Actor
Selmer Jackson
6 May 1888† 30 March 1971 (aged 82) Lake Mills, Iowa, USA
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Biography
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.
Known For
- 1984
- Going Hollywood: The '30s · Film
- 1963
- The Wheeler Dealers · Film · Businessman
- 1960
- The Gallant Hours · Film
- 1959
- The Atomic Submarine · Film · Admiral Terhune
- Bonanza · Series · Doctor
- 1958
- The Lost Missile · Film · The Secretary of State
- 1956
- Autumn Leaves · Film · Mr. Wetherby
- 1955
- Devil Goddess · Film · Prof. Carl Blakely
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents · Series · Butler
- Navy Log · Series
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp · Series
- The Millionaire · Series · Dr. Jim O'Toole
- 1954
- City Story · Film
- Annie Oakley · Series · John Cromby
- 1953
- Sky Commando · Film · Gen. Carson
- Jack McCall, Desperado · Film · Col. Brand
- 1952
- We're Not Married! · Film · Chaplain Hall
- Deadline - U.S.A. · Film · Williams
- Young Man with Ideas · Film · Merritt Crayton · Attorney
- The Ford Television Theatre · Series · Gen. Maddux
- Adventures of Superman · Series · Col. Jack Redding
- 1951
- Elopement · Film · Dr. Halsey
- Purple Heart Diary · Film · Col. Tappen
- That's My Boy · Film · Doc Hunter
- Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas · Film · Governor
- Bowery Battalion · Film · Col. Masters
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Series
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok · Series · Governor
- The Living Christ · Series · Pharisee
- 1950
- The Flying Missile · Film · Col. Halliburton
- Pygmy Island · Film · Army Officer at Pentagon
- Lucky Losers · Film · David Thurston
- Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras · Film · Selmer Jackson
- No Man of Her Own · Film · Minister
- Gunmen of Abilene · Film · Dr. Johnson
- Mark of the Gorilla · Film · Warden Frank R. Bentley
- Lux Video Theatre · Series · Dr. Allen
- 1949
- Squadron of Doom · Film · Meredith
- Renegades of the Sage · Film · Brown
- Forgotten Women · Film · Judge Donnell
- Sorrowful Jones · Film · Doctor
- The Fountainhead · Film · Cortlandt Official
- Tulsa · Film · Oilman
- Alaska Patrol · Film · Capt. Wright
- 1948
- Every Girl Should Be Married · Film · Clergyman
- The Dark Past · Film · Warden Benson
- Sealed Verdict · Film · Dr. Bossin
- The Girl from Manhattan · Film · Dr. Moseby
- The Gentleman from Nowhere · Film · District Attorney
- Pitfall · Film · Ed Brawley
- Dream Girl · Film · Judge Jed Allerton
- Blonde Ice · Film · District Attorney Ed Chalmers
- Stage Struck · Film · Mr. Howard
- The Fuller Brush Man · Film · Henry Seward
- King of the Gamblers · Film · Judge
- The Cobra Strikes · Film · Dr. Keating
- 1947
- High Wall · Film · Police Insp. Harding
- Key Witness · Film · Edward Clemmons
- Magic Town · Film · Stringer
- The Pretender · Film · Charles Lennox
- Stepchild · Film · Judge
- Sarge Goes to College · Film · Marine Capt. R.S. Handler
- A Likely Story · Film · Doctor in Elevator
- The Thirteenth Hour · Film · Judge William B. Collins
- 1946
- San Quentin · Film · Rev. Eckles
- Boston Blackie and the Law · Film · Warden Lund
- Wife Wanted · Film · Lowell Cornell
- Child of Divorce · Film · Dr. Sterling
- Dangerous Money · Film · Ship's Doctor
- The Time of Their Lives · Film · Mr. Dibbs · Museum Curator
- She Wrote the Book · Film · Fielding
- The French Key · Film · Walter Winslow
- The Glass Alibi · Film · Dr. Lawson
- Mysterious Intruder · Film · Dr. Connell
- Shock · Film · Dr. Blair
- Girl on the Spot · Film · Ridgeway
- 1945
- Black Market Babies · Film
- Dakota · Film · Dr. Judson
- Allotment Wives · Film · Deacon Sam
- Purity Squad · Film · Darles F. Peters
- This Love of Ours · Film · Dr. Melnik
- The Royal Mounted Rides Again · Film · RCMP Superintendant MacDonald
- First Yank into Tokyo · Film · Col. Blaine
- Out of This World · Film · Doctor
- A Sporting Chance · Film · John Smalley
- Thrill of a Romance · Film · 2nd Hotel Clerk
- Dillinger · Film · Dr. Rex Spang
- Circumstantial Evidence · Film · Warden
- Forever Yours · Film · Williams
- 1944
- Sheriff of Las Vegas · Film · Arthur Stanton
- Destiny · Film · Warden
- She's a Sweetheart · Film · General
- Stars on Parade · Film · J. L. Carson
- Patrolling the Ether · Film · Chief of Radio Intelligence Division
- Hey, Rookie · Film · Col. Robbins
- 1943
- Around the World · Film · Consul
- Guadalcanal Diary · Film · Col. Thompson
- Honeymoon Lodge · Film · Carol's Lawyer
- Flight for Freedom · Film · Sea Captain
- Harrigan's Kid · Film · Mr. Ranley
- It Ain't Hay · Film · Grant
- Margin for Error · Film · Medical Examiner
- You Can't Beat the Law · Film · Mr. Bedford
- Reconnaissance Pilot · Film · Lt. General
- 1942
- Madame Spy · Film · Harrison K. Woods
- Thunder Birds · Film · Bit role
- Get Hep to Love · Film · George Arnold · Insurance Man
- The Secret Code · Film · Maj. Henry Barton
- Cairo · Film · Ship Captain
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point · Film · Sersen
- Thru Different Eyes · Film · Chaplain
- My Favorite Spy · Film · Minister at Wedding
- Powder Town · Film · Mr. Tuttle
- Miss Annie Rooney · Film · Mr. Thomas
- The Falcon Takes Over · Film · Laird Burnett
- Meet the Stewarts · Film · Club Member
- Romance on the Range · Film · Lawyer Harrison
- Saboteur · Film · FBI Chief
- Secret Agent of Japan · Film · American Navy Captain
- The Strange Case of Doctor Rx · Film · Judge
- Frisco Lil · Film
- Joe Smith, American · Film · Hospital Doctor
- A Date with the Falcon · Film · Mr. Wallis
- The Power of God · Film · The Pastor
- 1941
- Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. · Film · Army Officer
- Remember the Day · Film · Graham
- Road to Happiness · Film · Sam Rankin
- They Died with Their Boots On · Film · Capt. McCook
- Devil Pays Off · Film · Adm. Curtiss
- Sergeant York · Film · General Duncan
- Parachute Battalion · Film · Thomas Morse
- Blossoms in the Dust · Film · Senator
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan · Film · Board Member
- Three Sons o' Guns · Film · Head of Draft Board
- The Shepherd of the Hills · Film · Doctor
- Gangs Inc. · Film · District Attorney
- Love Crazy · Film · Doctor at Susan's Apartment
- She Knew All the Answers · Film · Broker
- Meet John Doe · Film · Radio Announcer at Convention
- Back Street · Film · Arthur the butler
- Buck Privates · Film · Capt. Johnson
- Play Girl · Film · Fred Dice
- 1940
- Santa Fe Trail · Film · Officer Reading Names of Graduates
- Lady with Red Hair · Film · Henry DeMille
- Gallant Sons · Film · Henry · Gambling Man
- The Ape · Film · Dr. McNulty
- Brigham Young · Film · Caleb Kent
- Glamour for Sale · Film · District Attorney Thomas
- City for Conquest · Film · Doctor
- No Time for Comedy · Film · First-Nighter
- Hired Wife · Film · Hudson
- Public Deb No. 1 · Film · Lawyer
- Men Against the Sky · Film · Capt. Sanders
- Millionaires in Prison · Film · Dr. Harry Lindsay
- Sailor's Lady · Film · Executive Officer
- Wagons Westward · Film · Major Marlowe
- Babies for Sale · Film · Arthur Kingsley
- Florian · Film · Desk Sergeant
- Murder in the Air · Film · Dr. Riddell
- If I Had My Way · Film · Mr. Melville
- Forty Little Mothers · Film · Missing Persons Detective
- Johnny Apollo · Film · Prison Warden
- Son of the Navy · Film · Capt. Parker
- The Grapes of Wrath · Film · Inspection Officer
- The Marines Fly High · Film · Medical Officer
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois · Film · Aide to Stephen Douglas
- Teddy the Rough Rider · Film · John W. Riggs
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk · Film · James Sawyer
- The Green Hornet · Film · District Attorney
- 1939
- Invisible Stripes · Film · Police Lieutenant
- Swanee River · Film · Army Medical Examiner
- Missing Evidence · Film · Manager
- South of the Border · Film · American Consul
- Private Detective · Film · Simmy Sanger
- Two Thoroughbreds · Film · Bill Conway
- Reno · Film · Disbarment Lawyer
- On Dress Parade · Film · Capt. Evans Dover
- Blondie Brings Up Baby · Film · Tom Malcolm
- 20,000 Men a Year · Film · C.A.A. Official
- Scandal Sheet · Film · Douglas Haynes
- The Escape · Film · Mr. Henley
- Espionage Agent · Film · Instructor
- Calling All Marines · Film · Col. C.B. Vincent
- The Under-Pup · Film · Lawyer
- Each Dawn I Die · Film · Editor Patterson
- Naughty but Nice · Film · Plaintiff's Attorney
- Five Came Back · Film · Airlines Official
- Inside Information · Film · Alfred Huxley
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy · Film · Customs Official
- Sorority House · Film · Mr. Grant
- Union Pacific · Film · Jerome
- Outside These Walls · Film · John Wilson
- Undercover Agent · Film · John Graham
- Mr. Moto in Danger Island · Film · Doctor
- Wings of the Navy · Film · First Doctor
- Off the Record · Film · Detective Mendall
- Pacific Liner · Film · San Francisco Port Doctor
- Stand Up and Fight · Film · Whittingham P. Talbot
- 1938
- Gambling Ship · Film · Steve Riley
- Gangster's Boy · Film · Judge Davis
- Flight to Fame · Film · Jules Peabody
- Garden of the Moon · Film · Doctor
- Too Hot to Handle · Film · Coast Guard Captain
- Secrets of an Actress · Film · Thompson
- Personal Secretary · Film · Blackmere
- The Missing Guest · Film · Frank Baldrich
- Gateway · Film · Inspector
- The Chaser · Film · Judge #2
- Crime Ring · Film · Ernie-Lawyer
- Alexander's Ragtime Band · Film · Manager Radio Station
- Arson Racket Squad · Film · Commissioner Benton
- Prison Nurse · Film · Parker
- Midnight Intruder · Film · Judge Hammond
- 1937
- You're Only Young Once · Film · Hoyt Wells
- The Duke Comes Back · Film · Jim Watson
- West of Shanghai · Film · Harry
- The Westland Case · Film · The Warden
- Federal Bullets · Film · Harker
- The Wrong Road · Film · Judge
- Hot Water · Film · Maxwell
- Meet the Boy Friend · Film · Ned Madison
- The 13th Man · Film · Andrew Baldwin
- The Case of the Stuttering Bishop · Film · Victor Stockton
- The Man in Blue · Film · District Attorney
- Charlie Chan at the Olympics · Film · Navy Commander
- Behind The Headlines · Film · J.H. Scott · FBI
- A Family Affair · Film · Hoyt Wells
- Two Wise Maids · Film · Dr. MacIntyre
- Man Of The People · Film · Governor
- Jungle Jim · Film · Attorney Tyler
- Smashing the Vice Trust · Film · District Attorney
- 1936
- Three Smart Girls · Film · Hamilton
- Wanted: Jane Turner · Film · Ferris · Postal Inspector
- The Accusing Finger · Film · Medical Examiner
- Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island · Film · Mr. Canfield
- Ace Drummond · Film · William Meredith · Sr.
- The Magnificent Brute · Film · Dr. Coleman
- Libeled Lady · Film · Adams
- My Man Godfrey · Film · Blake (Socialite)
- Sing, Baby, Sing · Film · City Editor
- Postal Inspector · Film · Chief Postal Inspector
- Charlie Chan at the Race Track · Film · Lansing
- Public Enemy's Wife · Film · Duffield
- Parole! · Film · Earl Bigbee
- Easy Money · Film · D. A. Allen Harrison
- Little Miss Nobody · Film · Judge Gibson
- Revolt of the Zombies · Film · Officer
- Educating Father · Film · Prof. Howard
- Show Boat · Film
- The Singing Kid · Film · J.A. Hanson
- The Great Ziegfeld · Film · Barber Shop Customer
- The Bridge of Sighs · Film · Defense Attorney Alan Adams
- Paddy O'Day · Film · Ship's Officer
- 1935
- A Night at the Opera · Film · Committeeman
- Grand Exit · Film · District Attorney Cope
- Shipmates Forever · Film · Commander Gibbs
- She Married Her Boss · Film · Andrews
- Navy Wife · Film · Doctor
- Red Salute · Film · Army Officer
- Page Miss Glory · Film · Radio Announcer
- Broadway Gondolier · Film · Program Director
- Don't Bet on Blondes · Film · Gambler Who Bet $30 · 000
- The Murder Man · Film · Lt. White · Ballistics Expert
- Front Page Woman · Film · Joe Davis
- Chinatown Squad · Film · Detective
- Public Hero Number 1 · Film · Simpson · Prison Board Member
- $10 Raise · Film · Real Estate Agent
- Traveling Saleslady · Film · J.C. Scoville
- Carnival · Film · Baby Judge
- The Best Man Wins · Film · O'Neill
- 1934
- The Secret Bride · Film · Vincent's Counsel
- Murder in the Clouds · Film · Radio Announcer (Voice)
- The Richest Girl in the World · Film · Dr. Harvey
- Blind Date · Film · George E. Martin
- The Defense Rests · Film · Duffy
- Fog Over Frisco · Film · Radio Announcer
- Sadie McKee · Film · Tiffany Salesman
- Stand Up and Cheer! · Film · White House Correspondent
- Sisters Under the Skin · Film · Mullen
- I've Got Your Number · Film · Joe · a Gangster
- 1933
- Let's Fall in Love · Film · Barton
- Police Car 17 · Film · Police Radio Dispatcher
- The Little Giant · Film · Radio Announcer (voice)
- Picture Snatcher · Film · Joe Chase · Record Editor
- The Working Man · Film · Hartland Company Salesman
- Forgotten · Film · Hans Strauss
- Luxury Liner · Film · Older Man
- 1932
- You Said a Mouthful · Film · Jones
- Three on a Match · Film · Radio Announcer (voice)
- Big City Blues · Film · Joe
- Doctor X · Film · Willard Keefe · Daily World Night Editor
- The Mouthpiece · Film · Prison Clerk
- 1931
- Left Over Ladies · Film · Churchill
- The Secret Call · Film · Matt Stanton
- Subway Express · Film · Mason
- Dirigible · Film · Lt. Rowland
- 1930
- Brothers · Film · Assistant Defense Attorney
- Lovin' the Ladies · Film · George Van Horne
- 1929
- Why Bring That Up? · Film · Eddie
- Thru Different Eyes · Film · King (defense attorney)
- 1924
- Flowers of Hate · Film · Earle Calvert