Jack Latham
Actor, Film actor
1914 – 1987
Who was Jack Latham?
John Jackson "Jack" Latham was an American actor, and news anchor, active on screen and television from 1934 to 1973. Latham was the news anchor at KNBC in Los Angeles throughout the 1960s/early 1970s.
His first role came at the age of 19 when he appeared as a French mechanic in Hell in the Heavens. 37 years later, he appeared as a newsreader in the 1971 film, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. His final screen role came two years after that when he appeared as a commentator in the television series Savage.
He died on New Year's Day 1987, aged 72, in Palm Springs, California from a heart attack.
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- Born
- Dec 27, 1914
Washington - Also known as
- John Jackson Latham
- John Jackson "Jack" Latham
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jan 1, 1987
Palm Springs
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on July 23, 2013
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