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John George Agar Jr. was an American film and television actor. He is best known for starring alongside John Wayne in the films Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache, and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. In his later career he was the star of B movies, such as Tarantula, The Mole People, The Brain from Planet Arous, Revenge of the Creature, Flesh and the Spur and Hand of Death. He was the first husband of Shirley Temple.
Birth Name
John George Agar
Born
Monday, 31 January 1921
Died
Sunday, 07 April 2002
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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TV's Western Heroes | (archive footage) | 2013 |
Jack Arnold erzählt | Professor Clete Ferguson | 2007 |
The Fearmakers Collection | Self | 2007 |
John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
The Naked Monster | Dr. Clete Ferguson | 2005 |
The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2003 |
The 74th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2002 |
The Vampire Hunters Club | Reggie | 2001 |
Frank Capra's American Dream | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1997 |
100 Years of Horror | Self - Star, 'Tarantula' / Self - Star, 'Invisible Invaders' / Self - Star - 'The Mole People' / Self - Actor | 1996 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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TV's Western Heroes | (archive footage) | 2013 |
Jack Arnold erzählt | Professor Clete Ferguson | 2007 |
The Fearmakers Collection | Self | 2007 |
John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
The Naked Monster | Dr. Clete Ferguson | 2005 |
The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2003 |
The 74th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2002 |
The Vampire Hunters Club | Reggie | 2001 |
Frank Capra's American Dream | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1997 |
100 Years of Horror | Self - Star, 'Tarantula' / Self - Star, 'Invisible Invaders' / Self - Star - 'The Mole People' / Self - Actor | 1996 |
A Century of Science Fiction | Self | 1996 |
Body Bags | Dr. Lang (segment "Eye") / Dr. Lang | 1993 |
Invasion of Privacy | Old Convict | 1992 |
Hooray for Horrorwood | Self | 1991 |
The Republic Pictures Story | Pfc. Peter Conway (clip from Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)) | 1991 |
The Perfect Bride | Gramps | 1991 |
Fear | Leonard Scott Levy | 1990 |
Nightbreed | Gas Station Attendant / Victim / Decker's Victim | 1990 |
Perfect Victims | Dog-Walking Neighbor / Neighbor walking his dog | 1988 |
Miracle Mile | Ivan Peters | 1988 |
Horrible Horror | Major Bruce Jay, In clips from 'Invisible Invaders' / Major Bruce Jay in 'Invisible Invaders' | 1986 |
The Twilight Zone | Pop (segment "A Day in Beaumont") | 1985 |
Moonlighting | Self | 1985 |
Highway to Heaven | Morton Clay | 1984 |
Coming Soon | edited from 'Tarantula' | 1982 |
Mr. No Legs | Police Captain / Police Capt. Hathaway | 1978 |
King Kong | City Official | 1976 |
Charlie's Angels | Col. Blaylock | 1976 |
Police Story | Hammack | 1973 |
Big Jake | Bert Ryan | 1971 |
The Smith Family | Jim Thorne | 1971 |
Chisum | Amos Patton | 1970 |
The Undefeated | Christian | 1969 |
The Name of the Game | Bert Walker | 1968 |
Curse of the Swamp Creature | Barry Rogers | 1968 |
The Movie Orgy | Self (archival footage) | 1968 |
Hell Raiders | Maj. Ronald Paxton | 1968 |
Zontar: The Thing from Venus | Dr. Curt Taylor | 1967 |
Night Fright | Sheriff Clint Crawford | 1967 |
Hondo | Frank James | 1967 |
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Dion O'Bannion | 1967 |
Family Affair | Gabe | 1966 |
Waco | George Gates | 1966 |
Women of the Prehistoric Planet | Dr. Farrell | 1966 |
Johnny Reno | Ed Tomkins | 1966 |
Branded | The Sheriff | 1965 |
Young Fury | Dawson | 1964 |
Stage to Thunder Rock | Dan Carrouthers | 1964 |
Law of the Lawless | Pete Stone | 1964 |
The Victors | Self | 1963 |
Of Love and Desire | Gus Cole | 1963 |
The Young and the Brave | Intelligence Captain | 1963 |
Combat! | Capt. Thorpe | 1962 |
The Virginian | Tom Anders / Joe Williams | 1962 |
Journey to the Seventh Planet | Capt. Don Graham | 1962 |
Hand of Death | Alex Marsh | 1962 |
Fall Girl | Joe McElroy | 1961 |
Ripcord | Warrant Officer Frank Pierson | 1961 |
The Best of the Post | Lt. Larry Bronsford | 1960 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
Raymie | Ike | 1960 |
Invisible Invaders | Maj. Bruce Jay | 1959 |
Rawhide | Lon Grant / Mike Anderson | 1959 |
Destination Space | Col. Matthews | 1959 |
Frontier Gun | Sheriff Jim Crayle | 1958 |
Bat Masterson | Sam Phelps | 1958 |
Lawman | Jim Martin | 1958 |
Attack of the Puppet People | Bob Westley | 1958 |
Jet Attack | Capt. Tom Arnett | 1958 |
The Day of the Trumpet | Sgt. Judd Norcutt | 1958 |
Ride a Violent Mile | Jeff Donner | 1957 |
The Brain from Planet Arous | Steve March | 1957 |
Perry Mason | Kenneth Baxter | 1957 |
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll | George Hastings | 1957 |
Joe Butterfly | Sgt. Dick Mason / Sergeant Dick Mason | 1957 |
Whirlybirds | Danny Flynn | 1957 |
The Mole People | Dr. Roger Bentley | 1956 |
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Lt Arnold Van Dyke | 1956 |
Flesh and the Spur | Luke Random / Matt Random | 1956 |
Star in the Dust | Sheriff Bill Jorden | 1956 |
Tarantula | Dr. Matt Hastings | 1955 |
Hold Back Tomorrow | Joe Cardos | 1955 |
The Lonesome Trail | Johnny Rush | 1955 |
Revenge of the Creature | Prof. Clete Ferguson | 1955 |
The Golden Mistress | Bill Buchanan | 1954 |
Climax! | Larry Dorrant | 1954 |
Shield for Murder | Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster / Mark Brewster | 1954 |
The Rocket Man | Tom Baxter | 1954 |
Bait | Ray Brighton | 1954 |
Man of Conflict | Ray Compton | 1953 |
The Loretta Young Show | Lloyd | 1953 |
General Electric Theater | Marvin Potter | 1953 |
Woman of the North Country | David Powell | 1952 |
Death Valley Days | Dr. Charles Edwards | 1952 |
The Unexpected | Alan Liveright | 1952 |
The Magic Carpet | The Scarlet Falcon / Abdullah al Husan / Dr. Ramoth / Ramoth | 1951 |
Schlitz Playhouse | Otis Tack | 1951 |
Along the Great Divide | Billy Shear | 1951 |
Breakthrough | Lt. Joe Mallory | 1950 |
Sands of Iwo Jima | Pfc. Peter Conway / PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway | 1950 |
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Lt. Flint Cohill | 1949 |
The Woman on Pier 13 | Don Lowry | 1949 |
Adventure in Baltimore | Tom Wade | 1949 |
Fireside Theatre | John Cushing | 1949 |
Fort Apache | 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke | 1948 |