Jack Baston

Jack Baston (1892–1970) was an actor who appeared on stage and in films. He is known by various iterations of his name. He specialized in roles as a villain.

In 1917 his one-act play The Color Scheme was copyrighted.

Emerson College has a document related to him.

Filmography

• Empty Pockets (1918) as Shang Ganley (credited as J. Thornton Baston)
• The White Moll (1920) as The Dangler (credited as J. Thornton Baston)
• The Tiger's Cub (1920)
• The Fighting Kentuckians (1920)
• Dynamite Allen (1921) as Howard Morton (credited as J. Thornton Baston)
• Beyond Price (1921) as Mrs. Temple's Friend
• A Virgin Paradise (1921) as Slim (credited as J. Thornton Baston)
• The Mountain Woman (1921) as Jase Mallows
• Down to the Sea in Ships (1922) as Samuel Siggs (credited as J. Thornton Baston)
• As a Man Lives (1923) as La Chante
• The Snow Bride (1923) as Paul Gerard
• Chain Lightning (1927) as Campan
• The Circus Ace (1927) as Kirk Mallory
• By Whose? Hand? (1927) as Sidney (credited as J. Thornton Baaston)
• The Loves of Carmen (1927) as Morales
• Hello Cheyenne (1928) as Buck Lassiter
• The Branded Sombrero (1928) as Charles Maggert

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