Jack Hope

Jack Hope

Infobox Person
name = Jack Hope


caption =
birth_date = August 12, 1898
birth_place = Eltham, London, England, UK
death_date = August 8, 1962 (aged 63)
death_place = Los Angeles, California, USA
other_names = Francis James Hope
known_for = Brother of Bob Hope
occupation = Film and Television producer
nationality = English/Welsh/Scottish-American

Jack Hope (August 12, 1898 – August 8, 1962) was an English-born American film and television producer.

Biography

Jack was born Francis James Hope in Eltham, London, England, Jack was the second of seven sons. His Anglo-Scottish father, William Henry Hope, was a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare and his Welsh mother, Avis Townes, was a light opera singer but later had to find work as a cleaning woman. [cite web |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E7DF1439F933A15756C0A96E958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/H/Hope,%20Bob |title= Bob Hope's Gift to the Nation? Quips, of Course |accessdate=2007-11-28 |format= |work= ] He and his famiy moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1908.

Jack's brother was Golden Globe Award-nominated actor Bob Hope.

Jack was an producer for movies and television shows including "Alias Jesse James" in 1959 and "Celebrity Golf" in 1960.

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