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Selmer Jackson

Born 1888-05-06

Died 1971-03-30

📍 Lake Mills, Iowa, USA

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.

Filmography 297

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

The Wheeler Dealers

as Businessman (uncredited)

The Gallant Hours

The Atomic Submarine

as Admiral Terhune

The Lost Missile

as The Secretary of State

as Mr. Wetherby

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Prof. Carl Blakely

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Mayor Hoover

The Millionaire

as Dr. Jim O'Toole

as John Cromby - Rancher

Jack McCall, Desperado

The Ford Television Theatre

Adventures of Superman

as Col. Jack Redding

Adventures of Superman

as Gen. Summers

We're Not Married!

as Chaplain Hall (uncredited)

Deadline - U.S.A.

as Williams (uncredited)

Young Man with Ideas

as Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Dr. Halsey (uncredited)

Purple Heart Diary

Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Bowery Battalion

as Col. Masters

The Living Christ

The Flying Missile

as Col. Halliburton

as Army Officer at Pentagon

as David Thurston

No Man of Her Own

as Minister (uncredited)

Gunmen of Abilene

Mark of the Gorilla

as Warden Frank R. Bentley

Renegades of the Sage

Forgotten Women

as Judge Donnell

Sorrowful Jones

as Doctor (uncredited)

The Fountainhead

as Cortlandt Official (uncredited)

as Oilman (uncredited)

as Capt. Wright

Every Girl Should Be Married

as Clergyman (uncredited)

as Warden Benson (uncredited)

The Girl from Manhattan

The Gentleman from Nowhere

as District Attorney

as Judge Jed Allerton

as District Attorney Ed Chalmers

The Fuller Brush Man

as Henry Seward (uncredited)

King of the Gamblers

The Cobra Strikes

as Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)

as Edward Clemmons

as Charles Lennox

Sarge Goes to College

as Marine Capt. R.S. Handler

as Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)

The Thirteenth Hour

as Judge William B. Collins

as Rev. Eckles (uncredited)

Boston Blackie and the Law

as Lowell Cornell

Child of Divorce

as Dr. Sterling

Dangerous Money

as Ship's Doctor

The Time of Their Lives

as Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)

She Wrote the Book

as Walter Winslow

The Glass Alibi

Mysterious Intruder

as Dr. Connell (Uncredited)

Girl on the Spot

as Ridgeway (uncredited)

Black Market Babies

Allotment Wives

as Darles F. Peters (uncredited)

This Love of Ours

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

as RCMP Superintendant MacDonald

First Yank into Tokyo

as Col. Blaine (uncredited)

Out of This World

A Sporting Chance

as John Smalley

Thrill of a Romance

as 2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

as Dr. Rex Spang (uncredited)

Circumstantial Evidence

Sheriff of Las Vegas

as Arthur Stanton

She's a Sweetheart

Stars on Parade

as J. L. Carson

Patrolling the Ether

as Chief of Radio Intelligence Division

as Col. Robbins

Around the World

Guadalcanal Diary

as Col. Thompson (uncredited)

Honeymoon Lodge

as Carol's Lawyer

Flight for Freedom

as Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)

Margin for Error

as Medical Examiner

You Can't Beat the Law

Reconnaissance Pilot

as Harrison K. Woods

Get Hep to Love

as George Arnold, Insurance Man

The Secret Code

as Maj. Henry Barton

as Ship Captain (uncredited)

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Thru Different Eyes

My Favorite Spy

as Minister at Wedding

as Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)

Miss Annie Rooney

The Falcon Takes Over

as Laird Burnett (Uncredited)

Meet the Stewarts

as Club Member (uncredited)

Romance on the Range

as Lawyer Harrison

as FBI Chief (uncredited)

Secret Agent of Japan

as American Navy Captain

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

Joe Smith, American

as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

A Date with the Falcon

as Mr. Wallis (uncredited)

The Power of God

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

as Army Officer

Remember the Day

Road to Happiness

They Died with Their Boots On

as Capt. McCook (uncredited)

as Adm. Curtiss

as General Duncan (uncredited)

Parachute Battalion

as Thomas Morse

Blossoms in the Dust

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

as Board Member (uncredited)

Three Sons o' Guns

as Head of Draft Board

The Shepherd of the Hills

as Doctor (uncredited)

as District Attorney

as Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)

She Knew All the Answers

as Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)

as Arthur the butler

as Capt. Johnson (uncredited)

as Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)

Lady with Red Hair

as Henry DeMille

as Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)

Glamour for Sale

as District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)

City for Conquest

No Time for Comedy

as First-Nighter (uncredited)

as Hudson (uncredited)

Public Deb No. 1

Men Against the Sky

as Capt. Sanders

Millionaires in Prison

as Dr. Harry Lindsay

as Executive Officer

Wagons Westward

as Major Marlowe

Babies for Sale

as Arthur Kingsley

as Desk Sergeant

Murder in the Air

If I Had My Way

as Mr. Melville (uncredited)

Forty Little Mothers

as Missing Persons Detective

as Prison Warden

Son of the Navy

as Capt. Parker

The Grapes of Wrath

as Inspection Officer

The Marines Fly High

as Medical Officer

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)

Teddy the Rough Rider

as John W. Riggs

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

as James Sawyer

The Green Hornet

as District Attorney

Invisible Stripes

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

as Army Medical Examiner

Missing Evidence

South of the Border

as American Consul

Private Detective

as Simmy Sanger

Two Thoroughbreds

as Disbarment Lawyer

On Dress Parade

as Capt. Evans Dover

Blondie Brings Up Baby

as Tom Malcolm (uncredited)

20,000 Men a Year

as C.A.A. Official

as Douglas Haynes

Espionage Agent

Calling All Marines

as Col. C.B. Vincent

Each Dawn I Die

as Editor Patterson (uncredited)

Naughty But Nice

as Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)

as Airlines Official (uncredited)

Inside Information

as Alfred Huxley

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as Customs Official (uncredited)

as Jerome (uncredited)

Outside These Walls

Undercover Agent

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Wings of the Navy

as First Doctor

as Detective Mendall

as San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)

Stand Up and Fight

as Whittingham P. Talbot

as Jules Peabody

Garden of the Moon

as Doctor (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle

as Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)

Secrets of an Actress

Personal Secretary

The Missing Guest

as Frank Baldrich

as Ernie-Lawyer

Alexander's Ragtime Band

as Manager Radio Station

Arson Racket Squad

as Commissioner Benton

Midnight Intruder

as Judge Hammond

You're Only Young Once

The Duke Comes Back

West of Shanghai

The Westland Case

Federal Bullets

Meet the Boy Friend

as Andrew Baldwin

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

as Victor Stockton

The Man in Blue

as District Attorney

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

as Navy Commander

Behind The Headlines

as J.H. Scott, FBI

A Family Affair

as Dr. MacIntyre

Man Of The People

as Attorney Tyler

Smashing the Vice Trust

as District Attorney

Three Smart Girls

Wanted: Jane Turner

as Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)

The Accusing Finger

as Medical Examiner

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island

as Mr. Canfield

as William Meredith, Sr.

The Magnificent Brute

as Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)

as Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)

Sing, Baby, Sing

Postal Inspector

as Chief Postal Inspector

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

Public Enemy's Wife

as D. A. Allen Harrison

Little Miss Nobody

as Judge Gibson

Revolt of the Zombies

as Officer (uncredited)

Educating Father

as Prof. Howard (uncredited)

The Singing Kid

as J.A. Hanson (uncredited)

The Great Ziegfeld

as Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)

The Bridge of Sighs

as Defense Attorney Alan Adams

as Ship's Officer

A Night at the Opera

as Committeeman (uncredited)

as District Attorney Cope

Shipmates Forever

as Commander Gibbs (uncredited)

She Married Her Boss

as Andrews (uncredited)

as Army Officer

Page Miss Glory

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Broadway Gondolier

as Program Director

Don't Bet on Blondes

as Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)

as Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

Front Page Woman

Chinatown Squad

Public Hero Number 1

as Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)

as Real Estate Agent (uncredited)

Traveling Saleslady

as J.C. Scoville

The Best Man Wins

The Secret Bride

as Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)

Murder in the Clouds

as Radio Announcer (Voice)

The Richest Girl in the World

as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)

as George E. Martin

The Defense Rests

Fog Over Frisco

as Radio Announcer (Uncredited)

as Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)

Stand Up and Cheer!

as White House Correspondent

Sisters Under the Skin

I've Got Your Number

as Joe, a Gangster

Let's Fall in Love

as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

The Little Giant

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Picture Snatcher

as Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)

The Working Man

as Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)

as Hans Strauss

as Older Man (uncredited)

You Said a Mouthful

as Jones (uncredited)

Three on a Match

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

as Joe (uncredited)

as Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)

as Prison Clerk (Uncredited)

Left Over Ladies

The Secret Call

as Matt Stanton

as Lt. Rowland (uncredited)

as Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Lovin' the Ladies

as George Van Horne

Why Bring That Up?

Thru Different Eyes

as King (defense attorney)