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Dean Jagger
Dean Jagger

Dean Jagger

ActingBorn November 7, 1903Died February 5, 1991 (age 87)Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA

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).

Filmography

2026
Elvis: A Life in Music

as Self (archive footage)

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

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

Movie
1994
The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1987
Evil Town

as Doctor Schaeffer

Movie
1982
St. Elsewhere

as David Domedion

TV
1980
Alligator

as Slade

Movie
1980
Gideon's Trumpet

as 6th Supreme Court Justice

Movie
1978
Game of Death

as Dr. Land

Movie
1977
End of the World

as Ray Collins

Movie
1977TV
1975
Dr. Shagetz

as Dr. Shagetz

Movie
1974TV
1974
The Hanged Man

as Josiah Lowe

Movie
1973Movie
1973
The Lie

as Arnold Edgarton

Movie
1973
The Stranger

as Carl Webster

Movie
1973
So Sad About Gloria

as Frederick Wellman

Movie
1972
Kung Fu

as Henry Raphael Caine

TV
1972TV
1972
The Waltons

as Professor Bowen

TV
1972
The Glass House

as Warden Auerbach

Movie
1971
Columbo

as Walter Cannell

TV
1971Movie
1971
Vanishing Point

as Prospector

Movie
1970TV
1970Movie
1970
The Kremlin Letter

as Highwayman

Movie
1970Movie
1969
The Lonely Profession

as Charles Van Cleve

Movie
1969
Smith!

as Judge James C. Brown

Movie
1968
Day of the Evil Gun

as Jimmy Noble

Movie
1968
Firecreek

as Whittier

Movie
1967
First to Fight

as Colonel Baseman

Movie
1965
The F.B.I.

as Bishop John Atwood

TV
1963
Mr. Novak

as Principal Albert Vane

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Tony Donovan

TV
1962
Billy Rose's Jumbo

as John Noble

Movie
1962TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Lt. Gen. John Sparrow

TV
1961
The Honeymoon Machine

as Admiral Fitch

Movie
1961
Parrish

as Sala Post

Movie
1960
Elmer Gantry

as William L. Morgan

Movie
1960
Cash McCall

as Grant Austen

Movie
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Ed Lindsay

TV
1959
The Nun's Story

as Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal

Movie
1958
King Creole

as Mr. Fisher

Movie
1958
The Proud Rebel

as Harry Burleigh

Movie
1957Movie
1957
Forty Guns

as Sheriff Ned Logan

Movie
1957
Bernardine

as J. Fullerton Weldy

Movie
1957
Armored Attack!

as as Rodion Pavlov

Movie
1956
The Great Man

as Philip Carleton

Movie
1956
Three Brave Men

as John W. Rogers

Movie
1956
X: The Unknown

as Dr. Adam Royston

Movie
1956
On the Threshold of Space

as Dr. Hugo Thornton

Movie
1956
Red Sundown

as Jade Murphy

Movie
1955
It's a Dog's Life

as Mr. Wyndham

Movie
1955
The Eternal Sea

as Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple

Movie
1955Movie
1954
White Christmas

as General Waverly

Movie
1954
Private Hell 36

as Police Capt. Michaels

Movie
1954
Executive Suite

as Jesse Q. Grimm

Movie
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Harry Holt

TV
1953
The Robe

as Justus

Movie
1953
General Electric Theater

as Adam 'Mister Doc' Darrow

TV
1952
It Grows on Trees

as Phil Baxter

Movie
1952
Denver and Rio Grande

as General William J. Palmer

Movie
1952
My Son John

as Dan Jefferson

Movie
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as 6th Supreme Court Justice

TV
1951
Warpath

as Sam Quade

Movie
1951TV
1951
Rawhide

as Yancy

Movie
1950
Dark City

as Captain Garvey

Movie
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as John Straley

TV
1950
Sierra

as Jeff Hassard

Movie
1949
Twelve O'Clock High

as Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall

Movie
1949
C-Man

as Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah

Movie
1948
Studio One

as Ben Willson

TV
1948TV
1947
Driftwood

as Dr. Steve Webster

Movie
1947
Pursued

as Grant

Movie
1946
Sister Kenny

as Kevin Connors

Movie
1945
I Live in Grosvenor Square

as Sgt. John Patterson

Movie
1944
Alaska

as John Masters

Movie
1944
When Strangers Marry

as Paul Baxter

Movie
1943
The North Star

as Rodion Pavlov

Movie
1943Movie
1942
The Omaha Trail

as 'Pipestone' Ross

Movie
1942
Valley of the Sun

as Jim Sawyer

Movie
1941
The Men in Her Life

as David Gibson

Movie
1941
Western Union

as Edward Creighton

Movie
1940
Brigham Young

as Brigham Young

Movie
1938
Having Wonderful Time

as Charlie (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Exiled to Shanghai

as Charlie Sears

Movie
1937
Escape by Night

as James 'Capper' Regan

Movie
1937
Song of the City

as Paul Herrick

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Woman in Distress

as Fred Stevens

Movie
1937Movie
1936
Star for a Night

as Fritz Lind

Movie
1936
Pepper

as Bob O'Ryan

Movie
1936
Revolt of the Zombies

as Armand Louque

Movie
1936
13 Hours by Air

as Hap Waller

Movie
1936
Woman Trap

as 'Honey' Hogan

Movie
1935Movie
1935Movie
1935
Men Without Names

as Agent Jones

Movie
1935
People Will Talk

as Bill Trask

Movie
1935
Car 99

as Trooper Jim Burton

Movie
1935
Wings in the Dark

as Top Harmon

Movie
1935Movie
1934Movie
1934
College Rhythm

as Coach Robbins

Movie
1934
You Belong to Me

as Military School Instructor

Movie
1930
Whoopee!

as Deputy (uncredited)

Movie
1929
Handcuffed

as Gerald Morely

Movie
1929
The Woman from Hell

as Jim Coakley

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 7, 1903
Day of DeathFebruary 5, 1991
Place of BirthColumbus Grove, Ohio, USA
Popularity1.0