Portrait of Selmer Jackson

Selmer Jackson

Acting

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.

Born: May 6, 1888

Place of Birth: Lake Mills, Iowa, USA

Filmography

1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1963
The Wheeler Dealers

as Businessman (uncredited)

1959
The Atomic Submarine

as Admiral Terhune

1958
The Lost Missile

as The Secretary of State

1956
Autumn Leaves

as Mr. Wetherby

1955
Devil Goddess

as Prof. Carl Blakely

1955
The Millionaire

as Dr. Jim O'Toole

1954
Annie Oakley

as John Cromby - Rancher

1953
Sky Commando

as Gen. Carson

1953
1952
1952
Adventures of Superman

as Col. Jack Redding

1952
Adventures of Superman

as Gen. Summers

1952
We're Not Married!

as Chaplain Hall (uncredited)

1952
Young Man with Ideas

as Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)

1952
Deadline - U.S.A.

as Williams (uncredited)

1951
Elopement

as Dr. Halsey (uncredited)

1951
Purple Heart Diary

as Col. Tappen

1951
That's My Boy

as Doc Hunter

1951
Bowery Battalion

as Col. Masters

1951
1950
The Flying Missile

as Col. Halliburton

1950
Lucky Losers

as David Thurston

1950
No Man of Her Own

as Minister (uncredited)

1950
Gunmen of Abilene

as Dr. Johnson

1950
Mark of the Gorilla

as Warden Frank R. Bentley

1949
Forgotten Women

as Judge Donnell

1949
Sorrowful Jones

as Doctor (uncredited)

1949
The Fountainhead

as Cortlandt Official (uncredited)

1949
Tulsa

as Oilman (uncredited)

1949
Alaska Patrol

as Capt. Wright

1948
Every Girl Should Be Married

as Clergyman (uncredited)

1948
The Dark Past

as Warden Benson (uncredited)

1948
Sealed Verdict

as Dr. Bossin

1948
1948
The Gentleman from Nowhere

as District Attorney

1948
Pitfall

as Ed Brawley

1948
Dream Girl

as Judge Jed Allerton

1948
Blonde Ice

as District Attorney Ed Chalmers

1948
Stage Struck

as Mr. Howard

1948
The Fuller Brush Man

as Henry Seward (uncredited)

1948
The Cobra Strikes

as Dr. Keating

1947
High Wall

as Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)

1947
Key Witness

as Edward Clemmons

1947
Magic Town

as Stringer

1947
The Pretender

as Charles Lennox

1947
Stepchild

as Judge

1947
Sarge Goes to College

as Marine Capt. R.S. Handler

1947
A Likely Story

as Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)

1947
The Thirteenth Hour

as Judge William B. Collins

1946
San Quentin

as Rev. Eckles (uncredited)

1946
1946
Wife Wanted

as Lowell Cornell

1946
Child of Divorce

as Dr. Sterling

1946
Dangerous Money

as Ship's Doctor

1946
The Time of Their Lives

as Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)

1946
1946
The French Key

as Walter Winslow

1946
The Glass Alibi

as Dr. Lawson

1946
Mysterious Intruder

as Dr. Connell (Uncredited)

1946
Shock

as Dr. Blair

1945
Dakota

as Dr. Judson

1945
Allotment Wives

as Deacon Sam

1945
Purity Squad

as Darles F. Peters (uncredited)

1945
This Love of Ours

as Dr. Melnik

1945
The Royal Mounted Rides Again

as RCMP Superintendant MacDonald

1945
First Yank into Tokyo

as Col. Blaine (uncredited)

1945
1945
A Sporting Chance

as John Smalley

1945
Thrill of a Romance

as 2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

1945
Forever Yours

as Williams

1944
Sheriff of Las Vegas

as Arthur Stanton

1944
1944
Stars on Parade

as J. L. Carson

1944
Patrolling the Ether

as Chief of Radio Intelligence Division

1944
Hey, Rookie

as Col. Robbins

1943
1943
Guadalcanal Diary

as Col. Thompson (uncredited)

1943
Honeymoon Lodge

as Carol's Lawyer

1943
Flight for Freedom

as Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)

1943
Harrigan's Kid

as Mr. Ranley

1943
It Ain't Hay

as Grant

1943
Margin for Error

as Medical Examiner

1943
1943
Reconnaissance Pilot

as Lt. General

1942
Madame Spy

as Harrison K. Woods

1942
Thunder Birds

as Bit role

1942
Get Hep to Love

as George Arnold, Insurance Man

1942
The Secret Code

as Maj. Henry Barton

1942
Cairo

as Ship Captain (uncredited)

1942
1942
My Favorite Spy

as Minister at Wedding

1942
Powder Town

as Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)

1942
Miss Annie Rooney

as Mr. Thomas

1942
The Falcon Takes Over

as Laird Burnett (Uncredited)

1942
Meet the Stewarts

as Club Member (uncredited)

1942
Romance on the Range

as Lawyer Harrison

1942
Saboteur

as FBI Chief (uncredited)

1942
Secret Agent of Japan

as American Navy Captain

1942
Joe Smith, American

as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

1942
A Date with the Falcon

as Mr. Wallis (uncredited)

1942
The Power of God

as The Pastor

1941
1941
1941
Road to Happiness

as Sam Rankin

1941
They Died with Their Boots On

as Capt. McCook (uncredited)

1941
Devil Pays Off

as Adm. Curtiss

1941
Sergeant York

as General Duncan (uncredited)

1941
Parachute Battalion

as Thomas Morse

1941
1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan

as Board Member (uncredited)

1941
Three Sons o' Guns

as Head of Draft Board

1941
The Shepherd of the Hills

as Doctor (uncredited)

1941
Gangs Inc.

as District Attorney

1941
Love Crazy

as Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)

1941
Meet John Doe

as Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)

1941
Back Street

as Arthur the butler

1941
Buck Privates

as Capt. Johnson (uncredited)

1941
Play Girl

as Fred Dice

1940
Santa Fe Trail

as Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)

1940
Lady with Red Hair

as Henry DeMille

1940
Gallant Sons

as Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)

1940
The Ape

as Dr. McNulty

1940
Brigham Young

as Caleb Kent

1940
Glamour for Sale

as District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)

1940
1940
No Time for Comedy

as First-Nighter (uncredited)

1940
Hired Wife

as Hudson (uncredited)

1940
1940
Men Against the Sky

as Capt. Sanders

1940
Millionaires in Prison

as Dr. Harry Lindsay

1940
Sailor's Lady

as Executive Officer

1940
Wagons Westward

as Major Marlowe

1940
Babies for Sale

as Arthur Kingsley

1940
Florian

as Desk Sergeant

1940
Murder in the Air

as Dr. Riddell

1940
If I Had My Way

as Mr. Melville (uncredited)

1940
Forty Little Mothers

as Missing Persons Detective

1940
Johnny Apollo

as Prison Warden

1940
Son of the Navy

as Capt. Parker

1940
The Grapes of Wrath

as Inspection Officer

1940
The Marines Fly High

as Medical Officer

1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)

1940
Teddy the Rough Rider

as John W. Riggs

1940
1940
The Green Hornet

as District Attorney

1939
Invisible Stripes

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

1939
Swanee River

as Army Medical Examiner

1939
1939
South of the Border

as American Consul

1939
Private Detective

as Simmy Sanger

1939
Two Thoroughbreds

as Bill Conway

1939
Reno

as Disbarment Lawyer

1939
On Dress Parade

as Capt. Evans Dover

1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby

as Tom Malcolm (uncredited)

1939
20,000 Men a Year

as C.A.A. Official

1939
Scandal Sheet

as Douglas Haynes

1939
The Escape

as Mr. Henley

1939
Espionage Agent

as Instructor

1939
Calling All Marines

as Col. C.B. Vincent

1939
The Under-Pup

as Lawyer

1939
Each Dawn I Die

as Editor Patterson (uncredited)

1939
Naughty But Nice

as Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)

1939
Five Came Back

as Airlines Official (uncredited)

1939
Inside Information

as Alfred Huxley

1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as Customs Official (uncredited)

1939
Sorority House

as Mr. Grant

1939
Union Pacific

as Jerome (uncredited)

1939
Outside These Walls

as John Wilson

1939
Undercover Agent

as John Graham

1939
Wings of the Navy

as First Doctor

1939
Off the Record

as Detective Mendall

1939
Stand Up and Fight

as Whittingham P. Talbot

1939
Pacific Liner

as San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)

1938
Gangster's Boy

as Judge Davis

1938
Flight to Fame

as Jules Peabody

1938
Garden of the Moon

as Doctor (uncredited)

1938
Too Hot to Handle

as Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)

1938
1938
Personal Secretary

as Blackmere

1938
The Missing Guest

as Frank Baldrich

1938
Gateway

as Inspector

1938
The Chaser

as Judge #2

1938
Crime Ring

as Ernie-Lawyer

1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band

as Manager Radio Station

1938
Arson Racket Squad

as Commissioner Benton

1938
Prison Nurse

as Parker

1938
Midnight Intruder

as Judge Hammond

1937
1937
The Duke Comes Back

as Jim Watson

1937
The Westland Case

as The Warden

1937
1937
1937
1937
Hot Water

as Maxwell

1937
Meet the Boy Friend

as Ned Madison

1937
The 13th Man

as Andrew Baldwin

1937
1937
1937
Behind The Headlines

as J.H. Scott, FBI

1937
A Family Affair

as Hoyt Wells

1937
Two Wise Maids

as Dr. MacIntyre

1937
1937
Jungle Jim

as Attorney Tyler

1937
Smashing the Vice Trust

as District Attorney

1936
1936
Wanted: Jane Turner

as Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)

1936
The Accusing Finger

as Medical Examiner

1936
Ace Drummond

as William Meredith, Sr.

1936
The Magnificent Brute

as Dr. Coleman

1936
Libeled Lady

as Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)

1936
My Man Godfrey

as Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)

1936
Sing, Baby, Sing

as City Editor

1936
Postal Inspector

as Chief Postal Inspector

1936
1936
Parole!

as Earl Bigbee

1936
Easy Money

as D. A. Allen Harrison

1936
Little Miss Nobody

as Judge Gibson

1936
Revolt of the Zombies

as Officer (uncredited)

1936
Educating Father

as Prof. Howard (uncredited)

1936
The Singing Kid

as J.A. Hanson (uncredited)

1936
The Great Ziegfeld

as Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)

1936
The Bridge of Sighs

as Defense Attorney Alan Adams

1936
Paddy O'Day

as Ship's Officer

1935
A Night at the Opera

as Committeeman (uncredited)

1935
Grand Exit

as District Attorney Cope

1935
Shipmates Forever

as Commander Gibbs (uncredited)

1935
She Married Her Boss

as Andrews (uncredited)

1935
Navy Wife

as Doctor

1935
Red Salute

as Army Officer

1935
Page Miss Glory

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1935
Broadway Gondolier

as Program Director

1935
Don't Bet on Blondes

as Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)

1935
The Murder Man

as Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

1935
Front Page Woman

as Joe Davis

1935
Public Hero Number 1

as Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)

1935
Chinatown Squad

as Detective

1935
$10 Raise

as Real Estate Agent (uncredited)

1935
Traveling Saleslady

as J.C. Scoville

1935
Carnival

as Baby Judge

1935
1934
The Secret Bride

as Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)

1934
Murder in the Clouds

as Radio Announcer (Voice)

1934
The Richest Girl in the World

as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)

1934
Blind Date

as George E. Martin

1934
1934
Fog Over Frisco

as Radio Announcer (Uncredited)

1934
Sadie McKee

as Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)

1934
Stand Up and Cheer!

as White House Correspondent

1934
I've Got Your Number

as Joe, a Gangster

1933
1933
Police Car 17

as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

1933
The Little Giant

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1933
Picture Snatcher

as Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)

1933
The Working Man

as Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)

1933
Forgotten

as Hans Strauss

1933
Luxury Liner

as Older Man (uncredited)

1932
You Said a Mouthful

as Jones (uncredited)

1932
Three on a Match

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1932
Big City Blues

as Joe (uncredited)

1932
Doctor X

as Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)

1932
The Mouthpiece

as Prison Clerk (Uncredited)

1931
Left Over Ladies

as Churchill

1931
The Secret Call

as Matt Stanton

1931
1931
Dirigible

as Lt. Rowland (uncredited)

1930
Brothers

as Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)

1930
Lovin' the Ladies

as George Van Horne

1929
1929
Thru Different Eyes

as King (defense attorney)