Actor

Dean Jagger

Birthday: November 7, 1903

Born in: Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA

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).

Movie Credits

Elvis: A Life in Music (2026) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 122
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney (2000) as Major General Thomas F. Waverly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 97
Evil Town (1987) as Doctor Schaeffer
Age: 83
Alligator (1980) as Slade
Age: 77
Gideon's Trumpet (1980) as 6th Supreme Court Justice
Age: 76
Game of Death (1978) as Dr. Land
Age: 74
End of the World (1977) as Ray Collins
Age: 73
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976) as Koehler
Age: 72
Dr. Shagetz (1975) as Dr. Shagetz
Age: 71
The Great Lester Boggs (1974)
Age: 70
The Hanged Man (1974) as Josiah Lowe
Age: 70
I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973) as Jim Wallace
Age: 70
The Lie (1973) as Arnold Edgarton
Age: 69
The Stranger (1973) as Carl Webster
Age: 69
So Sad About Gloria (1973) as Frederick Wellman
Age: 69
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment (1972) as Matthew Keller
Age: 68
The Glass House (1972) as Warden Auerbach
Age: 68
Incident in San Francisco (1971) as Sam Baldwin
Age: 67
Vanishing Point (1971) as Prospector
Age: 67
The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970) as Chad Harmon
Age: 66
The Kremlin Letter (1970) as Highwayman
Age: 66
Tiger by the Tail (1970) as Top Polk
Age: 66
The Lonely Profession (1969) as Charles Van Cleve
Age: 65
Smith! (1969) as Judge James C. Brown
Age: 65
Day of the Evil Gun (1968) as Jimmy Noble
Age: 64
Firecreek (1968) as Whittier
Age: 64
First to Fight (1967) as Colonel Baseman
Age: 63
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) as John Noble
Age: 59
The Honeymoon Machine (1961) as Admiral Fitch
Age: 57
Parrish (1961) as Sala Post
Age: 57
Elmer Gantry (1960) as William L. Morgan
Age: 56
Cash McCall (1960) as Grant Austen
Age: 56
The Nun's Story (1959) as Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
Age: 55
King Creole (1958) as Mr. Fisher
Age: 54
The Proud Rebel (1958) as Harry Burleigh
Age: 54
The Dark Side of the Earth (1957) as Anton Rojas
Age: 53
Forty Guns (1957) as Sheriff Ned Logan
Age: 53
Bernardine (1957) as J. Fullerton Weldy
Age: 53
Armored Attack! (1957) as as Rodion Pavlov
Age: 53
The Great Man (1956) as Philip Carleton
Age: 53
Three Brave Men (1956) as John W. Rogers
Age: 53
X: The Unknown (1956) as Dr. Adam Royston
Age: 52
On the Threshold of Space (1956) as Dr. Hugo Thornton
Age: 52
Red Sundown (1956) as Jade Murphy
Age: 52
It's a Dog's Life (1955) as Mr. Wyndham
Age: 52
The Eternal Sea (1955) as Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple
Age: 51
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) as Tim Horn
Age: 51
White Christmas (1954) as General Waverly
Age: 50
Private Hell 36 (1954) as Police Capt. Michaels
Age: 50
Executive Suite (1954) as Jesse Q. Grimm
Age: 50
The Robe (1953) as Justus
Age: 49
It Grows on Trees (1952) as Phil Baxter
Age: 48
Denver and Rio Grande (1952) as General William J. Palmer
Age: 48
My Son John (1952) as Dan Jefferson
Age: 48
Warpath (1951) as Sam Quade
Age: 48
Rawhide (1951) as Yancy
Age: 47
Dark City (1950) as Captain Garvey
Age: 46
Sierra (1950) as Jeff Hassard
Age: 46
Twelve O'Clock High (1949) as Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall
Age: 46
C-Man (1949) as Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah
Age: 45
Driftwood (1947) as Dr. Steve Webster
Age: 43
Pursued (1947) as Grant
Age: 43
Sister Kenny (1946) as Kevin Connors
Age: 42
I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945) as Sgt. John Patterson
Age: 41
Alaska (1944) as John Masters
Age: 41
When Strangers Marry (1944) as Paul Baxter
Age: 40
The North Star (1943) as Rodion Pavlov
Age: 39
I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943) as Torgut Lane
Age: 39
The Omaha Trail (1942) as 'Pipestone' Ross
Age: 38
Valley of the Sun (1942) as Jim Sawyer
Age: 38
The Men in Her Life (1941) as David Gibson
Age: 37
Western Union (1941) as Edward Creighton
Age: 37
Brigham Young (1940) as Brigham Young
Age: 36
Having Wonderful Time (1938) as Charlie (uncredited)
Age: 34
Exiled to Shanghai (1937) as Charlie Sears
Age: 34
Escape by Night (1937) as James 'Capper' Regan
Age: 33
Song of the City (1937) as Paul Herrick
Age: 33
Dangerous Number (1937) as Dillman
Age: 33
Woman in Distress (1937) as Fred Stevens
Age: 33
Under Cover of Night (1937) as Alan Shaw
Age: 33
Star for a Night (1936) as Fritz Lind
Age: 32
Pepper (1936) as Bob O'Ryan
Age: 32
Revolt of the Zombies (1936) as Armand Louque
Age: 32
13 Hours by Air (1936) as Hap Waller
Age: 32
Woman Trap (1936) as 'Honey' Hogan
Age: 32
It's a Great Life (1935) as Arnold
Age: 31
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935) as Adam Larey
Age: 31
Men Without Names (1935) as Agent Jones
Age: 31
People Will Talk (1935) as Bill Trask
Age: 31
Car 99 (1935) as Trooper Jim Burton
Age: 31
Wings in the Dark (1935) as Top Harmon
Age: 31
Home on the Range (1935) as Thurman
Age: 31
Behold My Wife! (1934) as Pete
Age: 31
College Rhythm (1934) as Coach Robbins
Age: 31
You Belong to Me (1934) as Military School Instructor
Age: 30
Whoopee! (1930) as Deputy (uncredited)
Age: 26
The Woman from Hell (1929) as Jim Coakley
Age: 25