Jack Rice
Date of birth: 1893-05-14
Place of birth: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Earl Clifford Rice
Biography
Movie Credits
Leave It to Blondie
1945-02-22
Older but no wiser, Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead enter a songwriting contest. It's all part of a pl
Blondie's Holiday
1947-04-10
Dagwood gets a raise due to a new contract with a bank manager. Blondie misunderstanding the amount
Blondie's Big Moment
1947-01-09
Blondie decides she wants to be a star and nearly turns her household upside down in this entry in t
Blondie's Secret
1948-12-23
Dagwood prepares for a long-delayed vacation with the family. His boss Mr. Radcliffe has promised t
Life with Blondie
1945-12-13
Daisy, the Bumstead's mischievous mutt, makes the family a little extra cash when she wins a contest
Beware of Blondie
1950-04-13
Mr. Dithers leaves Dagwood in charge of the office for a short period. Poor old Dagwood manages to
Crashing Las Vegas
1956-04-27
An electric shock enables Sach to predict numbers, so the Bowery Boys are off to Las Vegas to win en
Easy Living
1937-07-16
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bou
Money To Burn
1939-12-31
In this episode of the Higgins Family series, pandemonium ensues when Ma enters a dog biscuit contes
The Pride of St. Louis
1952-05-02
The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Ch
Louisiana Hayride
1944-07-13
A naïve farm girl is duped by con men who promise her movie stardom in exchange for her savings.
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943-05-10
Gildersleeve has jury duty.
Men of the Timberland
1941-05-06
Tim MacGregor, unscrupulous lumber operator, obtains by bribery a contract to cut a vast quantity of
Alibi Bye Bye
1935-06-14
The story, if you want to call it that is about a husband who tells his wife he's going hunting but
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946-12-25
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return
Love on a Bet
1936-03-06
An aspiring theater producer convinces his wealthy uncle to finance a play on the condition that he
Will Power
1936-03-05
Edgar thinks he finally has a plan that will force his lazy, mooching brother-in-law to get a job. F
Foolish Hearts
1935-12-27
A little entry from the RKO shorts department serving also as an audition-type (stick 'em in one of
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939-08-22
The first of four films in the "Five Little Peppers" series, based on Margaret Sinclair's popular bo
Five Little Peppers at Home
1940-02-08
The second entry in the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the family struggling to keep their c
The Pilgrim Lady
1947-01-22
Dennis Carter, the head of a detective agency, and his secretary, Henrietta Rankin, get involved in
The Mad Miss Manton
1938-10-21
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police
The Sickle or the Cross
1949-07-01
Reverend John Burnside, American missionary in the Far East, prepares to return home after twenty ye
Contented Calves
1934-08-06
An add campaign for stockings embarrasses the girls.
Meet Me on Broadway
1946-01-26
Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a posh
I Met My Love Again
1938-01-14
In Vermont, college student Ives Towner refuses to marry his longtime girlfriend, Julie Weir, until
Woman Wanted
1935-08-02
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into anoth
Walking on Air
1936-09-11
A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him hom
So This Is Washington
1943-08-01
Lum and Abner go to Washington to aid in the war effort by giving the government what they think is
Mummy's Boys
1936-10-02
Wheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology expedition, g
Sunset in El Dorado
1945-09-29
The story involves a rather odd flashback by Dale who is visiting El Dorado, home of her grandmother
They Won't Believe Me
1947-07-16
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to
Shakedown
1950-09-01
Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the succes
The Flying Irishman
1939-04-07
This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replaceme
Gasoloons
1936-01-03
While filling up with gas, a carload of passengers notices that the service station is up for sale.
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939-11-08
Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940-11-02
Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf ke
Eve Knew Her Apples
1945-04-12
Radio singing star, Eve Porter, wants a vacation during her show's summer hiatus, but her manager an
His Greatest Gamble
1934-08-10
A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.
A Likely Story
1947-04-18
A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself t
Niagara Falls
1941-10-17
The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.
The Shadow
1940-01-05
The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible a
The Good Humor Man
1950-03-24
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Mar
The Mark of the Whistler
1944-10-09
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who t
It's Your Move
1945-08-10
Edgar's landlord wants to sell the house Edgar is renting. He has to come up with the money in two w
The Dancing Millionaire
1934-12-14
The Blondes and Redheads series: To prove his sophistication, a brutish gangster enlists the girls'
The Return of the Whistler
1948-03-18
When a woman goes missing on the eve of her wedding, her fiancee hires a detective to track her down
The Hucksters
1947-07-17
A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be
Danger On Wheels
1940-02-02
During a test, a race car using an experimental oil fueled engine blows up, killing the driver. Luc
Foreign Correspondent
1940-08-16
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the i
It Had to Be You
1947-12-07
A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.
Turnabout
1940-05-17
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue who grants the
Edgar Hamlet
1935-07-04
A quiet day at home is interrupted by arguments over Shakespearean speeches.
Poisoned Ivory
1934-11-16
Edgar's wife, Florence, because of an incident with her brother, her husband, and parts from her bro
Dangerous Blondes
1943-09-23
Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes ra
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940-08-31
Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker
The Lady in Question
1940-08-07
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940-11-30
Famed detective and crime novelist Ellery Queen solves a case involving the suspicious death of a ri
Grandma's Buoys
1936-12-18
Tom and Harry are sailors on a yacht, and go ashore for a few beers and whatever else may come up. W
In Love at 40
1935-08-29
Edgar falls in love with another woman.
Harris in the Spring
1937-12-03
Band leader Phil Harris, through a misunderstanding, finds himself with a job as a professional esco
Rhythm on the Range
1936-07-01
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as
Stage Door
1937-10-08
The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls fr
Silly Billies
1936-03-20
The boys are a dentist and his assistant traveling to the Old West to open a new practice. Once in t
Reveille with Beverly
1943-02-04
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ fo
Lucky Legs
1942-10-01
Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Pro
Shall We Dance
1937-05-07
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical sta
A Quiet Fourth
1935-08-08
An RKO comedy short featuring Betty Grable who gets secretly married while her family is trying to f
Sabotage
1939-10-13
The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to
Hold Your Temper
1943-02-05
When his wife threatens to leave him because of his notoriously bad temper, Edgar promises that ther
Westward Ho-Hum
1941-09-15
Edgar, his wife and his brother-in-law are riding through the desert in a convertible to see a resta
I'll Fix It
1941-10-07
Edgar decides to do a home plumbing job himself.
The Marksman
1953-04-10
Mike Martin becomes a deputy marshal and takes on a gang of cattle rustlers.
New York Town
1941-10-31
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City s
Dark Delusion
1947-06-24
Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls
Dummy Ache
1936-07-10
Dummy Ache is a 1936 American short comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins. An assuming husband, su
Rhythm Wranglers
1937-12-17
Ray Whitley and his Bar-Six musical cowboys apply for work at the Bar-X ranch. The owner refuses at
Ears of Experience
1938-01-28
In a misguided effort to get a raise and promotion from his boss, Edgar Kennedy's wife and her fathe
The Secret Code
1942-09-04
A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and artificial l
Brooklyn Orchid
1942-01-31
Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.
Prunes and Politics
1944-01-07
Edgar is running for county supervisor against his mother-in-law. Edgar, whose campaign is going now
A Quiet Fourth
1941-12-19
Edgar decides the 4th of July fireworks celebration in town is too much for his nerves, and he and h
Break of Hearts
1935-05-31
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music t
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
1945-05-10
Blackie is implicated in a murder when he accidently sells a phony Charles Dickens first edition at
The Jitters
1938-07-01
When his wife dances with the dancing instructor, Errol gets jealous and decides to take dancing les
Brick-a-Brac
1935-01-18
In this episode of the "Mr. Average Man" series, Edgar Kennedy lays bricks.
Cooks and Crooks
1942-06-05
A client offers mail-order private detective Edgar $5,000 for finding $50,000 in a kitchen wall of a
Duck Soup
1942-12-18
Edgar mistakenly believes that his family wants to kill him to collect his life insurance.
Bargain Madness
1951-07-04
In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, women battle for bargains in a department store.
Hot Foot
1943-05-15
Edgar Kennedy, in order to attend a prizefight without his brother-in-law, pretends to be sick with
So's Your Uncle
1943-09-01
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself p
Crazy House
1943-10-08
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie.
Honeymoon Lodge
1943-07-23
Honeymoon Lodge is a musical variation on the old Awful Truth plotline. Divorce-bound Bob and Carol
Passport to Suez
1943-08-19
The Lone Wolf goes undercover in Egypt to foil a Nazi plot to bomb and disable the Suez canal, which
Feather Your Nest
1944-10-23
Edgar is so anxious to get brother out of the house that when a prospective fiancée arrives on the s
Radio Rampage
1944-03-28
When the family radio goes on the fritz, Edgar, naturally, decides to fix it himself in order to sav
We Who Are Young
1940-07-19
A man violates company policy by getting married.
Goin' to Town
1944-09-01
General store owners, through a series of contrivances, end up on the better side of a practical jok
The Naughty Nineties
1945-06-20
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act
Take One False Step
1949-08-14
Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presum
You Drive Me Crazy
1945-09-07
Edgar’s day goes from bad to catastrophic after he lends his brother-in-law his car — mistake number
The Big Beef
1945-10-19
Edgar invites his boss home for a steak dinner, but the steak hasn't arrived. A pushy book salesman
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939-02-23
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
Her Lucky Night
1945-02-09
In this romantic comedy, three man-hungry sisters consult a fortune-teller to help them with their r
Motor Maniacs
1946-07-26
Edgar learns that an old, rich, oil-man flame (Tom Kennedy) of his mother-in-law (Dot Farley) is com
The Flag of Humanity
1940-10-19
The story of how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross.
Blondie's Big Deal
1949-03-04
Dagwood accidentally discovers a non-flammable paint. Bad guys Dillon and Stack steal it before he
Blondie's Reward
1948-06-03
After bungling a real-estate transaction, Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) is demoted to office boy by
Blondie's Anniversary
1947-12-18
Blondie finds a valuable watch that has been hidden by hubby Dagwood. She assumes that it's a surpr
Blondie's Lucky Day
1946-04-04
Not only must Blondie put on a brave face when her husband Dagwood is fired for the umpteenth time b
Blondie Knows Best
1946-10-17
Dagwood Bumstead poses as his boss Mr. Dithers so that a big business deal can be consummated while
Do or Diet
1947-02-10
Edgar's boss gives him a few days off as a reward for being promoted. His wife, Florence, mother-in-
Under Western Skies
1945-01-19
An Arizona teacher (Noah Beery Jr.) saves a vaudeville star (Martha O'Driscoll) and her troupe from
Men in Fright
1938-10-15
The kids go to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Chaos soon ensues
Inferior Decorator
1943-04-13
Edgar and his family go into business as interior decorators.
Morning Glory
1933-08-18
Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage.
Murder on a Bridle Path
1936-04-17
When the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar Piper
A Blasted Event
1934-09-06
Mrs. Kennedy tries to convince Edgar that he would make a good father.
The Brigand
1952-06-24
Carlos Delargo, the banished son of a royal princess of Mandorra, is returned to the kingdom to be t
Hi, Beautiful
1944-12-18
Part of the series of Universal B-musicals teaming Martha O'Driscoll and Noah Beery Jr., this film i
What, No Cigarettes
1945-07-13
There is movement afoot in Edgar Kennedy's house, where he lives with his wife Florence, and relucta