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