Biography

Lew Lake was born on January 10, 1875 in Bethnal Green, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Bloomsbury Burglars (1912), The Great Game (1930) and Splinters (1929). He died on November 5, 1939 in Islington Green, London, England, UK.

Actor of British music halls and the stage from the early 1900's. Chiefly famous for coining the term "Jerry" as a reference to Germans in the two World Wars.