Portrait of Dean Jagger

Dean Jagger

Acting

Biography

Dean Jagger (November 7, 1903 – February 5, 1991) 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).

Place of Birth: Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA

Filmography

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

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

1994
The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

1987
Evil Town

as Doctor Schaeffer

1982
St. Elsewhere

as David Domedion

1980
Alligator

as Slade

1980
Gideon's Trumpet

as 6th Supreme Court Justice

1978
Game of Death

as Dr. Land

1977
End of the World

as Ray Collins

1977
1975
Dr. Shagetz

as Dr. Shagetz

1974
The Hanged Man

as Josiah Lowe

1973
The Lie

as Arnold Edgarton

1973
The Stranger

as Carl Webster

1973
So Sad About Gloria

as Frederick Wellman

1972
Kung Fu

as Henry Raphael Caine

1972
1972
The Waltons

as Professor Bowen

1972
The Glass House

as Warden Auerbach

1971
Columbo

as Walter Cannell

1971
1971
Vanishing Point

as Prospector

1970
1970
1970
The Kremlin Letter

as Highwayman

1970
1969
The Lonely Profession

as Charles Van Cleve

1969
Smith!

as Judge James C. Brown

1968
Day of the Evil Gun

as Jimmy Noble

1968
Firecreek

as Whittier

1967
First to Fight

as Colonel Baseman

1965
The F.B.I.

as Bishop John Atwood

1963
Mr. Novak

as Principal Albert Vane

1963
The Fugitive

as Tony Donovan

1962
Billy Rose's Jumbo

as John Noble

1962
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Lt. Gen. John Sparrow

1961
The Honeymoon Machine

as Admiral Fitch

1961
Parrish

as Sala Post

1960
Elmer Gantry

as William L. Morgan

1960
Cash McCall

as Grant Austen

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Ed Lindsay

1959
The Nun's Story

as Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal

1958
King Creole

as Mr. Fisher

1958
The Proud Rebel

as Harry Burleigh

1957
1957
Forty Guns

as Sheriff Ned Logan

1957
Bernardine

as J. Fullerton Weldy

1957
Armored Attack!

as as Rodion Pavlov

1956
Three Brave Men

as John W. Rogers

1956
The Great Man

as Philip Carleton

1956
X: The Unknown

as Dr. Adam Royston

1956
On the Threshold of Space

as Dr. Hugo Thornton

1956
Red Sundown

as Jade Murphy

1955
It's a Dog's Life

as Mr. Wyndham

1955
The Eternal Sea

as Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple

1955
1954
White Christmas

as General Waverly

1954
Private Hell 36

as Police Capt. Michaels

1954
Executive Suite

as Jesse Q. Grimm

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Harry Holt

1953
The Robe

as Justus

1953
General Electric Theater

as Adam 'Mister Doc' Darrow

1952
It Grows on Trees

as Phil Baxter

1952
Denver and Rio Grande

as General William J. Palmer

1952
My Son John

as Dan Jefferson

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as 6th Supreme Court Justice

1951
Warpath

as Sam Quade

1951
Rawhide

as Yancy

1950
Dark City

as Captain Garvey

1950
Sierra

as Jeff Hassard

1949
Twelve O'Clock High

as Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall

1949
C-Man

as Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah

1948
Studio One

as Ben Willson

1948
1947
Driftwood

as Dr. Steve Webster

1947
Pursued

as Grant

1946
Sister Kenny

as Kevin Connors

1945
I Live in Grosvenor Square

as Sgt. John Patterson

1944
Alaska

as John Masters

1944
When Strangers Marry

as Paul Baxter

1943
The North Star

as Rodion Pavlov

1943
1942
The Omaha Trail

as 'Pipestone' Ross

1942
Valley of the Sun

as Jim Sawyer

1941
The Men in Her Life

as David Gibson

1941
Western Union

as Edward Creighton

1940
Brigham Young

as Brigham Young

1938
Having Wonderful Time

as Charlie (uncredited)

1937
Exiled to Shanghai

as Charlie Sears

1937
Escape by Night

as James 'Capper' Regan

1937
Song of the City

as Paul Herrick

1937
1937
Woman in Distress

as Fred Stevens

1937
1936
Star for a Night

as Fritz Lind

1936
Pepper

as Bob O'Ryan

1936
Revolt of the Zombies

as Armand Louque

1936
13 Hours by Air

as Hap Waller

1936
Woman Trap

as 'Honey' Hogan

1935
1935
1935
Men Without Names

as Agent Jones

1935
People Will Talk

as Bill Trask

1935
Car 99

as Trooper Jim Burton

1935
Wings in the Dark

as Top Harmon

1935
1934
1934
College Rhythm

as Coach Robbins

1934
You Belong to Me

as Military School Instructor

1930
Whoopee!

as Deputy (uncredited)

1929
The Woman from Hell

as Jim Coakley