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Jay C. Flippen is a Actor American born on 5 march 1899 at Little Rock (USA)

Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen
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Nationality USA
Birth 5 march 1899 at Little Rock (USA)
Death 3 february 1971 (at 71 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Jay C. Flippen (March 6, 1899 – February 3, 1971) was an American character actor who often played police officers or weary criminals in many films of the 1940s and 1950s.

Biography

Born on March 6, 1899 in Little Rock, Arkansas, Flippen was an established and respected vaudeville singer and stage actor before his film career. He had been discovered by famed African-American comedian Bert Williams in the 1920s. He called himself "The Ham What Am," and performed occasionally in blackface. Flippen attained the most coveted booking in vaudeville, headlining at the Palace Theatre in New York six times between March 1926 and February 1931.

At one time he was also a radio announcer for New York Yankees games and was one of the first game show announcers. Between 1924 and 1929, Flippen recorded more than thirty songs for Columbia, Perfect and Brunswick.

His first film, the 1928 Warner Bros. short subject "The Ham What Am", captures his vaudeville performance, and there are other shorts in the 1930s, but his film career started in earnest in 1947. Some of Flippen's most noteworthy film work came in support of James Stewart in five of the films the two made under the direction of Anthony Mann during the 1950s.

He also appeared on television, including a 1960 guest-starring role as Gabe Jethrow in the episode "Four Came Quietly" on the CBS western series Johnny Ringo, starring Don Durant. In 1962, he guest starred on the ABC drama series Bus Stop as Mike Carmody in "Verdict of 12" and Follow the Sun as Fallon in "The Last of the Big Spenders." He also appeared on ABC's The Untouchables as Al Morrisey in "You Can't Pick the Number" (1959) and as Big Joe Holvak in "Fall Guy" (1962). In the 1962-63 season, Flippen was cast as Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson on the NBC sitcom Ensign O'Toole, with Dean Jones in the starring role.

He also guest starred on CBS' The Dick Van Dyke Show in its first season, playing Rob Petrie's former mentor Happy Spangler. In 1964, he appeared as Owney in an episode of CBS' Gunsmoke with James Arness. In 1963, he guest starred on Bonanza. He appeared four times on NBC's The Virginian in the 1960s; in 1966, he appeared on the ABC comedy western The Rounders. In 1967, he and Tom Tryon guest starred in the episode "Charade of Justice" of the NBC western series The Road West. Later in life, Flippen continued acting although he used a wheelchair after an amputation like in Ironside (Season 1 "A Very Cool Hot Car").

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Filmography of Jay C. Flippen (61 films)

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Mooch Goes to Hollywood, 55minutes
Directed by Richard Erdman
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Vincent Price, James Darren, Jill St John, Jim Backus, Edward G. Robinson, Richard Burton
Roles Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)
Rating48% 2.40282.40282.40282.40282.4028
The Seven Minutes, 1h55
Directed by Russ Meyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about pornography
Actors Wayne E. Maunder, Marianne McAndrew, Philip Carey, Edy Williams, Jay C. Flippen, David Brian
Roles Luther Yerkes
Rating55% 2.760762.760762.760762.760762.76076
After a teenager who purchased the erotic novel The Seven Minutes is charged with rape, an
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 Mr. Pittman
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).
Hellfighters, 2h1
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement, Disaster films
Actors John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles, Jay C. Flippen, Bruce Cabot
Roles Jack Lomax
Rating64% 3.2489453.2489453.2489453.2489453.248945
Chance Buckman is the head of a Houston–based oil-fire fighting outfit. With a team that includes Joe Horn, Greg Parker, and George Harris, Chance travels around the world putting out blazes at well heads from industrial accident, explosion or terrorist attack. Chance enjoys the thrills, but longs for ex-wife Madelyn (Vera Miles) he divorced 20 years earlier, taking their daughter Leticia with her, because Madelyn could not bear to see her husband risk his life. Though they love each other, Madelyn could not deal with her terror that Chance might burn to death in a fire.
The Spirit Is Willing, 1h40
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Sid Caesar, Vera Miles, John McGiver, Cass Daley, Mary Wickes, Jesse White
Roles Mother
Rating56% 2.8028052.8028052.8028052.8028052.802805
Une famille d’américains moyens vient de s'installer dans une maison proche de la mer quand elle découvre que les lieux sont hantes par trois fantômes.
Fame Is the Name of the Game, 1h40
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Robert Duvall, Jack Klugman, Anthony Franciosa, Jill St John, George Macready, Jack Weston
Roles Dizzy Shaner
Rating73% 3.6916153.6916153.6916153.6916153.691615
An investigative reporter looks into the murder of a call girl. His investigation unearths her diary, with the names of many prominent people in it. He sets out to find her killer from among the names contained in the diary.
The Greatest Story Ever Told, 3h45
Directed by George Stevens, David Lean, Jean Negulesco, William Hale, David S. Hall, Paul Baxley, Richard Talmadge
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Max von Sydow, Charlton Heston, Martin Landau, Dorothy McGuire, José Ferrer, Telly Savalas
Roles Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
Rating64% 3.2489853.2489853.2489853.2489853.248985
Ce film se veut une adaptation cinématographique de la vie de Jésus Christ telle que relatée selon le Nouveau Testament.
Cat Ballou
Cat Ballou (1965)
, 1h37
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Musical films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman, Nat King Cole, Stubby Kaye
Roles Sheriff Cardigan
Rating66% 3.3476253.3476253.3476253.3476253.347625
Catherine Ballou (Jane Fonda), who wants to be a schoolteacher, is returning home by train to Wolf City, Wyoming, to the ranch of her father, Frankie Ballou (John Marley). On the way, she unwittingly helps accused cattle rustler Clay Boone (Michael Callan) elude his captor, Sheriff Maledon (Bruce Cabot), when Boone's Uncle Jed (Dwayne Hickman), a drunkard disguised as a preacher, distracts the lawman.
Looking for Love, 1h25
Directed by Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Connie Francis, Jim Hutton, Susan Oliver, Barbara Nichols, Jay C. Flippen, Joby Baker
Roles Ralph Front
Rating56% 2.8066352.8066352.8066352.8066352.806635
Francis plays Libby Caruso, who has spent a whole month trying to get into show business with her singing, yet hasn't succeed. Libby then decides to retire and get a job where she can meet the right man and get married. She is interested in pursuing Paul Davis (Jim Hutton), who she meets in the supermarket, but Paul is not interested.
How the West Was Won, 2h35
Directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Themes Political films
Actors James Stewart, Carroll Baker, Debbie Reynolds, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Carolyn Jones
Roles Huggins (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4999253.4999253.4999253.4999253.499925
Zebulon Prescott (Karl Malden) and his family set out west for the frontier via the Erie Canal, the “west” at this time being the Illinois country. On the journey, they meet mountain man Linus Rawlings (James Stewart), who is traveling east to Pittsburgh to trade his furs. He and Zebulon's daughter Eve (Carroll Baker) are attracted to each other, but Linus is not ready to settle down.
Wild River
Wild River (1960)
, 1h50
Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical, Romance
Actors Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Salmi, Jay C. Flippen, James Westerfield
Roles Hamilton Garth
Rating74% 3.7465853.7465853.7465853.7465853.746585
In the early 1930s, Chuck Glover (Montgomery Clift) arrives in Garthville, Tennessee, upstream from a newly constructed hydroelectric dam of the Tennessee Valley Authority, to head the TVA's land purchasing office after its previous supervisor abruptly quit. He has the responsibility for supervising the clearing of land to be flooded but must first acquire Garth Island on the Tennessee River, the last piece of property yet to be sold to the government. The previous supervisor was unable to convince the elderly Ella Garth (Jo Van Fleet), matriarch of a large family that has lived on the island for decades, to sell her land to the government, which to avoid bad publicity the TVA wants to acquire without using force. The clearing of the land for the coming lake is also proceeding behind schedule because the local mayor, the town's barber, uses only white labor. Chuck crosses the ferry to Garth Island but Ella and the other Garth women, including Ella's granddaughter Carol Baldwin (Lee Remick), refuse to listen to him. He tries to reason with Ella's three grown sons, Hamilton (Jay C. Flippen), Cal (James Westerfield), and Joe John, but being relocated means working for a living and they have never worked in their lives. Joe John tosses Chuck into the river. Hamilton comes to Chuck's room soon after to invite him to the island for a formal apology and to speak with Ella.
The Plunderers, 1h34
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Jeff Chandler, John Saxon, Dolores Hart, Marsha Hunt, Jay C. Flippen, Ray Stricklyn
Roles Sheriff McCauley
Rating65% 3.2865453.2865453.2865453.2865453.286545
Unruly cowboys Rondo, Jeb, Mule and Davy ride into town. They can't pay for their drinks, so Sheriff McCauley jails them for a night. Then they refuse to pay clerk Ellie Walters at the general store, and take rooms at Kate Miller's hotel.
From Hell to Texas, 1h40
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Don Murray, Diane Varsi, John Larch, Chill Wills, Dennis Hopper, R.G. Armstrong
Roles Jake Leffertfinger
Rating68% 3.433583.433583.433583.433583.43358
Tod Lohman is on the run from a posse. The ruthless land baron Hunter Boyd has sent men, including sons Otis and Tom, in pursuit of Tod for having killed another son.