Selmer Jackson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 6 May 1888 · Lake Mills, Iowa, USA
- Died
- 30 March 1971
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.
Known for
Acting 289
- 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1963The Wheeler Dealers as Businessman (uncredited)
- 1960The Gallant Hours
- 1959The Atomic Submarine as Admiral Terhune
- 1958The Lost Missile as The Secretary of State
- 1956Autumn Leaves as Mr. Wetherby
- 1955Devil Goddess as Prof. Carl Blakely
- 1954City Story
- 1953Sky Commando as Gen. Carson
- 1953Jack McCall, Desperado as Col. Brand
- 1952We're Not Married! as Chaplain Hall (uncredited)
- 1952Deadline - U.S.A. as Williams (uncredited)
- 1952Young Man with Ideas as Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)
- 1951Elopement as Dr. Halsey (uncredited)
- 1951Purple Heart Diary as Col. Tappen
- 1951That's My Boy as Doc Hunter
- 1951Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas as Governor
- 1951Bowery Battalion as Col. Masters
- 1950The Flying Missile as Col. Halliburton
- 1950Pygmy Island as Army Officer at Pentagon
- 1950Lucky Losers as David Thurston
- 1950Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras as Selmer Jackson
- 1950No Man of Her Own as Minister (uncredited)
- 1950Gunmen of Abilene as Dr. Johnson
- 1950Mark of the Gorilla as Warden Frank R. Bentley
- 1949Squadron of Doom as Meredith
- 1949Renegades of the Sage as Brown
- 1949Forgotten Women as Judge Donnell
- 1949Sorrowful Jones as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1949The Fountainhead as Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
- 1949Tulsa as Oilman (uncredited)
- 1949Alaska Patrol as Capt. Wright
- 1948Every Girl Should Be Married as Clergyman (uncredited)
- 1948The Dark Past as Warden Benson (uncredited)
- 1948Sealed Verdict as Dr. Bossin
- 1948The Girl from Manhattan as Dr. Moseby
- 1948The Gentleman from Nowhere as District Attorney
- 1948Pitfall as Ed Brawley
- 1948Dream Girl as Judge Jed Allerton
- 1948Blonde Ice as District Attorney Ed Chalmers
- 1948Stage Struck as Mr. Howard
- 1948The Fuller Brush Man as Henry Seward (uncredited)
- 1948King of the Gamblers as Judge
- 1948The Cobra Strikes as Dr. Keating
- 1947High Wall as Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)
- 1947Key Witness as Edward Clemmons
- 1947Magic Town as Stringer
- 1947The Pretender as Charles Lennox
- 1947Stepchild as Judge
- 1947Sarge Goes to College as Marine Capt. R.S. Handler
- 1947A Likely Story as Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)
- 1947The Thirteenth Hour as Judge William B. Collins
- 1946San Quentin as Rev. Eckles (uncredited)
- 1946Boston Blackie and the Law as Warden Lund
- 1946Wife Wanted as Lowell Cornell
- 1946Child of Divorce as Dr. Sterling
- 1946Dangerous Money as Ship's Doctor
- 1946The Time of Their Lives as Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)
- 1946She Wrote the Book as Fielding
- 1946The French Key as Walter Winslow
- 1946The Glass Alibi as Dr. Lawson
- 1946Mysterious Intruder as Dr. Connell (Uncredited)
- 1946Shock as Dr. Blair (uncredited)
- 1946Girl on the Spot as Ridgeway (uncredited)
- 1945Dakota as Dr. Judson
- 1945Black Market Babies
- 1945Allotment Wives as Deacon Sam
- 1945Purity Squad as Darles F. Peters (uncredited)
- 1945This Love of Ours as Dr. Melnik
- 1945The Royal Mounted Rides Again as RCMP Superintendant MacDonald
- 1945First Yank into Tokyo as Col. Blaine (uncredited)
- 1945Out of This World as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1945A Sporting Chance as John Smalley
- 1945Thrill of a Romance as 2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1945Dillinger as Dr. Rex Spang (uncredited)
- 1945Circumstantial Evidence as Warden
- 1945Forever Yours as Williams
- 1944Sheriff of Las Vegas as Arthur Stanton
- 1944Destiny as Warden (uncredited)
- 1944She's a Sweetheart as General
- 1944Stars on Parade as J. L. Carson
- 1944Patrolling the Ether as Chief of Radio Intelligence Division
- 1944Hey, Rookie as Col. Robbins
- 1943Around the World as Consul
- 1943Guadalcanal Diary as Col. Thompson (uncredited)
- 1943Honeymoon Lodge as Carol's Lawyer
- 1943Flight for Freedom as Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1943Harrigan's Kid as Mr. Ranley
- 1943It Ain't Hay as Grant
- 1943Margin for Error as Medical Examiner
- 1943You Can't Beat the Law as Mr. Bedford
- 1943Reconnaissance Pilot as Lt. General
- 1942Madame Spy as Harrison K. Woods
- 1942Thunder Birds as Bit role
- 1942Get Hep to Love as George Arnold, Insurance Man
- 1942The Secret Code as Maj. Henry Barton
- 1942Cairo as Ship Captain (uncredited)
- 1942Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Sersen
- 1942Thru Different Eyes as Chaplain
- 1942My Favorite Spy as Minister at Wedding
- 1942Powder Town as Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)
- 1942Miss Annie Rooney as Mr. Thomas
- 1942The Falcon Takes Over as Laird Burnett (Uncredited)
- 1942Meet the Stewarts as Club Member (uncredited)
- 1942Romance on the Range as Lawyer Harrison
- 1942Saboteur as FBI Chief (uncredited)
- 1942Secret Agent of Japan as American Navy Captain
- 1942The Strange Case of Doctor Rx as Judge
- 1942Frisco Lil
- 1942Joe Smith, American as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
- 1942A Date with the Falcon as Mr. Wallis (uncredited)
- 1942The Power of God as The Pastor
- 1941Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as Army Officer
- 1941Remember the Day as Graham
- 1941Road to Happiness as Sam Rankin
- 1941They Died with Their Boots On as Capt. McCook (uncredited)
- 1941Devil Pays Off as Adm. Curtiss
- 1941Sergeant York as General Duncan (uncredited)
- 1941Parachute Battalion as Thomas Morse
- 1941Blossoms in the Dust as Senator
- 1941Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Board Member (uncredited)
- 1941Three Sons o' Guns as Head of Draft Board
- 1941The Shepherd of the Hills as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1941Gangs Inc. as District Attorney
- 1941Love Crazy as Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)
- 1941She Knew All the Answers as Broker
- 1941Meet John Doe as Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)
- 1941Back Street as Arthur the butler
- 1941Buck Privates as Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
- 1941Play Girl as Fred Dice
- 1940Santa Fe Trail as Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)
- 1940Lady with Red Hair as Henry DeMille
- 1940Gallant Sons as Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)
- 1940The Ape as Dr. McNulty
- 1940Glamour for Sale as District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)
- 1940Brigham Young as Caleb Kent
- 1940City for Conquest as Doctor
- 1940No Time for Comedy as First-Nighter (uncredited)
- 1940Public Deb No. 1 as Lawyer
- 1940Hired Wife as Hudson (uncredited)
- 1940Men Against the Sky as Capt. Sanders
- 1940Millionaires in Prison as Dr. Harry Lindsay
- 1940Sailor's Lady as Executive Officer
- 1940Wagons Westward as Major Marlowe
- 1940Babies for Sale as Arthur Kingsley
- 1940Florian as Desk Sergeant
- 1940Murder in the Air as Dr. Riddell
- 1940If I Had My Way as Mr. Melville (uncredited)
- 1940Forty Little Mothers as Missing Persons Detective
- 1940Johnny Apollo as Prison Warden
- 1940Son of the Navy as Capt. Parker
- 1940The Grapes of Wrath as Inspection Officer
- 1940The Marines Fly High as Medical Officer
- 1940Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)
- 1940Teddy the Rough Rider as John W. Riggs
- 1940The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as James Sawyer
- 1940The Green Hornet as District Attorney
- 1939Invisible Stripes as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
- 1939Swanee River as Army Medical Examiner
- 1939Missing Evidence as Manager
- 1939South of the Border as American Consul
- 1939Private Detective as Simmy Sanger
- 1939Two Thoroughbreds as Bill Conway
- 1939Reno as Disbarment Lawyer
- 1939On Dress Parade as Capt. Evans Dover
- 1939Blondie Brings Up Baby as Tom Malcolm (uncredited)
- 193920,000 Men a Year as C.A.A. Official
- 1939Scandal Sheet as Douglas Haynes
- 1939The Escape as Mr. Henley
- 1939Espionage Agent as Instructor
- 1939Calling All Marines as Col. C.B. Vincent
- 1939The Under-Pup as Lawyer
- 1939Each Dawn I Die as Editor Patterson (uncredited)
- 1939Five Came Back as Airlines Official (uncredited)
- 1939Naughty but Nice as Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)
- 1939Inside Information as Alfred Huxley
- 1939Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Customs Official (uncredited)
- 1939Sorority House as Mr. Grant
- 1939Union Pacific as Jerome (uncredited)
- 1939Outside These Walls as John Wilson
- 1939Undercover Agent as John Graham
- 1939Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Doctor
- 1939Wings of the Navy as First Doctor
- 1939Off the Record as Detective Mendall
- 1939Pacific Liner as San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)
- 1939Stand Up and Fight as Whittingham P. Talbot
- 1938Gambling Ship as Steve Riley
- 1938Gangster's Boy as Judge Davis
- 1938Flight to Fame as Jules Peabody
- 1938Garden of the Moon as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1938Too Hot to Handle as Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)
- 1938Secrets of an Actress as Thompson
- 1938Personal Secretary as Blackmere
- 1938The Missing Guest as Frank Baldrich
- 1938Gateway as Inspector
- 1938The Chaser as Judge #2
- 1938Crime Ring as Ernie-Lawyer
- 1938Alexander's Ragtime Band as Manager Radio Station
- 1938Arson Racket Squad as Commissioner Benton
- 1938Prison Nurse as Parker
- 1938Midnight Intruder as Judge Hammond
- 1937You're Only Young Once as Hoyt Wells
- 1937The Duke Comes Back as Jim Watson
- 1937West of Shanghai as Harry
- 1937The Westland Case as The Warden
- 1937Federal Bullets as Harker
- 1937The Wrong Road as Judge
- 1937Hot Water as Maxwell
- 1937Meet the Boy Friend as Ned Madison
- 1937The 13th Man as Andrew Baldwin
- 1937The Case of the Stuttering Bishop as Victor Stockton
- 1937The Man in Blue as District Attorney
- 1937Charlie Chan at the Olympics as Navy Commander
- 1937Behind The Headlines as J.H. Scott, FBI
- 1937A Family Affair as Hoyt Wells
- 1937Two Wise Maids as Dr. MacIntyre
- 1937Man Of The People as Governor
- 1937Jungle Jim as Attorney Tyler
- 1937Smashing the Vice Trust as District Attorney
- 1936Three Smart Girls as Hamilton
- 1936Wanted: Jane Turner as Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
- 1936The Accusing Finger as Medical Examiner
- 1936Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island as Mr. Canfield
- 1936Ace Drummond as William Meredith, Sr.
- 1936The Magnificent Brute as Dr. Coleman
- 1936Libeled Lady as Adams (uncredited)
- 1936My Man Godfrey as Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)
- 1936Sing, Baby, Sing as City Editor
- 1936Postal Inspector as Chief Postal Inspector
- 1936Charlie Chan at the Race Track as Lansing
- 1936Public Enemy's Wife as Duffield
- 1936Parole! as Earl Bigbee
- 1936Easy Money as D. A. Allen Harrison
- 1936Little Miss Nobody as Judge Gibson
- 1936Revolt of the Zombies as Officer (uncredited)
- 1936Educating Father as Prof. Howard (uncredited)
- 1936Show Boat
- 1936The Singing Kid as J.A. Hanson (uncredited)
- 1936The Great Ziegfeld as Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)
- 1936The Bridge of Sighs as Defense Attorney Alan Adams
- 1936Paddy O'Day as Ship's Officer
- 1935A Night at the Opera as Committeeman (uncredited)
- 1935Grand Exit as District Attorney Cope
- 1935Shipmates Forever as Commander Gibbs (uncredited)
- 1935She Married Her Boss as Andrews (uncredited)
- 1935Navy Wife as Doctor
- 1935Red Salute as Army Officer
- 1935Page Miss Glory as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- 1935Broadway Gondolier as Program Director
- 1935Don't Bet on Blondes as Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)
- 1935The Murder Man as Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
- 1935Front Page Woman as Joe Davis
- 1935Chinatown Squad as Detective
- 1935Public Hero Number 1 as Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
- 1935$10 Raise as Real Estate Agent (uncredited)
- 1935Traveling Saleslady as J.C. Scoville
- 1935Carnival as Baby Judge
- 1935The Best Man Wins as O'Neill
- 1934The Secret Bride as Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)
- 1934Murder in the Clouds as Radio Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)
- 1934The Richest Girl in the World as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
- 1934Blind Date as George E. Martin
- 1934The Defense Rests as Duffy
- 1934Fog Over Frisco as Radio Announcer (Uncredited)
- 1934Sadie McKee as Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)
- 1934Stand Up and Cheer! as White House Correspondent
- 1934Sisters Under the Skin as Mullen
- 1934I've Got Your Number as Joe, a Gangster
- 1933Let's Fall in Love as Barton
- 1933Police Car 17 as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
- 1933The Little Giant as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1933Picture Snatcher as Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)
- 1933The Working Man as Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)
- 1933Forgotten as Hans Strauss
- 1933Luxury Liner as Older Man (uncredited)
- 1932You Said a Mouthful as Jones (uncredited)
- 1932Three on a Match as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1932Big City Blues as Joe (uncredited)
- 1932Doctor X as Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)
- 1932The Mouthpiece as Prison Clerk (Uncredited)
- 1931Left Over Ladies as Churchill
- 1931The Secret Call as Matt Stanton
- 1931Subway Express as Mason
- 1931Dirigible as Lt. Rowland (uncredited)
- 1930Brothers as Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)
- 1930Lovin' the Ladies as George Van Horne
- 1929Why Bring That Up? as Eddie
- 1929Thru Different Eyes as King (defense attorney)
- 1924Flowers of Hate as Earle Calvert