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- Birth nameArthur E. Campbell
- Jack Arthur was born Arthur E. Campbell in Brooklyn, New York. He became a singer-performer on stage, appearing in the Ziegfeld Follies, and during the 1930's was often referred to in newspapers as a popular "radio baritone." He toured, was in stage shows, emceed events both live and on the radio, and both acted or was the narrator for a radio programs. He also sang and acted in a few short films.
In 1936 a newspaper column indicated he also once performed under the name Johnny Hart. In his private life he maintained his birth name. A 1939 ship's passenger lists found him traveling as Arthur Campbell 39, with wife Elizabeth, 34, daughter Jean, 11, and son Raymond 10. Their home address was given as radio station W.O.R. in New York City.
Arthur E. Campbell (Jack Arthur) died in Dade County, Florida on October 16, 1980.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bill Davis
- A 1938 entertainment column recounted a story that Jack Arthur had insisted on being paid in American money for an engagement in Rio De Janeiro. When the engagement was completed, the manager took him to a bank "that looked more like a bar" and paid him in the only American money they had - one-dollar bills. With nowhere to stash the money until his ship arrived later that day, toured the city with 1400 one-dollar bills stuffed into the clothes he was wearing.
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