JACK CARTER “NATHAN DETROIT”
Guys & Dolls 1965
A RAINBOW STAGE PRODUCTION
Dramatic television is Jack Carter’s newest success. He’s completed an Emmy-award role on “Dr. Kildare”, has appeared on the “Alfred Hitchcock Hour”, “Ben Casey”, “Burke’s Law”. He’s one of Ed Sullivan’s most frequent guests and has made several appearances on “Hollywood Palace”. Jack first attacked television with such early greats as Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, graduating to his own “Jack Carter Show”. His recently completed “Combat” role should be seen soon on Winnipeg screens. This coming season Jack Carter is already booked for four appearances on Dean Martin’s new show, “Dino’s Palace”, and the new “Steve Lawrence Show”. And late in September he opens on Broadway in “Come Live With Me”. From here Mr. Carter goes to Vancouver to star at the Vancouver Repertory Playhouse under the direction of Malcolm Black who directed at Rainbow Stage last year.
When Damon Runyon created the character of Nathan Detroit he must have had Jack Carter in mind to play the role. Mr. Carter’s “Nathan Detroit” is earthy, hearty and thoroughly alive – like Jack Carter himself.
They say every comedian wants to play Hamlet. Jack Carter is a talented exception. This ham successfully made the switch from acting to comedy, to become the “comedy-actor” Winnipeg audiences are seeing as Nathan Detroit.
Jack Carter started his career as a dramatic actor. His talent was first recognized by Christopher Morley, who gave him his acting start in the original Mill Pond Playhouse, N.Y. His cohorts were such illustrious unknowns as Angela Lansbury, Gordon and Sheila MacRae, Jeff Chandler and Richard Brooks. On Broadway, Mr. Carter has starred in “Call Me Mister”, “Top Banana”, and with co-star Sammy Davis Jr. in “Mr Wonderful”.
It’s fitting that Jack Carter should celebrate his 41st birthday right here in Winnipeg. After his smash hit at the CNE in Toronto, and the Cave in Vancouver, Jack is delighter to be spending his birthday here. He says himself, “Canada is my second home.” And Canadian audiences have invited Jack Carter to return over and over again. This week Winnipeg has the honour, and according to Jack, “I have the pleasure.”
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