Dean Jagger

Dean Jagger

Dean Jagger was an Academy Award-winning American screen, stage, and television actor.

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Known For

Columbo

Columbo

1971 • as Walter Cannell

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956 • as Bert Ensign

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

1961 • as Lt. Gen. John Sparrow

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

1965 • as Bishop John Atwood

The Waltons

The Waltons

1972 • as Professor Bowen

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1959 • as Ed Lindsay

Filmography

2000

Movie
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
as Major General Thomas F. Waverly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 11/21/2000

1987

Evil Town
Evil Town
as Doctor Schaeffer
Movie - Released: 6/2/1987

1982

St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere
TV - Released: 10/26/1982

1980

Gideon's Trumpet
Gideon's Trumpet
as 6th Supreme Court Justice
Movie - Released: 4/30/1980
Alligator
Alligator
as Slade
Movie - Released: 7/2/1980

1978

Game of Death
Game of Death
as Dr. Land
Movie - Released: 3/23/1978

1977

End of the World
End of the World
as Ray Collins
Movie - Released: 8/1/1977
Hunter
Hunter
TV - Released: 2/18/1977

1976

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Koehler
Movie - Released: 2/26/1976

1975

Dr. Shagetz
Dr. Shagetz
as Dr. Shagetz
Movie - Released: 1/1/1975

1974

The Hanged Man
The Hanged Man
as Josiah Lowe
Movie - Released: 3/13/1974
The Great Lester Boggs
The Great Lester Boggs
Movie - Released: 9/1/1974
Harry O
Harry O
TV - Released: 9/12/1974

1973

I Heard the Owl Call My Name
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
as Jim Wallace
Movie - Released: 12/18/1973
The Stranger
The Stranger
as Carl Webster
Movie - Released: 2/26/1973
So Sad About Gloria
So Sad About Gloria
as Frederick Wellman
Movie - Released: 1/1/1973
The Lie
The Lie
as Arnold Edgarton
Movie - Released: 4/24/1973

1972

The Delphi Bureau
The Delphi Bureau
as Matthew Keller
Movie - Released: 3/6/1972
The Glass House
The Glass House
as Warden Auerbach
Movie - Released: 2/4/1972
Kung Fu
Kung Fu
as Henry Raphael Caine
TV - Released: 10/14/1972
The Waltons
The Waltons
as Professor Bowen
TV - Released: 9/14/1972

1971

Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point
as Prospector
Movie - Released: 1/15/1971
Incident in San Francisco
Incident in San Francisco
as Sam Baldwin
Movie - Released: 2/28/1971
Columbo
Columbo
as Walter Cannell
TV - Released: 9/15/1971
Alias Smith and Jones
Alias Smith and Jones
TV - Released: 1/5/1971

1970

Tiger by the Tail
Tiger by the Tail
as Top Polk
Movie - Released: 1/1/1970
The Brotherhood of the Bell
The Brotherhood of the Bell
as Chad Harmon
Movie - Released: 9/17/1970
The Kremlin Letter
The Kremlin Letter
as Highwayman
Movie - Released: 2/1/1970

1969

Smith!
Smith!
as Judge James C. Brown
Movie - Released: 3/21/1969
The Lonely Profession
The Lonely Profession
as Charles Van Cleve
Movie - Released: 10/21/1969
Medical Center
Medical Center
TV - Released: 9/24/1969

1968

Firecreek
Firecreek
as Whittier
Movie - Released: 1/24/1968
Day of the Evil Gun
Day of the Evil Gun
as Jimmy Noble
Movie - Released: 3/1/1968

1967

First to Fight
First to Fight
as Colonel Baseman
Movie - Released: 1/25/1967

1965

The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Bishop John Atwood
TV - Released: 9/19/1965

1963

The Fugitive
The Fugitive
as Tony Donovan
TV - Released: 9/17/1963
Mr. Novak
Mr. Novak
as Principal Albert Vane
TV - Released: 9/24/1963

1962

Billy Rose's Jumbo
Billy Rose's Jumbo
as John Noble
Movie - Released: 12/6/1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as George Davies
TV - Released: 9/20/1962

1961

The Honeymoon Machine
The Honeymoon Machine
as Admiral Fitch
Movie - Released: 8/16/1961
Parrish
Parrish
as Sala Post
Movie - Released: 5/4/1961
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare
as Lt. Gen. John Sparrow
TV - Released: 9/27/1961

1960

Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
as William L. Morgan
Movie - Released: 7/7/1960
Cash McCall
Cash McCall
as Grant Austen
Movie - Released: 1/20/1960

1959

The Nun's Story
The Nun's Story
as Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
Movie - Released: 6/18/1959
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
as Ed Lindsay
TV - Released: 10/2/1959

1958

King Creole
King Creole
as Mr. Fisher
Movie - Released: 7/2/1958
The Proud Rebel
The Proud Rebel
as Harry Burleigh
Movie - Released: 7/1/1958

1957

Armored Attack!
Armored Attack!
as as Rodion Pavlov
Movie - Released: 1/1/1957
Forty Guns
Forty Guns
as Sheriff Ned Logan
Movie - Released: 9/10/1957
Bernardine
Bernardine
as J. Fullerton Weldy
Movie - Released: 7/24/1957
The Dark Side of the Earth
The Dark Side of the Earth
as Anton Rojas
Movie - Released: 9/19/1957

1956

X: The Unknown
X: The Unknown
as Dr. Adam Royston
Movie - Released: 9/21/1956
The Great Man
The Great Man
as Philip Carleton
Movie - Released: 12/1/1956
Red Sundown
Red Sundown
as Jade Murphy
Movie - Released: 3/1/1956
On the Threshold of Space
On the Threshold of Space
as Dr. Hugo Thornton
Movie - Released: 3/29/1956
Three Brave Men
Three Brave Men
as John W. Rogers
Movie - Released: 12/1/1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Bert Ensign
TV - Released: 10/5/1956

1955

Bad Day at Black Rock
Bad Day at Black Rock
as Tim Horn
Movie - Released: 1/13/1955
It's a Dog's Life
It's a Dog's Life
as Mr. Wyndham
Movie - Released: 12/23/1955
The Eternal Sea
The Eternal Sea
as Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple
Movie - Released: 4/19/1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV - Released: 10/5/1955

1954

White Christmas
White Christmas
as General Waverly
Movie - Released: 10/14/1954
Private Hell 36
Private Hell 36
as Police Capt. Michaels
Movie - Released: 9/3/1954
Executive Suite
Executive Suite
as Jesse Q. Grimm
Movie - Released: 4/30/1954

1953

The Robe
The Robe
as Justus
Movie - Released: 9/16/1953
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Adam 'Mister Doc' Darrow
TV - Released: 2/1/1953
Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
as Harry Holt
TV - Released: 9/20/1953

1952

My Son John
My Son John
as Dan Jefferson
Movie - Released: 4/8/1952
Denver and Rio Grande
Denver and Rio Grande
as General William J. Palmer
Movie - Released: 5/16/1952
It Grows on Trees
It Grows on Trees
as Phil Baxter
Movie - Released: 9/2/1952
Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America
TV - Released: 10/1/1952

1951

Rawhide
Rawhide
as Yancy
Movie - Released: 3/25/1951
Warpath
Warpath
as Sam Quade
Movie - Released: 11/22/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as 6th Supreme Court Justice
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Ed Gorman
TV - Released: 10/5/1951

1950

Dark City
Dark City
as Captain Garvey
Movie - Released: 10/17/1950
Sierra
Sierra
as Jeff Hassard
Movie - Released: 5/26/1950
TV
Lux Video Theatre
as John Straley
TV - Released: 10/2/1950

1949

Twelve O'Clock High
Twelve O'Clock High
as Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall
Movie - Released: 12/21/1949
C-Man
C-Man
as Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah
Movie - Released: 5/27/1949

1948

Studio One
Studio One
as Ben Willson
TV - Released: 11/7/1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Charles Burnett
TV - Released: 10/3/1948

1947

Pursued
Pursued
as Grant
Movie - Released: 3/5/1947
Driftwood
Driftwood
as Dr. Steve Webster
Movie - Released: 9/15/1947

1946

Sister Kenny
Sister Kenny
as Kevin Connors
Movie - Released: 10/10/1946

1945

I Live in Grosvenor Square
I Live in Grosvenor Square
as Sgt. John Patterson
Movie - Released: 7/20/1945

1944

When Strangers Marry
When Strangers Marry
as Paul Baxter
Movie - Released: 8/21/1944
Alaska
Alaska
as John Masters
Movie - Released: 11/18/1944

1943

The North Star
The North Star
as Rodion Pavlov
Movie - Released: 11/4/1943
I Escaped from the Gestapo
I Escaped from the Gestapo
as Torgut Lane
Movie - Released: 5/14/1943

1942

Valley of the Sun
Valley of the Sun
as Jim Sawyer
Movie - Released: 2/6/1942
The Omaha Trail
The Omaha Trail
as 'Pipestone' Ross
Movie - Released: 9/1/1942

1941

Western Union
Western Union
as Edward Creighton
Movie - Released: 2/21/1941
The Men in Her Life
The Men in Her Life
as David Gibson
Movie - Released: 10/30/1941

1940

Brigham Young
Brigham Young
as Brigham Young
Movie - Released: 9/27/1940

1938

Having Wonderful Time
Having Wonderful Time
as Charlie (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 7/1/1938

1937

Under Cover of Night
Under Cover of Night
as Alan Shaw
Movie - Released: 1/8/1937
Movie
Exiled to Shanghai
as Charlie Sears
Movie - Released: 12/20/1937
Escape by Night
Escape by Night
as James 'Capper' Regan
Movie - Released: 9/1/1937
Dangerous Number
Dangerous Number
as Dillman
Movie - Released: 1/22/1937
Song of the City
Song of the City
as Paul Herrick
Movie - Released: 4/2/1937
Woman in Distress
Woman in Distress
as Fred Stevens
Movie - Released: 1/17/1937

1936

Revolt of the Zombies
Revolt of the Zombies
as Armand Louque
Movie - Released: 6/4/1936
13 Hours by Air
13 Hours by Air
as Hap Waller
Movie - Released: 4/30/1936
Woman Trap
Woman Trap
as 'Honey' Hogan
Movie - Released: 3/6/1936
Pepper
Pepper
as Bob O'Ryan
Movie - Released: 8/8/1936
Star for a Night
Star for a Night
as Fritz Lind
Movie - Released: 8/28/1936

1935

Wings in the Dark
Wings in the Dark
as Top Harmon
Movie - Released: 2/1/1935
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Adam Larey
Movie - Released: 9/9/1935
Car 99
Car 99
as Trooper Jim Burton
Movie - Released: 3/2/1935
Men Without Names
Men Without Names
as Jones
Movie - Released: 6/29/1935
It's a Great Life
It's a Great Life
as Arnold
Movie - Released: 10/4/1935
People Will Talk
People Will Talk
as Bill Trask
Movie - Released: 5/24/1935
Home on the Range
Home on the Range
as Thurman
Movie - Released: 2/1/1935

1934

You Belong to Me
You Belong to Me
as Military School Instructor
Movie - Released: 9/8/1934
Behold My Wife!
Behold My Wife!
as Pete
Movie - Released: 12/6/1934
College Rhythm
College Rhythm
as Coach Robbins
Movie - Released: 11/23/1934

1930

Whoopee!
Whoopee!
as Deputy (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 9/26/1930

1929

The Woman from Hell
The Woman from Hell
as Jim Coakley
Movie - Released: 4/20/1929