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Jack Henley is a Scriptwriter and Additional Dialogue American born on 6 december 1896

Jack Henley

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Nationality USA
Birth 6 december 1896
Death 2 november 1958 (at 61 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Jack Henley (6 December 1896 – 2 November 1958) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 80 films between 1932 and 1955.

He was born in Ireland, and died in Los Angeles, California.

Usually with

Marjorie Main
Marjorie Main
(7 films)
Samuel Sax
Samuel Sax
(6 films)
Roscoe Arbuckle
Roscoe Arbuckle
(6 films)
Percy Kilbride
Percy Kilbride
(4 films)
Shemp Howard
Shemp Howard
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jack Henley (28 films)

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Scriptwriter

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957)
, 1h21
Directed by Virgil W. Vogel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Marjorie Main, Parker Fennelly, Gloria Talbott, John Smith, George Dunn, Roy Barcroft
Rating62% 3.144973.144973.144973.144973.14497
Ma and Pa help out Brad Johnson to turn his girlfriend Sally into a good farm wife.
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)
, 1h19
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson, Russell Johnson, Hilo Hattie, Loring Smith
Rating63% 3.1968453.1968453.1968453.1968453.196845
The Kettles help out cousin Rodney Kettle in Hawaii with his Pineapple industry. Ma and Pa get acquainted with blue-blooded Mrs. Andrews who thinks the Kettles are the "lowliest" people she has met. This is Percy Kilbride's last appearance as Pa Kettle, and his final movie as well.
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
, 1h18
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson, James Best, Esther Dale, Emory Parnell
Roles Story
Rating66% 3.3417653.3417653.3417653.3417653.341765
Ma and Pa Kettle are trying to raise money to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma decides to participate in contests at the county fair, and Pa buys Emma, an old tired horse, for the Harness Race. Birdie Hicks tries her best to win all of the contests, but the Kettles are the ones who get the last laugh.
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952)
, 1h16
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Ray Collins, Barbara Brown, Sig Ruman, Ivan Triesault
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.294993.294993.294993.294993.29499
Ma and Pa Kettle are invited, by their in-law counterparts, Jonathan and Elizabeth Parker,
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
, 1h20
Directed by Edward Sedgwick
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Ray Collins, Emory Parnell
Roles Histoire
Rating67% 3.3924453.3924453.3924453.3924453.392445
Ma and Pa Kettle come home after their fun and exciting trip to New York City only to find out that they're going to become grandparents. Tom's wife Kim is expecting a child. As Tom frets about the pregnancy, the whole Kettle household is happy with the family's newest addition. Right in the middle of their breakfast the Kettles receive a telegram delivered by Alvin, the Western Union delivery boy, from Jonathan and Elizabeth Parker (Kim's parents) declaring that they will soon arrive at the Kettle house to see the newborn.
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)
, 1h27
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors George Brent, Joan Blondell, Adele Jergens, Jim Bannon, Leslie Brooks, Grant Mitchell
Rating60% 3.000763.000763.000763.000763.00076
Two reporters who are in love (Brent and Blondell) compete with each other when covering the story about the discovery of a corpse found at the mansion of a famous Hollywood movie actress.
A Thousand and One Nights
A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
, 1h33
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Cornel Wilde, Evelyn Keyes, Phil Silvers, Adele Jergens, Dusty Anderson, Dennis Hoey
Rating59% 2.998432.998432.998432.998432.99843
Vagabond singer Aladdin (Cornel Wilde) has his hands full keeping his pickpocket friend, Abdullah (Phil Silvers), out of trouble. Abdullah is thought mad as he claims to have been born 1200 years too early, speaks in 1940s slang and knows about television.
Reveille with Beverly
Reveille with Beverly (1943)
, 1h18
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Political films
Actors Ann Miller, William Wright, Dick Purcell, Franklin Pangborn, Frank Sinatra, Larry Parks
Roles Story
Rating65% 3.2933753.2933753.2933753.2933753.293375
Beverly Ross (Ann Miller) wants to be a radio personality, but has to run the switchboard at a local station. The blustery station owner Mr. Kennedy (Tim Ryan) wants no part of programming jive that she loves", preferring the classics.
Mr. Wise Guy
Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
, 1h10
Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Billy Gilbert, Ernie Morrison, David Gorcey
Rating57% 2.855692.855692.855692.855692.85569
In New York, the East Side youth gang, consisting of Muggs McGinnis (Leo Gorcey), Danny Collins (Bobby Jordan), Glimpy Stone (Huntz Hall), Scruno (Ernest Morrison), Skinny (Bill Lawrence), and Peewee (David Gorcey), are falsely arrested on the wharf because the truck they are playing in was stolen. They are remanded to Wilton Reform School, where Muggs, the wise-cracking leader of the gang, is dubbed "Mr. Wise Guy" by the brutal guard Jed Miller (Dick Ryan).
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember (1942)
, 1h31
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Loretta Young, Brian Aherne, Jeff Donnell, William Wright, Sidney Toler, Gale Sondergaard
Rating65% 3.296183.296183.296183.296183.29618
Nancy (Loretta Young) and Jeff Troy (Brian Aherne) move into a somber-looking basement apartment building on 13 Gay Street, Greenwich Village, where the residents all act very strangely. Nancy recognizes one of the residents, Anne Carstairs, who acts very odd and not at all the way Nancy remembers her. At dinner, Nancy overhears a man, later identified as Louis Kaufman, talking on the telephone telling someone to meet him in the basement apartment. Louis goes to the basement apartment and is later found dead in the backyard, after having been drowned in the apartment's bathtub.