Jack Edwards

2015 has been a big year for Jack Edwards, as he just celebrated his 95th birthday with his wife Bea, son and daughter, and all of his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was included in an article written by Tom Lamont and published in the UK Guardian weekend edition on May 23, 2015. The article includes a photograph of Jack and Eleanor Boardman in their roles in the movie "So This is Marriage". It is believed he had small roles in 40 films. This recent UK Guardian article came about because Austin and Howard Mutti-Mewse have approached him for their sequel book on silent film stars, "I Used to be in Pictures, Too". Jack Edwards was only in movies until the age of 4 years. He lived most of his childhood in the Tampa Bay area, graduated from Plant High School in 1939, joined the United States Marine Corps, served in the Pacific during WWII, receiving a Purple Heart for being wounded on Okinawa. As a technical sergeant, He was U.N. Ambassador John Muccio's bodyguard during the Korean War, and among the last to evacuate when the Chinese invaded Seoul. He is mentioned in the Truman Papers, when Muccio was interviewed. His adventures and assignments in the Marines are now being written up in his memoirs. He earned two degrees after retiring from the USMC, first attending FSU and later getting a Master's degree in Mathematics at Central Michigan. He put in 20 years in USMC followed by 20 years of teaching, before teaching himself Japanese and delivering a speech in Japanese to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., which led to TV segment about him for Japanese television.