Person
Dean Jagger
Acting · 1903–1991 · 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).
Known for
Columbo
Walter Cannell
The Fugitive
Tony Donovan
The Twilight Zone
Ed Lindsay
The Waltons
Professor Bowen
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
George Davies
St. Elsewhere
David Domedion
The Philco Television Playhouse
Charles Burnett
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Bert Ensign
Dr. Kildare
Lt. Gen. John Sparrow
Studio One
Ben Willson
Filmography
- 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 HammerSelf (archive footage)
- 1987Evil TownDoctor Schaeffer
- 1982St. ElsewhereDavid Domedion
- 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
- 1980AlligatorSlade
- 1980Gideon's Trumpet6th Supreme Court Justice
- 1978Game of DeathDr. Land
- 1977End of the WorldRay Collins
- 1977Hunter
- 1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping CaseKoehler
- 1975Dr. ShagetzDr. Shagetz
- 1974Harry O
- 1974The Great Lester Boggs
- 1974The Hanged ManJosiah Lowe
- 1973I Heard the Owl Call My NameJim Wallace
- 1973The LieArnold Edgarton
- 1973The StrangerCarl Webster
- 1973So Sad About GloriaFrederick Wellman
- 1972Kung FuHenry Raphael Caine
- 1972Delphi BureauQuick
- 1972The WaltonsProfessor Bowen
- 1972The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death AssignmentMatthew Keller
- 1972The Glass HouseWarden Auerbach
- 1971ColumboWalter Cannell
- 1971Incident in San FranciscoSam Baldwin
- 1971Vanishing PointProspector
- 1971Alias Smith and Jones
- 1970The Partridge FamilyCharlie
- 1970The Brotherhood of the BellChad Harmon
- 1970The Kremlin LetterHighwayman
- 1970Tiger by the TailTop Polk
- 1969The Lonely ProfessionCharles Van Cleve
- 1969Medical Center
- 1969Smith!Judge James C. Brown
- 1968Day of the Evil GunJimmy Noble
- 1968FirecreekWhittier
- 1967First to FightColonel Baseman
- 1965The F.B.I.Bishop John Atwood
- 1963Mr. NovakPrincipal Albert Vane
- 1963The FugitiveTony Donovan
- 1962Billy Rose's JumboJohn Noble
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourGeorge Davies
- 1961Dr. KildareLt. Gen. John Sparrow
- 1961The Honeymoon MachineAdmiral Fitch
- 1961ParrishSala Post
- 1960Elmer GantryWilliam L. Morgan
- 1960Cash McCallGrant Austen
- 1959The Twilight ZoneEd Lindsay
- 1959The Nun's StoryDr. Hubert Van Der Mal
- 1958King CreoleMr. Fisher
- 1958The Proud RebelHarry Burleigh
- 1957The Dark Side of the EarthAnton Rojas
- 1957Forty GunsSheriff Ned Logan
- 1957BernardineJ. Fullerton Weldy
- 1957Armored Attack!as Rodion Pavlov
- 1956The Great ManPhilip Carleton
- 1956Three Brave MenJohn W. Rogers
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreBert Ensign
- 1956X: The UnknownDr. Adam Royston
- 1956On the Threshold of SpaceDr. Hugo Thornton
- 1956Red SundownJade Murphy
- 1955It's a Dog's LifeMr. Wyndham
- 1955The 20th Century Fox Hour
- 1955The Eternal SeaVice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple
- 1955Bad Day at Black RockTim Horn
- 1954White ChristmasGeneral Waverly
- 1954Private Hell 36Police Capt. Michaels
- 1954Executive SuiteJesse Q. Grimm
- 1953Letter to LorettaHarry Holt
- 1953The RobeJustus
- 1953General Electric TheaterAdam 'Mister Doc' Darrow
- 1952Cavalcade of America
- 1952It Grows on TreesPhil Baxter
- 1952Denver and Rio GrandeGeneral William J. Palmer
- 1952My Son JohnDan Jefferson
- 1951Hallmark Hall of Fame6th Supreme Court Justice
- 1951WarpathSam Quade
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsEd Gorman
- 1951RawhideYancy
- 1950Dark CityCaptain Garvey
- 1950Lux Video TheatreJohn Straley
- 1950SierraJeff Hassard
- 1949Twelve O'Clock HighMajor / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall
- 1949C-ManCliff Holden, alias William Harrah
- 1948Studio OneBen Willson
- 1948The Philco Television PlayhouseCharles Burnett
- 1947DriftwoodDr. Steve Webster
- 1947PursuedGrant
- 1946Sister KennyKevin Connors
- 1945I Live in Grosvenor SquareSgt. John Patterson
- 1944AlaskaJohn Masters
- 1944When Strangers MarryPaul Baxter
- 1943The North StarRodion Pavlov
- 1943I Escaped from the GestapoTorgut Lane
- 1942The Omaha Trail'Pipestone' Ross
- 1942Valley of the SunJim Sawyer
- 1941The Men in Her LifeDavid Gibson
- 1941Western UnionEdward Creighton
- 1940Brigham YoungBrigham Young
- 1938Having Wonderful TimeCharlie (uncredited)
- 1937Exiled to ShanghaiCharlie Sears
- 1937Escape by NightJames 'Capper' Regan
- 1937Song of the CityPaul Herrick
- 1937Dangerous NumberDillman
- 1937Woman in DistressFred Stevens
- 1937Under Cover of NightAlan Shaw
- 1936Star for a NightFritz Lind
- 1936PepperBob O'Ryan
- 1936Revolt of the ZombiesArmand Louque
- 193613 Hours by AirHap Waller
- 1936Woman Trap'Honey' Hogan
- 1935It's a Great LifeArnold
- 1935Wanderer of the WastelandAdam Larey
- 1935Men Without NamesAgent Jones
- 1935People Will TalkBill Trask
- 1935Car 99Trooper Jim Burton
- 1935Wings in the DarkTop Harmon
- 1935Home on the RangeThurman
- 1934Behold My Wife!Pete
- 1934College RhythmCoach Robbins
- 1934You Belong to MeMilitary School Instructor
- 1930Whoopee!Deputy (uncredited)
- 1929HandcuffedGerald Morely
- 1929The Woman from HellJim Coakley
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