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name: "Jack Lambert"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-lambert"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 April 1920"
died: "18 February 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:15.944271+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."
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# Jack Lambert

Actor. Born 13 April 1920 in Yonkers, New York, USA. Died 18 February 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 April 1920, Yonkers, New York, USA
- **Died:** 18 February 2002
- **Also known as:** John Lambert, John Thomas Lambert

## Biography

Jack Lambert (1920–2002) was an American character actor who specialised in tough guys and heavies in films and television. Born John Taylor Lambert in Yonkers, New York, he appeared on Broadway before moving to Hollywood in 1942. He worked steadily in Westerns and crime dramas after the Second World War.

His film roles include 'Dum-Dum' Clarke in *The Killers* (1946), Red in *Bend of the River* (1952), Charlie in *Vera Cruz* (1954) and Sugar Smallhouse in *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955). He also appeared in *How the West Was Won* (1962). On television he had guest parts in series such as *Gunsmoke*, *Bonanza*, *Get Smart* and *The Andy Griffith Show*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), Fi1m 87, as Sugar Smallhouse — [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-me-deadly.md)

## Also known for

- *How the West Was Won* (1962), Gant Henchman (uncredited)
- *Bonanza* (1959), John Pardo
- *Get Smart* (1965), Shark
- *The Killers* (1946), 'Dum-Dum' Clarke
- *Vera Cruz* (1954), Charlie
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Baldy, Hitman, Garage Mechanic
- *Bend of the River* (1952), Red
- *The Andy Griffith Show* (1960), Doc

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