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Jack Lambert (British actor)

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Jack Lambert (British actor)
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For the American actor, see Jack Lambert (American actor).

Jack Lambert (29 December 1899 – 13 March 1976) was a Scottish actor who appeared on stage and screen from 1928 to 1974. After serving in the First World War he appeared in amateur productions before turning professional in 1930 and pursuing the career for the rest of his life, with a break during the Second World War, during which he served as an officer in the British army.

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Lambert was born in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, on 29 December 1899, the son of John Lambert and his wife Mary, née Dyet.[1] He was educated at Ardrossan Academy and the Royal Technical College, Glasgow. After the First World War, during which he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, he appeared on stage as an amateur. In that capacity he appeared at the New Theatre, London in 1928 as Kenneth Dowey in a production of J. M. Barrie's The Old Lady Shows Her Medals, which won a national competition for amateur companies.[2] The production was seen in New York and Montreal later in the year, winning the David Belasco Cup in the former.[3] The company gave the play at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in November 1929, which led to Lambert's first engagement for the professional stage.[1]

Lambert's professional début was at Daly's Theatre in London on 17 March 1930, as Robert Pringle in the comedy A Song of Sixpence.[1] His performance was well reviewed: The Stage said that he "played most effectively, with the driest of humour",[4] and The Times commented, "Mr Jack Lambert, with a part that might easily have gone for little, builds up gradually a very clever portrait of an entertaining and interesting man".[5]

At the Shaftesbury Theatre in September 1930 Lambert played the poet Ralston McTodd in a stage version of P. G. Wodehouse's Leave It to Psmith, directed by Frank Cellier, in a cast containing Reginald Gardiner, Jane Baxter, Joan Hickson and Aubrey Mather.[6] During the 1930s Lambert appeared in eleven West End productions: Lieutenant Mackenzie in Who Goes Next? (1931), Robert Robertson in Make Up Your Mind (1931), Maclean in Tell Her the Truth (1932), Weelum Sprunt in Bunty Pulls the Strings (1933), McKenzie in Touch Wood (1934), Conway in Retreat from Folly (1937), Inspector Barrie in The Feud (1937), Angus in The Innocent Party (1938), Burkett in Windfall (1938), Porter in Johnson Over Jordan (1939), and Joris in Behold the Bride (1939).[1]

During the Second World War Lambert served in the army, ending his service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.[1] His post-war stage roles included the Rev Leonard Clement in Agatha Christie's Murder at the Vicarage (1949), lnspector Warrilove in Noël Coward's Ace of Clubs (1950), Dr Watson in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1953), Nicholas Parsons in Paul and Vanessa (1953), Peter Blake in A Question of Time (1953), Dr Anderson in Night Returns in Africa (1955), Dr Harris in Beware of Angels (1959), Superintendent Bossy in A Lodging for the Bride (1960), Hornbeam in Doctor at Sea (1961) and Sir Malcolm Reid in Lady Chatterley (1961).[1]

Lambert died suddenly in London on 13 March 1976, survived by his widow, Julia, née Wolfe.[1][7]

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