Dean Jagger
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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).
Known For
Filmography
Elvis: A Life in Music
2026
as Self (archive footage)
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
2000
as Major General Thomas F. Waverly (archive footage) (uncredited)
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Evil Town
1987
as Doctor Schaeffer
St. Elsewhere
1982
as David Domedion
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
as 6th Supreme Court Justice
Alligator
1980
as Slade
Game of Death
1978
as Dr. Land
End of the World
1977
as Ray Collins
Hunter
1977
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
as Koehler
Dr. Shagetz
1975
as Dr. Shagetz
The Hanged Man
1974
as Josiah Lowe
The Great Lester Boggs
1974
Harry O
1974
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
1973
as Jim Wallace
The Stranger
1973
as Carl Webster
So Sad About Gloria
1973
as Frederick Wellman
The Lie
1973
as Arnold Edgarton
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment
1972
as Matthew Keller
The Glass House
1972
as Warden Auerbach
Kung Fu
1972
as Henry Raphael Caine
The Waltons
1972
as Professor Bowen
Delphi Bureau
1972
as Quick
Vanishing Point
1971
as Prospector
Incident in San Francisco
1971
as Sam Baldwin
Columbo
1971
as Walter Cannell
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Tiger by the Tail
1970
as Top Polk
The Brotherhood of the Bell
1970
as Chad Harmon
The Kremlin Letter
1970
as Highwayman
The Partridge Family
1970
as Charlie
Smith!
1969
as Judge James C. Brown
The Lonely Profession
1969
as Charles Van Cleve
Medical Center
1969
Firecreek
1968
as Whittier
Day of the Evil Gun
1968
as Jimmy Noble
First to Fight
1967
as Colonel Baseman
The F.B.I.
1965
as Bishop John Atwood
The Fugitive
1963
as Tony Donovan
Mr. Novak
1963
as Principal Albert Vane
Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962
as John Noble
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as George Davies
The Honeymoon Machine
1961
as Admiral Fitch
Parrish
1961
as Sala Post
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Lt. Gen. John Sparrow
Elmer Gantry
1960
as William L. Morgan
Cash McCall
1960
as Grant Austen
The Nun's Story
1959
as Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Ed Lindsay
King Creole
1958
as Mr. Fisher
The Proud Rebel
1958
as Harry Burleigh
Armored Attack!
1957
as as Rodion Pavlov
Forty Guns
1957
as Sheriff Ned Logan
Bernardine
1957
as J. Fullerton Weldy
The Dark Side of the Earth
1957
as Anton Rojas
X: The Unknown
1956
as Dr. Adam Royston
The Great Man
1956
as Philip Carleton
Red Sundown
1956
as Jade Murphy
On the Threshold of Space
1956
as Dr. Hugo Thornton
Three Brave Men
1956
as John W. Rogers
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Bert Ensign
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
as Tim Horn
It's a Dog's Life
1955
as Mr. Wyndham
The Eternal Sea
1955
as Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
White Christmas
1954
as General Waverly
Private Hell 36
1954
as Police Capt. Michaels
Executive Suite
1954
as Jesse Q. Grimm
The Robe
1953
as Justus
General Electric Theater
1953
as Adam 'Mister Doc' Darrow
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Harry Holt
My Son John
1952
as Dan Jefferson
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as General William J. Palmer
It Grows on Trees
1952
as Phil Baxter
Cavalcade of America
1952
Rawhide
1951
as Yancy
Warpath
1951
as Sam Quade
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as 6th Supreme Court Justice
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Ed Gorman
Dark City
1950
as Captain Garvey
Sierra
1950
as Jeff Hassard
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as John Straley
Twelve O'Clock High
1949
as Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall
C-Man
1949
as Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah
Studio One
1948
as Ben Willson
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Charles Burnett
Pursued
1947
as Grant
Driftwood
1947
as Dr. Steve Webster
Sister Kenny
1946
as Kevin Connors
I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
as Sgt. John Patterson
When Strangers Marry
1944
as Paul Baxter
Alaska
1944
as John Masters
The North Star
1943
as Rodion Pavlov
I Escaped from the Gestapo
1943
as Torgut Lane
Valley of the Sun
1942
as Jim Sawyer
The Omaha Trail
1942
as 'Pipestone' Ross
Western Union
1941
as Edward Creighton
The Men in Her Life
1941
as David Gibson
Brigham Young
1940
as Brigham Young
Having Wonderful Time
1938
as Charlie (uncredited)
Under Cover of Night
1937
as Alan Shaw
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
as Charlie Sears
Escape by Night
1937
as James 'Capper' Regan
Dangerous Number
1937
as Dillman
Song of the City
1937
as Paul Herrick
Woman in Distress
1937
as Fred Stevens
Revolt of the Zombies
1936
as Armand Louque
13 Hours by Air
1936
as Hap Waller
Woman Trap
1936
as 'Honey' Hogan
Pepper
1936
as Bob O'Ryan
Star for a Night
1936
as Fritz Lind
Wings in the Dark
1935
as Top Harmon
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
as Adam Larey
Car 99
1935
as Trooper Jim Burton
Men Without Names
1935
as Agent Jones
It's a Great Life
1935
as Arnold
People Will Talk
1935
as Bill Trask
Home on the Range
1935
as Thurman
You Belong to Me
1934
as Military School Instructor
Behold My Wife!
1934
as Pete
College Rhythm
1934
as Coach Robbins
Whoopee!
1930
as Deputy (uncredited)
The Woman from Hell
1929
as Jim Coakley