Dean Jagger
Acting
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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movieElvis: A Life in Music
2026
Self (archive footage)
movie'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
2000
Major General Thomas F. Waverly (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvThe World of Hammer
1994
Self (archive footage)
movieEvil Town
1987
Doctor Schaeffer
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982
David Domedion
movieAlligator
1980
Slade
movieGideon's Trumpet
1980
6th Supreme Court Justice
movieGame of Death
1978
Dr. Land
movieEnd of the World
1977
Ray Collins
movieDr. Shagetz
1975
Dr. Shagetz
movieThe Hanged Man
1974
Josiah Lowe
movieI Heard the Owl Call My Name
1973
Jim Wallace
movieThe Lie
1973
Arnold Edgarton
movieThe Stranger
1973
Carl Webster
movieSo Sad About Gloria
1973
Frederick Wellman
tvKung Fu
1972
Henry Raphael Caine
tvDelphi Bureau
1972
Quick
tvThe Waltons
1972
Professor Bowen
movieThe Glass House
1972
Warden Auerbach
tvColumbo
1971
Walter Cannell
movieIncident in San Francisco
1971
Sam Baldwin
movieVanishing Point
1971
Prospector
tvThe Partridge Family
1970
Charlie
movieThe Brotherhood of the Bell
1970
Chad Harmon
movieThe Kremlin Letter
1970
Highwayman
movieTiger by the Tail
1970
Top Polk
movieThe Lonely Profession
1969
Charles Van Cleve
movieSmith!
1969
Judge James C. Brown
movieDay of the Evil Gun
1968
Jimmy Noble
movieFirecreek
1968
Whittier
movieFirst to Fight
1967
Colonel Baseman
tvThe F.B.I.
1965
Bishop John Atwood
tvMr. Novak
1963
Principal Albert Vane
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Tony Donovan
movieBilly Rose's Jumbo
1962
John Noble
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
George Davies
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Lt. Gen. John Sparrow
movieThe Honeymoon Machine
1961
Admiral Fitch
movieParrish
1961
Sala Post
movieElmer Gantry
1960
William L. Morgan
movieCash McCall
1960
Grant Austen
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Ed Lindsay
movieThe Nun's Story
1959
Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
movieKing Creole
1958
Mr. Fisher
movieThe Proud Rebel
1958
Harry Burleigh
movieThe Dark Side of the Earth
1957
Anton Rojas
movieForty Guns
1957
Sheriff Ned Logan
movieBernardine
1957
J. Fullerton Weldy
movieArmored Attack!
1957
as Rodion Pavlov
movieThe Great Man
1956
Philip Carleton
movieThree Brave Men
1956
John W. Rogers
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Bert Ensign
movieX: The Unknown
1956
Dr. Adam Royston
movieOn the Threshold of Space
1956
Dr. Hugo Thornton
movieRed Sundown
1956
Jade Murphy
movieIt's a Dog's Life
1955
Mr. Wyndham
movieThe Eternal Sea
1955
Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple
movieBad Day at Black Rock
1955
Tim Horn
movieWhite Christmas
1954
General Waverly
moviePrivate Hell 36
1954
Police Capt. Michaels
movieExecutive Suite
1954
Jesse Q. Grimm
tvLetter to Loretta
1953
Harry Holt
movieThe Robe
1953
Justus
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Adam 'Mister Doc' Darrow
movieIt Grows on Trees
1952
Phil Baxter
movieDenver and Rio Grande
1952
General William J. Palmer
movieMy Son John
1952
Dan Jefferson
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
6th Supreme Court Justice
movieWarpath
1951
Sam Quade
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Ed Gorman
movieRawhide
1951
Yancy
movieDark City
1950
Captain Garvey
Lux Video Theatre
1950
John Straley
movieSierra
1950
Jeff Hassard
movieTwelve O'Clock High
1949
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall
movieC-Man
1949
Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah
tvStudio One
1948
Ben Willson
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Charles Burnett
movieDriftwood
1947
Dr. Steve Webster
moviePursued
1947
Grant
movieSister Kenny
1946
Kevin Connors
movieI Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
Sgt. John Patterson
movieAlaska
1944
John Masters
movieWhen Strangers Marry
1944
Paul Baxter
movieThe North Star
1943
Rodion Pavlov
movieI Escaped from the Gestapo
1943
Torgut Lane
movieThe Omaha Trail
1942
'Pipestone' Ross
movieValley of the Sun
1942
Jim Sawyer
movieThe Men in Her Life
1941
David Gibson
movieWestern Union
1941
Edward Creighton
movieBrigham Young
1940
Brigham Young
movieHaving Wonderful Time
1938
Charlie (uncredited)
movieExiled to Shanghai
1937
Charlie Sears
movieEscape by Night
1937
James 'Capper' Regan
movieSong of the City
1937
Paul Herrick
movieDangerous Number
1937
Dillman
movieWoman in Distress
1937
Fred Stevens
movieUnder Cover of Night
1937
Alan Shaw
movieStar for a Night
1936
Fritz Lind
moviePepper
1936
Bob O'Ryan
movieRevolt of the Zombies
1936
Armand Louque
movie13 Hours by Air
1936
Hap Waller
movieWoman Trap
1936
'Honey' Hogan
movieWanderer of the Wasteland
1935
Adam Larey
movieMen Without Names
1935
Agent Jones
moviePeople Will Talk
1935
Bill Trask
movieCar 99
1935
Trooper Jim Burton
movieWings in the Dark
1935
Top Harmon
movieHome on the Range
1935
Thurman
movieCollege Rhythm
1934
Coach Robbins
movieYou Belong to Me
1934
Military School Instructor
movieWhoopee!
1930
Deputy (uncredited)
Handcuffed
1929
Gerald Morely
movieThe Woman from Hell
1929
Jim Coakley