{{short description|American actor (1880s/1890s–1938)}} ''' Daniel Joseph Jarrett''' (November 22, 188? of 189? – March 13, 1938)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=irZmAAAAMAAJ&q=daniel+jarrett+actor+and+scenarist|title=Who was who on Screen|first=Evelyn Mack|last=Truitt|date=November 21, 1977|publisher=Bowker|isbn=9780835209144|via=Google Books}}</ref> was an actor and screenwriter in the United States.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqIYAQAAIAAJ&q=daniel+jarrett+actor+and+scenarist|title=Silent Film Necrology|first=Eugene Michael|last=Vazzana|date=November 21, 2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786410590|via=Google Books}}</ref> He should not be confused with his father, the Welsh-born stage actor Daniel Jarrett Sullivan, who also performed on the stage as Daniel Jarrett and died in 1917.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-d-j-sullivan-dies-acto/195446750/|title=D. J. Sullivan Dies; Actor Forty Years|work=Brooklyn Eagle|date=September 25, 1917|page= 20}}</ref> He was the brother of screenwriter and actor Arthur L. Jarrett.
==Life and career== Daniel Joseph Jarrett was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Primary documents give the day of his birth as November 22.<ref name="SS">Daniel Joseph Jarrett in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007</ref><ref name="DRC"/><ref name="vet">Daniel Joseph Jarrett in the ''U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917–1940''</ref><ref>Daniel Joseph Jarrett in the ''New York, U.S., Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917–1919''</ref> but give conflicting years for his date of birth. The ''U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917–1940'' states he was born in 1893<ref name="vet"/> but his entry in the ''U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918'' gives his year of birth as 1887.<ref name="DRC">Daniel Joseph Jarrett Jr in the ''U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918''</ref> This latter year matches his record in the ''1910 United States Federal Census''.<ref>Daniel J Jarrett in the ''1910 United States Federal Census'', New York Kings, Brooklyn Ward 13, District 0272</ref> However, his record in the ''1900 United States Federal Census'' with identical family member names to the 1910 census gives his birth year as 1886.<ref>Dan'l J Jarrett in the ''1900 United States Federal Census'', New York, Kings, Brooklyn Ward 13, District 0191</ref> His record in the '' U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007'' gives his birth year as 1892.<ref name="SS"/>
Jarett graduated from Public School no. 16 in Brooklyn in June 1902.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fifty-Seven Graduates|work=Brooklyn Eagle|date= June 28, 1902|page= 5}}</ref> In 1904 he performed the role of Upson Asterbilt in an amateur production of Charles Townsend's ''Uncle Rube'' in Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-amateurs-in-a-play/195452325/|title=Amateurs In a Play|work=Brooklyn Eagle|date=June 9, 1904| page= 20}}</ref> In 1905 he became a member of the American Stock Company (ASC) in which his father was a leading actor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-union-notes/195452904/|title=Notes|work=Brooklyn Times Union|date= February 5, 1905| page= 11}}</ref> He performed with the ASC at the Columbia Theatre in Brooklyn as Lal Chowder in a stage adaption of the Sherlock Holmes mystery ''The Sign of the Four'' with his father portraying Inspector Jones of Scotland Yard.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-citizen-the-sign-of-the-f/195452716/|title=''The Sign of the Four'' at the Columbia|work=The Brooklyn Citizen|date=January 24, 1905|page= 3}}</ref> This was followed by performances of the plays ''The Silver King'' (as Bilcher)<ref>{{cite news|title=''The Silver King'' at the Columbia|work=The Brooklyn Citizen|date= February 21, 1905|page= 3}}</ref> ''For Her Sake'' (as Streiber),<ref>{{cite news|title=''For Her Sake'' at the Columbia|work=Brooklyn Times Union|date= March 28, 1905|page= 3}}</ref> and ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (as James).<ref>{{cite news|title=Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the Columbia|work=The Brooklyn Citizen|date= April 25, 1905|page=4}}</ref> In 1906 he performed with Edward De Corsia's theatre troupe as Medicine Jim in ''The Broneo Buster''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/yonkers-statesman-a-western-comedy-drama/195453546/|title= Western Comedy Drama|work=Yonkers Statesman|date= August 25, 1906| page= 7}}</ref> In 1907 he portrayed Miguel Castro in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's ''Pizarro'' at the Richmond Theatre on Staten Island.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-the-richmond-theatre/195453689/|title=The Richmond Theatre|work=New-York Tribune|date= June 11, 1907| page=7}}</ref>
Jarett made his Broadway debut at the Garden Theatre as Ralph Bixby in the 1909 revival of Benjamin Chapin's ''Lincoln'' with Chapin returning to the eponymous role of the American president.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-mr-chapin-as-lincoln/195453914/|title=Mr. Chapin as Lincoln|work=The New York Times|date=February 6, 1909| page= 9}}</ref> In 1910 he performed as Arthur Kendall in ''Checkers'' at the Court Theater.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-checkers-can-come-bac/195454300/|title=''Checkers'' Can Come Back|work=Brooklyn Eagle|date= September 27, 1910| page=24}}</ref> In 1912 he returned to Broadway as the Clerk in Louis Evan Shipman's ''The Grain of Dust'' at the Criterion Theatre.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-hackett-makes-a-miss-in/195436049/|title=Hackett Makes a Miss in ''The Grain of Dust''|work=Brooklyn Eagle|date= January 2, 1912| page= 6}}</ref> In 1913 he toured in vaudeville with Marie Dressler.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dressler's Players|work=Elmira Star-Gazette|date= April 21, 1913|page= 10}}</ref> In 1914 he performed in the ''Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' at the Bronx Opera House.<ref>{{cite news|title=''Trail of the Lonesome Pine''|work=The Brooklyn Citizen|date= February 1, 1914|page= 21}}</ref> In 1915 he starred in Albert Cowles's ''Under Orders'' at the Westchester Theatre.<ref>{{cite news|title=Westchester Theatre|work=Mount Vernon Argus|date= October 9, 1915|page= 2}}</ref>
He acted in the 1914 film ''The Scales of Justice (film)'', the 1916 film ''Kennedy Square'', the 1917 film ''Miss Robinson Crusoe'', the 1917 film ''The Slacker'' and the 1922 film ''Sunshine Harbor''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/94353%7C35399/Dan-Jarrett/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922120640/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/94353%7C35399/Dan-Jarrett/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 22, 2013|title=Daniel Jarrett|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>
Jarrett moved to Hollywood, California in 1944. He died in Los Angeles on March 13, 1938.<ref name="vet"/><ref name="SS"/><ref name="obit"/> His obituary stated he was 47 years old at the time of his death.<ref name="obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-scenari/195447418/|title=Scenarist's Service Pends|work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News|date= March 16, 1938|page= 20}}</ref>
==Filmography== *''The Scales of Justice (film)'' (1914) *''Kennedy Square'' (1916) *''Miss Robinson Crusoe'' (1917) *''The Slacker'' (1917) *''Sunshine Harbor'' (1922) as Dugan * ''The Cowboy Millionaire (1935 film)'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eWVZAAAAMAAJ&q=daniel+jarrett+actor+and+scenarist|title=Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903–1995: Section I. Actors and actresses. Section II. Directors, producers, and writers|first=Harris M.|last=Lentz|date=November 21, 1996|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786402175|via=Google Books}}</ref> story and screenplay * ''Daniel Boone (1936 film)'', screenplay * ''Roll Along, Cowboy'' (1937), screenplay * ''Windjammer (1937 film)'', screenplay * ''Hawaiian Buckaroo'' (1938) * ''Tomahawk (film)''(1951), story
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