Actor, Sound Engineer. Beginning his career as a pioneer in radio and as a stage sound technician in the late 1920s, he made his debut as a sound engineer in the Hollywood film “Only the Brave” (1930). He soon established himself as a dependable sound man working on hundreds of films to include “Sitting Pretty” (1933), “The Great Gambini” (1937), “Batman” (1943), Criminal Lawyer” (1951), “Hot Rod Rumble” (1957) and “The Return of Dracula” (1958). For television his sound credits included “Cheyenne,” “Lawman,” “77 Sunset Strip,” “Hawaiian Eye” and “The Andy Griffith Show.” As an actor, he appeared in films such as, “Romance in the Woods” (1939), “Song of India” (1948), “Captain Pirate” (1952), “Gog” (1954) and “The Restless Breed” (1957).

Jack A. Goodrich had a limited acting career consisting of 31 credited appearances in feature films, all of which were uncredited bit parts or background roles. These roles were overwhelmingly concentrated in a brief period during the late 1930s, primarily in 1938 and 1939, when he appeared in numerous Warner Bros. productions as an atmosphere player.  In these films, Goodrich typically portrayed minor characters such as reporters, photographers, doctors, accident witnesses, jurors, clerks, and bystanders. Representative examples include a reporter in Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), an accident witness in Each Dawn I Die (1939), a doctor in Dark Victory (1939), the first reporter in The Kid from Kokomo (1939), a photographer in Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939), and a photographer at the murder scene in Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939). Other roles from the same era featured him as a clerk in Racket Busters (1938), a bettor in Torchy Gets Her Man (1938), and a playgoer/party guest in Secrets of an Actress (1938).Goodrich’s acting work remained strictly minor and uncredited throughout, with no evidence of any leading, supporting, or otherwise significant roles. He had a few isolated appearances outside the 1938–1939 period, including in Only the Brave (1930), Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950), and Gog (1954).These occasional acting credits coincided with his early involvement in sound work on feature films during the 1930s.