Dean Jagger

Career timeline

1. 1903 · Born

   Born in Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA

2. 1935 · Screen debut

   Wings in the Dark (Movie)

3. 1959 · Breakthrough

   The Twilight Zone (TV)

4. 1987 · Latest release

   Evil Town (Movie)

5. 1991 · Died

   February 5, 1991

Career in numbers

5 1930s

13 1940s

27 1950s

14 1960s

17 1970s

4 1980s

• Drama54
• Western21
• Crime14
• Thriller11
• Mystery10
• Comedy10

Highest-rated title The Twilight Zone 1959 8.5 Most popular title Columbo 1971 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Dean Jagger in our catalogue.

Ted Post

7 titles together

Buzz Kulik

6 titles together

Robert Douglas

5 titles together

Abner Biberman

4 titles together

Norman Lloyd

3 titles together

Lawrence Dobkin

3 titles together

Fielder Cook

3 titles together

Robert Mulligan

3 titles together

Robert Stevenson

3 titles together

John Erman

2 titles together

1. 1987 Evil Town as Doctor Schaeffer 3.7 Movie
2. 1982 St. Elsewhere as David Domedion 5.7 TV
3. 1980 Alligator as Slade 6.1 Movie
4. 1980 Gideon's Trumpet as 6th Supreme Court Justice Movie
5. 1978 Game of Death as Dr. Land 6.4 Movie
6. 1977 End of the World as Ray Collins 3.9 Movie
7. 1977 Hunter TV
8. 1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case as Koehler Movie
9. 1974 The Hanged Man as Josiah Lowe Movie
10. 1973 So Sad About Gloria as Frederick Wellman Movie
11. 1972 Kung Fu as Henry Raphael Caine 7.7 TV
12. 1972 Delphi Bureau as Quick TV
13. 1972 The Waltons as Professor Bowen 7.1 TV
14. 1972 The Glass House as Warden Auerbach Movie
15. 1971 Columbo as Walter Cannell 8.1 TV
16. 1971 Vanishing Point as Prospector 7.1 Movie
17. 1971 Alias Smith and Jones 6.9 TV
18. 1970 The Partridge Family as Charlie 6.8 TV
19. 1970 The Brotherhood of the Bell as Chad Harmon Movie
20. 1970 The Kremlin Letter as Highwayman 5.9 Movie
21. 1970 Tiger by the Tail as Top Polk Movie
22. 1969 Medical Center TV
23. 1969 Smith! as Judge James C. Brown Movie
24. 1968 Day of the Evil Gun as Jimmy Noble 6.2 Movie
25. 1968 Firecreek as Whittier 6.2 Movie
26. 1965 The F.B.I. as Bishop John Atwood 5.6 TV
27. 1963 Mr. Novak as Principal Albert Vane TV
28. 1963 The Fugitive as Tony Donovan 7.3 TV
29. 1962 Billy Rose's Jumbo as John Noble 6.0 Movie
30. 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as George Davies 7.9 TV
31. 1961 Dr. Kildare as Lt. Gen. John Sparrow TV
32. 1961 The Honeymoon Machine as Admiral Fitch 6.5 Movie
33. 1961 Parrish as Sala Post Movie
34. 1960 Elmer Gantry as William L. Morgan 7.3 Movie
35. 1960 Cash McCall as Grant Austen Movie
36. 1959 The Twilight Zone as Ed Lindsay 8.5 TV
37. 1959 The Nun's Story as Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal 7.2 Movie
38. 1958 King Creole as Mr. Fisher 6.4 Movie
39. 1958 The Proud Rebel as Harry Burleigh 6.0 Movie
40. 1957 Forty Guns as Sheriff Ned Logan 6.6 Movie
41. 1957 Armored Attack! as as Rodion Pavlov Movie
42. 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Bert Ensign TV
43. 1956 X: The Unknown as Dr. Adam Royston 6.1 Movie
44. 1956 On the Threshold of Space as Dr. Hugo Thornton Movie
45. 1956 Red Sundown as Jade Murphy 6.1 Movie
46. 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour TV
47. 1955 Bad Day at Black Rock as Tim Horn 7.3 Movie
48. 1954 White Christmas as General Waverly 7.2 Movie
49. 1954 Private Hell 36 as Police Capt. Michaels 6.3 Movie
50. 1954 Executive Suite as Jesse Q. Grimm 7.0 Movie
51. 1953 Letter to Loretta as Harry Holt TV
52. 1953 The Robe as Justus 6.8 Movie
53. 1953 General Electric Theater as Adam 'Mister Doc' Darrow TV
54. 1952 Cavalcade of America TV
55. 1952 Denver and Rio Grande as General William J. Palmer Movie
56. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as 6th Supreme Court Justice TV
57. 1951 Warpath as Sam Quade Movie
58. 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Ed Gorman TV
59. 1951 Rawhide as Yancy 6.7 Movie
60. 1950 Dark City as Captain Garvey 6.5 Movie
61. 1950 Lux Video Theatre as John Straley TV
62. 1950 Sierra as Jeff Hassard Movie
63. 1949 Twelve O'Clock High as Major / Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Stovall 7.2 Movie
64. 1948 Studio One as Ben Willson TV
65. 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse as Charles Burnett TV
66. 1947 Driftwood as Dr. Steve Webster Movie
67. 1947 Pursued as Grant 6.5 Movie
68. 1946 Sister Kenny as Kevin Connors Movie
69. 1945 I Live in Grosvenor Square as Sgt. John Patterson Movie
70. 1944 Alaska as John Masters Movie
71. 1944 When Strangers Marry as Paul Baxter 6.2 Movie
72. 1943 The North Star as Rodion Pavlov 6.0 Movie
73. 1942 Valley of the Sun as Jim Sawyer Movie
74. 1941 Western Union as Edward Creighton 6.0 Movie
75. 1940 Brigham Young as Brigham Young Movie
76. 1938 Having Wonderful Time as Charlie (uncredited) Movie
77. 1936 Revolt of the Zombies as Armand Louque 3.4 Movie
78. 1936 13 Hours by Air as Hap Waller Movie
79. 1935 Wanderer of the Wasteland as Adam Larey Movie
80. 1935 Wings in the Dark as Top Harmon Movie

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