Jack Buchanan

This article is about the actor. For the Australian rugby league footballer, see Jack Buchanan (rugby league). For the biochemist known as Jack, see John Buchanan (biologist).

Jack Buchanan
Buchanan c.1940
Born
Walter John Buchanan

(1891-04-02)2 April 1891
Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Died20 October 1957(1957-10-20) (aged 66)
London, England
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • producer
  • singer
Years active1912–1957
Spouses
Saffo Arnau
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(m. 1915; ann. 1920)​
Susan Bassett
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(m. 1947)​

Walter John Buchanan (2 April 1891 – 20 October 1957) was a Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer and director.[1] He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George Grossmith Jr., and was described by The Times as "the last of the knuts." He is best known in America for his role in the classic Hollywood musical The Band Wagon in 1953.

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 196. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.