Jack Arnold

Name: Jack Arnold
Date of Birth: October 14, 1916
Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut

Mini-bio: Jack Arnold reigns supreme as one of the great directors of 50s science fiction features. His films are distinguished by moody black and white cinematography, solid acting, smart, thoughtful scripts, ...( read more)snappy pacing, a genuine heartfelt enthusiasm for the genre, and plenty of eerie atmosphere. Arnold was born on October 14, 1916 in New Haven, Connecticut. Jack began his show business career as an actor in both on and off Broadway stage productions in the late 30s and early 40s; among the plays he appeared in are "The Time of Your Life," "Juke Box Jenny," "Blind Alibi," "China Passage," and "We're on the Jury." Arnold served in the US Army in the Signal Corps during World War II. He apprenticed under famous documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty. Following his tour of duty Jack started making short films and documentaries. One short called "With These Hands" was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Documentary Feature. Arnold made his theatrical movie debut with the B picture "Girls in the Night." He then did his first foray into the science fiction genre: the supremely spooky "It Came from Outer Space." Jack achieved his greatest enduring cult popularity with "The Creature from the Black Lagoon," a scary, yet poetic reworking of "Beauty and the Beast." "Revenge of the Creature" was a worthy sequel. "Tarantula" was likewise a lot of fun. "The Incredible Shrinking Man" rates highly as Arnold's crowning cinematic achievement; it's an intelligent and entertaining classic that's lost none of its potency throughout the years. Arnold's final two genre entries were the enjoyable "Monster on the Campus" and the offbeat "The Space Children." Jack's other movies are a pretty varied and interesting bunch; said pictures include the hugely successful "The Mouse That Roared" (this film helped establish Peter Sellers as an international star), the teen exploitation gem "High School Confidential," the superior Audie Murphy Western "No Name on the Bullet," the goofy comedy "Hello Down There," and the silly soft-core romp "Sex Play." Arnold even joined forces with Fred "the Hammer" Williamson on a pair of blaxploitation items: the nifty mystery thriller "Black Eye" and the amiable Western "The Black Bounty Hunter." In addition to his film work, Arnold also directed episodes of such TV shows as "Science Fiction Theatre," "Peter Gunn," "Perry Mason," "Rawhide," "Gilligan's Island," "The Mod Squad," "Wonder Woman," "The Love Boat," "The Bionic Woman," and "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century." He's the father of producer/casting director Susan Arnold. Jack Arnold died at age 75 on March 17, 1992.

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The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (PG, 1976)
The Swiss Conspiracy (PG, 1976)
Boss Nigger (The Black Bounty Killer) (PG, 1975)
Sex Play (The Bunny Caper) (The Games Girls Play) (R, 1974)
Hello Down There (G, 1969)
A Global Affair (Unrated, 1964)
Bachelor in Paradise (Unrated, 1961)
The Mouse That Roared (Unrated, 1959)
No Name on the Bullet (Unrated, 1959)
Monster on the Campus (Unrated, 1958)

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