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Jack Cole

Director, ChoreographerBorn 1914, died 1958On stage 1933 to 19436 productions on this page

Jack Ralph Cole (December 14, 1914 – August 13, 1958) was an American cartoonist best known for creating the comedic superhero Plastic Man, and his cartoons for Playboy magazine. He was posthumously inducted into the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1991 and the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1999.

On stage

6 productions, 10 years
1933
The School for HusbandsBroadway Empire Theatre. Revival. Directed by Jean Baptiste Lully
116 performances
1934
CaviarBroadway Forrest Theatre. Original. Directed by Clifford Brooke
20 performances
1934
Thumbs Up!Broadway St James Theatre. Original. Directed by Robert Alton
156 performances
1935
May WineBroadway St James Theatre. Original. Directed by José Ruben
213 performances
1942
Keep 'em LaughingBroadway 44th Street Theatre. Original. Directed by Clifford Fischer
77 performances
1943
Ziegfeld Follies of 1943Broadway Winter Garden Theatre. Original. Directed by John Murray Anderson
553 performances

Worked with more than once

2 names
  • Alice Dudley 3 productions
  • Hugh Cameron 2 productions

Also credited on

8 works

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Jamaica
Kismet
Man of La Mancha
Magdalena
Alive and Kicking
Kean
Something for the Boys

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