Jay C. Flippen
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
The Seven Minutes
1971
as Luther Yerkes
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971
as Sheriff Ben
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
as Pawnbroker
Bracken's World
1969
Firecreek
1968
as Mr. Pittman
Hellfighters
1968
as Jack Lomax
The Sound of Anger
1968
as Judge Prentiss
The Name of the Game
1968
as Grover
The Name of the Game
1968
as Zack Witten
The Spirit Is Willing
1967
as Mother
Ironside
1967
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966
as Dizzy Shaner
That Girl
1966
Cat Ballou
1965
as Sheriff Cardigan
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
Looking for Love
1964
as Ralph Front
Burke's Law
1963
as Bill, the Desk Sergeant
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Hugh Ramsey
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Cappy Skidmore
Burke's Law
1963
as Lieutenant Grogan
How the West Was Won
1962
as Huggins (uncredited)
Six Gun Law
1962
The Virginian
1962
as Pa Colby
Ensign O'Toole
1962
as Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson
The Virginian
1962
as Asa Keogh
Bus Stop
1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Happy Spangler
Wild River
1960
as Hamilton Garth
The Plunderers
1960
as Sheriff McCauley
Studs Lonigan
1960
as Father Gilhooey
Route 66
1960
Thriller
1960
as Harry Gans
Rawhide
1959
as Marshal Lindstrom
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Jay C. Flippen
Rawhide
1959
as Sergeant Shaler
Rawhide
1959
as Bigger Seton
Bonanza
1959
as Barney Fuller
From Hell to Texas
1958
as Jake Leffertfinger
No Time at All
1958
as Happy Gallant
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Chute Wilson
Night Passage
1957
as Ben Kimball
The Halliday Brand
1957
as Chad Burris
Run of the Arrow
1957
as Walking Coyote
Jet Pilot
1957
as Maj. Gen. Black
The Midnight Story
1957
as Sgt. Jack Gillen
Hot Summer Night
1957
as Oren Kobble
The Deerslayer
1957
as Old Tom Hutter
The Restless Breed
1957
as Marshal Steve Evans
Escape from Red Rock
1957
as Sheriff John Costaine
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957
as Lt. Ross Qualen
The Killing
1956
as Marvin Unger
7th Cavalry
1956
as Sgt. Bates
The King and Four Queens
1956
as Bartender
Playhouse 90
1956
as Happy Gallant
Oklahoma!
1955
as Skidmore
Six Bridges to Cross
1955
as Vincent Concannon
Man Without a Star
1955
as Strap Davis
Strategic Air Command
1955
as Tom Doyle
It's Always Fair Weather
1955
as Charles Z. Culloran
Kismet
1955
as Jawan
Gunsmoke
1955
as Owney
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Carnival Story
1954
as Charley Grayson
The Far Country
1954
as Rube
Climax!
1954
as Joe
Climax!
1954
as Detective
Climax!
1954
as Ed Bagley
Climax!
1954
as Happy
Thunder Bay
1953
as Kermit MacDonald
Devil's Canyon
1953
as Jack Wells
East of Sumatra
1953
as Mac
The Wild One
1953
as Sheriff Stew Singer
The Las Vegas Story
1952
as Capt. H.A. Harris
Bend of the River
1952
as Jeremy Baile
Woman of the North Country
1952
as Axel Nordlund
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951
as Straight Flush Tony
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Sven Norson
Flying Leathernecks
1951
as MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief
The Lady from Texas
1951
as Sheriff Mike McShane
The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951
as Dan Chancellor
Winchester '73
1950
as Sergeant Wilkes
Love That Brute
1950
as Biff Sage
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
as Jared Hawkins
Two Flags West
1950
as Terrance Duey
The Yellow Cab Man
1950
as Hugo
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mr. Lavery
They Live by Night
1949
as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
A Woman's Secret
1949
as Police Insp. Jim Fowler
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
as Luke Sewell
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
1949
as Lippy Brannigan
Trapped
1949
as Bartender (uncredited)
Brute Force
1947
as Hodges (guard)
Intrigue
1947
as Mike, the bartender
Flippen's Frolics
1936
Marie Galante
1934
as Sailor in Bar
Million Dollar Ransom
1934
as Singer (Uncredited)
The Ham What Am
1928
as Himself