Jack Curtis(1880-1956)
- Actor
- Writer
Jack was born in San Francisco in 1880 in to the well-known Curtis
family. Chris Curtis was himself well-known in the financial circles.
His uncle William was a lawyer in New York City in the early 1900s.
Jack and Lil met on a ship heading to Hong Kong in 1904 and were
married sometime in 1904. Both had toured with Vaudeville companies.
They had one child born April 7, 1914, a daughter named Laura Ann
Curtis, later becoming Hurst in 1935. Jack started in films in 1915 and
lasted until 1951 when a stroke slowed him down. He was a great
grandfather and a wonderful story teller.
