Jack Goode

Birth : 1908-06-02, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Death : 1971-06-24

History

Jack Goode (born Irwin Thomas Whittridge), known early in his career as Jack Good, was an American film and television actor. He was also host of the television variety series Shindig! and Saturday Stars.

Movies

Show for Sale
Booking Agent
A booking agent attempts to sell his clients. Performing acts include Eileen Barton, The Big Apple Dancers, the Paul Florenz Girls, dancers Richards and Adrienne, the Fashionaires, Flash and Dash, and the Royal Duo.
Hollywood Party
Tap Dancing Professor Jack Goode (uncredited)
Elissa Landi and Charley Chase (playing Asian Charley Chan Chase) host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After introducing a few Hollywood luminaries who are attending the party, they present a number of musical and/or dance performances to entertain the crowd. This set of performances also includes ethnic Chinese actress Anna May Wong modeling some fashions she brought back from her first ever trip to China. Through it all, one of the guests, already inebriated, is having a few problems mixing and serving the cocktails he wants.
Swing Time
Dancer (uncredited)
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding again and has to make $25,000 so her father allows him to marry Margaret. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky Romero.
Who's Looney Now
Mr. Johnson (as Jack Good)
Mr. Brown is riding home from work one day with his new neighbor, Mr. Johnson. When Brown explains that he has all kinds of problems at home, Johnson wants to help him. So, when they arrive, Johnson gives Brown a demonstration of one of the tricks that he uses to get his family to act as he wishes them too. But when Brown tries out Johnson's ideas on his own, things do not go as planned.
Masks and Memories
Queenie's Singing Pickup
In this musical short, three individuals try to entice a reclusive uncle to join the festivities during Mardi Gras.
The Knife of the Party
Walter Brown (as Jack Good)
A Theatrical Company is facing bankruptcy while being stuck in a hostile town, miles from home, in a hotel where they are already well in arrears in payment of their bills. The whole plot revolves around the troupe having to work in order to compensate the Hotel owner.
Flying Down to Rio
Yankee Clipper (uncredited)
A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.