Jack Douglas Biography

Fast Facts

• His theater producer father gave him the script for a Cinderella pantomime to direct for his 15th birthday
• Didn't get into acting until the lead actor in a play he was directing was hospitalized on opening night and he had to play the role himself, as he was the only one who knew all of the lines
• Worked at the local Feldman's Theatre as a line boy
• Often collaborated with Joe Baker, touring the world as a double act
• Played a variation of his most famous character, a nervous, terrified and fidgety man, in the "Carry On" series
• Produced and hosted many travel and adventure programs on television, setting the groundwork for the genre
• Enjoyed cooking so much that he opened a restaurant in Blackpool
• Was paid in a dozen bottles of Don Perignon champagne for his first "Carry On" film
• Actors Fenella Fielding, Jacki Piper, Lance Percival and Valerie Leon attended his 80th birthday celebration at Pinewood Studios
• Discussed his life on an episode of the BBC radio show "That Reminds Me․"