box office. In 1936 exhibitors voted him the third most popular British film star. Hulbert's popularity waned as the 1930s came to an end, and after the war he and his wife continued to entertain chiefly on stage. In 1951 he appeared in the West End in The White Sheep of the Family and the following year directed his brother in Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. In 1958 he starred with Yvonne Arnaud in Ronald Millar's The Big Tickle. In 1962 he appeared in the BBC radio sitcom Discord in Three Flats, along with Courtneidge and Vic Oliver. Personal life His marriage to Cicely Courtneidge lasted for 62 years until his death. Their relationship is mentioned in the British television series Dad's Army in the episode Ring Dem Bells when Hulbert pulls out of shooting a Home Guard training film to spend time with his wife. In 1975, Hulbert published his autobiography, The Little Woman's Always Right. Hulbert died, at the age of 85, at his home in Westminster, London on 25 March 1978. Filmography Film Television Theatre References Bibliography Green, Stanley. (2009). Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. Da Capo Press Wearing, J. P. (2014). The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performances and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield Education (2nd edition) Landy, Marcia. (2014). British Genres: Cinema and Society, 1930-1960. Princeton University Press Hartley, Cathy. (2013). A Historical Dictionary of British Women. Routledge External links Jack Hulbert & Cicely Courtneidge archive, Theatre Collection, University of Bristol Jack Hulbert Britmovie | Home of British Films Jack Hulbert BFI Jack Hulbert BFI Screenonline 1892 births 1978 deaths English male film actors English male musical theatre actors People from Ely, Cambridgeshire People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Musicians from Cambridgeshire Male actors from Cambridgeshire 20th-century English male actors English male stage actors 20th-century English singers 20th-century English comedians British male comedy actors 20th-century British male singers