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Born: 7 November 1903 Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA
Died:Santa Monica, California, USA. (heart disease)
Spouse:Gloria Ling (25 January 1947 - 1967) (divorced) 1 daughter
Antoinette Lawrence (27 January 1935 - 1943) (divorced)
Etta Mae Norton Winger

Dean Jagger played Elvis' father Mr. Fisher in King Creole.

Dean Jagger was born in Lima, Ohio, on November 7, 1903. He dropped out of high school twice before finally graduating from Wabash College. Working first as a school teacher, he soon became interested in acting and enrolled at Chicago's "Lyceum Art Conservatory". Mr. Jagger made his first movie and only silent film, Woman from Hell, The (1929) in 1929, starring Mary Astor. During 1929 he also appeared in the film Handcuffed (1929). He quickly found his niche as a character actor and the highlight of his career was winning an Oscar for "Best Supporting Actor," in the 1949 movie Twelve O'clock High (1949). Dean played Principal Albert Vane on TV for the 1963-1964 season of "Mr. Novak" (1963). Dean Jagger died in Santa Monica, California, on February 5, 1991.

Filmography

• Evil Town (1987)
• Alligator (1980) .... Slade
• Gideon's Trumpet (1980) (TV) .... 6th Supreme Court Justice
• Game of Death (1978) .... Dr. Land
... aka Bruce Lee's Game of Death (1978) ... aka Goodbye Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death (1978) ... aka Si wang you ju (1978) • End of the World (1977) .... Ray Collins
• Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, The (1976) (TV) .... Koehler
• Great Lester Boggs, The (1975) .... Grandather Vandiver
... aka Hardheads, The (1975) ... aka Hootch Country Boys, The (1975) ... aka Redneck County (1975) • God Bless Dr. Shagetz (1974)
• Hanged Man, The (1974) (TV) .... Josiah Lowe
• So Sad About Gloria (1973) .... Frederick Wellman ... aka Visions of Doom (1973) (USA) ... aka Visions of Evil (1973) (USA: video title)
• I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973) (TV) .... Bishop
• Stranger, The (1973) (TV) .... Carl Webster ... aka Stranded in Space (1973) (TV)
• Columbo: The Most Crucial Game (1972) (TV) .... Walter Cunnell
• Delphi Bureau, The (1972) (TV) .... Matthew Keller
• Glass House, The (1972) (TV) .... Warden Auerbach ... aka Truman Capote's the Glass House (1972) (TV)
• Incident in San Francisco (1971) (TV) .... Sam Baldwin
• Vanishing Point (1971) .... Prospector and Snake Catcher
• Brotherhood of the Bell, The (1970) (TV) .... Chad Harmon
• Kremlin Letter, The (1970) .... Highwayman
• Lonely Profession, The (1969) (TV) .... Charles Van Cleve
• Smith! (1969) .... Judge
• Tiger by the Tail (1968) .... Top Polk
• Day of the Evil Gun (1968) .... Jimmy Noble
• Firecreek (1968) .... Whittier
• First to Fight (1967) .... Lt. Col. Baseman
• "Mr. Novak" (1963) TV Series .... Principal Albert Vane (1963 - 1964)
• Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) .... John Noble
• Honeymoon Machine, The (1961) .... Adm. Fitch
• Parrish (1961) .... Sala Post
• Elmer Gantry (1960) .... William L. Morgan
• Cash McCall (1960) .... Grant Austen
• Nun's Story, The (1959) .... Dr. Van Der Mal
• Smoke Jumpers (1958)
• King Creole (1958) .... Mr. Fisher
• Proud Rebel, The (1958) .... Harry Burleigh
• Forty Guns (1957) .... Sheriff Ned Logan
• Bombers B-52 (1957) ... aka No Sleep Till Dawn (1957) (UK)
• Bernardine (1957) .... J. Fullerton Weldy
• Great Man, The (1957) .... Philip Carleton
• Three Brave Men (1956) .... Rogers
• X the Unknown (1956) .... Dr. Adam Royston
• Red Sundown (1956) .... Sheriff Jade Murphy
• On the Threshold of Space (1956) .... Dr. Hugh Thornton
• It's a Dog's Life (1955) .... Mr. Wyndham ... aka Bar Sinister (1955) (USA: reissue title)
• Eternal Sea, The (1955) .... Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple
• Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) .... Sheriff Tim Horn
• White Christmas (1954) .... General Thomas F. Waverly
• Private Hell 36 (1954) .... Captain Michaels
• Executive Suite (1954) .... Jesse Q. Grimm
• Robe, The (1953) .... Justus
• It Grows on Trees (1952) .... Phil Baxter
• Denver and Rio Grande (1952) .... Gen. William J. Palmer
• My Son John (1952) .... Dan Jefferson
• Warpath (1951) .... Sam Quade
• Rawhide (1951) .... Yancy ... aka Desperate Siege (1951) (USA: reissue title)
• Dark City (1950) .... Capt. Garvey
• Sierra (1950) .... Jeff Hassard
• Twelve O'Clock High (1949) .... Maj. Harvey Stovall
• C-Man (1949) .... Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah
• Driftwood (1947) .... Dr. Steve Webster
• Pursued (1947) .... Grant Callum
• Sister Kenny (1946) .... Kevin Connors
• I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945) .... Sgt. John Patterson ... aka Yank in London, A (1946) (USA)
• Alaska (1944) .... U.S. Marshal Masters
• When Strangers Marry (1944) .... Paul Baxter ... aka Betrayed (1944) (USA: reissue title)
• North Star, The (1943) .... Rodion ... aka Armored Attack (1943) (USA: recut version)
• I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943) .... Torgut Lane, Forger ... aka No Escape (1943) (UK)
• Omaha Trail, The (1942) .... 'Pipestone' Ross
• Valley of the Sun (1942) .... Jim Sawyer
• Men in Her Life, The (1941) .... David Gibson
• Western Union (1941) .... Edward 'Ed' Creighton, Western Union Chief Engineer
• Brigham Young - Frontiersman (1940) .... Brigham Young ... aka Brigham Young (1940) ... aka Brigham Young - Frontiersman (1940) (UK)
• Having Wonderful Time (1938) (uncredited) .... Charlie, Emma's Husband ... aka Having a Wonderful Time (1938)
• Exiled to Shanghai (1937) .... Fred Sears
• Escape by Night (1937) .... Capper Regan
• Song of the City (1937) (as Jeffrey Dean) .... Paul Herrick
• Dangerous Number (1937) .... Vance Dillman
• Woman in Distress (1937) .... Fred Stevens
• Under Cover of Night (1937) .... Alan Shaw
• Star for a Night (1936) .... Fritz Lind
• Pepper (1936) .... Bob O'Ryan ... aka Public Nuisance No. 1 (1936/II)
• Revolt of the Zombies (1936) .... Armand Louque
• Thirteen Hours by Air (1936) .... Hap Waller
• Woman Trap (1936) .... 'Honey' Hogan
• It's a Great Life (1935) .... Arnold
• Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935) .... Adam Larey
• Men Without Names (1935) .... Jones
• People Will Talk (1935) .... Bill Trask
• Car 99 (1935) .... Trooper Jim Burton
• Home on the Range (1935) .... Thurman
• Wings in the Dark (1935) .... Tops Harmon
• Behold My Wife (1934) .... Pete
• College Rhythm (1934) .... Coach
• You Belong to Me (1934) .... Instructor
• Whoopee! (1930) (uncredited) .... Deputy
• Handcuffed (1929) .... Gerald Morely
• Woman from Hell, The (1929) .... Jim Coakley

Himself - filmography

• Screen Snapshots Series 34, No. 6: Hollywood Shower of Stars (1955) .... Himself
• 25th Annual Academy Awards, The (1953) (TV) .... Himself

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