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Selmer Jackson
Born · May 6, 1888
Died · March 30, 1971 (82 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Lake Mills, Iowa, USA
Bio
Selmer Jackson (May 7, 1888 - March 30, 1971) was an American stage, film and television actor who appeared in nearly 400 films between 1921 and 1963.
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
10.0
1984
The Wheeler Dealers
Businessman (uncredited)
6.2
1963
The Gallant Hours
6.7
1960
The Atomic Submarine
Admiral Terhune
5.3
1959
The Lost Missile
The Secretary of State
4.6
1958
Autumn Leaves
Mr. Wetherby
7.0
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Butler · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Henry · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Clergyman · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Reverend · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Minister · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Devil Goddess
Prof. Carl Blakely
5.5
1955
Navy Log
(1 episode)
4.5
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
(1 episode)
6.6
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Mayor Hoover · (8 episodes)
6.6
1955
The Millionaire
Dr. Jim O'Toole · (1 episode)
5.0
1955
City Story
0.0
1954
Annie Oakley
John Cromby - Rancher · (1 episode)
5.2
1954
Sky Commando
Gen. Carson
5.5
1953
Jack McCall, Desperado
Col. Brand
5.3
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
Gen. Maddux · (1 episode)
7.0
1952
Adventures of Superman
Col. Jack Redding · (2 episodes)
6.7
1952
Adventures of Superman
Gen. Summers · (1 episode)
6.7
1952
We're Not Married!
Chaplain Hall (uncredited)
5.9
1952
Young Man with Ideas
Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)
4.7
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(1 episode)
8.7
1951
Elopement
Dr. Halsey (uncredited)
5.0
1951
Purple Heart Diary
Col. Tappen
0.0
1951
That's My Boy
Doc Hunter
5.8
1951
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas
Governor
5.0
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Governor · (1 episode)
4.5
1951
Bowery Battalion
Col. Masters
8.0
1951
The Living Christ
Pharisee · (1 episode)
5.0
1951
The Flying Missile
Col. Halliburton
4.8
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Dr. Allen · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre
General · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Dr. Curlin · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Mr. Coswell · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Edgar Wellman · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Lucky Losers
David Thurston
5.8
1950
Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras
Selmer Jackson
0.0
1950
No Man of Her Own
Minister (uncredited)
6.9
1950
Gunmen of Abilene
Dr. Johnson
6.0
1950
Mark of the Gorilla
Warden Frank R. Bentley
3.6
1950
Squadron of Doom
Meredith
0.0
1949
Renegades of the Sage
Brown
0.0
1949
Forgotten Women
Judge Donnell
0.0
1949
Sorrowful Jones
Doctor (uncredited)
6.1
1949
The Fountainhead
Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
6.9
1949
Tulsa
Oilman (uncredited)
6.3
1949
Alaska Patrol
Capt. Wright
0.0
1949
Every Girl Should Be Married
Clergyman (uncredited)
6.4
1948
The Dark Past
Warden Benson (uncredited)
5.8
1948
Sealed Verdict
Dr. Bossin
5.5
1948
The Girl from Manhattan
Dr. Moseby
5.0
1948
The Gentleman from Nowhere
District Attorney
6.0
1948
Pitfall
Ed Brawley
6.9
1948
Dream Girl
Judge Jed Allerton
4.5
1948
Blonde Ice
District Attorney Ed Chalmers
5.7
1948
Stage Struck
Mr. Howard
5.6
1948
The Fuller Brush Man
Henry Seward (uncredited)
5.8
1948
The Cobra Strikes
Dr. Keating
5.0
1948
High Wall
Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)
6.2
1947
Key Witness
Edward Clemmons
4.6
1947
Magic Town
Stringer
6.7
1947
The Pretender
Charles Lennox
5.5
1947
Stepchild
Judge
0.0
1947
Sarge Goes to College
Marine Capt. R.S. Handler
4.0
1947
A Likely Story
Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)
4.2
1947
The Thirteenth Hour
Judge William B. Collins
5.8
1947
San Quentin
Rev. Eckles (uncredited)
6.3
1946
Boston Blackie and the Law
Warden Lund
6.0
1946
Wife Wanted
Lowell Cornell
6.5
1946
Child of Divorce
Dr. Sterling
6.0
1946
Dangerous Money
Ship's Doctor
5.7
1946
The Time of Their Lives
Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)
7.0
1946
She Wrote the Book
Fielding
6.0
1946
The French Key
Walter Winslow
5.0
1946
The Glass Alibi
Dr. Lawson
4.1
1946
Mysterious Intruder
Dr. Connell (Uncredited)
5.8
1946
Shock
Dr. Blair
5.9
1946
Black Market Babies
5.0
1945
Dakota
Dr. Judson
5.1
1945
Allotment Wives
Deacon Sam
6.0
1945
Purity Squad
Darles F. Peters (uncredited)
0.0
1945
This Love of Ours
Dr. Melnik
5.7
1945
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
RCMP Superintendant MacDonald
5.8
1945
First Yank into Tokyo
Col. Blaine (uncredited)
5.4
1945
Out of This World
Doctor
7.3
1945
A Sporting Chance
John Smalley
0.0
1945
Thrill of a Romance
2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
6.2
1945
Circumstantial Evidence
Warden
4.8
1945
Forever Yours
Williams
0.0
1945
Sheriff of Las Vegas
Arthur Stanton
4.5
1944
She's a Sweetheart
General
0.0
1944
Stars on Parade
J. L. Carson
0.0
1944
Patrolling the Ether
Chief of Radio Intelligence Division
0.0
1944
Hey, Rookie
Col. Robbins
0.0
1944
Around the World
Consul
5.0
1943
Guadalcanal Diary
Col. Thompson (uncredited)
5.6
1943
Honeymoon Lodge
Carol's Lawyer
0.0
1943
Flight for Freedom
Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.2
1943
It Ain't Hay
Grant
6.4
1943
Harrigan's Kid
Mr. Ranley
0.0
1943
Margin for Error
Medical Examiner
5.7
1943
You Can't Beat the Law
Mr. Bedford
5.2
1943
Reconnaissance Pilot
Lt. General
0.0
1943
Madame Spy
Harrison K. Woods
6.0
1942
Thunder Birds
Bit role
5.4
1942
Get Hep to Love
George Arnold, Insurance Man
4.0
1942
The Secret Code
Maj. Henry Barton
5.1
1942
Cairo
Ship Captain (uncredited)
5.8
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Sersen
5.8
1942
Thru Different Eyes
Chaplain
0.0
1942
My Favorite Spy
Minister at Wedding
5.2
1942
Powder Town
Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)
3.7
1942
Miss Annie Rooney
Mr. Thomas
6.3
1942
The Falcon Takes Over
Laird Burnett (Uncredited)
6.0
1942
Meet the Stewarts
Club Member (uncredited)
6.0
1942
Romance on the Range
Lawyer Harrison
5.7
1942
Saboteur
FBI Chief (uncredited)
6.9
1942
Secret Agent of Japan
American Navy Captain
4.5
1942
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Judge
5.1
1942
Frisco Lil
8.0
1942
Joe Smith, American
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
5.7
1942
A Date with the Falcon
Mr. Wallis (uncredited)
6.5
1942
The Power of God
The Pastor
0.0
1942
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Army Officer
5.7
1941
Remember the Day
Graham
6.6
1941
Road to Happiness
Sam Rankin
5.5
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
Capt. McCook (uncredited)
6.6
1941
Devil Pays Off
Adm. Curtiss
3.3
1941
Sergeant York
General Duncan (uncredited)
7.2
1941
Parachute Battalion
Thomas Morse
5.5
1941
Blossoms in the Dust
Senator
6.5
1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Board Member (uncredited)
6.9
1941
Three Sons o' Guns
Head of Draft Board
5.0
1941
The Shepherd of the Hills
Doctor (uncredited)
6.6
1941
Gangs Inc.
District Attorney
5.2
1941
Love Crazy
Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)
7.1
1941
She Knew All the Answers
Broker
6.3
1941
Meet John Doe
Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)
7.3
1941
Back Street
Arthur the butler
7.2
1941
Buck Privates
Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
6.6
1941
Play Girl
Fred Dice
6.3
1941
Santa Fe Trail
Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)
5.7
1940
Lady with Red Hair
Henry DeMille
6.5
1940
Gallant Sons
Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)
7.2
1940
The Ape
Dr. McNulty
4.9
1940
Brigham Young
Caleb Kent
4.4
1940
Glamour for Sale
District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)
4.0
1940
City for Conquest
Doctor
6.8
1940
No Time for Comedy
First-Nighter (uncredited)
5.4
1940
Hired Wife
Hudson (uncredited)
6.8
1940
Public Deb No. 1
Lawyer
4.2
1940
Men Against the Sky
Capt. Sanders
4.4
1940
Millionaires in Prison
Dr. Harry Lindsay
6.0
1940
Sailor's Lady
Executive Officer
4.0
1940
Wagons Westward
Major Marlowe
6.0
1940
Babies for Sale
Arthur Kingsley
5.5
1940
Florian
Desk Sergeant
1.0
1940
Murder in the Air
Dr. Riddell
4.6
1940
If I Had My Way
Mr. Melville (uncredited)
6.4
1940
Forty Little Mothers
Missing Persons Detective
6.2
1940
Johnny Apollo
Prison Warden
6.8
1940
Son of the Navy
Capt. Parker
5.5
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Inspection Officer
7.8
1940
The Marines Fly High
Medical Officer
5.5
1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)
7.0
1940
Teddy the Rough Rider
John W. Riggs
6.4
1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
James Sawyer
4.0
1940
The Green Hornet
District Attorney
5.5
1940
Invisible Stripes
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
6.3
1939
Swanee River
Army Medical Examiner
6.5
1939
Missing Evidence
Manager
5.0
1939
South of the Border
American Consul
5.0
1939
Private Detective
Simmy Sanger
6.0
1939
Two Thoroughbreds
Bill Conway
2.0
1939
Reno
Disbarment Lawyer
6.0
1939
On Dress Parade
Capt. Evans Dover
6.3
1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Tom Malcolm (uncredited)
6.5
1939
20,000 Men a Year
C.A.A. Official
5.5
1939
Scandal Sheet
Douglas Haynes
0.0
1939
The Escape
Mr. Henley
5.5
1939
Espionage Agent
Instructor
5.9
1939
Calling All Marines
Col. C.B. Vincent
0.0
1939
The Under-Pup
Lawyer
6.0
1939
Each Dawn I Die
Editor Patterson (uncredited)
6.8
1939
Naughty But Nice
Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)
6.2
1939
Five Came Back
Airlines Official (uncredited)
6.2
1939
Inside Information
Alfred Huxley
0.0
1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Customs Official (uncredited)
6.1
1939
Sorority House
Mr. Grant
6.8
1939
Union Pacific
Jerome (uncredited)
6.5
1939
Outside These Walls
John Wilson
7.5
1939
Undercover Agent
John Graham
4.8
1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Doctor
6.7
1939
Wings of the Navy
First Doctor
6.0
1939
Off the Record
Detective Mendall
6.0
1939
Pacific Liner
San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)
5.2
1939
Stand Up and Fight
Whittingham P. Talbot
5.8
1939
Gambling Ship
Steve Riley
0.0
1938
Gangster's Boy
Judge Davis
0.0
1938
Flight to Fame
Jules Peabody
5.0
1938
Garden of the Moon
Doctor (uncredited)
5.8
1938
Secrets of an Actress
Thompson
5.6
1938
Personal Secretary
Blackmere
0.0
1938
The Missing Guest
Frank Baldrich
8.5
1938
Gateway
Inspector
6.5
1938
The Chaser
Judge #2
6.0
1938
Crime Ring
Ernie-Lawyer
4.7
1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Manager Radio Station
6.6
1938
Arson Racket Squad
Commissioner Benton
0.0
1938
Prison Nurse
Parker
5.1
1938
Midnight Intruder
Judge Hammond
5.2
1938
You're Only Young Once
Hoyt Wells
5.5
1937
The Duke Comes Back
Jim Watson
5.0
1937
West of Shanghai
Harry
5.4
1937
The Westland Case
The Warden
6.0
1937
Federal Bullets
Harker
0.0
1937
The Wrong Road
Judge
4.3
1937
Hot Water
Maxwell
5.0
1937
Meet the Boy Friend
Ned Madison
6.0
1937
The 13th Man
Andrew Baldwin
5.5
1937
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Victor Stockton
6.8
1937
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Navy Commander
6.7
1937
Behind The Headlines
J.H. Scott, FBI
6.2
1937
A Family Affair
Hoyt Wells
5.9
1937
Two Wise Maids
Dr. MacIntyre
0.0
1937
Man Of The People
Governor
7.0
1937
Jungle Jim
Attorney Tyler
4.8
1937
Smashing the Vice Trust
District Attorney
0.0
1937
Three Smart Girls
Hamilton
6.4
1936
Wanted: Jane Turner
Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
5.3
1936
The Accusing Finger
Medical Examiner
4.7
1936
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
Mr. Canfield
7.4
1936
Ace Drummond
William Meredith, Sr.
6.5
1936
The Magnificent Brute
Dr. Coleman
6.3
1936
Libeled Lady
Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)
7.3
1936
My Man Godfrey
Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)
7.6
1936
Sing, Baby, Sing
City Editor
5.6
1936
Postal Inspector
Chief Postal Inspector
6.2
1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Lansing
7.1
1936
Public Enemy's Wife
Duffield
5.8
1936
Parole!
Earl Bigbee
6.0
1936
Easy Money
D. A. Allen Harrison
5.2
1936
Little Miss Nobody
Judge Gibson
6.0
1936
Revolt of the Zombies
Officer (uncredited)
3.1
1936
Educating Father
Prof. Howard (uncredited)
0.0
1936
Show Boat
6.7
1936
The Singing Kid
J.A. Hanson (uncredited)
4.0
1936
The Great Ziegfeld
Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)
6.2
1936
The Bridge of Sighs
Defense Attorney Alan Adams
6.0
1936
Paddy O'Day
Ship's Officer
7.0
1936
A Night at the Opera
Committeeman (uncredited)
7.4
1935
Grand Exit
District Attorney Cope
6.4
1935
Shipmates Forever
Commander Gibbs (uncredited)
6.5
1935
She Married Her Boss
Andrews (uncredited)
7.0
1935
Navy Wife
Doctor
5.0
1935
Red Salute
Army Officer
5.6
1935
Page Miss Glory
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
6.3
1935
Broadway Gondolier
Program Director
5.4
1935
Don't Bet on Blondes
Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)
5.0
1935
The Murder Man
Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
6.9
1935
Front Page Woman
Joe Davis
5.8
1935
Chinatown Squad
Detective
6.0
1935
Public Hero Number 1
Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
6.2
1935
$10 Raise
Real Estate Agent (uncredited)
8.0
1935
Traveling Saleslady
J.C. Scoville
5.9
1935
Carnival
Baby Judge
0.0
1935
The Best Man Wins
O'Neill
5.8
1935
The Secret Bride
Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)
6.3
1934
Murder in the Clouds
Radio Announcer (Voice)
4.7
1934
The Richest Girl in the World
Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
5.6
1934
Blind Date
George E. Martin
7.0
1934
The Defense Rests
Duffy
7.0
1934
Fog Over Frisco
Radio Announcer (Uncredited)
6.2
1934
Sadie McKee
Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)
7.0
1934
Stand Up and Cheer!
White House Correspondent
4.8
1934
I've Got Your Number
Joe, a Gangster
6.0
1934
Let's Fall in Love
Barton
7.5
1933
Police Car 17
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
2.0
1933
The Little Giant
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
6.8
1933
Picture Snatcher
Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)
6.9
1933
The Working Man
Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)
6.6
1933
Forgotten
Hans Strauss
6.0
1933
Luxury Liner
Older Man (uncredited)
6.3
1933
You Said a Mouthful
Jones - Attorney (uncredited)
5.0
1932
Three on a Match
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
6.2
1932
Big City Blues
Joe (uncredited)
5.3
1932
Doctor X
Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)
6.0
1932
The Mouthpiece
Prison Clerk (Uncredited)
5.9
1932
Left Over Ladies
Churchill
0.0
1931
The Secret Call
Matt Stanton
0.0
1931
Subway Express
Mason
0.0
1931
Brothers
Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)
0.0
1930
Lovin' the Ladies
George Van Horne
3.0
1930
Why Bring That Up?
Eddie
0.0
1929
Thru Different Eyes
King (defense attorney)
0.0
1929