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For the British actor of same name, see Jack Lambert (British actor).
For the American footballer, see Jack Lambert (American football).
Jack Lambert
in Bonanza (1960)
Born(1920-04-13)April 13, 1920
Yonkers, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 18, 2002(2002-02-18) (aged 81)
Carmel, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1942-1970
ChildrenLee J. Lambert

Jack Lambert (April 13, 1920 – February 18, 2002) was an American character actor born in Yonkers, New York, who specialized in playing movie tough guys and heavies. He is best known for playing the psychotic cat-loving, iron-hooked Steve "The Claw" Michael in Dick Tracy's Dilemma.

Following a spell on Broadway, Lambert moved to Hollywood and began working in films in 1942. He was a familiar figure in Westerns and crime dramas after World War II, in such movies as The Killers, The Enforcer, Bend of the River, Vera Cruz, Kiss Me Deadly and How the West Was Won.

Lambert also appeared in many television series of the 1950s and 1960s, such as Rod Cameron's State Trooper, Gunsmoke (season 4, episode 35, 1959), Have Gun - Will Travel, Sugarfoot, Daniel Boone, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Get Smart and The Andy Griffith Show.

From 1959 to 1960, he was a regular cast member (as Joshua Walcek, sometimes called "Joshua MacGregor"), in 23 of the 42 episodes of Darren McGavin's NBC western series, Riverboat.

He is often confused with Jack Lambert, a British character actor, as well as the former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Jack Lambert.

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