'Tiny' Lipson
Jack Lipson | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 17, 1901 |
| Died | November 28, 1947 (aged 46) |
| Other names | Jack "Tiny" Lipson |
| Years active | 1927-1947 |
Jack "Tiny" Lipson (January 17, 1901 – November 28, 1947) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 85 films between 1927 and 1948.
Career[]
Lipson played character parts, and was usually uncred. Due to his rotund, towering figure, Lipson gained the nickname "Tiny" and was usually cast as the "fat guy" in films.[1] He played the role of King Vultan the 1936 serial Flash Gordon. In 1941, he appeared in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break as a Turkish passenger aboard an airplane with W. C. Fields, whose mumbled remarks about the passenger's size prompt the retort, "You a big nose have it!"[2] Two years later, Lipson portrayed a German sailor in the Three Stooges' short Back from the Front, in which he is knocked unconscious and collapses on top of a suffocating Larry Fine. Moe Howard comes to the rescue and quips, "Whoa, a German whale!"[3]
Death[]
Lipson died of a heart attack on November 28, 1947, aged 46. He is interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
Partial filmography[]
- One Hysterical Night (1929) - Masquerade Guest (uncred)
- The Long Long Trail (1929) - Traveling Salesman in Bar (uncred)
- Skinner Steps Out (1929) - Neighbor
- Dames Ahoy! (1930) - Scotsman in Kilt (uncred)
- Undertow (1930) - Beach Vendor (uncred)
- Human Targets (1932) - Wrangler (uncred)
- The Fighting Gentleman (1932) - Big Husband at Carnival (uncred)
- Prosperity (1932) - George, Bank Depositor Demanding Proof (uncred)
- The Show-Off (1934) - Excursion Boat Passenger (uncred)
- Manhattan Melodrama (1934) - Uncle Angus (uncred)
- Punch Drunks (1934, Short) - Fat Ringsider (uncred)
- King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934) - Ship's Passenger (uncred)
- Tailspin Tommy (1934, Serial) - Hefty Extra in Cafe [Ch. 5] (uncred)
- Babes in Toyland (1934) - Nobleman (uncred)
- The Painted Veil (1934) - Fat Man (scenes deleted)
- Beginner's Luck (1935, Short) - Audience member #4
- The Drunkard (1935) - Farmer Stevens
- The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) - Big Man with Newspaper (uncred)
- A Night at the Opera (1935) - Engineer's Assistant (uncred)
- Three Little Beers (1935, Short) - Jones (uncred)
- A Face in the Fog (1936) - Fat Detective (uncred)
- The Lucky Corner (1936, Short) - Crowd extra #6
- Flash Gordon (1936, Serial) - King Vultan [Chs. 5-13]
- Slippery Silks (1936, Short) - Chief of Missing Persons Bureau (uncred)
- Dizzy Doctors (1937, Short) - Shoeshine Victim (uncred)
- Brothers of the West (1937) - Jake the Hobo
- Flying Fists (1937) - Duncan
- One Man Justice (1937) - Slim
- Playing the Ponies (1937, Short) - Customer (uncred)
- Professor Beware (1938) - Brawler (uncred)
- Six-Gun Trail (1938) - Cafe Waiter (uncred)
- Outlaws' Paradise (1939) - Toby, Saloon Owner (uncred)
- Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939) - Man in Saloon (uncred)
- Rocky Mountain Rangers (1940) - 2nd Bartender (uncred)
- Murder Over New York (1940) - Hindu Businessman (uncred)
- Federal Fugitives (1941) - Henchman (uncred)
- I'll Never Heil Again (1941, Short) - Bay of Rum (uncred)
- Manpower (1941) - Midnight Club Bartender (uncred)
- Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941, Short) - Huge Turk (uncred)
- The Chocolate Soldier (1941) - Captain Masakroff in Show (uncred)
- Hellzapoppin' (1941) - Junior (uncred)
- Babes on Broadway (1941) - Hefty Customer at Nick's (uncred)
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) - Bass Casino Singer (uncred)
- I Married an Angel (1942) - Mr. Roquefort (uncred)
- Back From the Front (1943, Short) - Huge German Sailor (uncred)
- I Dood It (1943) - Big Man at Bazaar (uncred)
- When Strangers Marry (1944) - Man in Cafeteria (uncred)
- Kismet (1944) - Aide to Mansur (uncred)
- Lost in a Harem (1944) - Café Small Cornet Player (uncred)
- The Clock (1945) - Garbage Man (uncred)
- Dillinger (1945) - Movie Theatre Patron (uncred)
- Two Sisters from Boston (1946) - Drexel - Sleeping Man on Stage (uncred)
- Suspense (1946) - Spectator (uncred)
- No Leave, No Love (1946) - Hunky Expectant Father (uncred)
- Bringing Up Father (1946) - Fat Man (uncred)
- Three Daring Daughters (1948) - Freddy, Fat Man on Street (uncred)
- Summer Holiday (1948) - Klaumeyer (uncred)
- The Bride Goes Wild (1948) - Fat Man (uncred)
- Luxury Liner (1948) - Fat Guest (uncred) (final film role)
References[]
- ^ threestooges.net Jack "Tiny" Lipson bio
- ^ Fields, W. C. (1973). W. C. Fields in Never give a sucker an even break and Tillie and Gus: Volume 37 of Classic film scripts. Lorrimer. p. 42.
- ^ threestooges.net - Back From the Front
External links[]
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