Dean Jagger

Dean Jagger

Known for
Acting
Born
November 7, 1903
Died
February 5, 1991 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Columbus 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).

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Filmography

2000
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney poster

'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney

Movie · as Major General Thomas F. Waverly (archive footage) (uncredited)

1994
The World of Hammer poster

The World of Hammer

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1987
Evil Town poster

Evil Town

Movie · as Doctor Schaeffer

1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady poster

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

Movie · as Self

1982
St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere

TV · as David Domedion · 1 ep

1980
Gideon's Trumpet poster

Gideon's Trumpet

Movie · as 6th Supreme Court Justice

1980
Alligator poster

Alligator

Movie · as Slade

1978
Game of Death poster

Game of Death

Movie · as Dr. Land

1977
End of the World poster

End of the World

Movie · as Ray Collins

1977
Hunter poster

Hunter

TV · 2 eps

1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case poster

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

Movie · as Koehler

1975
Dr. Shagetz poster

Dr. Shagetz

Movie · as Dr. Shagetz

1974
The Hanged Man poster

The Hanged Man

Movie · as Josiah Lowe

1974
The Great Lester Boggs poster

The Great Lester Boggs

Movie

1974
Harry O poster

Harry O

TV · 1 ep

1973
I Heard the Owl Call My Name poster

I Heard the Owl Call My Name

Movie · as Jim Wallace

1973
The Stranger poster

The Stranger

Movie · as Carl Webster

1973
So Sad About Gloria poster

So Sad About Gloria

Movie · as Frederick Wellman

1973
The Lie poster

The Lie

Movie · as Arnold Edgarton

1972
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment poster

The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment

Movie · as Matthew Keller

1972
The Glass House poster

The Glass House

Movie · as Warden Auerbach

1972
Kung Fu poster

Kung Fu

TV · as Henry Raphael Caine · 1 ep

1972
The Waltons poster

The Waltons

TV · as Professor Bowen · 1 ep

1972
Delphi Bureau poster

Delphi Bureau

TV · as Quick · 1 ep

1971
Vanishing Point poster

Vanishing Point

Movie · as Prospector

1971
Incident in San Francisco poster

Incident in San Francisco

Movie · as Sam Baldwin

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Walter Cannell · 1 ep

1971
Alias Smith and Jones poster

Alias Smith and Jones

TV · 1 ep

1970
Tiger by the Tail poster

Tiger by the Tail

Movie · as Top Polk

1970
The Brotherhood of the Bell poster

The Brotherhood of the Bell

Movie · as Chad Harmon

1970
The Kremlin Letter poster

The Kremlin Letter

Movie · as Highwayman

1970
The Partridge Family poster

The Partridge Family

TV · as Charlie · 1 ep

1969
Smith! poster

Smith!

Movie · as Judge James C. Brown

1969
The Lonely Profession poster

The Lonely Profession

Movie · as Charles Van Cleve

1969
Medical Center poster

Medical Center

TV · 1 ep

1968
Firecreek poster

Firecreek

Movie · as Whittier

1968
Day of the Evil Gun poster

Day of the Evil Gun

Movie · as Jimmy Noble

1967
First to Fight poster

First to Fight

Movie · as Colonel Baseman

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as Bishop John Atwood · 1 ep

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Tony Donovan · 1 ep

1963
Mr. Novak poster

Mr. Novak

TV · as Principal Albert Vane · 60 eps

1962
Billy Rose's Jumbo poster

Billy Rose's Jumbo

Movie · as John Noble

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV · as George Davies · 1 ep

1961
The Honeymoon Machine poster

The Honeymoon Machine

Movie · as Admiral Fitch

1961
Parrish poster

Parrish

Movie · as Sala Post

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Lt. Gen. John Sparrow · 1 ep

1960
Elmer Gantry poster

Elmer Gantry

Movie · as William L. Morgan

1960
Cash McCall poster

Cash McCall

Movie · as Grant Austen

1959
The Nun's Story poster

The Nun's Story

Movie · as Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Ed Lindsay · 1 ep

1958
King Creole poster

King Creole

Movie · as Mr. Fisher

1958
The Proud Rebel poster

The Proud Rebel

Movie · as Harry Burleigh

1957
Armored Attack! poster

Armored Attack!

Movie · as as Rodion Pavlov

1957
Forty Guns poster

Forty Guns

Movie · as Sheriff Ned Logan

1957
Bernardine poster

Bernardine

Movie · as J. Fullerton Weldy

1957
The Dark Side of the Earth poster

The Dark Side of the Earth

Movie · as Anton Rojas

1956
X: The Unknown poster

X: The Unknown

Movie · as Dr. Adam Royston

1956
The Great Man poster

The Great Man

Movie · as Philip Carleton

1956
Red Sundown poster

Red Sundown

Movie · as Jade Murphy

1956
On the Threshold of Space poster

On the Threshold of Space

Movie · as Dr. Hugo Thornton

1956
Three Brave Men poster

Three Brave Men

Movie · as John W. Rogers

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Bert Ensign · 1 ep

1955
Bad Day at Black Rock poster

Bad Day at Black Rock

Movie · as Tim Horn

1955
It's a Dog's Life poster

It's a Dog's Life

Movie · as Mr. Wyndham

1955
The Eternal Sea poster

The Eternal Sea

Movie · as Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple

1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour poster

The 20th Century Fox Hour

TV · 1 ep

1954
White Christmas poster

White Christmas

Movie · as General Waverly

1954
Private Hell 36 poster

Private Hell 36

Movie · as Police Capt. Michaels

1954
Executive Suite poster

Executive Suite

Movie · as Jesse Q. Grimm

1953
The Robe poster

The Robe

Movie · as Justus

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Adam 'Mister Doc' Darrow · 1 ep

1953
Letter to Loretta poster

Letter to Loretta

TV · as Harry Holt · 1 ep

1952
My Son John poster

My Son John

Movie · as Dan Jefferson

1952
Denver and Rio Grande poster

Denver and Rio Grande

Movie · as General William J. Palmer

1952
It Grows on Trees poster

It Grows on Trees

Movie · as Phil Baxter

1952
Cavalcade of America poster

Cavalcade of America

TV · 1 ep

1951
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

Movie · as Yancy

1951
Warpath poster

Warpath

Movie · as Sam Quade

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as 6th Supreme Court Justice · 1 ep

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Ed Gorman · 1 ep

1950
Dark City poster

Dark City

Movie · as Captain Garvey

1950
Sierra poster

Sierra

Movie · as Jeff Hassard

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · as John Straley · 1 ep

1949
Twelve O'Clock High poster

Twelve O'Clock High

Movie · as Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall

1949
C-Man poster

C-Man

Movie · as Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Ben Willson · 1 ep

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · as Charles Burnett · 1 ep

1947
Pursued poster

Pursued

Movie · as Grant

1947
Driftwood poster

Driftwood

Movie · as Dr. Steve Webster

1946
Sister Kenny poster

Sister Kenny

Movie · as Kevin Connors

1945
I Live in Grosvenor Square poster

I Live in Grosvenor Square

Movie · as Sgt. John Patterson

1944
When Strangers Marry poster

When Strangers Marry

Movie · as Paul Baxter

1944
Alaska poster

Alaska

Movie · as John Masters

1943
The North Star poster

The North Star

Movie · as Rodion Pavlov

1943
I Escaped from the Gestapo poster

I Escaped from the Gestapo

Movie · as Torgut Lane

1942
Valley of the Sun poster

Valley of the Sun

Movie · as Jim Sawyer

1942
The Omaha Trail poster

The Omaha Trail

Movie · as 'Pipestone' Ross

1941
Western Union poster

Western Union

Movie · as Edward Creighton

1941
The Men in Her Life poster

The Men in Her Life

Movie · as David Gibson

1940
Brigham Young poster

Brigham Young

Movie · as Brigham Young

1938
Having Wonderful Time poster

Having Wonderful Time

Movie · as Charlie (uncredited)

1937
Under Cover of Night poster

Under Cover of Night

Movie · as Alan Shaw

1937
Exiled to Shanghai poster

Exiled to Shanghai

Movie · as Charlie Sears

1937
Escape by Night poster

Escape by Night

Movie · as James 'Capper' Regan

1937
Dangerous Number poster

Dangerous Number

Movie · as Dillman

1937
Song of the City poster

Song of the City

Movie · as Paul Herrick

1937
Woman in Distress poster

Woman in Distress

Movie · as Fred Stevens

1936
Revolt of the Zombies poster

Revolt of the Zombies

Movie · as Armand Louque

1936
13 Hours by Air poster

13 Hours by Air

Movie · as Hap Waller

1936
Woman Trap poster

Woman Trap

Movie · as 'Honey' Hogan

1936
Pepper poster

Pepper

Movie · as Bob O'Ryan

1936
Star for a Night poster

Star for a Night

Movie · as Fritz Lind

1935
Wings in the Dark poster

Wings in the Dark

Movie · as Top Harmon

1935
Wanderer of the Wasteland poster

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Movie · as Adam Larey

1935
Car 99 poster

Car 99

Movie · as Trooper Jim Burton

1935
Men Without Names poster

Men Without Names

Movie · as Agent Jones

1935
It's a Great Life poster

It's a Great Life

Movie · as Arnold

1935
People Will Talk poster

People Will Talk

Movie · as Bill Trask

1935
Home on the Range poster

Home on the Range

Movie · as Thurman

1934
You Belong to Me poster

You Belong to Me

Movie · as Military School Instructor

1934
Behold My Wife! poster

Behold My Wife!

Movie · as Pete

1934
College Rhythm poster

College Rhythm

Movie · as Coach Robbins

1930
Whoopee! poster

Whoopee!

Movie · as Deputy (uncredited)

1929
The Woman from Hell poster

The Woman from Hell

Movie · as Jim Coakley

1929
Handcuffed

Handcuffed

Movie · as Gerald Morely