Dean Jagger
Known for Acting · 126 credits
- Born
- 1903-11-07
- Died
- 1991-02-05
- Place of birth
- Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Ira Dean Jagger · Jeffrey Dean
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
TV Shows (27)
Columbo
1971
as Walter Cannell
The Fugitive
1963
as Tony Donovan
The Waltons
1972
as Professor Bowen
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Ed Lindsay
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Charles Burnett
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as George Davies
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Lt. Gen. John Sparrow
St. Elsewhere
1982
as David Domedion
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Bert Ensign
The F.B.I.
1965
as Bishop John Atwood
Studio One
1948
as Ben Willson
Medical Center
1969
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Partridge Family
1970
as Charlie
Harry O
1974
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as John Straley
Mr. Novak
1963
as Principal Albert Vane
Cavalcade of America
1952
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Harry Holt
Hunter
1977
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as 6th Supreme Court Justice
General Electric Theater
1953
as Adam 'Mister Doc' Darrow
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Ed Gorman
Delphi Bureau
1972
as Quick
Kung Fu
1972
as Henry Raphael Caine
Movies (99)
Game of Death
1978
as Dr. Land
The Robe
1953
as Justus
Vanishing Point
1971
as Prospector
The Nun's Story
1959
as Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
Alligator
1980
as Slade
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
as Tim Horn
White Christmas
1954
as General Waverly
Rawhide
1951
as Yancy
The Proud Rebel
1958
as Harry Burleigh
Driftwood
1947
as Dr. Steve Webster
Forty Guns
1957
as Sheriff Ned Logan
Elmer Gantry
1960
as William L. Morgan
Evil Town
1987
as Doctor Schaeffer
Sister Kenny
1946
as Kevin Connors
Western Union
1941
as Edward Creighton
Twelve O'Clock High
1949
as Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall
Cash McCall
1960
as Grant Austen
Executive Suite
1954
as Jesse Q. Grimm
Sierra
1950
as Jeff Hassard
Pursued
1947
as Grant
Warpath
1951
as Sam Quade
Firecreek
1968
as Whittier
Red Sundown
1956
as Jade Murphy
X: The Unknown
1956
as Dr. Adam Royston
Dark City
1950
as Captain Garvey
The Hanged Man
1974
as Josiah Lowe
College Rhythm
1934
as Coach Robbins
The North Star
1943
as Rodion Pavlov
First to Fight
1967
as Colonel Baseman
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
as 6th Supreme Court Justice
The Kremlin Letter
1970
as Highwayman
Parrish
1961
as Sala Post
King Creole
1958
as Mr. Fisher
Pepper
1936
as Bob O'Ryan
I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
as Sgt. John Patterson
Smith!
1969
as Judge James C. Brown
Revolt of the Zombies
1936
as Armand Louque
The Glass House
1972
as Warden Auerbach
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as General William J. Palmer
Escape by Night
1937
as James 'Capper' Regan
My Son John
1952
as Dan Jefferson
Brigham Young
1940
as Brigham Young
Alaska
1944
as John Masters
Day of the Evil Gun
1968
as Jimmy Noble
On the Threshold of Space
1956
as Dr. Hugo Thornton
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
as Koehler
Private Hell 36
1954
as Police Capt. Michaels
Behold My Wife!
1934
as Pete
13 Hours by Air
1936
as Hap Waller
Whoopee!
1930
as Deputy (uncredited)
End of the World
1977
as Ray Collins
The Stranger
1973
as Carl Webster
The Lie
1973
as Arnold Edgarton
Incident in San Francisco
1971
as Sam Baldwin
It's a Dog's Life
1955
as Mr. Wyndham
The Eternal Sea
1955
as Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple
The Brotherhood of the Bell
1970
as Chad Harmon
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment
1972
as Matthew Keller
Armored Attack!
1957
as as Rodion Pavlov
It Grows on Trees
1952
as Phil Baxter
The Honeymoon Machine
1961
as Admiral Fitch
Home on the Range
1935
as Thurman
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Men Without Names
1935
as Agent Jones
Song of the City
1937
as Paul Herrick
Valley of the Sun
1942
as Jim Sawyer
When Strangers Marry
1944
as Paul Baxter
Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962
as John Noble
Having Wonderful Time
1938
as Charlie (uncredited)
Under Cover of Night
1937
as Alan Shaw
The Great Man
1956
as Philip Carleton
Car 99
1935
as Trooper Jim Burton
Dangerous Number
1937
as Dillman
It's a Great Life
1935
as Arnold
Bernardine
1957
as J. Fullerton Weldy
The Lonely Profession
1969
as Charles Van Cleve
Tiger by the Tail
1970
as Top Polk
Wings in the Dark
1935
as Top Harmon
I Escaped from the Gestapo
1943
as Torgut Lane
Elvis: A Life in Music
2026
as Self (archive footage)
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
1973
as Jim Wallace
The Men in Her Life
1941
as David Gibson
C-Man
1949
as Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah
Dr. Shagetz
1975
as Dr. Shagetz
The Omaha Trail
1942
as 'Pipestone' Ross
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
as Adam Larey
Woman Trap
1936
as 'Honey' Hogan
Three Brave Men
1956
as John W. Rogers
You Belong to Me
1934
as Military School Instructor
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
as Charlie Sears
The Great Lester Boggs
1974
Woman in Distress
1937
as Fred Stevens
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
2000
as Major General Thomas F. Waverly (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Dark Side of the Earth
1957
as Anton Rojas
Star for a Night
1936
as Fritz Lind
People Will Talk
1935
as Bill Trask
So Sad About Gloria
1973
as Frederick Wellman
Handcuffed
1929
as Gerald Morely
The Woman from Hell
1929
as Jim Coakley
About Dean Jagger
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). With 126 credits spanning from 1929 to 2026, Dean Jagger has appeared in 99 films and 27 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dean Jagger Movies
- Game of Death (1978) — as Dr. Land
- The Robe (1953) — as Justus
- Vanishing Point (1971) — as Prospector
- The Nun's Story (1959) — as Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
- Alligator (1980) — as Slade
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