Jack Grimes

Actor · Died March 10, 2009, aged 82 · New York City, New York

Grimes was born in New York City. His acting career began at age seven, during the depression, when he helped earn money for his family. He appeared as Jackie Grimes in the Broadway play The Old Maid, which won a Pulitzer Prize and ran for 10 months in New York. It then went on tour for another 11 months. Grimes worked on radio, beginning with the CBS program Let's Pretend. He was also a regular on The Fred Allen Show, The Philip Morris Playhouse, Second Husband, CBS Radio Myster Theater, and Death Valley Days. By age 12, he was appearing on 35 to 40 radio shows a week. In 1944, he moved to California to work for Universal. His credits include Fairytale Murder, Lady on a Train, and Week-End at the Waldorf. In the early 1950s, he switched to television. His credits include Alcoa Presents, Love of Life, The Aldrich Family, Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, Maude, On the Rocks, as well as All in the Family. In 1962, Grimes and Peter Fernandez worked together on a series of records for MGM. Five years later, Fernandez hired him to do the voices of Sparky and Chim Chim on Speed Racer. He retired from acting in 1991.

What are Jack Grimes' films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Morality

35%

Bonds

23%

Self

23%

Survival

9%

Society

9%

Justice2

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Allyas Jimmy Olsen in The New Adventures of Superman (1966)
Tricksteras Chim-Chim in Speed Racer: The Movie (1967)

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling

3

Joyful

2

Triumphant

1

Hopeful

1

How their films linger

Fun3 Feel-good2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jack Grimes' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Jack Grimes' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

18 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

The Car Acrobatic Team Saga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
as Sparky / Snake Oiler
The Amazing Feats of Young Hercules (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Actor
Speed Racer: The Movie(1967)
as Chim-Chim / Sparky (voice)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
On the Rocks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Show 24 episodes · Actor
Star Blazers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Show 77 episodes · as Galman General Gustaf
Police Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Cold Turkey(1971)
as TV Stage Manager
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
All in the Family(1971)
Show 3 episodes · as Mr. Whitehead
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Pendulum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
as Artie
Mayberry R.F.D.(1968)
Show 1 episode · as Vince
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows
The Adventures of Batman(1968)
Show as Jimmy Olsen
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Ironside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Show 1 episode · Actor
The New Adventures of Superman(1966)
Show 68 episodes · as Jimmy Olsen (voice)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
The Detectives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Inner Sanctum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Robert Montgomery Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Show 1 episode · as William Burke Miller
The Aldrich Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Show 36 episodes · as Homer Brown
River Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
as Goofy

Career shape

Star power in the 3^rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles from 1945 to 2024.

Highest rated

The Adventures of Batman (1968)

Midcredits 58^th

Film career

1971Screen debut· Cold Turkey

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting17 of 17 · 68^th

By decade

1940s2 · acting1950s3 · acting1960s4 · acting1970s5 · acting1990s2 · acting2020s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Jack Grimes work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jack Grimes' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hal Sutherland shares the most, 2.