Jack Duffy — Youth in Disguise (1927) 🇺🇸

You know Jack Duffy in whiskers and spectacles rather than in straight make-up. He has become a permanent fixture in short-reel comedies owing to his ability to burlesque rural characters, especially those who have a flash of would-be devilment.

If you saw “Classified,” you may have noted, too, his first venture into features. He played the old man in the horse-drawn rig who helped Corinne Griffith get home after she had had her fill of night life.

The remarkable thing about Duffy is the fact that one who looks so young can appear so old on the screen. His stage experience in musical comedy and vaudeville, though, is what taught him his tricks of disguising himself.

Thus far he has played in any number of short reelers for Christie [Al Christie] and Educational. He has been with them for three years. “Reckless Romance,” “Stop Flirting” and “Madam Behave” are among the more important longer comedies in which he has done service. In “Dancing Daddy,” he was featured.

Duffy, by the way, has quite a novel sideline. He owns three horses at the track at Tijuana which net him considerable profit, it is said.

So if you ever want a tip on the races, write to him!

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Collection: Picture Play Magazine, January 1927