FACTOID #151: The five countries with the highest coffee consumption are also the five countries whose citizens trust one another the most. Coincidence? Probably.
Jack Carter (born 24 June 1923) is a standup comedian, actor and host. His birth name was Jack Chakrin.
Carter was a frequent guest on The Ed Sullivan Show during the 1960s and early 1970s, and could do a fair Sullivan impression. He has made many, many television appearances over the years. Ed Sullivan The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran from June 20, 1948, to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by Ed Sullivan. ...
His humor was fairly traditional standup fare. In comic performances, he often played characters that were moderately annoying. In straight roles, he could play anything from a victim to a villain. At the age of 80 plus, he is still performing in TV shows and movies.
Get Carter is a 1971 British crime film, directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as JackCarter, a gangster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother.
Although Frank was supposedly killed in a drunken car accident, Jack quickly comes to suspect foul play; his subsequent revenge is unrelenting and brutal, played out against a bleak industrial backdrop of docks, slag heaps and car parks (Owen Luder's Trinity Centre car park in Gateshead).
Get Carter was remade in a 2000 film of the same title, with Sylvester Stallone playing the main part; Michael Caine had a significant cameo.
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