John E. Moran (January 26, 1923 – September 20, 1990) was an American movie actor who, from 1936 to 1946, appeared in over 30 films, primarily in teenage roles.

They played in four Monogram tributes to life in idealized pre-World War II rural America, 1938's Barefoot Boy, and in 1940, Tomboy, Haunted House and The Old Swimmin' Hole.

Moran appeared in a cameo in Gone with the Wind (1939), where he played the son of Dr. Meade, furious about his brother's death as a soldier, and wanting to join the Confederate Army so he can "kill all those Yankees."

and continued to act in movies, including one final appearance in Selznick's Since You Went Away (1944), where he played a grocer's son who exchanges bashful glances with Shirley Temple.

In 1948, according to his ex-wife Mary Grace McManmon (1921 to 2017), Jack was in jail for allegedly stealing a car, driving it from Los Angeles to Chicago.

According to anecdotal information from Mary G. Moran, that in spite of Jack "pitching" numerous screenplays to Hollywood producers during the 1950s, or find employment that was satisfactory to him, he was unsuccessful and remained unemployed.

Goodbye!, Common Law Cabin, and Wild Gals of the Naked West, and also playing small roles in the latter two films is Jackie Moran, the child actor.