Dean Jagger

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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)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dean Jagger at Allmovie
  2. ^ Dean Jagger at the Internet Broadway Database
  3. ^ Obituary for Dean Jagger in the New York Times
personal data
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