Danny Jackson

Born: 5 October 1924, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: October 1985, New York City, New York, USA

 

Danny Jackson was a singer and actor who managed to sustain a career in films from the mid 1930s to the 1950s. Although Danny couldn't read or write music, he later wrote musicals with his sister Raisa Sachs, often singing into a tape recorder and having his ideas transcribed by an arranger who was also able to orchestrate from his recordings.

 

Four Wives (1939) as Boy Soprano (uncredited)

 

Mutiny in the County (1940) as Boy Judge (uncredited)

Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943) as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

With Lillian Randolph. Not much to see of Danny here.