Born at Ely, Cambridgeshire, Jack Hulbert was an undergraduate at Cambridge
and appeared in a number of shows and revues. Hulbert later studied
at the Central School of Speech and Drama and rose to become an immensely
popular entertainer in musicals and light comedies. He made his film
debut in Elstree Calling (1930); appearing opposite his wife and frequent
stage and screen co-star Cicely Courtneidge
who he had married in 1916. His career went through a successful period
during the 1930s when he appeared in several film’s including
The Ghost Train
(1931), Love
on Wheels (1932) and Bulldog
Jack (1935), a tongue-in-cheek homage to the popular "Bulldog
Drummond" films in which Jack was supported by his brother, Claude
Hulbert. Hulbert’s popularity waned as the 1930s came to an
end, and after the war he and his wife continued to entertain chiefly
on stage.
