Jack Rice

Jack Rice
Rice inNiagara Falls(1941)
Born	Earl Clifford Rice (1893-05-14)May 14, 1893 Grand Rapids,Michigan,U.S.
Died	December 14, 1968(1968-12-14)(aged 75) Woodland Hills,Los Angeles, California,U.S.
Resting place	Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1920–1963

Jack Rice(bornEarl Clifford Rice;May 14, 1893 – December 14, 1968) was an American actor best known for appearing as the scrounging, freeloading brother-in-law inEdgar Kennedy's series of short domestic comedy films at theRKO studio,and also as "Ollie" (a.k.a. "Oliver Merton" and "Oliver Shaw" ) in around a dozen ofColumbia Pictures's series of theBlondiecomic strip.

Death

Born inGrand Rapids,Michigan,Rice died inWoodland Hillsat the age of 75. He is buried inValhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

Selected filmography

• No Marriage Ties(1933) – Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
• Morning Glory(1933) – Newspaperman (uncredited)
• Flying Down to Rio(1933) – Yankee Clipper (uncredited)
• His Greatest Gamble(1934) – Gambling Casino Patron (uncredited)
• The Girl from Missouri(1934) – Party Guest Dancing with Countess (uncredited)
• Lady by Choice(1934) – Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
• Kid Millions(1934) – Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
• Lightning Strikes Twice(1934) – Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• Break of Hearts(1935) – New Year's Eve Celebrant (uncredited)
• Woman Wanted(1935) – Man Walking With Cane in Hotel (uncredited)
• Hi, Gaucho!(1935) – Pasquale – Horse Thief (uncredited)
• Annie Oakley(1935) – Bit Man in Saloon (uncredited)
• Tough Guy(1936) – Percy (uncredited)
• Love on a Bet(1936) – Passenger Waiting for Washroom (uncredited)
• The Farmer in the Dell(1936) – Charlie (uncredited)
• Silly Billies(1936) – Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
• Murder on a Bridle Path(1936) – Violet's Hotel Manager (uncredited)
• The Last Outlaw(1936) – Card Player (uncredited)
• Rhythm on the Range(1936) – Train Station Smoocher (uncredited)
• Dummy Ache(1936, Short) – Florence's Brother
• The Bride Walks Out(1936) – New Year's Eve Emcee (uncredited)
• Swing Time(1936) – Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• Walking on Air(1936) – Sponsor (uncredited)
• Mummy's Boys(1936) – Second Officer (uncredited)
• The Plough and the Stars(1936) – Minor Role (uncredited)
• Shall We Dance(1937) – Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• Easy Living(1937) – Man in Ball's Outer Office (uncredited)
• Stage Door(1937) – Playwright (uncredited)
• She Married an Artist(1937) – Attendant (uncredited)
• Lady Behave!(1937) – Clerk (uncredited)
• Wise Girl(1937) – Actor in Department Store Window (uncredited)
• I Met My Love Again(1938) – Professor George B. Stockwell (uncredited)
• Arson Gang Busters(1938) – Bradbury
• Crime Ring(1938) – Goshen's Employee (uncredited)
• Carefree(1938) – Man with Walking Cane (uncredited)
• The Mad Miss Manton(1938) – Doctor (uncredited)
• Little Orphan Annie(1938) – Bugs MacIntosh
• Twelve Crowded Hours(1939) – Professor Busby (uncredited)
• The Flying Irishman(1939) – Airplane Owner Selling It to Corrigan (uncredited)
• The Rookie Cop(1939) – Jewelry Store Owner (uncredited)
• Five Little Peppers and How They Grew(1939) – Mr. Barker (uncredited)
• Those High Grey Walls(1939) – Bruised-Hand Convict (uncredited)
• Sabotage(1939) – Minor Role (uncredited)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(1939) – Lang (uncredited)
• Blondie Brings Up Baby(1939) – Detective with Mason (uncredited)
• Money to Burn(1939) – Thorne
• The Shadow(1940, Serial) – Taylor (uncredited)
• Danger on Wheels(1940) – Parker
• Five Little Peppers at Home(1940) – Bainbridge (uncredited)
• Turnabout(1940) – Second Photographer (uncredited)
• Passport to Alcatraz(1940) – Detective (uncredited)
• We Who Are Young(1940) – Savoy-Carlton Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• The Lady in Question(1940) – Gaston (uncredited)
• Foreign Correspondent(1940) – Donald (uncredited)
• He Stayed for Breakfast(1940) – Marianne's Chauffeur (uncredited)
• The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date(1940) – Salesman Helping Lanyard (uncredited)
• Ellery Queen, Master Detective(1940) – Rogers' Assistant (uncredited)
• Adventure in Washington(1940) – Announcer (uncredited)
• Men of the Timberland(1941) – MacGregor's Secretary
• Broadway Limited(1941) – Haughty Reporter (uncredited)
• You'll Never Get Rich(1941) – 5th Avenue Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
• Niagara Falls(1941) – Hotel Clerk
• New York Town(1941) – Oliver (uncredited)
• Brooklyn Orchid(1942) – Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• Yokel Boy(1942) – Teller (uncredited)
• Take a Letter, Darling(1942) – Salesman (uncredited)
• A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen(1942) – Railroad Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
• Moonlight Masquerade(1942) – Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen(1942) – Railway Ticket Agent (uncredited)
• The Secret Code(1942, Serial) – Fred, Jensen's Clerk [Chs.2,4]
• Lucky Legs(1942) – Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
• Reveille with Beverly(1943) – Davis (uncredited)
• Two Weeks to Live(1943) – Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• She Has What It Takes(1943) – Kimball
• Good Morning, Judge(1943) – Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• Gildersleeve's Bad Day(1943) – Hotel Clerk Charlie (uncredited)
• Good Luck, Mr. Yates(1943) – Steve (uncredited)
• Gals, Incorporated(1943) – Partridge (uncredited)
• Petticoat Larceny(1943) – Radio Actor (uncredited)
• Honeymoon Lodge(1943) – Surprised Man in Train Station (uncredited)
• Passport to Suez(1943) – Hotel Night Clerk (uncredited)
• So This Is Washington(1943) – Golf Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• The Adventures of a Rookie(1943) – Jim – Father of Party Guest (uncredited)
• So's Your Uncle(1943) – Designer
• Dangerous Blondes(1943) – Scott (uncredited)
• Crazy House(1943) – Dentist (uncredited)
• A Scream in the Dark(1943) – Desk Clerk at the Harvard Arms (uncredited)
• Campus Rhythm(1943) – Company Rep with Flowers (uncredited)
• Swingtime Johnny(1943) – Bill
• What a Woman!(1943) – Tailor (uncredited)
• Week-End Pass(1944) – Jenkins
• Casanova in Burlesque(1944) – Emory, the Dress Designer (uncredited)
• Hat Check Honey(1944) – C.B.
• Cover Girl(1944) – Reporter (uncredited)
• Hey, Rookie(1944) – Highbrow (uncredited)
• Lady, Let's Dance(1944) – Given
• Louisiana Hayride(1944) – Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• Ever Since Venus(1944) – Butler (uncredited)
• The Merry Monahans(1944) – Ham Actor (uncredited)
• San Diego, I Love You(1944) – Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• Goin' to Town(1944) – Clark
• The Mark of the Whistler(1944) – Mailman (uncredited)
• Bowery to Broadway(1944) – Quartette Member (uncredited)
• Hi, Beautiful(1944) – Board Member (uncredited)
• Carolina Blues(1944) – Jerry (uncredited)
• Practically Yours(1944) – Courturier (uncredited)
• Under Western Skies(1945) – Neil Mathews
• Her Lucky Night(1945) – Percy
• Leave It to Blondie(1945) – Ollie Shaw (uncredited)
• Eve Knew Her Apples(1945) – Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion(1945) – Mr. Obie (uncredited)
• The Naughty Nineties(1945) – Waiter (uncredited)
• Radio Stars on Parade(1945) – Theater Usher (uncredited)
• Sunset in El Dorado(1945) – Mr. Hollingsworth (uncredited)
• Life with Blondie(1945) – Ollie Shaw (uncredited)
• The Stork Club(1945) – Stork Club Captain #2 (uncredited)
• Because of Him(1946) – Florist (uncredited)
• Meet Me on Broadway(1946) – Grannis (uncredited)
• Blondie's Lucky Day(1946) – Ollie Shaw (uncredited)
• The Runaround(1946) – Information Clerk (uncredited)
• Blondie Knows Best(1946) – Ollie Shaw (uncredited)
• The Best Years of Our Lives(1946) – Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• Vacation in Reno(1946) – Mr. Shark (uncredited)
• Blondie's Big Moment(1947) – Oliver "Ollie" Merton
• The Pilgrim Lady(1947) – Hotel Clerk
• Blondie's Holiday(1947) – Ollie Shaw
• A Likely Story(1947) – Secretary to the Senator (uncredited)
• Living in a Big Way(1947) – Court Stenographer (uncredited)
• Dark Delusion(1947) – Floorwalker (uncredited)
• They Won't Believe Me(1947) – Tour Conductor (uncredited)
• The Hucksters(1947) – Clerk – Selling Ties (uncredited)
• Cass Timberlane(1947) – Vincent Osprey – Arthur Olliford's Attorney (uncredited)
• Her Husband's Affairs(1947) – Slocum (uncredited)
• It Had to Be You(1947) – Floorwalker (uncredited)
• Blondie's Anniversary(1947) – Ollie Shaw
• The Bride Goes Wild(1948) – Reporter (uncredited)
• The Return of the Whistler(1948) – George Sawyer (uncredited)
• My Dog Rusty(1948) – Jack, the Photographer (uncredited)
• Blondie's Reward(1948) – Ollie Merton
• Blondie's Secret(1948) – Ollie Merton
• Blondie's Big Deal(1949) – Ollie Merton
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game(1949) – Room Clerk (uncredited)
• The Barkleys of Broadway(1949) – Ticket Man (uncredited)
• Take One False Step(1949) – Good Humor Man (uncredited)
• The Sickle or the Cross(1949) – Radio Engineer
• The Good Humor Man(1950) – Roger, Bridegroom (uncredited)
• Beware of Blondie(1950) – Ollie Shaw
• Shakedown(1950) – Floorwalker (uncredited)
• Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard(1950) – Power Company Clerk
• Corky of Gasoline Alley(1951) – Ames (uncredited)
• Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick(1952) – Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• The Pride of St. Louis(1952) – Voorhees (uncredited)
• The Brigand(1952) – Tailor (uncredited)
• Stars and Stripes Forever(1952) – Mr. Jones (scenes deleted)
• The Silver Whip(1953) – Clyde Morrison, Silver City Telegrapher (uncredited)
• The Marksman(1953) – Clerk
• Ransom!(1956) – George's Assistant (uncredited)
• Crashing Las Vegas(1956) – Wiley
• Too Much, Too Soon(1958) – Druggist (uncredited)
• The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock(1959) – Booster (uncredited)
• That Touch of Mink(1962) – Customer at Automat (uncredited)
• Son of Flubber(1963) – 2nd Juror (uncredited) (final film role)

External links

• Jack RiceatIMDb