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Selmer Jackson
Selmer Jackson

Selmer Jackson

ActingBorn May 6, 1888Died March 30, 1971 (age 82)Lake Mills, Iowa, USA

Biography

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

1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

Movie
1963
The Wheeler Dealers

as Businessman (uncredited)

Movie
1959
The Atomic Submarine

as Admiral Terhune

Movie
1959
Bonanza

as Doctor

TV
1958
The Lost Missile

as The Secretary of State

Movie
1956
Autumn Leaves

as Mr. Wetherby

Movie
1955TV
1955TV
1955TV
1955
Devil Goddess

as Prof. Carl Blakely

Movie
1955TV
1955
The Millionaire

as Dr. Jim O'Toole

TV
1954Movie
1954
Annie Oakley

as John Cromby - Rancher

TV
1953
Sky Commando

as Gen. Carson

Movie
1953Movie
1952TV
1952
Adventures of Superman

as Col. Jack Redding

TV
1952
Adventures of Superman

as Gen. Summers

TV
1952
We're Not Married!

as Chaplain Hall (uncredited)

Movie
1952
Deadline - U.S.A.

as Williams (uncredited)

Movie
1952
Young Man with Ideas

as Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)

Movie
1951
Elopement

as Dr. Halsey (uncredited)

Movie
1951
Purple Heart Diary

as Col. Tappen

Movie
1951
That's My Boy

as Doc Hunter

Movie
1951Movie
1951
Bowery Battalion

as Col. Masters

Movie
1951TV
1950
The Flying Missile

as Col. Halliburton

Movie
1950
Pygmy Island

as Army Officer at Pentagon

Movie
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Dr. Allen

TV
1950TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Dr. Curlin

TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Mr. Coswell

TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Edgar Wellman

TV
1950
Lucky Losers

as David Thurston

Movie
1950Movie
1950
No Man of Her Own

as Minister (uncredited)

Movie
1950
Gunmen of Abilene

as Dr. Johnson

Movie
1950
Mark of the Gorilla

as Warden Frank R. Bentley

Movie
1949
Squadron of Doom

as Meredith

Movie
1949Movie
1949
Forgotten Women

as Judge Donnell

Movie
1949
Sorrowful Jones

as Doctor (uncredited)

Movie
1949
The Fountainhead

as Cortlandt Official (uncredited)

Movie
1949
Tulsa

as Oilman (uncredited)

Movie
1949
Alaska Patrol

as Capt. Wright

Movie
1948
Every Girl Should Be Married

as Clergyman (uncredited)

Movie
1948
The Dark Past

as Warden Benson (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Sealed Verdict

as Dr. Bossin

Movie
1948Movie
1948
The Gentleman from Nowhere

as District Attorney

Movie
1948
Pitfall

as Ed Brawley

Movie
1948
Dream Girl

as Judge Jed Allerton

Movie
1948
Blonde Ice

as District Attorney Ed Chalmers

Movie
1948
Stage Struck

as Mr. Howard

Movie
1948
The Fuller Brush Man

as Henry Seward (uncredited)

Movie
1948Movie
1948
The Cobra Strikes

as Dr. Keating

Movie
1947
High Wall

as Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Key Witness

as Edward Clemmons

Movie
1947
Magic Town

as Stringer

Movie
1947
The Pretender

as Charles Lennox

Movie
1947
Stepchild

as Judge

Movie
1947
Sarge Goes to College

as Marine Capt. R.S. Handler

Movie
1947
A Likely Story

as Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)

Movie
1947
The Thirteenth Hour

as Judge William B. Collins

Movie
1946
San Quentin

as Rev. Eckles (uncredited)

Movie
1946Movie
1946
Wife Wanted

as Lowell Cornell

Movie
1946
Child of Divorce

as Dr. Sterling

Movie
1946
Dangerous Money

as Ship's Doctor

Movie
1946
The Time of Their Lives

as Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)

Movie
1946Movie
1946
The French Key

as Walter Winslow

Movie
1946
The Glass Alibi

as Dr. Lawson

Movie
1946
Mysterious Intruder

as Dr. Connell (Uncredited)

Movie
1946
Shock

as Dr. Blair

Movie
1946
Girl on the Spot

as Ridgeway (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Dakota

as Dr. Judson

Movie
1945
Allotment Wives

as Deacon Sam

Movie
1945
Purity Squad

as Darles F. Peters (uncredited)

Movie
1945
This Love of Ours

as Dr. Melnik

Movie
1945
The Royal Mounted Rides Again

as RCMP Superintendant MacDonald

Movie
1945
First Yank into Tokyo

as Col. Blaine (uncredited)

Movie
1945Movie
1945
A Sporting Chance

as John Smalley

Movie
1945
Thrill of a Romance

as 2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Dillinger

as Dr. Rex Spang (uncredited)

Movie
1945Movie
1945
Forever Yours

as Williams

Movie
1944
Sheriff of Las Vegas

as Arthur Stanton

Movie
1944Movie
1944
Stars on Parade

as J. L. Carson

Movie
1944
Patrolling the Ether

as Chief of Radio Intelligence Division

Movie
1944
Hey, Rookie

as Col. Robbins

Movie
1943Movie
1943
Guadalcanal Diary

as Col. Thompson (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Honeymoon Lodge

as Carol's Lawyer

Movie
1943
Flight for Freedom

as Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Harrigan's Kid

as Mr. Ranley

Movie
1943
It Ain't Hay

as Grant

Movie
1943
Margin for Error

as Medical Examiner

Movie
1943Movie
1943
Reconnaissance Pilot

as Lt. General

Movie
1942
Madame Spy

as Harrison K. Woods

Movie
1942
Thunder Birds

as Bit role

Movie
1942
Get Hep to Love

as George Arnold, Insurance Man

Movie
1942
The Secret Code

as Maj. Henry Barton

Movie
1942
Cairo

as Ship Captain (uncredited)

Movie
1942Movie
1942
My Favorite Spy

as Minister at Wedding

Movie
1942
Powder Town

as Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Miss Annie Rooney

as Mr. Thomas

Movie
1942
The Falcon Takes Over

as Laird Burnett (Uncredited)

Movie
1942
Meet the Stewarts

as Club Member (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Romance on the Range

as Lawyer Harrison

Movie
1942
Saboteur

as FBI Chief (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Secret Agent of Japan

as American Navy Captain

Movie
1942Movie
1942
Joe Smith, American

as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Movie
1942
A Date with the Falcon

as Mr. Wallis (uncredited)

Movie
1942
The Power of God

as The Pastor

Movie
1941Movie
1941Movie
1941
Road to Happiness

as Sam Rankin

Movie
1941
They Died with Their Boots On

as Capt. McCook (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Devil Pays Off

as Adm. Curtiss

Movie
1941
Sergeant York

as General Duncan (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Parachute Battalion

as Thomas Morse

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan

as Board Member (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Three Sons o' Guns

as Head of Draft Board

Movie
1941
The Shepherd of the Hills

as Doctor (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Gangs Inc.

as District Attorney

Movie
1941
Love Crazy

as Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Meet John Doe

as Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Back Street

as Arthur the butler

Movie
1941
Buck Privates

as Capt. Johnson (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Play Girl

as Fred Dice

Movie
1940
Santa Fe Trail

as Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Lady with Red Hair

as Henry DeMille

Movie
1940
Gallant Sons

as Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)

Movie
1940
The Ape

as Dr. McNulty

Movie
1940
Brigham Young

as Caleb Kent

Movie
1940
Glamour for Sale

as District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)

Movie
1940Movie
1940
No Time for Comedy

as First-Nighter (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Hired Wife

as Hudson (uncredited)

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Men Against the Sky

as Capt. Sanders

Movie
1940
Millionaires in Prison

as Dr. Harry Lindsay

Movie
1940
Sailor's Lady

as Executive Officer

Movie
1940
Wagons Westward

as Major Marlowe

Movie
1940
Babies for Sale

as Arthur Kingsley

Movie
1940
Florian

as Desk Sergeant

Movie
1940
Murder in the Air

as Dr. Riddell

Movie
1940
If I Had My Way

as Mr. Melville (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Forty Little Mothers

as Missing Persons Detective

Movie
1940
Johnny Apollo

as Prison Warden

Movie
1940
Son of the Navy

as Capt. Parker

Movie
1940
The Grapes of Wrath

as Inspection Officer

Movie
1940
The Marines Fly High

as Medical Officer

Movie
1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Teddy the Rough Rider

as John W. Riggs

Movie
1940Movie
1940
The Green Hornet

as District Attorney

Movie
1939
Invisible Stripes

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Swanee River

as Army Medical Examiner

Movie
1939Movie
1939
South of the Border

as American Consul

Movie
1939
Private Detective

as Simmy Sanger

Movie
1939
Two Thoroughbreds

as Bill Conway

Movie
1939
Reno

as Disbarment Lawyer

Movie
1939
On Dress Parade

as Capt. Evans Dover

Movie
1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby

as Tom Malcolm (uncredited)

Movie
1939
20,000 Men a Year

as C.A.A. Official

Movie
1939
Scandal Sheet

as Douglas Haynes

Movie
1939
The Escape

as Mr. Henley

Movie
1939
Espionage Agent

as Instructor

Movie
1939
Calling All Marines

as Col. C.B. Vincent

Movie
1939
The Under-Pup

as Lawyer

Movie
1939
Each Dawn I Die

as Editor Patterson (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Naughty But Nice

as Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Five Came Back

as Airlines Official (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Inside Information

as Alfred Huxley

Movie
1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as Customs Official (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Sorority House

as Mr. Grant

Movie
1939
Union Pacific

as Jerome (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Outside These Walls

as John Wilson

Movie
1939
Undercover Agent

as John Graham

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Wings of the Navy

as First Doctor

Movie
1939
Off the Record

as Detective Mendall

Movie
1939
Pacific Liner

as San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Stand Up and Fight

as Whittingham P. Talbot

Movie
1938
Gambling Ship

as Steve Riley

Movie
1938
Gangster's Boy

as Judge Davis

Movie
1938
Flight to Fame

as Jules Peabody

Movie
1938
Garden of the Moon

as Doctor (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Too Hot to Handle

as Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Personal Secretary

as Blackmere

Movie
1938
The Missing Guest

as Frank Baldrich

Movie
1938
Gateway

as Inspector

Movie
1938
The Chaser

as Judge #2

Movie
1938
Crime Ring

as Ernie-Lawyer

Movie
1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band

as Manager Radio Station

Movie
1938
Arson Racket Squad

as Commissioner Benton

Movie
1938
Prison Nurse

as Parker

Movie
1938
Midnight Intruder

as Judge Hammond

Movie
1937Movie
1937
The Duke Comes Back

as Jim Watson

Movie
1937Movie
1937
The Westland Case

as The Warden

Movie
1937Movie
1937Movie
1937
Hot Water

as Maxwell

Movie
1937
Meet the Boy Friend

as Ned Madison

Movie
1937
The 13th Man

as Andrew Baldwin

Movie
1937Movie
1937
The Man in Blue

as District Attorney

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Behind The Headlines

as J.H. Scott, FBI

Movie
1937
A Family Affair

as Hoyt Wells

Movie
1937
Two Wise Maids

as Dr. MacIntyre

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Jungle Jim

as Attorney Tyler

Movie
1937
Smashing the Vice Trust

as District Attorney

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Wanted: Jane Turner

as Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)

Movie
1936
The Accusing Finger

as Medical Examiner

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Ace Drummond

as William Meredith, Sr.

Movie
1936
The Magnificent Brute

as Dr. Coleman

Movie
1936
Libeled Lady

as Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)

Movie
1936
My Man Godfrey

as Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Sing, Baby, Sing

as City Editor

Movie
1936
Postal Inspector

as Chief Postal Inspector

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Parole!

as Earl Bigbee

Movie
1936
Easy Money

as D. A. Allen Harrison

Movie
1936
Little Miss Nobody

as Judge Gibson

Movie
1936
Revolt of the Zombies

as Officer (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Educating Father

as Prof. Howard (uncredited)

Movie
1936Movie
1936
The Singing Kid

as J.A. Hanson (uncredited)

Movie
1936
The Great Ziegfeld

as Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)

Movie
1936
The Bridge of Sighs

as Defense Attorney Alan Adams

Movie
1936
Paddy O'Day

as Ship's Officer

Movie
1935
A Night at the Opera

as Committeeman (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Grand Exit

as District Attorney Cope

Movie
1935
Shipmates Forever

as Commander Gibbs (uncredited)

Movie
1935
She Married Her Boss

as Andrews (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Navy Wife

as Doctor

Movie
1935
Red Salute

as Army Officer

Movie
1935
Page Miss Glory

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Broadway Gondolier

as Program Director

Movie
1935
Don't Bet on Blondes

as Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)

Movie
1935
The Murder Man

as Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Front Page Woman

as Joe Davis

Movie
1935
Chinatown Squad

as Detective

Movie
1935
Public Hero Number 1

as Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)

Movie
1935
$10 Raise

as Real Estate Agent (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Traveling Saleslady

as J.C. Scoville

Movie
1935
Carnival

as Baby Judge

Movie
1935Movie
1934
The Secret Bride

as Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Murder in the Clouds

as Radio Announcer (Voice)

Movie
1934
The Richest Girl in the World

as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Blind Date

as George E. Martin

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Fog Over Frisco

as Radio Announcer (Uncredited)

Movie
1934
Sadie McKee

as Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Stand Up and Cheer!

as White House Correspondent

Movie
1934Movie
1934
I've Got Your Number

as Joe, a Gangster

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Police Car 17

as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

Movie
1933
The Little Giant

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1933
Picture Snatcher

as Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)

Movie
1933
The Working Man

as Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)

Movie
1933
Forgotten

as Hans Strauss

Movie
1933
Luxury Liner

as Older Man (uncredited)

Movie
1932
You Said a Mouthful

as Jones (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Three on a Match

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Big City Blues

as Joe (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Doctor X

as Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)

Movie
1932
The Mouthpiece

as Prison Clerk (Uncredited)

Movie
1931
Left Over Ladies

as Churchill

Movie
1931
The Secret Call

as Matt Stanton

Movie
1931Movie
1931
Dirigible

as Lt. Rowland (uncredited)

Movie
1930
Brothers

as Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Movie
1930
Lovin' the Ladies

as George Van Horne

Movie
1929Movie
1929
Thru Different Eyes

as King (defense attorney)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 6, 1888
Day of DeathMarch 30, 1971
Place of BirthLake Mills, Iowa, USA
Popularity0.4