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Dean Jagger

Dean Jagger

Acting1903Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA

Biography

Dean Jagger was an American film, stage, and television actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Twelve O'Clock High (1949). Other notable films in which Jagger appeared include The Robe (1953), White Christmas (1954), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), King Creole (1958), The Nun's Story (1959), Elmer Gantry (1960), Vanishing Point (1971), Game of Death (1978), and Alligator (1980).

Acting History

1994
The World of Hammer
TVas Self (archive footage)
1987
Evil Town
as Doctor Schaeffer
1985
St. Elsewhere
TVas David Domedion1 eps
1980
Alligator
as Slade
Gideon's Trumpet
as 6th Supreme Court Justice
1979
The Waltons
TVas Professor Bowen1 eps
1978
Game of Death
as Dr. Land
1977
1972
Columbo
TVas Walter Cannell1 eps
Kung Fu
TVas Henry Raphael Caine1 eps
1971
Vanishing Point
as Prospector
The Partridge Family
TVas Charlie1 eps
1969
Smith!
as Judge James C. Brown
1968
Firecreek
as Whittier
1966
The F.B.I.
TVas Bishop John Atwood1 eps
The Fugitive
TVas Tony Donovan1 eps
1963
Mr. Novak
TVas Principal Albert Vane60 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TVas George Davies1 eps
1962
Billy Rose's Jumbo
as John Noble
Dr. Kildare
TVas Lt. Gen. John Sparrow1 eps
1961
Parrish
as Sala Post
The Twilight Zone
TVas Ed Lindsay1 eps
1960
Cash McCall
as Grant Austen
Elmer Gantry
as William L. Morgan
1959
The Nun's Story
as Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
1958
King Creole
as Mr. Fisher
1957
Forty Guns
as Sheriff Ned Logan
Bernardine
as J. Fullerton Weldy
Armored Attack!
as as Rodion Pavlov
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Bert Ensign1 eps
1956
The Great Man
as Philip Carleton
Red Sundown
as Jade Murphy
On the Threshold of Space
as Dr. Hugo Thornton
X: The Unknown
as Dr. Adam Royston
1955
It's a Dog's Life
as Mr. Wyndham
The Eternal Sea
as Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple
1954
Baby Face Killer
as Police Capt. Michaels
Executive Suite
as Jesse Q. Grimm
White Christmas
as General Waverly
1953
The Robe
as Justus
General Electric Theater
TVas Adam 'Mister Doc' Darrow
Letter to Loretta
TVas Harry Holt
1952
My Son John
as Dan Jefferson
1951
Warpath
as Sam Quade
Rawhide
as Yancy
1950
Dark City
as Captain Garvey
Sierra
as Jeff Hassard
Lux Video Theatre
TVas John Straley
1949
C-Man
as Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah
Twelve O'Clock High
as Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall
1948
Studio One
TVas Ben Willson1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
TVas Charles Burnett1 eps
1947
Pursued
as Grant
Driftwood
as Dr. Steve Webster
1945
I Live in Grosvenor Square
as Sgt. John Patterson
1944
Alaska
as John Masters
When Strangers Marry
as Paul Baxter
1941
The Men in Her Life
as David Gibson
Western Union
as Edward Creighton
1940
Brigham Young
as Brigham Young
1938
Having Wonderful Time
as Charlie (uncredited)
1937
Exiled to Shanghai
as Charlie Sears
Song of the City
as Paul Herrick
1936
Revolt of the Zombies
as Armand Louque
Star for a Night
as Fritz Lind
1935
People Will Talk
as Bill Trask
Car 99
as Trooper Jim Burton
1934
College Rhythm
as Coach Robbins
1930
Whoopee!
as Deputy (uncredited)

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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/7/1903
Day of Death
2/5/1991
Place of Birth
Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA