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Dean Jagger

Actor

Dean Jagger

Born November 7, 1903 in Columbus Grove, Ohio, USADied February 5, 199196 films

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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Bad Day at Black Rock posterFirst watchBad Day at Black Rock19557.3as Tim HornOne-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
White Christmas poster7.2White Christmas1954Vanishing Point poster7.1Vanishing Point1971Game of Death poster6.4Game of Death1978Elmer Gantry poster7.3Elmer Gantry1960The Robe poster6.8The Robe1953The Nun's Story poster7.2The Nun's Story1959Twelve O'Clock High poster7.2Twelve O'Clock High1949Alligator poster6.0Alligator1980

Filmography

96 films as actor
  1. 1987Evil TownDoctor Schaeffer
  2. 1980AlligatorSlade
  3. 1980Gideon's Trumpet6th Supreme Court Justice
  4. 1978Game of DeathDr. Land
  5. 1977End of the WorldRay Collins
  6. 1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping CaseKoehler
  7. 1975Dr. ShagetzDr. Shagetz
  8. 1974The Great Lester Boggs
  9. 1974The Hanged ManJosiah Lowe
  10. 1973I Heard the Owl Call My NameJim Wallace
  11. 1973The LieArnold Edgarton
  12. 1973The StrangerCarl Webster
  13. 1973So Sad About GloriaFrederick Wellman
  14. 1972The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death AssignmentMatthew Keller
  15. 1972The Glass HouseWarden Auerbach
  16. 1971Incident in San FranciscoSam Baldwin
  17. 1971Vanishing PointProspector
  18. 1970The Brotherhood of the BellChad Harmon
  19. 1970The Kremlin LetterHighwayman
  20. 1970Tiger by the TailTop Polk
  21. 1969The Lonely ProfessionCharles Van Cleve
  22. 1969Smith!Judge James C. Brown
  23. 1968Day of the Evil GunJimmy Noble
  24. 1968FirecreekWhittier
  25. 1967First to FightColonel Baseman
  26. 1962Billy Rose's JumboJohn Noble
  27. 1961The Honeymoon MachineAdmiral Fitch
  28. 1961ParrishSala Post
  29. 1960Elmer GantryWilliam L. Morgan
  30. 1960Cash McCallGrant Austen
  31. 1959The Nun's StoryDr. Hubert Van Der Mal
  32. 1958King CreoleMr. Fisher
  33. 1958The Proud RebelHarry Burleigh
  34. 1957The Dark Side of the EarthAnton Rojas
  35. 1957Forty GunsSheriff Ned Logan
  36. 1957BernardineJ. Fullerton Weldy
  37. 1957Armored Attack!as Rodion Pavlov
  38. 1956The Great ManPhilip Carleton
  39. 1956Three Brave MenJohn W. Rogers
  40. 1956X: The UnknownDr. Adam Royston
  41. 1956On the Threshold of SpaceDr. Hugo Thornton
  42. 1956Red SundownJade Murphy
  43. 1955It's a Dog's LifeMr. Wyndham
  44. 1955The Eternal SeaVice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple
  45. 1955Bad Day at Black RockTim Horn
  46. 1954White ChristmasGeneral Waverly
  47. 1954Private Hell 36Police Capt. Michaels
  48. 1954Executive SuiteJesse Q. Grimm
  49. 1953The RobeJustus
  50. 1952It Grows on TreesPhil Baxter
  51. 1952Denver and Rio GrandeGeneral William J. Palmer
  52. 1952My Son JohnDan Jefferson
  53. 1951WarpathSam Quade
  54. 1951RawhideYancy
  55. 1950Dark CityCaptain Garvey
  56. 1950SierraJeff Hassard
  57. 1949Twelve O'Clock HighMajor / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall
  58. 1949C-ManCliff Holden, alias William Harrah
  59. 1947DriftwoodDr. Steve Webster
  60. 1947PursuedGrant
  61. 1946Sister KennyKevin Connors
  62. 1945I Live in Grosvenor SquareSgt. John Patterson
  63. 1944AlaskaJohn Masters
  64. 1944When Strangers MarryPaul Baxter
  65. 1943The North StarRodion Pavlov
  66. 1943I Escaped from the GestapoTorgut Lane
  67. 1942The Omaha Trail'Pipestone' Ross
  68. 1942Valley of the SunJim Sawyer
  69. 1941The Men in Her LifeDavid Gibson
  70. 1941Western UnionEdward Creighton
  71. 1940Brigham YoungBrigham Young
  72. 1938Having Wonderful TimeCharlie (uncredited)
  73. 1937Exiled to ShanghaiCharlie Sears
  74. 1937Escape by NightJames 'Capper' Regan
  75. 1937Song of the CityPaul Herrick
  76. 1937Dangerous NumberDillman
  77. 1937Woman in DistressFred Stevens
  78. 1937Under Cover of NightAlan Shaw
  79. 1936Star for a NightFritz Lind
  80. 1936PepperBob O'Ryan
  81. 1936Revolt of the ZombiesArmand Louque
  82. 193613 Hours by AirHap Waller
  83. 1936Woman Trap'Honey' Hogan
  84. 1935It's a Great LifeArnold
  85. 1935Wanderer of the WastelandAdam Larey
  86. 1935Men Without NamesAgent Jones
  87. 1935People Will TalkBill Trask
  88. 1935Car 99Trooper Jim Burton
  89. 1935Wings in the DarkTop Harmon
  90. 1935Home on the RangeThurman
  91. 1934Behold My Wife!Pete
  92. 1934College RhythmCoach Robbins
  93. 1934You Belong to MeMilitary School Instructor
  94. 1930Whoopee!Deputy (uncredited)
  95. 1929HandcuffedGerald Morely
  96. 1929The Woman from HellJim Coakley