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Jack Larson
Age: 81
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Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Born: Feb. 8th, 1928
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BIOGRAPHY: Jack Larson was raised in Pasadena, California, and attended Pasadena Junior College (by coincidence, exactly like his "Adventures of Superman" (1952) co-star George Reeves (I)). He was a contract player at Warner Bros. Typecast as Jimmy Olsen, Larson found it virtually impossible to get other acting roles after the series went off the air and retired from acting a few years later, concentrating on writing. His plays have been highly acclaimed and he has had works performed in theaters and opera houses around the world. He was the longtime companion of late director James Bridges (I), with whom he co-produced a number of popular films of the 1970s and 1980s. Larson is an erudite and charming man who seems to have been close friends with many of the more prominent figures of the arts in the latter half of the 20th century, including Virgil Thomson, John Houseman (I), Leslie Caron, Libby Holman, Montgomery Clift, Salka Viertel, Christopher Isherwood and James Dean (I).
TRIVIA:
- He had small roles in _"Superboy" (1988)_ (qv) and in _"Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993)_ (qv). He has yet to have a role in _"Smallville" (2001)_ (qv), but considering it's not about Superman or Superboy, but instead about Clark Kent, an exception can be made. He recently had a small role in movie "Superman Returns" (2006).
- His home was designed by 'Frank Lloyd Wright' (qv).
- Famed as Jimmy Olsen on TV's _"Adventures of Superman" (1952)_ (qv), he is also a well-respected playwright and opera librettist whose collaborators include 'Virgil Thomson' (qv).
- Participates in UCLA scholarship program established in the name of his life partner, the late 'James Bridges' for young directors.
- Was the life-partner of director 'James Bridges (I)' (qv). Their relationship lasted over thirty years until Bridges' death in 1993.
- He was a contract player at Warner Brothers.
- Is portrayed by 'Joseph Adam' (qv) in _Hollywoodland (2006)_ (qv)
- In 2006, he told The New York Times that he quit acting in 1961 on the advice of his then-boyfriend 'Montgomery Clift' (qv). Larson had gone to an audition for producer 'Mervyn LeRoy' (qv), who had rejected Larson right away because he had played Jimmy Olsen. Clift counseled Larson not to put himself in that situation any longer, so Larson concentrated instead on producing and writing, becoming the first playwright to win a Rockefeller Foundation grant.
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