Jay C. Flippen

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-03-05 (72 years old)

Deathday

1971-02-03

Place of Birth

Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Jay C. Flippen

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jay C. Flippen  (born March 6, 1899, Little Rock, Arkansas – February 3, 1971, Los Angeles, California) is an American character actor who often played police officers or weary criminals in many movies of the 1940s/'50s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay C. Flippen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Acting

1956

The Killing

as Marvin Unger

1968

Firecreek

as Mr. Pittman

1971

The Seven Minutes

as Luther Yerkes

1965

Cat Ballou

as Sheriff Cardigan

1951

The Lemon Drop Kid

as Straight Flush Tony

1957

Night Passage

as Ben Kimball

1952

The Las Vegas Story

as Capt. H.A. Harris

1968

Hellfighters

as Jack Lomax

1957

The Halliday Brand

as Chad Burris

1947

Brute Force

as Hodges (guard)

1957

Run of the Arrow

as Walking Coyote

1955

Oklahoma!

as Skidmore

1955

Six Bridges to Cross

as Vincent Concannon

1951

1950

Winchester '73

as Sergeant Wilkes

1956

7th Cavalry

as Sgt. Bates

1955

Man Without a Star

as Strap Davis

1953

Thunder Bay

as Kermit MacDonald

1955

1954

Carnival Story

as Charley Grayson

1949

They Live by Night

as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield

1950

Love That Brute

as Biff Sage

1952

Bend of the River

as Jeremy Baile

1950

Buccaneer's Girl

as Jared Hawkins

1947

Intrigue

as Mike, the bartender

1951

Flying Leathernecks

as MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief

1954

1960

Wild River

as Hamilton Garth

1957

Jet Pilot

as Maj. Gen. Black

1957

The Midnight Story

as Sgt. Jack Gillen

1949

A Woman's Secret

as Police Insp. Jim Fowler

1957

Hot Summer Night

as Oren Kobble

1950

Two Flags West

as Sgt. Terrance Duey

1957

The Deerslayer

as Old Tom Hutter

1928

The Ham What Am

as Himself

1957

The Restless Breed

as Marshal Steve Evans

1949

1953

Devil's Canyon

as Jack Wells

1960

The Plunderers

as Sheriff McCauley

1951

The Lady from Texas

as Sheriff Mike McShane

1960

Studs Lonigan

as Father Gilhooey

1964

Looking for Love

as Ralph Front

1958

From Hell to Texas

as Jake Leffertfinger

1949

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

as Lippy Brannigan

1949

Trapped

as Bartender (uncredited)

1953

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court

1956

1966

1957

Escape from Red Rock

as Sheriff John Costaine

1957

Public Pigeon No. 1

as Lt. Ross Qualen

1953

The Wild One

as Sheriff Stew Singer

1958

No Time at All

as Happy Gallant

1955

It's Always Fair Weather

as Charles Z. Culloran

1952

1962

How the West Was Won

as Huggins (uncredited)

1955

Kismet

as Jawan

1934

Marie Galante

as Sailor in Bar

1968

The Sound of Anger

as Judge Prentiss

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1934

Million Dollar Ransom

as Singer (Uncredited)

1971

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

as Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)

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