Dean Jagger
Acting·November 7, 1903·† February 5, 1991 — 87 years old·Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA
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
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2026Elvis: A Life in MusicSelf (archive footage)2000'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary ClooneyMajor General Thomas F. Waverly (archive footage) (uncredited)1994The World of HammerTVSelf (archive footage)1987Evil TownDoctor Schaeffer1982St. ElsewhereTVDavid Domedion1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1980AlligatorSlade1980Gideon's Trumpet6th Supreme Court Justice1978Game of DeathDr. Land1977End of the WorldRay Collins1977HunterTV1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping CaseKoehler1975Dr. ShagetzDr. Shagetz1974Harry OTV1974The Great Lester Boggs1974The Hanged ManJosiah Lowe1973I Heard the Owl Call My NameJim Wallace1973The LieArnold Edgarton1973The StrangerCarl Webster1973So Sad About GloriaFrederick Wellman1972Kung FuTVHenry Raphael Caine1972Delphi BureauTVQuick1972The WaltonsTVProfessor Bowen1972The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death AssignmentMatthew Keller1972The Glass HouseWarden Auerbach1971ColumboTVWalter Cannell1971Incident in San FranciscoSam Baldwin1971Vanishing PointProspector1971Alias Smith and JonesTV1970The Partridge FamilyTVCharlie1970The Brotherhood of the BellChad Harmon1970The Kremlin LetterHighwayman1970Tiger by the TailTop Polk1969The Lonely ProfessionCharles Van Cleve1969Medical CenterTV1969Smith!Judge James C. Brown1968Day of the Evil GunJimmy Noble1968FirecreekWhittier1967First to FightColonel Baseman1965The F.B.I.TVBishop John Atwood1963Mr. NovakTVPrincipal Albert Vane1963The FugitiveTVTony Donovan1962Billy Rose's JumboJohn Noble1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourTVGeorge Davies1961Dr. KildareTVLt. Gen. John Sparrow1961The Honeymoon MachineAdmiral Fitch1961ParrishSala Post1960Elmer GantryWilliam L. Morgan1960Cash McCallGrant Austen1959The Twilight ZoneTVEd Lindsay1959The Nun's StoryDr. Hubert Van Der Mal1958King CreoleMr. Fisher1958The Proud RebelHarry Burleigh1957The Dark Side of the EarthAnton Rojas1957Forty GunsSheriff Ned Logan1957BernardineJ. Fullerton Weldy1957Armored Attack!as Rodion Pavlov1956The Great ManPhilip Carleton1956Three Brave MenJohn W. Rogers1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTVBert Ensign1956X: The UnknownDr. Adam Royston1956On the Threshold of SpaceDr. Hugo Thornton1956Red SundownJade Murphy1955It's a Dog's LifeMr. Wyndham1955The 20th Century Fox HourTV1955The Eternal SeaVice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple1955Bad Day at Black RockTim Horn1954White ChristmasGeneral Waverly1954Private Hell 36Police Capt. Michaels1954Executive SuiteJesse Q. Grimm1953Letter to LorettaTVHarry Holt1953The RobeJustus1953General Electric TheaterTVAdam 'Mister Doc' Darrow1952Cavalcade of AmericaTV1952It Grows on TreesPhil Baxter1952Denver and Rio GrandeGeneral William J. Palmer1952My Son JohnDan Jefferson1951Hallmark Hall of FameTV6th Supreme Court Justice1951WarpathSam Quade1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsTVEd Gorman1951RawhideYancy1950Dark CityCaptain Garvey1950Lux Video TheatreTVJohn Straley1950SierraJeff Hassard1949Twelve O'Clock HighMajor / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall1949C-ManCliff Holden, alias William Harrah1948Studio OneTVBen Willson1948The Philco Television PlayhouseTVCharles Burnett1947DriftwoodDr. Steve Webster1947PursuedGrant1946Sister KennyKevin Connors1945I Live in Grosvenor SquareSgt. John Patterson1944AlaskaJohn Masters1944When Strangers MarryPaul Baxter1943The North StarRodion Pavlov1943I Escaped from the GestapoTorgut Lane1942The Omaha Trail'Pipestone' Ross1942Valley of the SunJim Sawyer1941The Men in Her LifeDavid Gibson1941Western UnionEdward Creighton1940Brigham YoungBrigham Young1938Having Wonderful TimeCharlie (uncredited)1937Exiled to ShanghaiCharlie Sears1937Escape by NightJames 'Capper' Regan1937Song of the CityPaul Herrick1937Dangerous NumberDillman1937Woman in DistressFred Stevens1937Under Cover of NightAlan Shaw1936Star for a NightFritz Lind1936PepperBob O'Ryan1936Revolt of the ZombiesArmand Louque193613 Hours by AirHap Waller1936Woman Trap'Honey' Hogan1935It's a Great LifeArnold1935Wanderer of the WastelandAdam Larey1935Men Without NamesAgent Jones1935People Will TalkBill Trask1935Car 99Trooper Jim Burton1935Wings in the DarkTop Harmon1935Home on the RangeThurman1934Behold My Wife!Pete1934College RhythmCoach Robbins1934You Belong to MeMilitary School Instructor1930Whoopee!Deputy (uncredited)1929HandcuffedGerald Morely1929The Woman from HellJim Coakley