Jack Creley (March , â€" March , ) was an American-born Canadian
actor. Although most prominently a stage actor, he also had film and
television roles.Creley was born in Chicago, Illinois on March , .
During the Great Depression, his family moved to California, where he
acted in amateur theatre as a teenager, until he was old enough to
enlist in the United States Army late in World War II. He was shot in
the shoulder during the Battle of Okinawa, and spent the rest of his
life telling the story that he knew he was destined to become an actor
when he realized he was responding to the injury like a character in a
John Wayne film.After the end of the war, he went to New York City to
study acting under Erwin Piscator at the Dramatic Workshop, where he
was a classmate of Harry Belafonte, Tony Curtis and Rod Steiger. He
moved to Montreal in to take a job with the Mountain Theatre Company,
and remained there until , when he moved to Toronto. Soon after moving
to Toronto, he met David Smith, who would be his partner for the
remainder of his life.In Toronto, he acted on stage, including
frequent performances at the Stratford Festival, and often appeared in
CBC Television anthology series, including Scope, Playbill, CBC Summer
Theatre, Encounter, Folio, Startime, Horizon, Playdate and several
Wayne and Shuster sketches, as well as performing in cabaret shows.
actor. Although most prominently a stage actor, he also had film and
television roles.Creley was born in Chicago, Illinois on March , .
During the Great Depression, his family moved to California, where he
acted in amateur theatre as a teenager, until he was old enough to
enlist in the United States Army late in World War II. He was shot in
the shoulder during the Battle of Okinawa, and spent the rest of his
life telling the story that he knew he was destined to become an actor
when he realized he was responding to the injury like a character in a
John Wayne film.After the end of the war, he went to New York City to
study acting under Erwin Piscator at the Dramatic Workshop, where he
was a classmate of Harry Belafonte, Tony Curtis and Rod Steiger. He
moved to Montreal in to take a job with the Mountain Theatre Company,
and remained there until , when he moved to Toronto. Soon after moving
to Toronto, he met David Smith, who would be his partner for the
remainder of his life.In Toronto, he acted on stage, including
frequent performances at the Stratford Festival, and often appeared in
CBC Television anthology series, including Scope, Playbill, CBC Summer
Theatre, Encounter, Folio, Startime, Horizon, Playdate and several
Wayne and Shuster sketches, as well as performing in cabaret shows.
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