
Jay C. Flippen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 5, 1899
- Died
- February 3, 1971 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Biography
Jay C. Flippen (March 6, 1899 — February 3, 1971) was an American character actor, who often played police officers or weary criminals in many movies of the 1940s and 50s.
Known For
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Filmography

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Seven Minutes
Movie · as Luther Yerkes

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Movie · as Sheriff Ben

Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Movie · as Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Movie · as Pawnbroker

Bracken's World
TV · 1 ep

Firecreek
Movie · as Mr. Pittman

Hellfighters
Movie · as Jack Lomax

The Sound of Anger
Movie · as Judge Prentiss

The Name of the Game
TV · as Grover, Zack Witten · 1 ep

The Spirit Is Willing
Movie · as Mother

Ironside
TV · 1 ep

Judd, for the Defense
TV · 1 ep

Fame Is the Name of the Game
Movie · as Dizzy Shaner

That Girl
TV · 1 ep

Cat Ballou
Movie · as Sheriff Cardigan

The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie · as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court

Looking for Love
Movie · as Ralph Front

Burke's Law
TV · as Bill, the Desk Sergeant, Lieutenant Grogan · 1 ep

Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as Hugh Ramsey · 1 ep
Vacation Playhouse
TV · as Cappy Skidmore · 1 ep

How the West Was Won
Movie · as Huggins (uncredited)

Six Gun Law
Movie

The Virginian
TV · as Pa Colby, Asa Keogh · 1 ep

Ensign O'Toole
TV · as Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson · 32 eps

Bus Stop
TV · 1 ep

The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV · as Happy Spangler · 1 ep

Wild River
Movie · as Hamilton Garth

The Plunderers
Movie · as Sheriff McCauley

Studs Lonigan
Movie · as Father Gilhooey

Route 66
TV · 1 ep

Thriller
TV · as Harry Gans · 1 ep

Rawhide
TV · as Marshal Lindstrom, Bigger Seton, Sergeant Shaler · 1 ep

Johnny Ringo
TV · as Jay C. Flippen · 1 ep

Bonanza
TV · as Barney Fuller · 1 ep

From Hell to Texas
Movie · as Jake Leffertfinger

No Time at All
Movie · as Happy Gallant

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · 1 ep

Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Chute Wilson · 1 ep

Night Passage
Movie · as Ben Kimball

The Halliday Brand
Movie · as Chad Burris

Run of the Arrow
Movie · as Walking Coyote

Jet Pilot
Movie · as Maj. Gen. Black

The Midnight Story
Movie · as Sgt. Jack Gillen

Hot Summer Night
Movie · as Oren Kobble

The Deerslayer
Movie · as Old Tom Hutter

The Restless Breed
Movie · as Marshal Steve Evans

Escape from Red Rock
Movie · as Sheriff John Costaine

Public Pigeon No. 1
Movie · as Lt. Ross Qualen

The Killing
Movie · as Marvin Unger

7th Cavalry
Movie · as Sgt. Bates

The King and Four Queens
Movie · as Bartender

Playhouse 90
TV · as Happy Gallant · 1 ep

Oklahoma!
Movie · as Skidmore

Six Bridges to Cross
Movie · as Vincent Concannon

Man Without a Star
Movie · as Strap Davis

Strategic Air Command
Movie · as Tom Doyle

It's Always Fair Weather
Movie · as Charles Z. Culloran

Kismet
Movie · as Jawan

Gunsmoke
TV · as Owney · 1 ep

The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · 1 ep

Carnival Story
Movie · as Charley Grayson

The Far Country
Movie · as Rube

Climax!
TV · as Joe, Detective, Ed Bagley, Happy · 1 ep

Thunder Bay
Movie · as Kermit MacDonald

Devil's Canyon
Movie · as Jack Wells

East of Sumatra
Movie · as Mac

The Wild One
Movie · as Sheriff Stew Singer

The Las Vegas Story
Movie · as Capt. H.A. Harris

Bend of the River
Movie · as Jeremy Baile

Woman of the North Country
Movie · as Axel Nordlund

The Lemon Drop Kid
Movie · as Straight Flush Tony

The People Against O'Hara
Movie · as Sven Norson

Flying Leathernecks
Movie · as MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief

The Lady from Texas
Movie · as Sheriff Mike McShane

The Model and the Marriage Broker
Movie · as Dan Chancellor

Winchester '73
Movie · as Sergeant Wilkes

Love That Brute
Movie · as Biff Sage

Buccaneer's Girl
Movie · as Jared Hawkins

Two Flags West
Movie · as Terrance Duey

The Yellow Cab Man
Movie · as Hugo

Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Mr. Lavery · 1 ep

They Live by Night
Movie · as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield

A Woman's Secret
Movie · as Police Insp. Jim Fowler

Down to the Sea in Ships
Movie · as Luke Sewell

Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Movie · as Lippy Brannigan

Trapped
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

Brute Force
Movie · as Hodges (guard)

Intrigue
Movie · as Mike, the bartender
Flippen's Frolics
Movie

Marie Galante
Movie · as Sailor in Bar

Million Dollar Ransom
Movie · as Singer (Uncredited)

The Ham What Am
Movie · as Himself

