Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 7, 1903
Place of Birth
Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Ira Dean Jagger
- Jeffrey Dean
Dean Jagger
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).
Known For - Movies
The Robe
as Justus
Game of Death
as Dr. Land
Bad Day at Black Rock
as Tim Horn
Alligator
as Slade
White Christmas
as General Waverly
The Kremlin Letter
as Highwayman
Executive Suite
as Jesse Q. Grimm
Elmer Gantry
as William L. Morgan
Western Union
as Edward Creighton
The Nun's Story
as Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
Known For - TV Shows
Columbo
as Walter Cannell
The Fugitive
as Tony Donovan
The Twilight Zone
as Ed Lindsay
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as George Davies
St. Elsewhere
as David Domedion
The F.B.I.
as Bishop John Atwood
The Waltons
as Professor Bowen
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Bert Ensign
Dr. Kildare
as Lt. Gen. John Sparrow
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Charles Burnett