Dean Jagger

Acting

Dean Jagger

Born 7 November 1903 · Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA · Died 5 February 1991 at 87

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).

Known for

Highlights

The Twilight Zone1959 · Series · Ed Lindsay
Columbo1971 · Series · Walter Cannell
White Christmas1954 · Film · General Waverly
Vanishing Point1971 · Film · Prospector
Bad Day at Black Rock1955 · Film · Tim Horn
Game of Death1978 · Film · Dr. Land

Filmography

Movies

95 films

Evil Town1987 · Film · Doctor Schaeffer
Alligator1980 · Film · Slade
Gideon's Trumpet1980 · Film · 6th Supreme Court Justice
Game of Death1978 · Film · Dr. Land
End of the World1977 · Film · Ray Collins
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case1976 · Film · Koehler
Dr. Shagetz1975 · Film · Dr. Shagetz
The Great Lester Boggs1974 · Film
The Hanged Man1974 · Film · Josiah Lowe
I Heard the Owl Call My Name1973 · Film · Jim Wallace
The Lie1973 · Film · Arnold Edgarton
The Stranger1973 · Film · Carl Webster
So Sad About Gloria1973 · Film · Frederick Wellman
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment1972 · Film · Matthew Keller
The Glass House1972 · Film · Warden Auerbach
Incident in San Francisco1971 · Film · Sam Baldwin
Vanishing Point1971 · Film · Prospector
The Brotherhood of the Bell1970 · Film · Chad Harmon
The Kremlin Letter1970 · Film · Highwayman
Tiger by the Tail1970 · Film · Top Polk
The Lonely Profession1969 · Film · Charles Van Cleve
Smith!1969 · Film · Judge James C. Brown
Day of the Evil Gun1968 · Film · Jimmy Noble
Firecreek1968 · Film · Whittier
First to Fight1967 · Film · Colonel Baseman
Billy Rose's Jumbo1962 · Film · John Noble
The Honeymoon Machine1961 · Film · Admiral Fitch
Parrish1961 · Film · Sala Post
Elmer Gantry1960 · Film · William L. Morgan
Cash McCall1960 · Film · Grant Austen
The Nun's Story1959 · Film · Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
King Creole1958 · Film · Mr. Fisher
The Proud Rebel1958 · Film · Harry Burleigh
The Dark Side of the Earth1957 · Film · Anton Rojas
Forty Guns1957 · Film · Sheriff Ned Logan
Bernardine1957 · Film · J. Fullerton Weldy
Armored Attack!1957 · Film · as Rodion Pavlov
The Great Man1956 · Film · Philip Carleton
Three Brave Men1956 · Film · John W. Rogers
X: The Unknown1956 · Film · Dr. Adam Royston
On the Threshold of Space1956 · Film · Dr. Hugo Thornton
Red Sundown1956 · Film · Jade Murphy
It's a Dog's Life1955 · Film · Mr. Wyndham
The Eternal Sea1955 · Film · Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple
Bad Day at Black Rock1955 · Film · Tim Horn
White Christmas1954 · Film · General Waverly
Private Hell 361954 · Film · Police Capt. Michaels
Executive Suite1954 · Film · Jesse Q. Grimm
The Robe1953 · Film · Justus
It Grows on Trees1952 · Film · Phil Baxter
Denver and Rio Grande1952 · Film · General William J. Palmer
My Son John1952 · Film · Dan Jefferson
Warpath1951 · Film · Sam Quade
Rawhide1951 · Film · Yancy
Dark City1950 · Film · Captain Garvey
Sierra1950 · Film · Jeff Hassard
Twelve O'Clock High1949 · Film · Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall
C-Man1949 · Film · Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah
Driftwood1947 · Film · Dr. Steve Webster
Pursued1947 · Film · Grant
Sister Kenny1946 · Film · Kevin Connors
I Live in Grosvenor Square1945 · Film · Sgt. John Patterson
Alaska1944 · Film · John Masters
When Strangers Marry1944 · Film · Paul Baxter
The North Star1943 · Film · Rodion Pavlov
I Escaped from the Gestapo1943 · Film · Torgut Lane
The Omaha Trail1942 · Film · 'Pipestone' Ross
Valley of the Sun1942 · Film · Jim Sawyer
The Men in Her Life1941 · Film · David Gibson
Western Union1941 · Film · Edward Creighton
Brigham Young1940 · Film · Brigham Young
Having Wonderful Time1938 · Film · Charlie (uncredited)
Exiled to Shanghai1937 · Film · Charlie Sears
Escape by Night1937 · Film · James 'Capper' Regan
Song of the City1937 · Film · Paul Herrick
Dangerous Number1937 · Film · Dillman
Woman in Distress1937 · Film · Fred Stevens
Under Cover of Night1937 · Film · Alan Shaw
Star for a Night1936 · Film · Fritz Lind
Pepper1936 · Film · Bob O'Ryan
Revolt of the Zombies1936 · Film · Armand Louque
13 Hours by Air1936 · Film · Hap Waller
Woman Trap1936 · Film · 'Honey' Hogan
It's a Great Life1935 · Film · Arnold
Wanderer of the Wasteland1935 · Film · Adam Larey
Men Without Names1935 · Film · Agent Jones
People Will Talk1935 · Film · Bill Trask
Car 991935 · Film · Trooper Jim Burton
Wings in the Dark1935 · Film · Top Harmon
Home on the Range1935 · Film · Thurman
Behold My Wife!1934 · Film · Pete
College Rhythm1934 · Film · Coach Robbins
You Belong to Me1934 · Film · Military School Instructor
Whoopee!1930 · Film · Deputy (uncredited)
The Woman from Hell1929 · Film · Jim Coakley

Filmography

Series

25 shows

St. Elsewhere1982 · Series · David Domedion
Hunter1977 · Series
Harry O1974 · Series
Kung Fu1972 · Series · Henry Raphael Caine
Delphi Bureau1972 · Series · Quick
The Waltons1972 · Series · Professor Bowen
Columbo1971 · Series · Walter Cannell
Alias Smith and Jones1971 · Series
The Partridge Family1970 · Series · Charlie
Medical Center1969 · Series
The F.B.I.1965 · Series · Bishop John Atwood
Mr. Novak1963 · Series · Principal Albert Vane
The Fugitive1963 · Series · Tony Donovan
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · Series · George Davies
Dr. Kildare1961 · Series · Lt. Gen. John Sparrow
The Twilight Zone1959 · Series · Ed Lindsay
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · Series · Bert Ensign
The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · Series
Letter to Loretta1953 · Series · Harry Holt
General Electric Theater1953 · Series · Adam 'Mister Doc' Darrow
Cavalcade of America1952 · Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · Series · Ed Gorman
Lux Video Theatre1950 · Series · John Straley
Studio One1948 · Series · Ben Willson
The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · Series · Charles Burnett