- Jack Larson
:"For The Simpsons character, see Jack Larson (Simpsons)"Infobox actor
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name = Jack Larson
birthname = Jack Edward Larson
birthdate = birth date and age|1928|2|8
birthplace =Los Angeles ,California , U.S.
partner = James BridgesJack Edward Larson (born
February 8 ,1928 ) [California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.] is an American actor,librettist , screenwriter and producer. He is known for his portrayal ofJimmy Olsen in the TV series "Adventures of Superman".Biography
He has at times claimed 1933 as his birth year. He was born in Los Angeles, was raised in
Pasadena, California , and graduated fromMontebello High School in 1945.Larson has said that he found the role of the cub reporter to be a handicap due to its typecasting of him. He has not done much acting since then, mostly behind-the-scenes work such as writing and production. However, he has always been willing to sit for interviews about the "Superman" series and his connection to it, and in recent years has had a number of cameos that pay subtle tribute to his character and the series:
*He appeared in a 1991 episode of the TV series "Superboy" alongside
Noel Neill who had playedLois Lane in "Adventures of Superman".*He was a guest actor on the series "
Lois and Clark : The New Adventures of Superman" as an aged Jimmy Olsen in the episode "Brutal Youth", first telecast on October 20, 1996.*He had a quick cameo in a late-1990s
American Express Card commercial featuringJerry Seinfeld and an animated Superman, directed byDavid Kellogg .*He and his co-star
Noel Neill provided commentary on several "Superman" episodes for the January 2006 DVD release of the 1953 season.*Also in 2006, he appears in
Bryan Singer 's film "Superman Returns " in a cameo role as "Bo the Bartender"; it was rumored prior to the film's release that his role would actually beSuicide Slum resident and Superman fan,Bibbo Bibbowski , a supporting character from the modernSuperman comics. In one of Larson's "Superman Returns" scenes, where characters celebrate Superman's rescue of a plane, his character is shown wearing a bow tie in the style of Jimmy Olsen and hugging the film's incarnation of Jimmy Olsen played bySam Huntington .*Larson and Noel Neill appeared together at the premiere of "Superman Returns". They typically come across as good friends, much like the characters they played in the 1950s series, in which Jimmy and Lois often investigated stories together.
Among his other work, Larson wrote the libretto to the opera "Lord Byron" to music by
Virgil Thomson .In a TV appearance after "Superman", he had a guest role as a corporal on "
Gomer Pyle USMC ".Larson was the
life partner of directorJames Bridges . Their relationship lasted 35 years until Bridges' death onJune 6 ,1993 .citation |title=Queers in History |first=Keith |last=Stern |year=2006 |isbn=1847283489 |page=64 |authorlink=Keith Stern] Prior to that, he was the companion of actorMontgomery Clift [ [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?spid=35646&apid=114490 Montgomery Clift ] ]References
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* [http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=cast-crew/jack-larson A Superman fan site]
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