Jack Carter (stage actor)
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Jack Carter was an American actor. He is known for creating the role of Crown in the original Broadway production of Porgy, and for starring in Orson Welles stage productions including Macbeth and Doc
Jack Carter in April 1936, photographed by Carl Van Vechten
Jack Carter as Crown in Porgy (1927–30)
Jack Carter in Voodoo Macbeth (1936)
Jack Carter and Edna Thomas in Voodoo Macbeth
Porgy (play)
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Porgy: A Play in Four Acts is a play by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward, adapted from the short novel by DuBose Heyward. It was first produced by the Theatre Guild and presented October 10, 1927 –
Jack Carter (stage actor)
…Jack Carter (c. 1902 – November 9, 1967) was an American actor. He is known for creating the role of Crown in the original Broadway production of Porgy (1927), and for starring in Orson Welles stage productions including Macbeth (1936) and Doctor Faustus (1937). He appeared in a few motion pictures in…
First edition
DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, authors of the play Porgy
Setting for Catfish Row by Cleon Throckmorton
Percy Verwayne (Sporting Life), Frank Wilson (Porgy) and Evelyn Ellis (Bess)