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Dean Jagger

Acting Born Nov 7, 1903 Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA 24 credits

Biography

Dean Jagger was an American film, stage, and television actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Twelve O'Clock High (1949). Other notable films in which Jagger appeared include The Robe (1953), White Christmas (1954), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), King Creole (1958), The Nun's Story (1959), Elmer Gantry (1960), Vanishing Point (1971), Game of Death (1978), and Alligator (1980).

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Known for

Columbo

as Walter Cannell

The Fugitive

as Tony Donovan

The Twilight Zone

as Ed Lindsay
Film

Game of Death

as Dr. Land

Full filmography

  • Columbo (1971) as Walter Cannell
  • The Fugitive (1963) as Tony Donovan
  • The Waltons (1972) as Professor Bowen
  • The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Charles Burnett
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as George Davies
  • The Twilight Zone (1959) as Ed Lindsay
  • Game of Death (1978) as Dr. Land
  • St. Elsewhere (1982) as David Domedion
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Bert Ensign
  • Dr. Kildare (1961) as Lt. Gen. John Sparrow
  • Medical Center (1969)
  • The F.B.I. (1965) as Bishop John Atwood
  • Studio One (1948) as Ben Willson
  • The Partridge Family (1970) as Charlie
  • Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
  • The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
  • Harry O (1974)
  • Mr. Novak (1963) as Principal Albert Vane
  • White Christmas (1954) as General Waverly
  • Cavalcade of America (1952)
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) as John Straley
  • The World of Hammer (1994) as Self (archive footage)
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as 6th Supreme Court Justice
  • Vanishing Point (1971) as Prospector