Selmer Jackson
Born in Lake Mills, Iowa, USA — May 06 1888• Died Mar 30 1971
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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.
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Selmer Jackson's Credits
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Butler
The Ford Television Theatre
Gen. Maddux
Adventures of Superman
Col. Jack Redding
The Millionaire
Dr. Jim O'Toole
The Dark Past
Warden Benson (uncredited)
Navy Log
Lux Video Theatre
Dr. Allen
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Governor
Annie Oakley
John Cromby - Rancher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Living Christ
Pharisee
The Grapes of Wrath
Inspection Officer
Union Pacific
Jerome (uncredited)
Sergeant York
General Duncan (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)
Love Crazy
Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Capt. McCook (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)
Tulsa
Oilman (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
Editor Patterson (uncredited)
Pitfall
Ed Brawley
Saboteur
FBI Chief (uncredited)
Deadline - U.S.A.
Williams (uncredited)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Customs Official (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Hired Wife
Hudson (uncredited)
City for Conquest
Doctor
Sailor's Lady
Executive Officer
We're Not Married!
Chaplain Hall (uncredited)
Thrill of a Romance
2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Board Member (uncredited)
Remember the Day
Graham
Johnny Apollo
Prison Warden
Sorrowful Jones
Doctor (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)
Swanee River
Army Medical Examiner
Wings of the Navy
First Doctor
Invisible Stripes
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own
Minister (uncredited)
High Wall
Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)
City Story
Five Came Back
Airlines Official (uncredited)
The Singing Kid
J.A. Hanson (uncredited)
That's My Boy
Doc Hunter
Lady with Red Hair
Henry DeMille
The Flying Missile
Col. Halliburton
Brigham Young
Caleb Kent
The Fountainhead
Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives
Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)
The Shepherd of the Hills
Doctor (uncredited)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Doctor
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Man
Henry Seward (uncredited)
Dakota
Dr. Judson
Ace Drummond
William Meredith, Sr.
Public Hero Number 1
Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
The Chaser
Judge #2
Don't Bet on Blondes
Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)
Parole!
Earl Bigbee
No Time for Comedy
First-Nighter (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust
Senator
Shock
Dr. Blair
The Wheeler Dealers
Businessman (uncredited)
Picture Snatcher
Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)
Espionage Agent
Instructor
Blind Date
George E. Martin
Blonde Ice
District Attorney Ed Chalmers
Navy Wife
Doctor
The Working Man
Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)
Florian
Desk Sergeant
Three Smart Girls
Hamilton
The Secret Code
Maj. Henry Barton
If I Had My Way
Mr. Melville (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
District Attorney
Gambling Ship
Steve Riley
Show Boat
The Falcon Takes Over
Laird Burnett (Uncredited)
Stand Up and Fight
Whittingham P. Talbot
A Likely Story
Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)
Stepchild
Judge
Carnival
Baby Judge
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Manager Radio Station
Guadalcanal Diary
Col. Thompson (uncredited)
Hot Water
Maxwell
Dangerous Money
Ship's Doctor
Back Street
Arthur the butler
A Night at the Opera
Committeeman (uncredited)
Thunder Birds
Bit role
Gallant Sons
Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)
Doctor X
Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)
It Ain't Hay
Grant
Stand Up and Cheer!
White House Correspondent
Joe Smith, American
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Young Man with Ideas
Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)
Three on a Match
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Garden of the Moon
Doctor (uncredited)
Autumn Leaves
Mr. Wetherby
The Pretender
Charles Lennox
Prison Nurse
Parker
Dirigible
Lt. Rowland (uncredited)
Reno
Disbarment Lawyer
The Great Ziegfeld
Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)
The Murder Man
Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Teddy the Rough Rider
John W. Riggs
Off the Record
Detective Mendall
Naughty But Nice
Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)
The Gallant Hours
Sky Commando
Gen. Carson
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Tom Malcolm (uncredited)
Wanted: Jane Turner
Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
Public Deb No. 1
Lawyer
The Accusing Finger
Medical Examiner
Reconnaissance Pilot
Lt. General
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Sersen
Miss Annie Rooney
Mr. Thomas
Page Miss Glory
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
South of the Border
American Consul
The 13th Man
Andrew Baldwin
Every Girl Should Be Married
Clergyman (uncredited)
Elopement
Dr. Halsey (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers
Broker
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Army Officer
Front Page Woman
Joe Davis
The Westland Case
The Warden
Brothers
Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Revolt of the Zombies
Officer (uncredited)
Sing, Baby, Sing
City Editor
Sadie McKee
Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)
She Married Her Boss
Andrews (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Lansing
Buck Privates
Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
The Little Giant
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Mouthpiece
Prison Clerk (Uncredited)
Red Salute
Army Officer
Man Of The People
Governor
Educating Father
Prof. Howard (uncredited)
Alaska Patrol
Capt. Wright
The Atomic Submarine
Admiral Terhune
Gangs Inc.
District Attorney
Crime Ring
Ernie-Lawyer
The Missing Guest
Frank Baldrich
Easy Money
D. A. Allen Harrison
Out of This World
Doctor
Private Detective
Simmy Sanger
Pacific Liner
San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)
Murder in the Clouds
Radio Announcer (Voice)
First Yank into Tokyo
Col. Blaine (uncredited)
The Wrong Road
Judge
Men Against the Sky
Capt. Sanders
Romance on the Range
Lawyer Harrison
Flight for Freedom
Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)
You Said a Mouthful
Jones (uncredited)
Two Wise Maids
Dr. MacIntyre
Key Witness
Edward Clemmons
$10 Raise
Real Estate Agent (uncredited)
Honeymoon Lodge
Carol's Lawyer
Get Hep to Love
George Arnold, Insurance Man
Allotment Wives
Deacon Sam
Cairo
Ship Captain (uncredited)
Postal Inspector
Chief Postal Inspector
Hey, Rookie
Col. Robbins
A Family Affair
Hoyt Wells
The Glass Alibi
Dr. Lawson
Paddy O'Day
Ship's Officer
The Under-Pup
Lawyer
A Date with the Falcon
Mr. Wallis (uncredited)
Secrets of an Actress
Thompson
Black Market Babies
Madame Spy
Harrison K. Woods
Traveling Saleslady
J.C. Scoville
This Love of Ours
Dr. Melnik
Dream Girl
Judge Jed Allerton
Meet the Stewarts
Club Member (uncredited)
Grand Exit
District Attorney Cope
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Navy Commander
Dillinger
Dr. Rex Spang (uncredited)
Jungle Jim
Attorney Tyler
Big City Blues
Joe (uncredited)
Murder in the Air
Dr. Riddell
Gateway
Inspector
The Secret Call
Matt Stanton
Forty Little Mothers
Missing Persons Detective
Mysterious Intruder
Dr. Connell (Uncredited)
Sorority House
Mr. Grant
Squadron of Doom
Meredith
I've Got Your Number
Joe, a Gangster
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Judge
She Wrote the Book
Fielding
Wife Wanted
Lowell Cornell
Magic Town
Stringer
My Favorite Spy
Minister at Wedding
Broadway Gondolier
Program Director
Road to Happiness
Sam Rankin
Missing Evidence
Manager
Secret Agent of Japan
American Navy Captain
20,000 Men a Year
C.A.A. Official
Parachute Battalion
Thomas Morse
Son of the Navy
Capt. Parker
Midnight Intruder
Judge Hammond
The Defense Rests
Duffy
Purity Squad
Darles F. Peters (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
James Sawyer
San Quentin
Rev. Eckles (uncredited)
Forever Yours
Williams
The Richest Girl in the World
Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
Child of Divorce
Dr. Sterling
The Thirteenth Hour
Judge William B. Collins
Let's Fall in Love
Barton
Arson Racket Squad
Commissioner Benton
Margin for Error
Medical Examiner
The Marines Fly High
Medical Officer
Stage Struck
Mr. Howard
West of Shanghai
Harry
Sarge Goes to College
Marine Capt. R.S. Handler
Glamour for Sale
District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)
Wagons Westward
Major Marlowe
Luxury Liner
Older Man (uncredited)
Devil Goddess
Prof. Carl Blakely
Circumstantial Evidence
Warden
Play Girl
Fred Dice
Harrigan's Kid
Mr. Ranley
Little Miss Nobody
Judge Gibson
The French Key
Walter Winslow
Calling All Marines
Col. C.B. Vincent
The Ape
Dr. McNulty
Police Car 17
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Cobra Strikes
Dr. Keating
The Best Man Wins
O'Neill
The Girl from Manhattan
Dr. Moseby
Boston Blackie and the Law
Warden Lund
Babies for Sale
Arthur Kingsley
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Victor Stockton
Why Bring That Up?
Eddie
Outside These Walls
John Wilson
Sheriff of Las Vegas
Arthur Stanton
Sealed Verdict
Dr. Bossin
Undercover Agent
John Graham
Three Sons o' Guns
Head of Draft Board
Thru Different Eyes
Chaplain
Sisters Under the Skin
Mullen
Shipmates Forever
Commander Gibbs (uncredited)
Meet the Boy Friend
Ned Madison
Millionaires in Prison
Dr. Harry Lindsay
Chinatown Squad
Detective
Left Over Ladies
Churchill
The Secret Bride
Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)
Fog Over Frisco
Radio Announcer (Uncredited)
Personal Secretary
Blackmere
You Can't Beat the Law
Mr. Bedford
The Lost Missile
The Secretary of State
Around the World
Consul
On Dress Parade
Capt. Evans Dover
The Duke Comes Back
Jim Watson
She's a Sweetheart
General
Lucky Losers
David Thurston
Flight to Fame
Jules Peabody
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas
Governor
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
RCMP Superintendant MacDonald
Purple Heart Diary
Col. Tappen
Renegades of the Sage
Brown
Frisco Lil
Bowery Battalion
Col. Masters
Thru Different Eyes
King (defense attorney)
Inside Information
Alfred Huxley
Devil Pays Off
Adm. Curtiss
Lovin' the Ladies
George Van Horne
Gunmen of Abilene
Dr. Johnson
Powder Town
Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)
The Power of God
The Pastor
Scandal Sheet
Douglas Haynes
You're Only Young Once
Hoyt Wells
The Bridge of Sighs
Defense Attorney Alan Adams
The Escape
Mr. Henley
Forgotten
Hans Strauss
The Magnificent Brute
Dr. Coleman
Mark of the Gorilla
Warden Frank R. Bentley
Jack McCall, Desperado
Col. Brand
Federal Bullets
Harker
The Gentleman from Nowhere
District Attorney
Gangster's Boy
Judge Davis
Pygmy Island
Army Officer at Pentagon
Subway Express
Mason
Behind The Headlines
J.H. Scott, FBI
Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras
Selmer Jackson
Two Thoroughbreds
Bill Conway
Patrolling the Ether
Chief of Radio Intelligence Division
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
Mr. Canfield
Stars on Parade
J. L. Carson
Smashing the Vice Trust
District Attorney
Public Enemy's Wife
Duffield
Forgotten Women
Judge Donnell
A Sporting Chance
John Smalley
The Man in Blue
District Attorney
King of the Gamblers
Judge