Jack Cameron
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Born Name:
Jacques Kammerer
Born Date: November 2, 1883
Born Place: Troyes, France
Died Date: September 25, 1956
Died Place: Taunton, Massachusetts
Occupations: Actor, acrobat, comedian, singer
Brief Biography: Jack Cameron was a versatile American acrobatic comedian, actor, and singer with a career spanning nearly 50 years across vaudeville, burlesque, film, radio, and television.
Early Life & Family:
Born in Troyes, France, he moved to Providence, RI, at 14.
Career Start: Worked in a hat factory while training as a gymnast, starting as an acrobat in 1903.
Family: Married Clara Montgomery Higgs (1904, divorced 1911) and later partner Edna Howland, with whom he had a son.
Professional Career:
Va
udeville & Burlesque: Gained fame via the "Kammerer & Howland" act, performing acrobatic comedy and impersonations on major circuits. Film & Radio: Acted in films like Applause (1929) and Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), and was known as the "Singing Salesman" on WPRO radio.
Born Date: November 2, 1883
Born Place: Troyes, France
Died Date: September 25, 1956
Died Place: Taunton, Massachusetts
Occupations: Actor, acrobat, comedian, singer
Brief Biography: Jack Cameron was a versatile American acrobatic comedian, actor, and singer with a career spanning nearly 50 years across vaudeville, burlesque, film, radio, and television.
Early Life & Family:
Born in Troyes, France, he moved to Providence, RI, at 14.
Career Start: Worked in a hat factory while training as a gymnast, starting as an acrobat in 1903.
Family: Married Clara Montgomery Higgs (1904, divorced 1911) and later partner Edna Howland, with whom he had a son.
Professional Career:
Va
udeville & Burlesque: Gained fame via the "Kammerer & Howland" act, performing acrobatic comedy and impersonations on major circuits. Film & Radio: Acted in films like Applause (1929) and Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), and was known as the "Singing Salesman" on WPRO radio.