Jack Hopkins — Motography’s Gallery of Picture Players (1913) 🇺🇸

Jack Hopkins went to college to study theology but found theatricals so much more to his’ taste that instead of ascending the pulpit, he enrolled with the Boardwells stock company of Saginaw, Mich., where he earned leading man honors and, a little later, accepted an offer to play in pictures.

Mr. Hopkins considered his acceptance of the offer quite a condescension on his part but has since changed his mind, as to that.

He has played about five hundred leads since his days with the Boardwells stock, and these roles comprise the portrayal of straight, character, heavy and juvenile parts.

Be it comedy or tragedy, Jack Hopkins is equally versatile and equally happy.

While he was with Lubin, he starred in “Love’s Labor Lost,” took the role of Paul in “Paul and Virginia,” and played with Nat Goodwin in “Oliver Twist.”

Thence to the house of Ramo where he has made history in the way of film leads.

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Collection: Motography Magazine, May 1913