
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 Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as George Davies

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Charles Burnett

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Ed Lindsay

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Lt. Gen. John Sparrow

St. Elsewhere
1982
as David Domedion

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Bert Ensign

Studio One
1948
as Ben Willson

The F.B.I.
1965
as Bishop John Atwood

Medical Center
1969

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

The Partridge Family
1970
as Charlie

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

Harry O
1974
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as John Straley

Cavalcade of America
1952

Mr. Novak
1963
as Principal Albert Vane

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

Evil Town
1987
as Doctor Schaeffer

Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
as Tim Horn

Executive Suite
1954
as Jesse Q. Grimm

Sierra
1950
as Jeff Hassard

Warpath
1951
as Sam Quade

Rawhide
1951
as Yancy

Western Union
1941
as Edward Creighton

Forty Guns
1957
as Sheriff Ned Logan

Sister Kenny
1946
as Kevin Connors

Cash McCall
1960
as Grant Austen

College Rhythm
1934
as Coach Robbins

Elmer Gantry
1960
as William L. Morgan

Red Sundown
1956
as Jade Murphy

White Christmas
1954
as General Waverly

Driftwood
1947
as Dr. Steve Webster

Firecreek
1968
as Whittier

Pepper
1936
as Bob O'Ryan

Twelve O'Clock High
1949
as Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall

Dark City
1950
as Captain Garvey

Pursued
1947
as Grant

X: The Unknown
1956
as Dr. Adam Royston

Parrish
1961
as Sala Post

The Glass House
1972
as Warden Auerbach

The North Star
1943
as Rodion Pavlov

The Kremlin Letter
1970
as Highwayman

The Proud Rebel
1958
as Harry Burleigh

Gideon's Trumpet
1980
as 6th Supreme Court Justice

King Creole
1958
as Mr. Fisher

The Hanged Man
1974
as Josiah Lowe

Alaska
1944
as John Masters

Whoopee!
1930
as Deputy (uncredited)

First to Fight
1967
as Colonel Baseman

I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
as Sgt. John Patterson

Smith!
1969
as Judge James C. Brown

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
as Koehler

Brigham Young
1940
as Brigham Young

Behold My Wife!
1934
as Pete

Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as General William J. Palmer

Private Hell 36
1954
as Police Capt. Michaels

13 Hours by Air
1936
as Hap Waller

Day of the Evil Gun
1968
as Jimmy Noble

End of the World
1977
as Ray Collins

My Son John
1952
as Dan Jefferson

The Brotherhood of the Bell
1970
as Chad Harmon

On the Threshold of Space
1956
as Dr. Hugo Thornton

The Lie
1973
as Arnold Edgarton

Escape by Night
1937
as James 'Capper' Regan

Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962
as John Noble

It's a Great Life
1935
as Arnold

The Men in Her Life
1941
as David Gibson

The Eternal Sea
1955
as Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple

Revolt of the Zombies
1936
as Armand Louque

Wings in the Dark
1935
as Top Harmon

The Honeymoon Machine
1961
as Admiral Fitch

It Grows on Trees
1952
as Phil Baxter

Incident in San Francisco
1971
as Sam Baldwin

The Stranger
1973
as Carl Webster

Dr. Shagetz
1975
as Dr. Shagetz

Bernardine
1957
as J. Fullerton Weldy

Under Cover of Night
1937
as Alan Shaw

Having Wonderful Time
1938
as Charlie (uncredited)

Dangerous Number
1937
as Dillman

Home on the Range
1935
as Thurman

Three Brave Men
1956
as John W. Rogers

Tiger by the Tail
1970
as Top Polk

Exiled to Shanghai
1937
as Charlie Sears

Elvis: A Life in Music
2026
as Self (archive footage)

Armored Attack!
1957
as as Rodion Pavlov

Valley of the Sun
1942
as Jim Sawyer

The Lonely Profession
1969
as Charles Van Cleve

The Great Man
1956
as Philip Carleton

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982

Car 99
1935
as Trooper Jim Burton

C-Man
1949
as Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah

Song of the City
1937
as Paul Herrick

When Strangers Marry
1944
as Paul Baxter

Men Without Names
1935
as Agent Jones

The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment
1972
as Matthew Keller

I Heard the Owl Call My Name
1973
as Jim Wallace

Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
as Adam Larey

The Great Lester Boggs
1974

The Dark Side of the Earth
1957
as Anton Rojas

Woman Trap
1936
as 'Honey' Hogan

It's a Dog's Life
1955
as Mr. Wyndham

Star for a Night
1936
as Fritz Lind

I Escaped from the Gestapo
1943
as Torgut Lane

The Omaha Trail
1942
as 'Pipestone' Ross

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)

People Will Talk
1935
as Bill Trask

You Belong to Me
1934
as Military School Instructor

So Sad About Gloria
1973
as Frederick Wellman

The Woman from Hell
1929
as Jim Coakley

Handcuffed
1929
as Gerald Morely
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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