---
name: "Jack Creley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-creley"
fi1m_id: "jack-creley"
imdb_id: "nm0155043"
tmdb_id: 12485
wikidata_id: "Q1677002"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 March 1926"
died: "10 March 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T19:59:50.520790+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jack Creley

## Identity

Jack Creley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jack-creley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jack-creley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0155043
- **TMDB ID:** 12485
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1677002
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Creley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1677002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155043/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12485

Actor. Born 6 March 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 10 March 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 March 1926, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 10 March 2004
- **Active:** 1964–1987
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 93 (1), 1980s 53 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Crime 2, Horror 1, Mystery 1, Science Fiction 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $196m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Creley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1677002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155043/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12485

## Biography

Jack Creley (1926–2004) was an American-born Canadian actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he moved to Canada in the early 1950s and became known primarily as a stage performer, appearing with companies including the Stratford Festival and in the original Broadway production of *A Man for All Seasons*.

His film roles include Mr. Staines in *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* (1964), Brian O'Blivion in *Videodrome* (1983), and appearances in the *Police Academy* series. He also worked in television. Creley was married to David Smith.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol* (1987), Fi1m 36, as Judge — [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-4-citizens-on-patrol.md)
- *Police Academy 3: Back in Training* (1986), Fi1m 42, as Mr. Bellows — [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-3-back-in-training.md)
- *Videodrome* (1983), Fi1m 82, as Brian O'Blivion — [page](https://film.one/film/videodrome.md)
- *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* (1964), Fi1m 93, as Mr. Staines — [page](https://film.one/film/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *E.N.G.* (1989), series, as Bok
- *Katts and Dog* (1988), series, Actor
- *Gotham* (1988), as Grandfather
- *Friday the 13th: The Series* (1987), series, as Edward Easton
- *Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol* (1987), as Judge — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-4-citizens-on-patrol.md)
- *Apology* (1986), as Building Superintendent
- *Police Academy 3: Back in Training* (1986), as Mr. Bellows — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-3-back-in-training.md)
- *Night Heat* (1985), series, as Harry, Spider Connors, Sammy, Ricky Dunford
- *All in Good Taste* (1983), as Lou
- *The Magic Show* (1983), as Shumway
- *Will There Really Be a Morning?* (1983), as Professor Williams
- *Videodrome* (1983), as Brian O'Blivion — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/videodrome.md)
- *Till Death Do Us Part* (1982), Actor
- *If You Could See What I Hear* (1982), as Dean Franklin
- *Tulips* (1981), as Florist (uncredited)
- *Rituals* (1977), as Jesse
- *Welcome to Blood City* (1977), as Webb
- *The New Avengers* (1976), series, as Hosking
- *Alien Thunder* (1974), as Arthur Ballentyne - Indian Agent
- *The Reincarnate* (1971), as Everet Julian
- *The Crowd Inside* (1971), as Wealthy Older Man
- *The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever* (1970), as Dr. George Simmons
- *Change of Mind* (1969), as Bill Chambers
- *Dr. Doom's Day* (1966), as Thor
- *The Scribe* (1966), as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
- *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* (1964), as Mr. Staines — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb.md)
- *The Canadians* (1961), as Greer
- *Fires of Envy* (1957), Actor
- *Folio* (1955), series, as Seyton, Peter the Goose Boss

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