Jack Marks (performer)


Jack Marks was an English performer and screenwriter. He was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, and began his career as a comedian, dancer and singer. He appeared before King George V and Queen Mary at the inaugural Royal Command Performance in London in 1912. He later became a successful screenwriter for several British films, such as Up for the Cup.
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 The Mayor's Nest This Week of Grace It's a King Trouble Up for the Derby It's a Cop Girls, Please! Where's George? Fame Splinters in the Air Why Pick on Me? What a Man! Old Mother Riley Joins Up Old Mother Riley's New Venture Trail Blazers