Dean Jagger
Dean Jagger (born November 7, 1903 in Columbus Grove , Ohio - † February 5, 1991 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American actor . For his appearance in the war drama The Commander , he received the Oscar in the category of Best Supporting Actor in 1950 .
life and career
Dean Jagger was born into a farming family in rural Ohio. After attending Wabash College in Crawfordsville , Indiana , he worked as an elementary school teacher for some time before turning to acting. He gained his first experience in vaudeville shows, plays and on the radio. He made his film debut in 1929 in The Woman from Hell alongside Mary Astor . In Hollywood, attempts were initially made to cast Jagger in the lead roles with little success. Ultimately, however, the robust-looking actor, who tended to go bald early on, found his position as a successful supporting actor who could credibly embody both kind-hearted and malicious characters.
Jagger shot particularly often in the western genre, for example in the films Treck nach Utah with Tyrone Power , Raid the Ogalalla with Randolph Scott and Persecuted with Robert Mitchum . In 1949 Jagger took on the role of Major Harvey Stovall in Henry King's war drama The Commander . For this he was honored with the trophy for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards in 1950 . Other than that, Jagger often played high-ranking officers, for example in the Christmas classic White Christmas (1954) alongside Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye . In 1968 he starred alongside Henry Fonda and James Stewart in the western The Five Birds Free . Other well-known films with Jagger include Das Gewand (1953), Forty Guns (1957), Elmer Gantry (1960), Vanishing Point San Francisco (1971) and Bruce Lee - My Last Fight (1978).
In the 1930s and 1940s Jagger played parallel to his film career in a total of eight Broadway productions, including the hit play The Tabak Street . Since the 1950s, he has been a frequent guest actor on television. From 1963 to 1964, former teacher Jagger played the role of headmaster in the television series Mr. Novak , which earned him two Emmy nominations . In the 1980s, Jagger ended his acting career with a guest role in the hospital series Chief Doctor Dr. End Westphall . He died in 1991 at the age of 87, leaving behind his third wife Etta, a daughter and two step-sons.
Filmography (selection)
- 1929: The Woman from Hell
- 1930: Whoopee!
- 1935: Light in the Dark (Wings in the Dark)
- 1938: Having Wonderful Time
- 1940: Trek to Utah (Brigham Young - Frontiersman)
- 1941: Raid of the Ogalalla (Western Union)
- 1943: The North Star
- 1946: Sister Kenny (Sister Kenny)
- 1947: Pursued (Pursued)
- 1949: The Commander (Twelve O'Clock High)
- 1951: On the Sioux stake (Warpath)
- 1951: Two in the Trap (Rawhide)
- 1953: The Robe (The Robe)
- 1954: The Intriguers (Executive Suite)
- 1954: White Christmas ( White Christmas )
- 1954: Hell 36 ( Private Hell 36 )
- 1955: Stadt in Angst ( Bad Day at Black Rock )
- 1956: XX Unknown ( X The Unknown )
- 1956: On the Trail of Death ( Red Sundown )
- 1957: Forty Guns ( Forty Guns )
- 1958: The proud rebel ( The Proud Rebel )
- 1959: The Nun's Story ( The Nun's Story )
- 1960: Elmer Gantry
- 1961: His name was Parrish ( Parrish )
- 1962: Play With Me ( Billy Rose's Jumbo )
- 1963–1965: Mr. Novak (TV series, 46 episodes)
- 1966: On the Run ( The Fugitive ; TV series, 1 episode)
- 1968: The Five Bird Free ( Firecreek )
- 1968: Totem ( Day of the Evil Gun )
- 1970: The letter to the Kremlin ( The Kremlin Letter )
- 1970: The Brotherhood of the Bell (TV movie)
- 1971: Vanishing Point ( Vanishing Point )
- 1971: Bonanza (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1972: Columbo - When the Ice Cream Man Comes ( The Most Crucial Game ; TV movie)
- 1972: Das Glashaus ( The Glass House ; TV movie)
- 1976: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (TV movie)
- 1977: The World's End ( End of the World )
- 1978: Bruce Lee - My Last Fight ( Game of Death )
- 1979: The Waltons ( The Waltons ; TV Series, 1 episode)
- 1980: The Horror Alligator ( Alligator )
- 1985: Chief Physician Dr. Westphall ( St. Elsewhere ; TV series, 1 episode)
Web links
- Dean Jagger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dean Jagger in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dean Jagger at Allmovie
- ^ Dean Jagger at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ Obituary for Dean Jagger in the New York Times
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jagger, Dean |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1903 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Columbus Grove |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th February 1991 |
Place of death | Santa Monica |