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Dean Jagger is a Actor American born on 7 november 1903 at Columbus Grove (USA)

Dean Jagger

Dean Jagger
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Birth name Ira Dean Jagger
Nationality USA
Birth 7 november 1903 at Columbus Grove (USA)
Death 5 february 1991 (at 87 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Daytime Emmy Award

Dean Jeffries Jagger (November 7, 1903 – February 5, 1991) was an American film, stage and television actor who received an Academy Award for his role in Henry King's Twelve O'Clock High (1949).

Biography

Ira Dean Jagger naît à Columbus Grove en Ohio. Il fait ses débuts au cinéma dans The Woman from Hell (1929) avec Mary Astor. Il devient un acteur à succès, sans devenir une grande star et apparaît dans près de cent films dans une carrière qui se prolonge jusque peu de temps avant sa mort.


Vie personnelle
Il abandonne l'école à plusieurs reprises avant d'entrer finalement au Wabash College. Dans cette université, il est membre de la fraternité Lambda Chi Alpha et joue au football. Dans sa deuxième année, il arrête ses études, se rendant compte que l'université ne lui convenait pas. Durant quelques semestres, il travaille comme enseignant dans une école élémentaire, avant d'intégrer le Conservatoire des Arts de Chicago (Art Lyceum Conservatoire). Avant de tourner son premier film en 1929, Jagger travailla à la radio.

Jagger a été baptisé comme membre de l'Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours en 1972.

Il meurt d'une maladie cardiaque à Santa Monica, Californie.

Best films

Elmer Gantry (1960)
(Actor)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
(Actor)
Game of Death (1978)
(Actor)

Usually with

Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
(2 films)
Robert Clouse
Robert Clouse
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dean Jagger (81 films)

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Actor

Evil Town
Evil Town (1987)
, 1h28
Directed by Curtis Hanson
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors James Keach, Dean Jagger, Robert Walker Jr., Hope Summers, Doria Cook-Nelson, Dabbs Greer
Roles Doctor Schaeffer
Rating38% 1.942871.942871.942871.942871.94287
The film depicts an evil scientist's (Dean Jagger) campaign to achieve eternal youth, through synthesizing a drug derived from human pituitary fluid. In extracting the fluid, he creates mindless zombies from the donors. Because the local town residents are in on the plot, to achieve immortality, they help the scientist, by abducting visitors who come through town.
Alligator
Alligator (1980)
, 1h32
Directed by Lewis Teague, Jon Hess
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror comedy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Giant monster films, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors Robert Forster, Joseph Bologna, Robin Riker, Michael Vincenzo Gazzo, Dee Wallace, Dean Jagger
Roles Slade
Rating40% 2.041112.041112.041112.041112.04111
A teenage girl purchases a baby American alligator while on vacation with her family at a tourist trap in Florida. After the family returns home to Chicago, the alligator, named Ramón by the girl, is promptly flushed down the family's toilet by her surly, animal-phobic father and ends up in the city's sewers.
Game of Death
Directed by Robert Clouse
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Dan Inosanto, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Roles Dr. Land
Rating59% 2.9568852.9568852.9568852.9568852.956885
Billy Lo, un jeune acteur-réalisateur, est menacé de chantage par un certain Docteur Land. Malgré les conseils de son ami Jim Marshall, un journaliste, Billy refuse de céder et tombe dans un piège orchestré par Steiner, l'adjoint de Land.
Game of Death, 40minutes
Directed by Bruce Lee, Sammo Hung, Robert Clouse
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Kung fu, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors James Tien, Bruce Lee, Chieh Yuan, Chuck Norris, Dan Inosanto, Colleen Camp
Roles Dr. Land
Rating59% 2.9569652.9569652.9569652.9569652.956965
The 1978 version uses portions of the original footage married to an entirely new plot involving a new character, Billy Lo,(盧比利) struggling against a racketeering "syndicate" after gaining international success as a martial arts movie star. When Billy refuses to be intimidated by syndicate henchman Steiner (Hugh O'Brian) and his gangs of thugs, syndicate owner Dr. Land (Dean Jagger) orders his assassination to serve as an example to others.
End of the World, 1h29
Directed by John Hayes
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Christopher Lee, Sue Lyon, Dean Jagger, Lew Ayres, Macdonald Carey, John Hayes
Roles Ray Collins
Rating31% 1.5721151.5721151.5721151.5721151.572115
Prof. Andrew Boran (Kirk Scott) is a research scientist who discovers strange radio signals in space that appear to originate from the Earth. The signals seem to predict natural disasters occurring around the globe.
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, 2h28
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Cliff De Young, Anthony Hopkins, Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Denise Alexander, Peter Donat
Roles Koehler
Rating66% 3.339893.339893.339893.339893.33989
The film opens with archive footage of Charles Lindbergh's pioneering transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis and the song Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.).
The Hanged Man, 1h13
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Steve Forrest, Dean Jagger, Cameron Mitchell, Will Geer, Sharon Acker, BarBara Luna
Roles Josiah Lowe
Rating56% 2.8006752.8006752.8006752.8006752.800675
Having survived his own hanging, hired killer James Devlin turns over a new leaf, defending a widow and her son from an avaricious land baron.
Vanishing Point, 1h39
Directed by Richard C. Sarafian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Radio, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Children's films, Chase films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Karl Swenson, Robert Donner, Lee Weaver
Roles Prospector
Rating71% 3.599643.599643.599643.599643.59964
A car delivery driver, Kowalski (Barry Newman), arrives in Denver, Colorado late Friday night with a black Chrysler Imperial. The delivery service clerk, Sandy (Karl Swenson), urges him to get some rest, but Kowalski insists on getting started with his next assignment to deliver a white 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 Magnum to San Francisco by Monday. Before leaving Denver, Kowalski pulls into a biker bar parking lot around midnight to buy Benzedrine pills to stay awake for the long drive ahead. He bets his dealer, Jake (Lee Weaver), that he will get to San Francisco by 3:00 pm "tomorrow", even though the delivery is not due until Monday. (Distance between the towns is approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) by road).
The Kremlin Letter, 2h1
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Bibi Andersson, Richard Boone, Nigel Green, Dean Jagger, Patrick O'Neal, George Sanders
Roles Highwayman
Rating61% 3.098243.098243.098243.098243.09824
Late in 1969, a brilliant young United States Navy intelligence officer named Charles Rone (Patrick O'Neal) finds his commission revoked so that he can be recruited into an espionage mission. Rone is told that the mission is being undertaken independently of governmental intelligence agencies, as was commonplace prior to World War II, when espionage operations were handled by a small community of agents operating on a freelance basis.
The Brotherhood of the Bell, 1h40
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Glenn Ford, Dean Jagger, Rosemary Forsyth, Maurice Evans, Will Geer, Robert Pine
Roles Chad Harmon
Rating71% 3.5850053.5850053.5850053.5850053.585005
Professor Andrew Patterson (Glenn Ford) returns to his alma mater, the College of St. George in San Francisco, for the initiation of a new member into a secret society, the Brotherhood of the Bell. The man who initiated Patterson 22 years earlier, financier Chad Harmon (Dean Jagger), is presiding at the initiation. Harmon gives him an address and instructs Patterson to go there to receive an assignment from the society; Patterson has been selected to prevent Dr. Konstantin Horvathy (Eduard Franz) from accepting a deanship at a college of linguistics. The Brotherhood wants this post for one of their own. Patterson is given dossiers of people who helped Horvathy defect to the United States, and he is to threaten to reveal these to the government of Horvathy's homeland if Horvathy accepts the new post. Against Brotherhood policy, Patterson consults Harmon about the legality and ethics of his assignment. Harmon tells Patterson to do it and be grateful that more is not asked of him.
Smith!
Smith! (1969)
, 1h52
Directed by Michael O'Herlihy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Glenn Ford, Nancy Olson, Dean Jagger, Keenan Wynn, Warren Oates, Chief Dan George
Roles Judge James C. Brown
Rating57% 2.8584952.8584952.8584952.8584952.858495
Native American Jimmyboy (Frank Ramírez) flees to the ranch owned by Smith (Glenn Ford), a white man raised by a Native American. Jimmyboy has been accused of a crime by a white man and fears he will not receive a fair trial. Smith helps Jimmyboy deal with a cruel sheriff and persuades him to surrender to the local authorities, promising him he will act as a defence witness during court proceedings.
Day of the Evil Gun, 1h35
Directed by Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, John Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, John Anderson, Paul Fix, Harry Dean Stanton
Roles Jimmy Noble
Rating63% 3.1969453.1969453.1969453.1969453.196945
A woman and two children are kidnapped by Apaches. The husband Lorne Warfield (Glenn Ford), enlists the help of his neighbor Owen Forbes (Arthur Kennedy) to find his captured family. Warfield is a former gunman trying to forget his violent past. Forbes, a decent and humane rancher, is also in love with Warfield's wife and feels guilty that he let her be captured without trying to help. An Indian trader (Dean Jagger) aids them in their quest. Along the way they are encounter Mexican bandits, Apache warriors, renegade soldiers, and a town blighted by cholera. While Warfield in his cynicism immediately recognizes malevolent motives, each encounter results in further stripping Forbes of his humanity and making him accustomed to killing. The search eventually leads them to the Apache camp where they rescue the woman and children. Safely back home, Forbes challenges Warfield (who is now unarmed, trading his gun to a storekeeper for clothing for his family) to a duel, but he refuses. Forbes shoots Warfield in the back, wounding him. Before he can finish him off, he is shot and killed by the storekeeper using Warfield's gun.
Firecreek
Firecreek (1968)
, 1h44
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Jay C. Flippen, Jacqueline Scott, Gary Lockwood
Roles Whittier
Rating67% 3.3959953.3959953.3959953.3959953.395995
After years of backing away from criminals and gunfights, one resident of the small western town of Firecreek decides to fight back. Part-time sheriff Johnny Cobb (James Stewart) decides to avenge the death of a young man against gunmen led by Bob Larkin (Henry Fonda).