Jack Marks (performer)

Jack Marks (12 February 1895 – 12 March 1987) was an English performer and screenwriter. He was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, and began his career as a comedian, dancer and singer. ^{[citation needed]} He appeared before King George V and Queen Mary at the inaugural Royal Command Performance in London in 1912.^[1][2] He later became a successful screenwriter for several British films, such as Up for the Cup (1950).

Marks married Iris Dilley and they had a son, Howard.

He died from lung cancer in St John's Wood.

Selected filmography

Splinters in the Navy (1931) The Mayor's Nest (1932) This Week of Grace (1933) It's a King (1933) Trouble (1933) Up for the Derby (1933) It's a Cop (1934) Girls, Please! (1934)

Where's George? (1935) Fame (1936) Splinters in the Air (1937) Why Pick on Me? (1937) What a Man! (1938) Old Mother Riley Joins Up (1940) Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949) Trail Blazers (1953) Not Wanted on Voyage (1957)