# Jackie Searl

John E. Searl (July 7, 1921 – April 29, 1991) was an American actor. He portrayed bratty kids in several films, and often had only small roles, such as "Robin Figg" in 1934's Strictly Dynamite.

## Early years

His name is sometimes written as Jackie Searle, and by 1960, he was billed as Jack Searl. As a child actor, he began performing on a local Los Angeles radio station at the age of three.
Searl served four years in the U.S. Army, primarily as a radio instructor, during World War II.

## Career

His first movie role was in Daughters of Desire (1929), followed by Tom Sawyer (1930) with Jackie Coogan and Mitzi Green, and Huckleberry Finn in 1931.
Notable films in which he appeared include Skippy, High Gear, Peck's Bad Boy, Great Expectations, and Little Lord Fauntleroy. In the 1940s, he had some supporting character roles before disappearing for nearly a decade. In the early 1960s, Searl enjoyed a flurry of activity as a supporting villain on television. For example, he appeared in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Traveling Treasure," first aired on CBS on November 4, 1961. Credited as Jack Searl, he appeared in 1962 as Slick - Henchman on the TV western Lawman in the episode titled "The Tarnished Badge" and in 1965 as Henden in the episode "Much A Glue About Nothing" of the situation comedy The Cara Williams Show.

## Partial filmography

| Year | Film | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1929 | Daughters of Desire | | Burton L. King | |
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Student (The Schoolroom) (uncredited) | Edmund Goulding and 10 other directors | |
| 1930 | The Sins of the Children | Nick Higgenson as a Child (uncredited) | Sam Wood | |
| 1930 | Tom Sawyer | Sid | John Cromwell | |
| 1930 | The March of Time | Himself | Charles Reisner | |
| 1931 | Scandal Sheet | Little Wilson Boy | John Cromwell | |
| 1931 | Finn and Hattie | Sidney | Norman Taurog | |
| 1931 | Skippy | Sidney | Norman Taurog | |
| 1931 | Daybreak | August | Jacques Feyder | |
| 1931 | Newly Rich | Tiny Tim | Norman Taurog | |
| 1931 | Huckleberry Finn | Sid Sawyer | Norman Taurog | |
| 1931 | Sooky | Sidney Saunders | Norman Taurog | |
| 1931 | The House That Shadows Built | | | (clip of upcoming film Huckleberry Finn) - (archive footage) |
| 1932 | Lovers Courageous | Willie as a Child | Robert Z. Leonard | |
| 1932 | The Miracle Man | Boy at Meadville RR Station (uncredited) | Norman Z. McLeod | |
| 1932 | Hearts of Humanity | Shandy O'Hara | Christy Cabanne | |
| 1932 | Little Orphan Annie | Sponge Throwing Orphan (uncredited) | Charles Kerr (assistant) | |
| 1932 | Officer Thirteen | Sammy | George Melford | |
| 1933 | Topaze | Charlemagne de La Tour-La Tour | D'Abbadie D'Arrast | |
| 1933 | A Lady's Profession | The Ship's Bad Boy | Norman Z. McLeod | |
| 1933 | High Gear | Jimmy Evans | Leigh Jason | |
| 1933 | The Return of Casey Jones | | John P. McCarthy | |
| 1933 | Dangerous Crossroads | Detective's Son | Lambert Hillyer | |
| 1933 | One Year Later | Clarence | E. Mason Hopper | |
| 1933 | The Chief | Little Heinie in Hat Department (uncredited) | Charles Reisner | |
| 1933 | The World Changes | John - as a Boy (uncredited) | Mervyn LeRoy | |
| 1933 | Alice in Wonderland | Dormouse | Norman Z. McLeod | |
| 1934 | No Greater Glory | Gareb | Frank Borzage | |
| 1934 | Strictly Dynamite | Robin | Elliott Nugent (unbilled) | |
| 1934 | Murder on the Blackboard | Leland Stanford Jones | George Archainbaud | |
| 1934 | She Was a Lady | Herbie Vane | Hamilton MacFadden | |
| 1934 | Peck's Bad Boy | Horace Clay | | |
| 1934 | Great Expectations | Herbert Pocket, as a chil | Stuart Walker | |
| 1934 | A Wicked Woman | Curtis as a Child | Charles Brabin | |
| 1935 | The Unwelcome Stranger | Andy 'Gimpy' Campbell - the Orphan | Phil Rosen | |
| 1935 | Ginger | Hamilton Parker | Lewis Seiler | |
| 1936 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Tom | John Cromwell | |
| 1936 | Gentle Julia | Herbert Livingston Atwater | John G. Blystone | |
| 1937 | Two Wise Maids | Elliot 'Wet Mouth' Braxton | Phil Rosen | |
| 1937 | Wild and Woolly | Chaunce Ralston | Alfred L. Werker | |
| 1938 | Little Tough Guy | Cyril Gerrard | Harold Young | |
| 1938 | That Certain Age | Tony | Edward Ludwig | |
| 1938 | Little Tough Guys in Society | Randolph | Erle C. Kenton | |
| 1939 | The Angels Wash Their Faces | Alfred Goonplatz | Ray Enright | |
| 1940 | My Little Chickadee | Boy | Edward F. Cline | |
| 1940 | Military Academy | Prentiss Dover | D. Ross Lederman | |
| 1941 | Golden Hoofs | Sulky Driver (uncredited) | Lynn Shores | |
| 1941 | Glamour Boy | Georgie Clemons | Ralph Murphy | |
| 1942 | Small Town Deb | Tim Randall | Harold Schuster | |
| 1945 | Club Havana | Young Cavendish (uncredited) | Edgar G. Ulmer | |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Dorseys | Joe (uncredited) | Alfred E. Green | |
| 1948 | The Bride Goes Wild | Waiter in Diving Suit (uncredited) | Norman Taurog | |
| 1948 | Hazard | Public Defender | George Marshall | |
| 1948 | Beyond Glory | Lieutenant Brown (uncredited) | John Farrow | |
| 1948 | Lady at Midnight | Freddy Forsythe | Sam Newfield | |
| 1948 | The Paleface | Jasper Martin | Norman Z. McLeod | |
| 1949 | Passport to Pimlico | Legionnaire (uncredited) | Henry Cornelius | |
| 1932 | The Couch | Belmont (uncredited) | Owen Crump | |
| 1960 | Bat Masterson | Mr. O'Brien (as Jack Searle) | | |
| 1962 | Gunsmoke | Floyd | | |
| 1963 | Shotgun Wedding | Silas | | |
| 1964 | A Tiger Walks | Sheriff's Adviser (uncredited) | Norman Tokar | |
| 1967 | Divorce American Style | Husband (uncredited) | Bud Yorkin | |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1961 | Rawhide | Hollis | S3:E25, "Incident of the Running Man" |
| 1962 | Gunsmoke | Floyd | S8:E2, "Call Me Dodie" |
| 1963 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Nicky Long | Season 2 Episode 1: "A Home Away from Home" |
| 1963 | Perry Mason | Ollie Benson | S6:E15, "The Case of the Prankish Professor" |