Selmer Jackson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1888-05-06 (83 years old)

Deathday

1971-03-30

Place of Birth

Lake Mills, Iowa, USA

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.

Acting

1940

The Grapes of Wrath

as Inspection Officer

1947

The Pretender

as Charles Lennox

1952

We're Not Married!

as Chaplain Hall (uncredited)

1948

Dream Girl

as Judge Jed Allerton

1948

Pitfall

as Ed Brawley

1945

A Sporting Chance

as John Smalley

1931

1948

Blonde Ice

as District Attorney Ed Chalmers

1956

Autumn Leaves

as Mr. Wetherby

1940

The Ape

as Dr. McNulty

1959

The Atomic Submarine

as Admiral Terhune

1938

Alexander's Ragtime Band

as Manager Radio Station

1946

Dangerous Money

as Ship's Doctor

1938

Gangster's Boy

as Judge Davis

1946

The Glass Alibi

as Dr. Lawson

1935

$10 Raise

as Real Estate Agent (uncredited)

1947

Key Witness

as Edward Clemmons

1941

Gangs Inc.

as District Attorney

1946

1949

Squadron of Doom

as Meredith

1941

Meet John Doe

as Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)

1940

Son of the Navy

as Capt. Parker

1950

No Man of Her Own

as Minister (uncredited)

1947

High Wall

as Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)

1935

A Night at the Opera

as Committeeman (uncredited)

1943

Harrigan's Kid

as Mr. Ranley

1953

Sky Commando

as Gen. Carson

1936

The Great Ziegfeld

as Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)

1935

The Murder Man

as Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

1940

Lady with Red Hair

as Henry DeMille

1943

Flight for Freedom

as Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941

Back Street

as Arthur the butler

1948

Stage Struck

as Mr. Howard

1949

Tulsa

as Oilman (uncredited)

1932

The Mouthpiece

as Prison Clerk (Uncredited)

1934

The Richest Girl in the World

as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)

1939

Inside Information

as Alfred Huxley

1946

The French Key

as Walter Winslow

1937

A Family Affair

as Hoyt Wells

1932

Big City Blues

as Joe (uncredited)

1939

Scandal Sheet

as Douglas Haynes

1936

Ace Drummond

as William Meredith, Sr.

1937

The Duke Comes Back

as Jim Watson

1936

1939

Outside These Walls

as John Wilson

1950

Lucky Losers

as David Thurston

1936

Easy Money

as D. A. Allen Harrison

1936

The Bridge of Sighs

as Defense Attorney Alan Adams

1945

This Love of Ours

as Dr. Melnik

1937

1935

1939

Undercover Agent

as John Graham

1941

Parachute Battalion

as Thomas Morse

1945

Forever Yours

as Williams

1937

The 13th Man

as Andrew Baldwin

1937

Jungle Jim

as Attorney Tyler

1937

Meet the Boy Friend

as Ned Madison

1958

The Lost Missile

as The Secretary of State

1951

Elopement

as Dr. Halsey (uncredited)

1936

Little Miss Nobody

as Judge Gibson

1938

Midnight Intruder

as Judge Hammond

1938

Personal Secretary

as Blackmere

1938

1947

Magic Town

as Stringer

1930

Lovin' the Ladies

as George Van Horne

1943

1934

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1938

Prison Nurse

as Parker

1938

The Missing Guest

as Frank Baldrich

1934

I've Got Your Number

as Joe, a Gangster

1949

Alaska Patrol

as Capt. Wright

1933

Forgotten

as Hans Strauss

1942

Miss Annie Rooney

as Mr. Thomas

1940

Men Against the Sky

as Capt. Sanders

1946

San Quentin

as Rev. Eckles (uncredited)

1948

The Dark Past

as Warden Benson (uncredited)

1929

1943

Margin for Error

as Medical Examiner

1963

The Wheeler Dealers

as Businessman (uncredited)

1937

1945

First Yank into Tokyo

as Col. Blaine (uncredited)

1947

Stepchild

as Judge

1937

1941

Play Girl

as Fred Dice

1939

Sorority House

as Mr. Grant

1942

Secret Agent of Japan

as American Navy Captain

1937

Behind The Headlines

as J.H. Scott, FBI

1933

1935

Broadway Gondolier

as Program Director

1936

Wanted: Jane Turner

as Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)

1945

1934

Blind Date

as George E. Martin

1938

Garden of the Moon

as Doctor (uncredited)

1937

1935

Grand Exit

as District Attorney Cope

1939

Naughty But Nice

as Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)

1932

Doctor X

as Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)

1936

Paddy O'Day

as Ship's Officer

1933

Picture Snatcher

as Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)

1935

Page Miss Glory

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1940

Hired Wife

as Hudson (uncredited)

1933

Luxury Liner

as Older Man (uncredited)

1939

Pacific Liner

as San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)

1932

You Said a Mouthful

as Jones - Attorney (uncredited)

1939

Wings of the Navy

as First Doctor

1941

Three Sons o' Guns

as Head of Draft Board

1939

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as Customs Official (uncredited)

1939

Union Pacific

as Jerome (uncredited)

1939

Two Thoroughbreds

as Bill Conway

1939

Five Came Back

as Airlines Official (uncredited)

1939

Each Dawn I Die

as Editor Patterson (uncredited)

1939

1939

Reno

as Disbarment Lawyer

1939

Swanee River

as Army Medical Examiner

1950

Gunmen of Abilene

as Dr. Johnson

1939

The Under-Pup

as Lawyer

1939

Espionage Agent

as Instructor

1939

The Escape

as Mr. Henley

1939

Blondie Brings Up Baby

as Tom Malcolm (uncredited)

1936

Postal Inspector

as Chief Postal Inspector

1940

Teddy the Rough Rider

as John W. Riggs

1936

1939

South of the Border

as American Consul

1940

Wagons Westward

as Major Marlowe

1941

The Shepherd of the Hills

as Doctor (uncredited)

1942

Thunder Birds

as Bit role

1940

1939

Calling All Marines

as Col. C.B. Vincent

1935

She Married Her Boss

as Andrews (uncredited)

1935

Traveling Saleslady

as J.C. Scoville

1941

Love Crazy

as Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)

1945

Purity Squad

as Darles F. Peters (uncredited)

1947

A Likely Story

as Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)

1942

Meet the Stewarts

as Club Member (uncredited)

1948

Every Girl Should Be Married

as Clergyman (uncredited)

1944

1941

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

as Board Member (uncredited)

1936

The Magnificent Brute

as Dr. Coleman

1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)

1936

Libeled Lady

as Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)

1945

Dakota

as Dr. Judson

1940

The Green Hornet

as District Attorney

1935

Red Salute

as Army Officer

1934

The Secret Bride

as Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)

1935

Front Page Woman

as Joe Davis

1937

Two Wise Maids

as Dr. MacIntyre

1938

Arson Racket Squad

as Commissioner Benton

1937

1940

Johnny Apollo

as Prison Warden

1942

Saboteur

as FBI Chief (uncredited)

1941

Road to Happiness

as Sam Rankin

1937

1940

Babies for Sale

as Arthur Kingsley

1940

Brigham Young

as Caleb Kent

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)

1937

Smashing the Vice Trust

as District Attorney

1955

Devil Goddess

as Prof. Carl Blakely

1942

Cairo

as Ship Captain (uncredited)

1933

The Little Giant

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1938

Gambling Ship

as Steve Riley

1941

Sergeant York

as General Duncan (uncredited)

1948

The Fuller Brush Man

as Henry Seward (uncredited)

1940

Gallant Sons

as Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)

1938

Gateway

as Inspector

1940

1936

The Singing Kid

as J.A. Hanson (uncredited)

1940

No Time for Comedy

as First-Nighter (uncredited)

1939

20,000 Men a Year

as C.A.A. Official

1940

Florian

as Desk Sergeant

1940

The Marines Fly High

as Medical Officer

1940

Millionaires in Prison

as Dr. Harry Lindsay

1942

Madame Spy

as Harrison K. Woods

1944

Stars on Parade

as J. L. Carson

1941

1936

Sing, Baby, Sing

as City Editor

1939

Private Detective

as Simmy Sanger

1935

Chinatown Squad

as Detective

1950

The Flying Missile

as Col. Halliburton

1944

Patrolling the Ether

as Chief of Radio Intelligence Division

1944

Sheriff of Las Vegas

as Arthur Stanton

1945

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

as RCMP Superintendant MacDonald

1935

Carnival

as Baby Judge

1931

The Secret Call

as Matt Stanton

1940

Forty Little Mothers

as Missing Persons Detective

1942

Romance on the Range

as Lawyer Harrison

1953

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

as Capt. McCook (uncredited)

1941

Devil Pays Off

as Adm. Curtiss

1941

1941

1946

1951

That's My Boy

as Doc Hunter

1947

Sarge Goes to College

as Marine Capt. R.S. Handler

1929

Thru Different Eyes

as King (defense attorney)

1931

Left Over Ladies

as Churchill

1937

The Westland Case

as The Warden

1942

Powder Town

as Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)

1942

Get Hep to Love

as George Arnold, Insurance Man

1942

A Date with the Falcon

as Mr. Wallis (uncredited)

1942

The Secret Code

as Maj. Henry Barton

1946

Child of Divorce

as Dr. Sterling

1947

The Thirteenth Hour

as Judge William B. Collins

1942

My Favorite Spy

as Minister at Wedding

1942

1942

The Power of God

as The Pastor

1939

Off the Record

as Detective Mendall

1948

The Cobra Strikes

as Dr. Keating

1939

Stand Up and Fight

as Whittingham P. Talbot

1950

Mark of the Gorilla

as Warden Frank R. Bentley

1935

Shipmates Forever

as Commander Gibbs (uncredited)

1949

Forgotten Women

as Judge Donnell

1936

Parole!

as Earl Bigbee

1940

Glamour for Sale

as District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)

1935

Navy Wife

as Doctor

1940

Murder in the Air

as Dr. Riddell

1940

If I Had My Way

as Mr. Melville (uncredited)

1946

Wife Wanted

as Lowell Cornell

1938

Crime Ring

as Ernie-Lawyer

1943

1943

Reconnaissance Pilot

as Lt. General

1937

Hot Water

as Maxwell

1939

On Dress Parade

as Capt. Evans Dover

1948

Sealed Verdict

as Dr. Bossin

1940

1936

The Accusing Finger

as Medical Examiner

1933

Police Car 17

as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

1942

The Falcon Takes Over

as Laird Burnett (Uncredited)

1943

Honeymoon Lodge

as Carol's Lawyer

1940

Sailor's Lady

as Executive Officer

1934

Murder in the Clouds

as Radio Announcer (Voice)

1938

The Chaser

as Judge #2

1949

Sorrowful Jones

as Doctor (uncredited)

1935

Public Hero Number 1

as Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)

1936

Educating Father

as Prof. Howard (uncredited)

1949

The Fountainhead

as Cortlandt Official (uncredited)

1952

Young Man with Ideas

as Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)

1932

Three on a Match

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1933

The Working Man

as Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)

1941

Buck Privates

as Capt. Johnson (uncredited)

1943

It Ain't Hay

as Grant

1946

The Time of Their Lives

as Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)

1945

Allotment Wives

as Deacon Sam

1936

My Man Godfrey

as Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)

1934

Fog Over Frisco

as Radio Announcer (Uncredited)

1951

Bowery Battalion

as Col. Masters

1938

Flight to Fame

as Jules Peabody

1939

Invisible Stripes

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

1946

Shock

as Dr. Blair

1943

Guadalcanal Diary

as Col. Thompson (uncredited)

1948

1942

Joe Smith, American

as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

1946

Mysterious Intruder

as Dr. Connell (Uncredited)

1935

Don't Bet on Blondes

as Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)

1944

Hey, Rookie

as Col. Robbins

1951

Purple Heart Diary

as Col. Tappen

1930

Brothers

as Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)

1948

The Gentleman from Nowhere

as District Attorney

1945

Thrill of a Romance

as 2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

1934

Stand Up and Cheer!

as White House Correspondent

1936

Revolt of the Zombies

as Officer (uncredited)

1934

Sadie McKee

as Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)

1937

1952

Deadline - U.S.A.

as Williams (uncredited)

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