John Agar

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-01-31 (81 years old)

Deathday

2002-04-07

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

John Agar

Biography

John G. Agar (January 31, 1921 – April 7, 2002) was an American actor. He starred alongside John Wayne in the films Sands of Iwo Jima and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, but was later relegated to B movies, such as Tarantula, The Mole People, The Brain from Planet Arous, Flesh and the Spur, and Hand of Death. He also starred with Lucille Ball in the 1951 movie The Magic Carpet. Agar was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Lillian (née Rogers) and John Agar, Sr., a meat packer (see Agar Hams). He was educated at the Harvard School for Boys in Chicago and Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois and graduated from Trinity-Pawling Preparatory S...

Acting

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1954

Shield for Murder

as Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster

1988

Perfect Victims

as Dog-Walking Neighbor

1971

Big Jake

as Bert Ryan

1993

Body Bags

as Dr. Lang

1989

Miracle Mile

as Ivan Peters

1955

Tarantula

as Dr. Matt Hastings

1950

1955

Revenge of the Creature

as Prof. Clete Ferguson

1949

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

as Lt. Flint Cohill

2005

The Naked Monster

as Dr. Clete Ferguson

1956

The Mole People

as Dr. Roger Bentley

1967

1962

1957

1950

Breakthrough

as Lt. Joe Mallory

1951

1958

1978

Mr. No Legs

as Police Captain

1954

Bait

as Ray Brighton

1970

Chisum

as Amos Patton

1950

Sands of Iwo Jima

as PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway

1969

The Undefeated

as Christian

1987

Creepy Classics

as Bob Westley - (archive footage)

1968

1951

1959

Invisible Invaders

as Maj. Bruce Jay

1958

Jet Attack

as Capt. Tom Arnett

1966

Johnny Reno

as Ed Tomkins

1962

Hand of Death

as Alex Marsh

1967

Night Fright

as Sheriff Clint Crawford

1969

Hell Raiders

as Maj. Ronald Paxton

1959

Destination Space

as Col. Matthews

1956

Star in the Dust

as Sheriff Bill Jorden

1954

The Rocket Man

as Tom Baxter

1957

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

as George Hastings

1964

Young Fury

as Dawson

1964

Law of the Lawless

as Pete Stone

1982

Divided We Fall

as Yankee Officer

1956

Flesh and the Spur

as Luke Random

1949

1957

Joe Butterfly

as Sgt. Dick Mason

1976

King Kong

as City Official

1948

Fort Apache

as 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke

1966

Waco

as George Gates

1964

Stage to Thunder Rock

as Dan Carrouthers

1991

1955

Hold Back Tomorrow

as Joe Cardos

1963

1958

The Day of the Trumpet

as Sgt. Judd Norcutt

1960

Raymie

as Ike Burroughs

1961

Fall Girl

as Joe McElroy

1963

The Young and the Brave

as Intelligence Captain

1971

How's Your Love Life?

as Police Lt. Rafferty

1954

The Golden Mistress

as Bill Buchanan

1955

The Lonesome Trail

as Johnny Rush

1992

Invasion of Privacy

as Old Convict

1990

Fear

as Leonard Scott Levy

1990

Nightbreed

as Gas Station Attendant / Victim

1952

1958

Frontier Gun

as Sheriff Jim Crayle

2018

Monster Invaders from Space

as Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage)

1953

Man of Conflict

as Ray Compton

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream

as Self (archive footage)

1957

Ride a Violent Mile

as Jeff Donner

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