Dean Jagger

Born · November 7, 1903

Died · February 5, 1991 (87 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA

Bio

Dean Jagger was an Academy Award-winning American screen, stage, and television actor.

Known for

The Twilight Zone

Columbo

Game of Death

White Christmas

'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney

Major General Thomas F. Waverly (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0

2000

Evil Town

Doctor Schaeffer

3.8

1987

St. Elsewhere

(1 episode)

5.5

1982

Alligator

Slade

6.1

1980

Gideon's Trumpet

6th Supreme Court Justice

6.2

1980

Game of Death

Dr. Land

6.4

1978

End of the World

Ray Collins

3.6

1977

Hunter

(2 episodes)

8.0

1977

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

Koehler

6.4

1976

Dr. Shagetz

0.0

1975

Harry O

(1 episode)

4.6

1974

The Great Lester Boggs

0.0

1974

The Hanged Man

Josiah Lowe

4.0

1974

I Heard the Owl Call My Name

Jim Wallace

7.0

1973

The Lie

Arnold Edgarton

6.0

1973

The Stranger

Carl Webster

3.5

1973

So Sad About Gloria

Frederick Wellman

3.9

1973

Kung Fu

(1 episode)

7.6

1972

The Waltons

Professor Bowen · (1 episode)

7.1

1972

The Delphi Bureau

Matthew Keller

0.0

1972

The Glass House

Warden Auerbach

6.5

1972

Columbo

Walter Cannell · (1 episode)

8.1

1971

Incident in San Francisco

Sam Baldwin

3.5

1971

Vanishing Point

Prospector

7.1

1971

Alias Smith and Jones

(1 episode)

6.9

1971

The Brotherhood of the Bell

Chad Harmon

5.4

1970

The Kremlin Letter

Highwayman

6.1

1970

Tiger by the Tail

Top Polk

5.0

1970

The Lonely Profession

Charles Van Cleve

0.0

1969

Medical Center

(1 episode)

6.1

1969

Smith!

Judge James C. Brown

5.6

1969

Day of the Evil Gun

Jimmy Noble

6.2

1968

Firecreek

Whittier

6.4

1968

First to Fight

Colonel Baseman

7.9

1967

The F.B.I.

Bishop John Atwood · (1 episode)

5.5

1965

Mr. Novak

Principal Albert Vane · (60 episodes)

6.5

1963

The Fugitive

Tony Donovan · (1 episode)

7.2

1963

Billy Rose's Jumbo

John Noble

5.6

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

George Davies · (1 episode)

7.8

1962

Dr. Kildare

Lt. Gen. John Sparrow · (1 episode)

5.5

1961

The Honeymoon Machine

Admiral Fitch

6.4

1961

Parrish

Sala Post

5.4

1961

Elmer Gantry

William L. Morgan

7.3

1960

Cash McCall

Grant Austen

6.0

1960

The Twilight Zone

Ed Lindsay · (1 episode)

8.4

1959

The Nun's Story

Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal

7.2

1959

King Creole

Mr. Fisher

6.4

1958

The Proud Rebel

Harry Burleigh

5.9

1958

The Dark Side of the Earth

Anton Rojas

0.0

1957

Forty Guns

Sheriff Ned Logan

6.5

1957

Bernardine

J. Fullerton Weldy

7.0

1957

Armored Attack!

as Rodion Pavlov

6.2

1957

The Great Man

Philip Carleton

5.2

1956

Three Brave Men

John W. Rogers

4.8

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Bert Ensign · (1 episode)

5.5

1956

X the Unknown

Dr. Adam Royston

6.1

1956

On the Threshold of Space

Dr. Hugo Thornton

4.0

1956

Red Sundown

Jade Murphy

6.1

1956

It's a Dog's Life

Mr. Wyndham

3.0

1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour

(1 episode)

5.4

1955

The Eternal Sea

Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple

6.4

1955

Bad Day at Black Rock

Tim Horn

7.3

1955

White Christmas

General Waverly

7.2

1954

Private Hell 36

Police Capt. Michaels

6.2

1954

Executive Suite

Jesse Q. Grimm

7.0

1954

Letter to Loretta

Harry Holt · (1 episode)

6.5

1953

The Robe

Justus

6.8

1953

General Electric Theater

Adam 'Mister Doc' Darrow · (1 episode)

6.3

1953

Cavalcade of America

(1 episode)

3.5

1952

It Grows on Trees

Phil Baxter

7.7

1952

Denver and Rio Grande

General William J. Palmer

5.5

1952

My Son John

Dan Jefferson

5.2

1952

Hallmark Hall of Fame

6th Supreme Court Justice · (1 episode)

8.6

1951

Warpath

Sam Quade

5.8

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Ed Gorman · (1 episode)

7.3

1951

Rawhide

Yancy

6.7

1951

Dark City

Captain Garvey

6.5

1950

Lux Video Theatre

John Straley · (1 episode)

6.3

1950

Sierra

Jeff Hassard

5.3

1950

Twelve O'Clock High

Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall

7.1

1949

C-Man

Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah

5.1

1949

Studio One

Ben Willson · (1 episode)

5.0

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

Charles Burnett · (1 episode)

6.3

1948

Driftwood

Dr. Steve Webster

6.1

1947

Pursued

Grant

6.5

1947

Sister Kenny

Kevin Connors

6.5

1946

I Live in Grosvenor Square

Sgt. John Patterson

7.1

1945

Alaska

John Masters

5.0

1944

When Strangers Marry

Paul Baxter

6.1

1944

The North Star

Rodion Pavlov

6.1

1943

I Escaped from the Gestapo

Torgut Lane

5.5

1943

The Omaha Trail

'Pipestone' Ross

7.0

1942

Valley of the Sun

Jim Sawyer

5.8

1942

The Men in Her Life

David Gibson

6.2

1941

Western Union

Edward Creighton

6.0

1941

Brigham Young

4.4

1940

Having Wonderful Time

Charlie (uncredited)

4.9

1938

Exiled to Shanghai

Charlie Sears

4.9

1937

Escape by Night

James 'Capper' Regan

5.7

1937

Song of the City

Paul Herrick

6.0

1937

Dangerous Number

Dillman

5.0

1937

Woman in Distress

Fred Stevens

6.0

1937

Under Cover of Night

Alan Shaw

5.7

1937

Star for a Night

Fritz Lind

6.0

1936

Pepper

Bob O'Ryan

1.0

1936

Revolt of the Zombies

Armand Louque

3.0

1936

13 Hours by Air

Hap Waller

4.3

1936

Woman Trap

'Honey' Hogan

0.0

1936

It's a Great Life

Arnold

0.0

1935

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Adam Larey

5.0

1935

Men Without Names

Jones

6.0

1935

People Will Talk

Bill Trask

3.0

1935

Car 99

Trooper Jim Burton

5.0

1935

Wings in the Dark

Top Harmon

6.4

1935

Home on the Range

Thurman

0.0

1935

Behold My Wife!

Pete

7.0

1934

College Rhythm

Coach Robbins

4.7

1934

You Belong to Me

Military School Instructor

7.0

1934

Whoopee!

Deputy (uncredited)

6.4

1930

The Woman from Hell

Jim Coakley

0.0

1929