Biography

Dean Jagger was born in Lima, Ohio, on November 7, 1903. He dropped out of high school twice before finally graduating from Wabash College. Working first as a school teacher, he soon became interested in acting and enrolled at Chicago's "Lyceum Art Conservatory". Mr. Jagger made his first movie and only silent film, The Woman from Hell (1929) in 1929, starring Mary Astor. During 1929 he also appeared in the film Handcuffed (1929). He quickly found his niche as a character actor and the highlight of his career was winning an Oscar for "Best Supporting Actor," in the 1949 movie Twelve O'Clock High (1949). Dean played Principal Albert Vane on TV for the 1963-1964 season of Mr. Novak (1963). Dean Jagger died in Santa Monica, California, on February 5, 1991.

Actor

Evil Town(1985)as Dr. Schaeffer

St. Elsewhere(1982)as Dr. David Domedion

This Is the Life(1952)

Alligator(1980)as Slade

Gideon's Trumpet(1980)as Sixth Supreme Court Justice

Soundtrack

Dangerous Number(1937)

Self

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady(1982)as Self

It's Your Bet(1969)as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson(1962)as Self - Guest

Film Fanfare(1956)as Self

Screen Snapshots, Series 34, No. 6: Hollywood Shower of Stars(1955)as Self

Archive Footage

American Grindhouse(2010)

The Naked Archaeologist(2005)as Armand Louque

'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney(2000)as Major General Thomas F. Waverly

Horrible Horror(1986)as Armand Louque, In clips from 'Revolt of the Zombies'

Kung Fu(1972)as Henry Raphael Caine

Known for

White Christmas1954 · Actor Vanishing Point1971 · Actor Bad Day at Black Rock1955 · Actor Brigham Young1940 · Actor

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Dean Jagger in Revolt of the Zombies (1936)

Dean Jagger in Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

John Carradine, Sidney Blackmer, William Henry, Dean Jagger, William Marshall, and Charles Wagenheim in I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943)

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Twelve O'Clock High

Maj. Stovall

Mon Feb 13 1950

#	Name	Score	Year	Win	Nom	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	Twelve O'Clock High	500.00	1950	•	•	•	7.7	2	4	16799
2	Mr. Novak	24.38	1963		•	•	7.4	0	4	219
3	Bad Day at Black Rock	6.50	1955			•	7.6	0	3	26707
4	Elmer Gantry	5.20	1960				7.7	3	5	14514
5	White Christmas	5.00	1954			•	7.6	0	1	58228
6	Vanishing Point	4.88	1971			•	7.2	0	0	32478
7	The Kremlin Letter	3.25	1970			•	6.2	0	0	2556
8	X the Unknown	3.25	1957			•	6.1	0	0	3659
9	Dark City	3.25	1951			•	6.7	0	0	3020
10	Brigham Young	3.25	1940			•	6.3	0	0	1221