Jack Train
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Jack Train was a British radio & film actor who became very popular during the Second World War.
[edit] Career
Jack Train was born in Plymouth, Devon on 28 November 1902. He was heard on the BBC radio as voices in many productions, but his characters in the BBC series ITMA (Its That Man Again) with Tommy Handley gave him fame. He appeared in several British films, but none of them were top-rated. He died on 16 December 1966 in London.
[edit] Films
- King Arthur was a gentleman - 1942
- Its That Man Again - 1943
- Miss London Ltd - 1943
- Gaiety George - 1946
- Twenty Question Murder Mystery - 1950
- Catacombes - 1965
[edit] ITMA Characters & Their Catch-Phrases
- Colonel Chinstrap - (a heavy drinker) - "I don't mind if I do"
- Claude (a Handyman) - "After you Cecil, No after you Claude"
- Funf (a German Spy) - "This is Funf speaking"
- Mark Time (an elderly ditherer) - "I'll have to ask me Dad"
- Lefty (a Gangster)
- Hari Kari (a Japanese )
- Fuss Pot (a fusspot)
- Prattle
