Selmer Jackson

Acting

Born May 6, 1888, Lake Mills, Iowa, USA

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.

Filmography

• 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s — (archive footage)
• 1963The Wheeler Dealers — Businessman (uncredited)
• 1960The Gallant Hours
• Bonanza — Doctor
• 1959The Atomic Submarine — Admiral Terhune
• 1958The Lost Missile — The Secretary of State
• 1956Autumn Leaves — Mr. Wetherby
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Butler, Henry, Clergyman, Reverend, Minister
• 1955Devil Goddess — Prof. Carl Blakely
• Navy Log
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Mayor Hoover
• The Millionaire — Dr. Jim O'Toole
• Annie Oakley — John Cromby
• 1954City Story
• 1953Jack McCall, Desperado — Col. Brand
• 1953Sky Commando — Gen. Carson
• Adventures of Superman — Col. Jack Redding, Gen. Summers
• 1952Deadline - U.S.A. — Williams (uncredited)
• The Ford Television Theatre — Gen. Maddux
• 1952We're Not Married! — Chaplain Hall (uncredited)
• 1952Young Man with Ideas — Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)
• 1951Bowery Battalion — Col. Masters
• 1951Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas — Governor
• 1951Elopement — Dr. Halsey (uncredited)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame
• 1951Purple Heart Diary — Col. Tappen
• 1951That's My Boy — Doc Hunter
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok — Governor
• The Living Christ — Pharisee
• 1950Gunmen of Abilene — Dr. Johnson
• 1950Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras — Selmer Jackson
• 1950Lucky Losers — David Thurston
• Lux Video Theatre — Dr. Allen, General, Dr. Curlin, Mr. Coswell, Edgar Wellman
• 1950Mark of the Gorilla — Warden Frank R. Bentley
• 1950No Man of Her Own — Minister (uncredited)
• 1950Pygmy Island — Army Officer at Pentagon
• 1950The Flying Missile — Col. Halliburton
• 1949Alaska Patrol — Capt. Wright
• 1949Forgotten Women — Judge Donnell
• 1949Renegades of the Sage — Brown
• 1949Sorrowful Jones — Doctor (uncredited)
• 1949Squadron of Doom — Meredith
• 1949The Fountainhead — Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
• 1949Tulsa — Oilman (uncredited)
• 1948Blonde Ice — District Attorney Ed Chalmers
• 1948Dream Girl — Judge Jed Allerton
• 1948Every Girl Should Be Married — Clergyman (uncredited)
• 1948King of the Gamblers — Judge
• 1948Pitfall — Ed Brawley
• 1948Sealed Verdict — Dr. Bossin
• 1948Stage Struck — Mr. Howard
• 1948The Cobra Strikes — Dr. Keating
• 1948The Dark Past — Warden Benson (uncredited)
• 1948The Fuller Brush Man — Henry Seward (uncredited)
• 1948The Gentleman from Nowhere — District Attorney
• 1948The Girl from Manhattan — Dr. Moseby
• 1947A Likely Story — Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)
• 1947High Wall — Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)
• 1947Key Witness — Edward Clemmons
• 1947Magic Town — Stringer
• 1947Sarge Goes to College — Marine Capt. R.S. Handler
• 1947Stepchild — Judge
• 1947The Pretender — Charles Lennox
• 1947The Thirteenth Hour — Judge William B. Collins
• 1946Boston Blackie and the Law — Warden Lund
• 1946Child of Divorce — Dr. Sterling
• 1946Dangerous Money — Ship's Doctor
• 1946Girl on the Spot — Ridgeway (uncredited)
• 1946Mysterious Intruder — Dr. Connell (Uncredited)
• 1946San Quentin — Rev. Eckles (uncredited)
• 1946She Wrote the Book — Fielding
• 1946Shock — Dr. Blair (uncredited)
• 1946The French Key — Walter Winslow
• 1946The Glass Alibi — Dr. Lawson
• 1946The Time of Their Lives — Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)
• 1946Wife Wanted — Lowell Cornell
• 1945A Sporting Chance — John Smalley
• 1945Allotment Wives — Deacon Sam
• 1945Black Market Babies
• 1945Circumstantial Evidence — Warden
• 1945Dakota — Dr. Judson
• 1945Dillinger — Dr. Rex Spang (uncredited)
• 1945First Yank into Tokyo — Col. Blaine (uncredited)
• 1945Forever Yours — Williams
• 1945Out of This World — Doctor (uncredited)
• 1945Purity Squad — Darles F. Peters (uncredited)
• 1945The Royal Mounted Rides Again — RCMP Superintendant MacDonald
• 1945This Love of Ours — Dr. Melnik
• 1945Thrill of a Romance — 2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• 1944Destiny — Warden (uncredited)
• 1944Hey, Rookie — Col. Robbins
• 1944Patrolling the Ether — Chief of Radio Intelligence Division
• 1944She's a Sweetheart — General
• 1944Sheriff of Las Vegas — Arthur Stanton
• 1944Stars on Parade — J. L. Carson
• 1943Around the World — Consul
• 1943Flight for Freedom — Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1943Guadalcanal Diary — Col. Thompson (uncredited)
• 1943Harrigan's Kid — Mr. Ranley
• 1943Honeymoon Lodge — Carol's Lawyer
• 1943It Ain't Hay — Grant
• 1943Margin for Error — Medical Examiner
• 1943Reconnaissance Pilot — Lt. General
• 1943You Can't Beat the Law — Mr. Bedford
• 1942A Date with the Falcon — Mr. Wallis (uncredited)
• 1942Cairo — Ship Captain (uncredited)
• 1942Frisco Lil
• 1942Get Hep to Love — George Arnold, Insurance Man
• 1942Joe Smith, American — Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
• 1942Madame Spy — Harrison K. Woods
• 1942Meet the Stewarts — Club Member (uncredited)
• 1942Miss Annie Rooney — Mr. Thomas
• 1942My Favorite Spy — Minister at Wedding
• 1942Powder Town — Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)
• 1942Romance on the Range — Lawyer Harrison
• 1942Saboteur — FBI Chief (uncredited)
• 1942Secret Agent of Japan — American Navy Captain
• 1942Ten Gentlemen from West Point — Sersen
• 1942The Falcon Takes Over — Laird Burnett (Uncredited)
• 1942The Power of God — The Pastor
• 1942The Secret Code — Maj. Henry Barton
• 1942The Strange Case of Doctor Rx — Judge
• 1942Thru Different Eyes — Chaplain
• 1942Thunder Birds — Bit role
• 1941Back Street — Arthur the butler
• 1941Blossoms in the Dust — Senator
• 1941Buck Privates — Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
• 1941Devil Pays Off — Adm. Curtiss
• 1941Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. — Army Officer
• 1941Gangs Inc. — District Attorney
• 1941Here Comes Mr. Jordan — Board Member (uncredited)
• 1941Love Crazy — Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)
• 1941Meet John Doe — Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)
• 1941Parachute Battalion — Thomas Morse
• 1941Play Girl — Fred Dice
• 1941Remember the Day — Graham
• 1941Road to Happiness — Sam Rankin
• 1941Sergeant York — General Duncan (uncredited)
• 1941She Knew All the Answers — Broker
• 1941The Shepherd of the Hills — Doctor (uncredited)
• 1941They Died with Their Boots On — Capt. McCook (uncredited)
• 1941Three Sons o' Guns — Head of Draft Board
• 1940Abe Lincoln in Illinois — Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)
• 1940Babies for Sale — Arthur Kingsley
• 1940Brigham Young — Caleb Kent
• 1940City for Conquest — Doctor
• 1940Florian — Desk Sergeant
• 1940Forty Little Mothers — Missing Persons Detective
• 1940Gallant Sons — Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)
• 1940Glamour for Sale — District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)
• 1940Hired Wife — Hudson (uncredited)
• 1940If I Had My Way — Mr. Melville (uncredited)
• 1940Johnny Apollo — Prison Warden
• 1940Lady with Red Hair — Henry DeMille
• 1940Men Against the Sky — Capt. Sanders
• 1940Millionaires in Prison — Dr. Harry Lindsay
• 1940Murder in the Air — Dr. Riddell
• 1940No Time for Comedy — First-Nighter (uncredited)
• 1940Public Deb No. 1 — Lawyer
• 1940Sailor's Lady — Executive Officer
• 1940Santa Fe Trail — Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)
• 1940Son of the Navy — Capt. Parker
• 1940Teddy the Rough Rider — John W. Riggs
• 1940The Ape — Dr. McNulty
• 1940The Grapes of Wrath — Inspection Officer
• 1940The Green Hornet — District Attorney
• 1940The Man Who Wouldn't Talk — James Sawyer
• 1940The Marines Fly High — Medical Officer
• 1940Wagons Westward — Major Marlowe
• 193920,000 Men a Year — C.A.A. Official
• 1939Blondie Brings Up Baby — Tom Malcolm (uncredited)
• 1939Calling All Marines — Col. C.B. Vincent
• 1939Confessions of a Nazi Spy — Customs Official (uncredited)
• 1939Each Dawn I Die — Editor Patterson (uncredited)
• 1939Espionage Agent — Instructor
• 1939Five Came Back — Airlines Official (uncredited)
• 1939Inside Information — Alfred Huxley
• 1939Invisible Stripes — Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
• 1939Missing Evidence — Manager
• 1939Mr. Moto in Danger Island — Doctor
• 1939Naughty but Nice — Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)
• 1939Off the Record — Detective Mendall
• 1939On Dress Parade — Capt. Evans Dover
• 1939Outside These Walls — John Wilson
• 1939Pacific Liner — San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)
• 1939Private Detective — Simmy Sanger
• 1939Reno — Disbarment Lawyer
• 1939Scandal Sheet — Douglas Haynes
• 1939Sorority House — Mr. Grant
• 1939South of the Border — American Consul
• 1939Stand Up and Fight — Whittingham P. Talbot
• 1939Swanee River — Army Medical Examiner
• 1939The Escape — Mr. Henley
• 1939The Under-Pup — Lawyer
• 1939Two Thoroughbreds — Bill Conway
• 1939Undercover Agent — John Graham
• 1939Union Pacific — Jerome (uncredited)
• 1939Wings of the Navy — First Doctor
• 1938Alexander's Ragtime Band — Manager Radio Station
• 1938Arson Racket Squad — Commissioner Benton
• 1938Crime Ring — Ernie-Lawyer
• 1938Flight to Fame — Jules Peabody
• 1938Gambling Ship — Steve Riley
• 1938Gangster's Boy — Judge Davis
• 1938Garden of the Moon — Doctor (uncredited)
• 1938Gateway — Inspector
• 1938Midnight Intruder — Judge Hammond
• 1938Personal Secretary — Blackmere
• 1938Prison Nurse — Parker
• 1938Secrets of an Actress — Thompson
• 1938The Chaser — Judge #2
• 1938The Missing Guest — Frank Baldrich
• 1938Too Hot to Handle — Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)
• 1937A Family Affair — Hoyt Wells
• 1937Behind The Headlines — J.H. Scott, FBI
• 1937Charlie Chan at the Olympics — Navy Commander
• 1937Federal Bullets — Harker
• 1937Hot Water — Maxwell
• 1937Jungle Jim — Attorney Tyler
• 1937Man Of The People — Governor
• 1937Meet the Boy Friend — Ned Madison
• 1937Smashing the Vice Trust — District Attorney
• 1937The 13th Man — Andrew Baldwin
• 1937The Case of the Stuttering Bishop — Victor Stockton
• 1937The Duke Comes Back — Jim Watson
• 1937The Man in Blue — District Attorney
• 1937The Westland Case — The Warden
• 1937The Wrong Road — Judge
• 1937Two Wise Maids — Dr. MacIntyre
• 1937West of Shanghai — Harry
• 1937You're Only Young Once — Hoyt Wells
• 1936Ace Drummond — William Meredith, Sr.
• 1936Charlie Chan at the Race Track — Lansing
• 1936Easy Money — D. A. Allen Harrison
• 1936Educating Father — Prof. Howard (uncredited)
• 1936Libeled Lady — Adams (uncredited)
• 1936Little Miss Nobody — Judge Gibson
• 1936My Man Godfrey — Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)
• 1936Paddy O'Day — Ship's Officer
• 1936Parole! — Earl Bigbee
• 1936Postal Inspector — Chief Postal Inspector
• 1936Public Enemy's Wife — Duffield
• 1936Revolt of the Zombies — Officer (uncredited)
• 1936Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island — Mr. Canfield
• 1936Show Boat
• 1936Sing, Baby, Sing — City Editor
• 1936The Accusing Finger — Medical Examiner
• 1936The Bridge of Sighs — Defense Attorney Alan Adams
• 1936The Great Ziegfeld — Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)
• 1936The Magnificent Brute — Dr. Coleman
• 1936The Singing Kid — J.A. Hanson (uncredited)
• 1936Three Smart Girls — Hamilton
• 1936Wanted: Jane Turner — Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
• 1935$10 Raise — Real Estate Agent (uncredited)
• 1935A Night at the Opera — Committeeman (uncredited)
• 1935Broadway Gondolier — Program Director
• 1935Carnival — Baby Judge
• 1935Chinatown Squad — Detective
• 1935Don't Bet on Blondes — Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)
• 1935Front Page Woman — Joe Davis
• 1935Grand Exit — District Attorney Cope
• 1935Navy Wife — Doctor
• 1935Page Miss Glory — Radio Announcer (uncredited)
• 1935Public Hero Number 1 — Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
• 1935Red Salute — Army Officer
• 1935She Married Her Boss — Andrews (uncredited)
• 1935Shipmates Forever — Commander Gibbs (uncredited)
• 1935The Best Man Wins — O'Neill
• 1935The Murder Man — Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
• 1935Traveling Saleslady — J.C. Scoville
• 1934Blind Date — George E. Martin
• 1934Fog Over Frisco — Radio Announcer (Uncredited)
• 1934I've Got Your Number — Joe, a Gangster
• 1934Murder in the Clouds — Radio Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)
• 1934Sadie McKee — Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)
• 1934Sisters Under the Skin — Mullen
• 1934Stand Up and Cheer! — White House Correspondent
• 1934The Defense Rests — Duffy
• 1934The Richest Girl in the World — Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
• 1934The Secret Bride — Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)
• 1933Forgotten — Hans Strauss
• 1933Let's Fall in Love — Barton
• 1933Luxury Liner — Older Man (uncredited)
• 1933Picture Snatcher — Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)
• 1933Police Car 17 — Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
• 1933The Little Giant — Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
• 1933The Working Man — Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)
• 1932Big City Blues — Joe (uncredited)
• 1932Doctor X — Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)
• 1932The Mouthpiece — Prison Clerk (Uncredited)
• 1932Three on a Match — Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
• 1932You Said a Mouthful — Jones (uncredited)
• 1931Dirigible — Lt. Rowland (uncredited)
• 1931Left Over Ladies — Churchill
• 1931Subway Express — Mason
• 1931The Secret Call — Matt Stanton
• 1930Brothers — Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)
• 1930Lovin' the Ladies — George Van Horne
• 1929Thru Different Eyes — King (defense attorney)
• 1929Why Bring That Up? — Eddie
• 1924Flowers of Hate — Earle Calvert