Jack Marks was an English performer and screenwriter.

He was born in Leeds

Leeds

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, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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He began his career as a comedian, dancer and singer. He appeared before King George V

George V of the United Kingdom

George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

 and Queen Mary

Mary of Teck

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 at the inaugural Royal Command Performance

Royal Command Performance

For the annual Royal Variety Performance performed in Britain for the benefit of the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund, see Royal Variety Performance...

 in London

London

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 in 1912. He later became a successful screenwriter for several British films, such as Up for the Cup

Up for the Cup (1950 film)

Up for the Cup is a 1950 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Albert Modley, Mae Bacon, Helen Christie and Harold Berens...

(1950). He married Iris Dilley and they had a son Howard.

He died from lung cancer

Lung cancer

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 in St John's Wood

St John's Wood

St John's Wood is a district of north-west London, England, in the City of Westminster, and at the north-west end of Regent's Park. It is approximately 2.5 miles north-west of Charing Cross. Once part of the Great Middlesex Forest, it was later owned by the Knights of St John of Jerusalem...

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Selected filmography

• This Week of Grace
  This Week of Grace
  This Week of Grace is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gracie Fields, Henry Kendall and John Stuart. A poor, unemployed woman is made housekeeper at the estate of a wealthy duchess. It was promoted with the tagline "Cinderella in modern dress"...
  
  (1933)