Jack Gage (director)

Jack Gage (December 26, 1912 – January 4, 1989) was an American film and television director.

From 1934 to 1940, and billed as John Gordon Gage, he worked as a stage manager and occasional actor on Broadway.

[1][2] In 1942, he began his career in films as a dialogue director; his credits in that capacity include I Married a Witch, Double Indemnity, A Stolen Life, Sister Kenny, and Mourning Becomes Electra, the latter two films starring Rosalind Russell.

[1][3] After directing the feature The Velvet Touch, also starring Russell, Gage turned to the emerging medium of television.

[4] His small-screen credits include an adaptation of Jane Eyre for Studio One,[citation needed] the comedy series The Egg and I,[5] the drama series Foreign Intrigue, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, the documentary series You Are There,[6] and The New Adventures of Charlie Chan.