John Wooster Dean (born John H. Donovan, 1874 â June 23, 1950), also known as Jack Dean, was an American actor of stage and film. He married actress Fannie Ward after her divorce from her first husband, and co-starred with her in several films. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1874 or Washington in 1875. He died of a heart attack in New York City at his Park Avenue home in 1950.