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Dean Jeffries Jagger was an American film, stage and television actor who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Henry King's Twelve O'Clock High (1949).
Birth Name
Ira Dean Jagger
Born
Saturday, 07 November 1903
Died
Tuesday, 05 February 1991
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| I Am a Disciple | Arthur Nelson Page | 2016 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Armand Louque | 2005 |
| Evil Town | Doctor Schaeffer / Dr. Schaeffer | 1987 |
| Horrible Horror | Armand Louque, In clips from 'Revolt of the Zombies' / Armand Louque in 'Revolt of the Zombies' | 1986 |
| St. Elsewhere | Dr. David Domedion | 1982 |
| Alligator | Slade | 1980 |
| Gideon's Trumpet | Sixth Supreme Court Justice / 6th Supreme Court Justice | 1980 |
| Game of Death | Dr. Land | 1978 |
| End of the World | Ray Collins / Collins | 1977 |
| Hunter | Arthur Nelson Page | 1976 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| I Am a Disciple | Arthur Nelson Page | 2016 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Armand Louque | 2005 |
| Evil Town | Doctor Schaeffer / Dr. Schaeffer | 1987 |
| Horrible Horror | Armand Louque, In clips from 'Revolt of the Zombies' / Armand Louque in 'Revolt of the Zombies' | 1986 |
| St. Elsewhere | Dr. David Domedion | 1982 |
| Alligator | Slade | 1980 |
| Gideon's Trumpet | Sixth Supreme Court Justice / 6th Supreme Court Justice | 1980 |
| Game of Death | Dr. Land | 1978 |
| End of the World | Ray Collins / Collins | 1977 |
| Hunter | Arthur Nelson Page | 1976 |
| The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Koehler | 1976 |
| The Great Lester Boggs | Grandather Vandiver | 1974 |
| The Hanged Man | Josiah Lowe | 1974 |
| Hanged Man, The | Josiah Lowe | 1974 |
| I Heard the Owl Call My Name | Bishop / Jim Wallace | 1973 |
| Shaft | Judge McCormick | 1973 |
| Love Story | Great Grandfather | 1973 |
| So Sad About Gloria | Frederick Wellman / Fredrick Wellman | 1973 |
| Harry O | Simon Applequist | 1973 |
| The Stranger | Carl Webster | 1973 |
| The Waltons | Professor Bowen | 1972 |
| The Delphi Bureau | Matthew Keller / Quick | 1972 |
| Kung Fu | Henry Raphael Caine | 1972 |
| The Glass House | Warden Auerbach | 1972 |
| Columbo | Walter Cunnell | 1971 |
| Vanishing Point | Prospector | 1971 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Mark Tisdale | 1971 |
| The Partridge Family | Charlie | 1970 |
| Matt Lincoln | Dr. Matthew Lincoln Sr. / Matt Lincoln Sr | 1970 |
| The Brotherhood of the Bell | Chad Harmon | 1970 |
| Men at Law | Karl Holder | 1970 |
| The Kremlin Letter | Highwayman | 1970 |
| Tiger by the Tail | Top Polk | 1970 |
| It's Your Bet | Self | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Boom | 1969 |
| Smith! | Judge James C. Brown | 1969 |
| The Name of the Game | Senator Tom Ellis | 1968 |
| Day of the Evil Gun | Jimmy Noble | 1968 |
| Firecreek | Whittier | 1968 |
| First to Fight | Colonel Baseman / Lt. Col. E.J. Baseman | 1967 |
| The F.B.I. | Bishop John Atwood | 1965 |
| Mr. Novak | Principal Albert Vane / Albert Vane | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Tony Donovan | 1963 |
| Billy Rose's Jumbo | John Noble | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | George Davies | 1962 |
| Dr. Kildare | Lt. Gen. John Sparrow | 1961 |
| The Honeymoon Machine | Admiral Fitch | 1961 |
| Parrish | Sala Post | 1961 |
| Elmer Gantry | William L. Morgan | 1960 |
| Cash McCall | Grant Austen | 1960 |
| Our American Heritage | General Robert E. Lee | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Ed Lindsay | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Gen. Ira Cloninger | 1959 |
| The Nun's Story | Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal | 1959 |
| Frontier Justice | Bart / Bert | 1958 |
| King Creole | Mr. Fisher | 1958 |
| The Proud Rebel | Harry Burleigh | 1958 |
| Forty Guns | Sheriff Ned Logan | 1957 |
| Bernardine | J. Fullerton Weldy | 1957 |
| Three Brave Men | John W. Rogers - Secretary of the Navy / John W. Rogers | 1956 |
| The Great Man | Philip Carleton | 1956 |
| X the Unknown | Dr. Adam Royston | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Bert Ensign | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Anton Rojas | 1956 |
| On the Threshold of Space | Dr. Hugo Thornton | 1956 |
| Red Sundown | Sheriff Jade Murphy | 1956 |
| It's a Dog's Life | Mr. Wyndham | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Chief Fred Anderson | 1955 |
| The Eternal Sea | Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple | 1955 |
| Bad Day at Black Rock | Tim Horn | 1955 |
| White Christmas | Major General Thomas F. Waverly / General Waverly | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Jim Collins | 1954 |
| Private Hell 36 | Police Capt. Michaels | 1954 |
| Executive Suite | Jesse Q. Grimm | 1954 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Harry Holt | 1953 |
| The Robe | Justus | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Adam 'Mister Doc' Darrow | 1953 |
| It Grows on Trees | Phil Baxter | 1952 |
| Denver & Rio Grande | General William J. Palmer / Gen. William J. Palmer | 1952 |
| My Son John | Dan Jefferson | 1952 |
| Warpath | Sam Quade | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Ed Gorman | 1951 |
| Rawhide | Yancy | 1951 |
| Dark City | Capt. Garvey / Captain Garvey | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | John Straley | 1950 |
| Sierra | Jeff Hassard | 1950 |
| Twelve O'Clock High | Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall / Maj. Stovall | 1949 |
| 'C'-Man | Cliff Holden - alias William Harrah / Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah | 1949 |
| Studio One | Ben Willson | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Charles Burnett | 1948 |
| The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | The Killer | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Jessie Q. Grimm in 'Executive Suite' | 1948 |
| Driftwood | Dr. Steve Webster | 1947 |
| Pursued | Grant Callum / Grant | 1947 |
| Sister Kenny | Kevin Connors | 1946 |
| A Yank in London | Sgt. John Patterson | 1945 |
| Alaska | U.S. Marshal John Masters / John Masters | 1944 |
| When Strangers Marry | Paul Baxter | 1944 |
| The North Star | Rodion Pavlov | 1943 |
| I Escaped from the Gestapo | Torgut Lane | 1943 |
| The Omaha Trail | 'Pipestone' Ross | 1942 |
| Valley of the Sun | Jim Sawyer | 1942 |
| The Men in Her Life | David Gibson | 1941 |
| Western Union | Edward Creighton | 1941 |
| Brigham Young | Brigham Young | 1940 |
| Having Wonderful Time | Charlie - Emma's Husband | 1938 |
| Exiled to Shanghai | Charlie Sears | 1937 |
| Escape by Night | James 'Capper' Regan | 1937 |
| Song of the City | Paul Herrick | 1937 |
| Dangerous Number | Vance Dillman / Dillman | 1937 |
| Woman in Distress | Fred Stevens | 1937 |
| Under Cover of Night | Alan Shaw | 1937 |
| Star for a Night | Fritz Lind | 1936 |
| Pepper | Bob O'Ryan | 1936 |
| Revolt of the Zombies | Armand Louque | 1936 |
| 13 Hours by Air | Hap Waller | 1936 |
| Woman Trap | 'Honey' Hogan | 1936 |
| It's a Great Life | Arnold | 1935 |
| Wanderer of the Wasteland | Adam Larey | 1935 |
| Men Without Names | Jones | 1935 |
| People Will Talk | Bill Trask | 1935 |
| Car 99 | Trooper Jim Burton / Recruit Burton | 1935 |
| Home on the Range | Thurman | 1935 |
| Wings in the Dark | Top Harmon | 1935 |
| Behold My Wife! | Pete | 1934 |
| College Rhythm | Coach Robbins | 1934 |
| You Belong to Me | Military School Instructor | 1934 |
| Whoopee! | Deputy | 1930 |
| Handcuffed | Gerald Morely | 1929 |
| The Woman from Hell | Jim Coakley | 1929 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1965 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers | Nominated |
| 1964 | Emmy | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead) | Nominated |
| 1950 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
