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Dean Jagger

Acting

Dean Jagger

Born November 7, 1903 · Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA · Died February 5, 1991

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

The Twilight Zone

8.5 TMDB

The Twilight Zone

Ed Lindsay

Columbo

8.1 TMDB

Columbo

Walter Cannell

Game of Death

6.4 TMDB

Game of Death

Dr. Land

White Christmas

7.2 TMDB

White Christmas

General Waverly

Vanishing Point

7.1 TMDB

Vanishing Point

Prospector

Bad Day at Black Rock

7.3 TMDB

Bad Day at Black Rock

Tim Horn

Alligator

6.0 TMDB

Alligator

Slade

The Robe

6.8 TMDB

The Robe

Justus

Kung Fu

7.7 TMDB

Kung Fu

Henry Raphael Caine

Elmer Gantry

7.3 TMDB

Elmer Gantry

William L. Morgan

The Nun's Story

7.2 TMDB

The Nun's Story

Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal

Twelve O'Clock High

7.2 TMDB

Twelve O'Clock High

Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall

Forty Guns

6.6 TMDB

Forty Guns

Sheriff Ned Logan

King Creole

6.4 TMDB

King Creole

Mr. Fisher

The Waltons

7.1 TMDB

The Waltons

Professor Bowen

Pursued

6.5 TMDB

Pursued

Grant

St. Elsewhere

5.7 TMDB

St. Elsewhere

David Domedion

Western Union

6.0 TMDB

Western Union

Edward Creighton

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

7.9 TMDB

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

George Davies

Firecreek

6.2 TMDB

Firecreek

Whittier

Filmography

  1. 2000'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary ClooneyMajor General Thomas F. Waverly (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
  2. 1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)Series
  3. 1987Evil TownDoctor SchaefferMovie
  4. 1982St. ElsewhereDavid DomedionSeries
  5. 1980AlligatorSladeMovie
  6. 1980Gideon's Trumpet6th Supreme Court JusticeMovie
  7. 1978Game of DeathDr. LandMovie
  8. 1977End of the WorldRay CollinsMovie
  9. 1977HunterSeries
  10. 1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping CaseKoehlerMovie
  11. 1974Harry OSeries
  12. 1974The Great Lester BoggsMovie
  13. 1974The Hanged ManJosiah LoweMovie
  14. 1973I Heard the Owl Call My NameJim WallaceMovie
  15. 1973The LieArnold EdgartonMovie
  16. 1973The StrangerCarl WebsterMovie
  17. 1973So Sad About GloriaFrederick WellmanMovie
  18. 1972Kung FuHenry Raphael CaineSeries
  19. 1972The WaltonsProfessor BowenSeries
  20. 1972The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death AssignmentMatthew KellerMovie
  21. 1972The Glass HouseWarden AuerbachMovie
  22. 1971ColumboWalter CannellSeries
  23. 1971Incident in San FranciscoSam BaldwinMovie
  24. 1971Vanishing PointProspectorMovie
  25. 1971Alias Smith and JonesSeries
  26. 1970The Partridge FamilyCharlieSeries
  27. 1970The Brotherhood of the BellChad HarmonMovie
  28. 1970The Kremlin LetterHighwaymanMovie
  29. 1970Tiger by the TailTop PolkMovie
  30. 1969The Lonely ProfessionCharles Van CleveMovie
  31. 1969Medical CenterSeries
  32. 1969Smith!Judge James C. BrownMovie
  33. 1968Day of the Evil GunJimmy NobleMovie
  34. 1968FirecreekWhittierMovie
  35. 1967First to FightColonel BasemanMovie
  36. 1965The F.B.I.Bishop John AtwoodSeries
  37. 1963Mr. NovakPrincipal Albert VaneSeries
  38. 1963The FugitiveTony DonovanSeries
  39. 1962Billy Rose's JumboJohn NobleMovie
  40. 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourGeorge DaviesSeries
  41. 1961Dr. KildareLt. Gen. John SparrowSeries
  42. 1961The Honeymoon MachineAdmiral FitchMovie
  43. 1961ParrishSala PostMovie
  44. 1960Elmer GantryWilliam L. MorganMovie
  45. 1960Cash McCallGrant AustenMovie
  46. 1959The Twilight ZoneEd LindsaySeries
  47. 1959The Nun's StoryDr. Hubert Van Der MalMovie
  48. 1958King CreoleMr. FisherMovie
  49. 1958The Proud RebelHarry BurleighMovie
  50. 1957Forty GunsSheriff Ned LoganMovie
  51. 1957BernardineJ. Fullerton WeldyMovie
  52. 1957Armored Attack!as Rodion PavlovMovie
  53. 1956The Great ManPhilip CarletonMovie
  54. 1956Three Brave MenJohn W. RogersMovie
  55. 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreBert EnsignSeries
  56. 1956X: The UnknownDr. Adam RoystonMovie
  57. 1956On the Threshold of SpaceDr. Hugo ThorntonMovie
  58. 1956Red SundownJade MurphyMovie
  59. 1955It's a Dog's LifeMr. WyndhamMovie
  60. 1955The 20th Century Fox HourSeries
  61. 1955The Eternal SeaVice-Adm. Thomas L. SempleMovie
  62. 1955Bad Day at Black RockTim HornMovie
  63. 1954White ChristmasGeneral WaverlyMovie
  64. 1954Private Hell 36Police Capt. MichaelsMovie
  65. 1954Executive SuiteJesse Q. GrimmMovie
  66. 1953Letter to LorettaHarry HoltSeries
  67. 1953The RobeJustusMovie
  68. 1953General Electric TheaterAdam 'Mister Doc' DarrowSeries
  69. 1952Cavalcade of AmericaSeries
  70. 1952It Grows on TreesPhil BaxterMovie
  71. 1952Denver and Rio GrandeGeneral William J. PalmerMovie
  72. 1952My Son JohnDan JeffersonMovie
  73. 1951Hallmark Hall of Fame6th Supreme Court JusticeSeries
  74. 1951WarpathSam QuadeMovie
  75. 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsEd GormanSeries
  76. 1951RawhideYancyMovie
  77. 1950Dark CityCaptain GarveyMovie
  78. 1950Lux Video TheatreJohn StraleySeries
  79. 1950SierraJeff HassardMovie
  80. 1949Twelve O'Clock HighMajor / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey StovallMovie
  81. 1949C-ManCliff Holden, alias William HarrahMovie
  82. 1948Studio OneBen WillsonSeries
  83. 1948The Philco Television PlayhouseCharles BurnettSeries
  84. 1947DriftwoodDr. Steve WebsterMovie
  85. 1947PursuedGrantMovie
  86. 1946Sister KennyKevin ConnorsMovie
  87. 1945I Live in Grosvenor SquareSgt. John PattersonMovie
  88. 1944AlaskaJohn MastersMovie
  89. 1944When Strangers MarryPaul BaxterMovie
  90. 1943The North StarRodion PavlovMovie
  91. 1943I Escaped from the GestapoTorgut LaneMovie
  92. 1942The Omaha Trail'Pipestone' RossMovie
  93. 1942Valley of the SunJim SawyerMovie
  94. 1941The Men in Her LifeDavid GibsonMovie
  95. 1941Western UnionEdward CreightonMovie
  96. 1940Brigham YoungBrigham YoungMovie
  97. 1938Having Wonderful TimeCharlie (uncredited)Movie
  98. 1937Exiled to ShanghaiCharlie SearsMovie
  99. 1937Escape by NightJames 'Capper' ReganMovie
  100. 1937Song of the CityPaul HerrickMovie
  101. 1937Dangerous NumberDillmanMovie
  102. 1937Woman in DistressFred StevensMovie
  103. 1937Under Cover of NightAlan ShawMovie
  104. 1936Star for a NightFritz LindMovie
  105. 1936PepperBob O'RyanMovie
  106. 1936Revolt of the ZombiesArmand LouqueMovie
  107. 193613 Hours by AirHap WallerMovie
  108. 1936Woman Trap'Honey' HoganMovie
  109. 1935It's a Great LifeArnoldMovie
  110. 1935Wanderer of the WastelandAdam LareyMovie
  111. 1935Men Without NamesAgent JonesMovie
  112. 1935People Will TalkBill TraskMovie
  113. 1935Car 99Trooper Jim BurtonMovie
  114. 1935Wings in the DarkTop HarmonMovie
  115. 1935Home on the RangeThurmanMovie
  116. 1934Behold My Wife!PeteMovie
  117. 1934College RhythmCoach RobbinsMovie
  118. 1934You Belong to MeMilitary School InstructorMovie
  119. 1930Whoopee!Deputy (uncredited)Movie
  120. 1929The Woman from HellJim CoakleyMovie