fine. Moe Howard comes to the rescue and quips, "Whoa, a German whale!"[3]
Death[edit]
Lipson died of a heart attack on November 28, 1947, aged 46. He is interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
Partial filmography[edit]
- One Hysterical Night (1929) - Masquerade Guest (uncredited)
- The Long Long Trail (1929) - Traveling Salesman in Bar (uncredited)
- Skinner Steps Out (1929) - Neighbor
- Dames Ahoy! (1930) - Scotsman in Kilt (uncredited)
- Undertow (1930) - Beach Vendor (uncredited)
- Human Targets (1932) - Wrangler (uncredited)
- The Fighting Gentleman (1932) - Big Husband at Carnival (uncredited)
- Prosperity (1932) - George, Bank Depositor Demanding Proof (uncredited)
- The Show-Off (1934) - Excursion Boat Passenger (uncredited)
- Manhattan Melodrama (1934) - Uncle Angus (uncredited)
- Punch Drunks (1934, Short) - Fat Ringsider (uncredited)
- King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934) - Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
- Tailspin Tommy (1934, Serial) - Hefty Extra in Cafe [Ch. 5] (uncredited)
- Babes in Toyland (1934) - Nobleman (uncredited)
- The Painted Veil (1934) - Fat Man (scenes deleted)
- Beginner's Luck (1935, Short) - Audience member #4
- The Drunkard (1935) - Farmer Stevens
- The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) - Big Man with Newspaper (uncredited)
- A Night at the Opera (1935) - Engineer's Assistant (uncredited)
- Three Little Beers (1935, Short) - Jones (uncredited)
- A Face in the Fog (1936) - Fat Detective (uncredited)
- The Lucky Corner (1936, Short) - Crowd extra #6
- Flash Gordon (1936, Serial) - King Vultan [Chs. 5-13]
- Slippery Silks (1936, Short) - Chief of Missing Persons Bureau (uncredited)
- Dizzy Doctors (1937, Short) - Shoeshine Victim (uncredited)
- Brothers of the West (1937) - Jake the Hobo
- Flying Fists (1937) - Duncan
- One Man Justice (1937) - Slim
- Playing the Ponies (1937, Short) - Customer (uncredited)
- Professor Beware (1938) - Brawler (uncredited)
- Six-Gun Trail (1938) - Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
- Outlaws' Paradise (1939) - Toby, Saloon Owner (uncredited)
- Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939) - Man in Saloon (uncredited)
- Rocky Mountain Rangers (1940) - 2nd Bartender (uncredited)
- Murder Over New York (1940) - Hindu Businessman (uncredited)
- Federal Fugitives (1941) - Henchman (uncredited)
- I'll Never Heil Again (1941, Short) - Bay of Rum (uncredited)
- Manpower (1941) - Midnight Club Bartender (uncredited)
- Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941, Short) - Huge Turk (uncredited)
- The Chocolate Soldier (1941) - Captain Masakroff in Show (uncredited)
- Hellzapoppin' (1941) - Junior (uncredited)
- Babes on Broadway (1941) - Hefty Customer at Nick's (uncredited)
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) - Bass Casino Singer (uncredited)
- I Married an Angel (1942) - Mr. Roquefort (uncredited)
- Back from the Front (1943, Short) - Huge German Sailor (uncredited)
- I Dood It (1943) - Big Man at Bazaar (uncredited)
- When Strangers Marry (1944) - Man in Cafeteria (uncredited)
- Kismet (1944) - Aide to Mansur (uncredited)
- Lost in a Harem (1944) - Café Small Cornet Player (uncredited)
- The Clock (1945) - Garbage Man (uncredited)
- Dillinger (1945) - Movie Theatre Patron (uncredited)
- Two Sisters from Boston (1946) - Drexel - Sleeping Man on Stage (uncredited)
- Suspense (1946) - Spectator (uncredited)
- No Leave, No Love (1946) - Hunky Expectant Father (uncredited)
- Bringing Up Father (1946) - Fat Man (uncredited)
- Three Daring Daughters (1948) - Freddy, Fat Man on Street (uncredited)
- Summer Holiday (1948) - Klaumeyer (uncredited)
- The Bride Goes Wild (1948) - Fat Man (uncredited)
- Luxury Liner (1948) - Fat Guest (uncredited) (final film role)
References[edit]
- ^ threestooges.net Jack "Tiny" Lipson bio
- ^ Fields, W. C. (1973). W. C. Fields in Never give a sucker an even break and Tillie and Gus: Volume 37 of Classic film scripts. Lorrimer. p. 42.
- ^ threestooges.net - Back From the Front
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