Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 6, 1888
Place of Birth:
Lake Mills, Iowa, USA
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Selmer Jackson
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) |
| 1963 | The Wheeler Dealers | Businessman (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Gallant Hours | |
| 1959 | The Atomic Submarine | Admiral Terhune |
| 1958 | The Lost Missile | The Secretary of State |
| 1956 | Autumn Leaves | Mr. Wetherby |
| 1955 | Devil Goddess | Prof. Carl Blakely |
| 1954 | City Story | |
| 1953 | Sky Commando | Gen. Carson |
| 1953 | Jack McCall, Desperado | Col. Brand |
| 1952 | We're Not Married! | Chaplain Hall (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Young Man with Ideas | Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Deadline - U.S.A. | Williams (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Elopement | Dr. Halsey (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas | Governor |
| 1951 | That's My Boy | Doc Hunter |
| 1951 | Bowery Battalion | Col. Masters |
| 1951 | Purple Heart Diary | Col. Tappen |
| 1950 | No Man of Her Own | Minister (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Lucky Losers | David Thurston |
| 1950 | Gunmen of Abilene | Dr. Johnson |
| 1950 | Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras | Selmer Jackson |
| 1950 | The Flying Missile | Col. Halliburton |
| 1950 | Mark of the Gorilla | Warden Frank R. Bentley |
| 1949 | Squadron of Doom | Meredith |
| 1949 | Tulsa | Oilman (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Alaska Patrol | Capt. Wright |
| 1949 | Renegades of the Sage | Brown |
| 1949 | Forgotten Women | Judge Donnell |
| 1949 | Sorrowful Jones | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead | Cortlandt Official (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Dream Girl | Judge Jed Allerton |
| 1948 | Pitfall | Ed Brawley |
| 1948 | Blonde Ice | District Attorney Ed Chalmers |
| 1948 | Stage Struck | Mr. Howard |
| 1948 | The Dark Past | Warden Benson (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Every Girl Should Be Married | Clergyman (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Fuller Brush Man | Henry Seward (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Cobra Strikes | Dr. Keating |
| 1948 | Sealed Verdict | Dr. Bossin |
| 1948 | The Girl from Manhattan | Dr. Moseby |
| 1948 | The Gentleman from Nowhere | District Attorney |
| 1947 | The Pretender | Charles Lennox |
| 1947 | Key Witness | Edward Clemmons |
| 1947 | High Wall | Police Insp. Harding (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Magic Town | Stringer |
| 1947 | Stepchild | Judge |
| 1947 | A Likely Story | Doctor in Elevator (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Sarge Goes to College | Marine Capt. R.S. Handler |
| 1947 | The Thirteenth Hour | Judge William B. Collins |
| 1946 | Dangerous Money | Ship's Doctor |
| 1946 | The Glass Alibi | Dr. Lawson |
| 1946 | Boston Blackie and the Law | Warden Lund |
| 1946 | The French Key | Walter Winslow |
| 1946 | San Quentin | Rev. Eckles (uncredited) |
| 1946 | She Wrote the Book | Fielding |
| 1946 | Child of Divorce | Dr. Sterling |
| 1946 | Wife Wanted | Lowell Cornell |
| 1946 | The Time of Their Lives | Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Shock | Dr. Blair |
| 1946 | Mysterious Intruder | Dr. Connell (Uncredited) |
| 1945 | A Sporting Chance | John Smalley |
| 1945 | Circumstantial Evidence | Warden |
| 1945 | This Love of Ours | Dr. Melnik |
| 1945 | Forever Yours | Williams |
| 1945 | Black Market Babies | |
| 1945 | First Yank into Tokyo | Col. Blaine (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Out of This World | Doctor |
| 1945 | Purity Squad | Darles F. Peters (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Dakota | Dr. Judson |
| 1945 | The Royal Mounted Rides Again | RCMP Superintendant MacDonald |
| 1945 | Allotment Wives | Deacon Sam |
| 1945 | Thrill of a Romance | 2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1944 | She's a Sweetheart | General |
| 1944 | Stars on Parade | J. L. Carson |
| 1944 | Patrolling the Ether | Chief of Radio Intelligence Division |
| 1944 | Sheriff of Las Vegas | Arthur Stanton |
| 1944 | Hey, Rookie | Col. Robbins |
| 1943 | Harrigan's Kid | Mr. Ranley |
| 1943 | Flight for Freedom | Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | You Can't Beat the Law | Mr. Bedford |
| 1943 | Margin for Error | Medical Examiner |
| 1943 | Around the World | Consul |
| 1943 | Reconnaissance Pilot | Lt. General |
| 1943 | Honeymoon Lodge | Carol's Lawyer |
| 1943 | It Ain't Hay | Grant |
| 1943 | Guadalcanal Diary | Col. Thompson (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Miss Annie Rooney | Mr. Thomas |
| 1942 | Frisco Lil | |
| 1942 | Secret Agent of Japan | American Navy Captain |
| 1942 | Thunder Birds | Bit role |
| 1942 | Meet the Stewarts | Club Member (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Saboteur | FBI Chief (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Cairo | Ship Captain (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Madame Spy | Harrison K. Woods |
| 1942 | Romance on the Range | Lawyer Harrison |
| 1942 | Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Sersen |
| 1942 | Powder Town | Mr. Tuttle (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Get Hep to Love | George Arnold, Insurance Man |
| 1942 | A Date with the Falcon | Mr. Wallis (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Secret Code | Maj. Henry Barton |
| 1942 | My Favorite Spy | Minister at Wedding |
| 1942 | Thru Different Eyes | Chaplain |
| 1942 | The Power of God | The Pastor |
| 1942 | The Falcon Takes Over | Laird Burnett (Uncredited) |
| 1942 | Joe Smith, American | Hospital Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Strange Case of Doctor Rx | Judge |
| 1941 | Gangs Inc. | District Attorney |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Back Street | Arthur the butler |
| 1941 | Parachute Battalion | Thomas Morse |
| 1941 | Play Girl | Fred Dice |
| 1941 | Three Sons o' Guns | Head of Draft Board |
| 1941 | The Shepherd of the Hills | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Love Crazy | Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Road to Happiness | Sam Rankin |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | General Duncan (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. | Army Officer |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Capt. McCook (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Devil Pays Off | Adm. Curtiss |
| 1941 | Remember the Day | Graham |
| 1941 | Blossoms in the Dust | Senator |
| 1941 | She Knew All the Answers | Broker |
| 1941 | Buck Privates | Capt. Johnson (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Inspection Officer |
| 1940 | The Ape | Dr. McNulty |
| 1940 | Son of the Navy | Capt. Parker |
| 1940 | Lady with Red Hair | Henry DeMille |
| 1940 | Men Against the Sky | Capt. Sanders |
| 1940 | Hired Wife | Hudson (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Teddy the Rough Rider | John W. Riggs |
| 1940 | Wagons Westward | Major Marlowe |
| 1940 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | James Sawyer |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet | District Attorney |
| 1940 | Johnny Apollo | Prison Warden |
| 1940 | Babies for Sale | Arthur Kingsley |
| 1940 | Brigham Young | Caleb Kent |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Gallant Sons | Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited) |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Doctor |
| 1940 | No Time for Comedy | First-Nighter (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Florian | Desk Sergeant |
| 1940 | The Marines Fly High | Medical Officer |
| 1940 | Millionaires in Prison | Dr. Harry Lindsay |
| 1940 | Forty Little Mothers | Missing Persons Detective |
| 1940 | Glamour for Sale | District Attorney Thomas (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Murder in the Air | Dr. Riddell |
| 1940 | If I Had My Way | Mr. Melville (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 | Lawyer |
| 1940 | Sailor's Lady | Executive Officer |
| 1939 | Inside Information | Alfred Huxley |
| 1939 | Scandal Sheet | Douglas Haynes |
| 1939 | Outside These Walls | John Wilson |
| 1939 | Undercover Agent | John Graham |
| 1939 | Sorority House | Mr. Grant |
| 1939 | Naughty But Nice | Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Pacific Liner | San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy | First Doctor |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Doctor |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Jerome (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Confessions of a Nazi Spy | Customs Official (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Two Thoroughbreds | Bill Conway |
| 1939 | Five Came Back | Airlines Official (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die | Editor Patterson (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Missing Evidence | Manager |
| 1939 | Reno | Disbarment Lawyer |
| 1939 | Swanee River | Army Medical Examiner |
| 1939 | The Under-Pup | Lawyer |
| 1939 | Espionage Agent | Instructor |
| 1939 | The Escape | Mr. Henley |
| 1939 | Blondie Brings Up Baby | Tom Malcolm (uncredited) |
| 1939 | South of the Border | American Consul |
| 1939 | Calling All Marines | Col. C.B. Vincent |
| 1939 | 20,000 Men a Year | C.A.A. Official |
| 1939 | Private Detective | Simmy Sanger |
| 1939 | Off the Record | Detective Mendall |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Whittingham P. Talbot |
| 1939 | On Dress Parade | Capt. Evans Dover |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes | Police Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Manager Radio Station |
| 1938 | Gangster's Boy | Judge Davis |
| 1938 | Midnight Intruder | Judge Hammond |
| 1938 | Personal Secretary | Blackmere |
| 1938 | Secrets of an Actress | Thompson |
| 1938 | Prison Nurse | Parker |
| 1938 | The Missing Guest | Frank Baldrich |
| 1938 | Garden of the Moon | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Arson Racket Squad | Commissioner Benton |
| 1938 | Gambling Ship | Steve Riley |
| 1938 | Gateway | Inspector |
| 1938 | Crime Ring | Ernie-Lawyer |
| 1938 | The Chaser | Judge #2 |
| 1938 | Flight to Fame | Jules Peabody |
| 1937 | A Family Affair | Hoyt Wells |
| 1937 | The Duke Comes Back | Jim Watson |
| 1937 | The Wrong Road | Judge |
| 1937 | The 13th Man | Andrew Baldwin |
| 1937 | Jungle Jim | Attorney Tyler |
| 1937 | Meet the Boy Friend | Ned Madison |
| 1937 | You're Only Young Once | Hoyt Wells |
| 1937 | Man Of The People | Governor |
| 1937 | Behind The Headlines | J.H. Scott, FBI |
| 1937 | The Case of the Stuttering Bishop | Victor Stockton |
| 1937 | Two Wise Maids | Dr. MacIntyre |
| 1937 | Federal Bullets | Harker |
| 1937 | West of Shanghai | Harry |
| 1937 | Smashing the Vice Trust | District Attorney |
| 1937 | The Westland Case | The Warden |
| 1937 | Hot Water | Maxwell |
| 1937 | Charlie Chan at the Olympics | Navy Commander |
| 1936 | Charlie Chan at the Race Track | Lansing |
| 1936 | Show Boat | |
| 1936 | The Great Ziegfeld | Barber Shop Customer (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Ace Drummond | William Meredith, Sr. |
| 1936 | Public Enemy's Wife | Duffield |
| 1936 | Easy Money | D. A. Allen Harrison |
| 1936 | The Bridge of Sighs | Defense Attorney Alan Adams |
| 1936 | Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island | Mr. Canfield |
| 1936 | Little Miss Nobody | Judge Gibson |
| 1936 | Wanted: Jane Turner | Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Paddy O'Day | Ship's Officer |
| 1936 | Postal Inspector | Chief Postal Inspector |
| 1936 | Three Smart Girls | Hamilton |
| 1936 | The Magnificent Brute | Dr. Coleman |
| 1936 | Libeled Lady | Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Singing Kid | J.A. Hanson (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Sing, Baby, Sing | City Editor |
| 1936 | Parole! | Earl Bigbee |
| 1936 | The Accusing Finger | Medical Examiner |
| 1936 | Educating Father | Prof. Howard (uncredited) |
| 1936 | My Man Godfrey | Blake (Socialite) (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Revolt of the Zombies | Officer (uncredited) |
| 1935 | $10 Raise | Real Estate Agent (uncredited) |
| 1935 | A Night at the Opera | Committeeman (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Murder Man | Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Best Man Wins | O'Neill |
| 1935 | Broadway Gondolier | Program Director |
| 1935 | Grand Exit | District Attorney Cope |
| 1935 | Page Miss Glory | Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
| 1935 | She Married Her Boss | Andrews (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Traveling Saleslady | J.C. Scoville |
| 1935 | Red Salute | Army Officer |
| 1935 | Front Page Woman | Joe Davis |
| 1935 | Chinatown Squad | Detective |
| 1935 | Carnival | Baby Judge |
| 1935 | Shipmates Forever | Commander Gibbs (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Navy Wife | Doctor |
| 1935 | Public Hero Number 1 | Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Don't Bet on Blondes | Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Richest Girl in the World | Dr. Harvey (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Defense Rests | Duffy |
| 1934 | I've Got Your Number | Joe, a Gangster |
| 1934 | Blind Date | George E. Martin |
| 1934 | The Secret Bride | Vincent's Counsel (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Murder in the Clouds | Radio Announcer (Voice) |
| 1934 | Fog Over Frisco | Radio Announcer (Uncredited) |
| 1934 | Stand Up and Cheer! | White House Correspondent |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee | Tiffany Salesman (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Forgotten | Hans Strauss |
| 1933 | Let's Fall in Love | Barton |
| 1933 | Picture Snatcher | Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Luxury Liner | Older Man (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Little Giant | Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Police Car 17 | Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Working Man | Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Mouthpiece | Prison Clerk (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | Big City Blues | Joe (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Doctor X | Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | You Said a Mouthful | Jones - Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Three on a Match | Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Subway Express | Mason |
| 1931 | The Secret Call | Matt Stanton |
| 1931 | Left Over Ladies | Churchill |
| 1930 | Lovin' the Ladies | George Van Horne |
| 1930 | Brothers | Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Why Bring That Up? | Eddie |
| 1929 | Thru Different Eyes | King (defense attorney) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Butler |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Dr. Jim O'Toole |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | |
| 1955 | Navy Log | |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Mayor Hoover |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Henry |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Clergyman |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Reverend |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Minister |
| 1954 | Annie Oakley | John Cromby - Rancher |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Col. Jack Redding |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Gen. Maddux |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Gen. Summers |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Governor |
| 1951 | The Living Christ | Pharisee |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Dr. Allen |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | General |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Dr. Curlin |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Mr. Coswell |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Edgar Wellman |