Selmer Jackson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1888-05-06
Day of Death
1971-03-30 (82 years old)
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.
Known For
Acting
(1984)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1963)
The Wheeler Dealers
as Businessman (uncredited)
(1960)
(1959)
The Atomic Submarine
as Admiral Terhune
(1958)
The Lost Missile
as The Secretary of State
(1956)
Autumn Leaves
as Mr. Wetherby
(1955)
Devil Goddess
as Prof. Carl Blakely
(1954)
(1953)
Jack McCall, Desperado
as Col. Brand
(1953)
Sky Commando
as Gen. Carson
(1952)
Young Man with Ideas
as Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)
(1952)
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Williams (uncredited)
(1952)
We're Not Married!
as Chaplain Hall (uncredited)
(1951)
Elopement
as Dr. Halsey (uncredited)
(1951)
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas
as Governor
(1951)
Bowery Battalion
as Col. Masters
(1951)
Purple Heart Diary
as Col. Tappen
(1951)
That's My Boy
as Doc Hunter
(1950)
The Flying Missile
as Col. Halliburton
(1950)
Lucky Losers
as David Thurston
(1950)
Mark of the Gorilla
as Warden Frank R. Bentley
(1950)
Gunmen of Abilene
as Dr. Johnson
(1950)
No Man of Her Own
as Minister (uncredited)
(1950)
Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras
as Selmer Jackson
(1949)
Tulsa
as Oilman (uncredited)
(1949)
The Fountainhead
as Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
(1949)
Forgotten Women
as Judge Donnell
(1949)
Alaska Patrol
as Capt. Wright
(1949)
Sorrowful Jones
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1949)
Squadron of Doom
as Meredith
(1949)
Renegades of the Sage
as Brown
(1948)
Stage Struck
as Mr. Howard
(1948)
Pitfall
as Ed Brawley
(1948)
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Clergyman (uncredited)
(1948)
Sealed Verdict
as Dr. Bossin
(1948)
The Gentleman from Nowhere
as District Attorney
(1948)
The Girl from Manhattan
as Dr. Moseby
(1948)
The Fuller Brush Man
as Henry Seward (uncredited)
(1948)
The Cobra Strikes
as Dr. Keating
(1948)
The Dark Past
as Warden Benson (uncredited)
(1948)
Dream Girl
as Judge Jed Allerton
(1948)
Blonde Ice
as District Attorney Ed Chalmers
(1947)
Sarge Goes to College
as Marine Capt. R.S. Handler
(1947)
The Thirteenth Hour
as Judge William B. Collins
(1947)
Key Witness
as Edward Clemmons
(1947)
Stepchild
as Judge
(1947)
High Wall
as Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)
(1947)
Magic Town
as Stringer
(1947)
The Pretender
as Charles Lennox
(1947)
A Likely Story
as Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)
(1946)
Dangerous Money
as Ship's Doctor
(1946)
The Time of Their Lives
as Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)
(1946)
Boston Blackie and the Law
as Warden Lund
(1946)
The French Key
as Walter Winslow
(1946)
Mysterious Intruder
as Dr. Connell (Uncredited)
(1946)
Shock
as Dr. Blair
(1946)
San Quentin
as Rev. Eckles (uncredited)
(1946)
The Glass Alibi
as Dr. Lawson
(1946)
She Wrote the Book
as Fielding
(1946)
Child of Divorce
as Dr. Sterling
(1946)
Wife Wanted
as Lowell Cornell
(1945)
Thrill of a Romance
as 2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
(1945)
First Yank into Tokyo
as Col. Blaine (uncredited)
(1945)
Allotment Wives
as Deacon Sam
(1945)
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
as RCMP Superintendant MacDonald
(1945)
Forever Yours
as Williams
(1945)
Out of This World
as Doctor
(1945)
Dakota
as Dr. Judson
(1945)
Circumstantial Evidence
as Warden
(1945)
This Love of Ours
as Dr. Melnik
(1945)
A Sporting Chance
as John Smalley
(1945)
(1945)
Purity Squad
as Darles F. Peters (uncredited)
(1944)
Hey, Rookie
as Col. Robbins
(1944)
Sheriff of Las Vegas
as Arthur Stanton
(1944)
Patrolling the Ether
as Chief of Radio Intelligence Division
(1944)
She's a Sweetheart
as General
(1944)
Stars on Parade
as J. L. Carson
(1943)
Around the World
as Consul
(1943)
Honeymoon Lodge
as Carol's Lawyer
(1943)
Margin for Error
as Medical Examiner
(1943)
Flight for Freedom
as Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1943)
Reconnaissance Pilot
as Lt. General
(1943)
Guadalcanal Diary
as Col. Thompson (uncredited)
(1943)
Harrigan's Kid
as Mr. Ranley
(1943)
It Ain't Hay
as Grant
(1943)
You Can't Beat the Law
as Mr. Bedford
(1942)
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Judge
(1942)
Saboteur
as FBI Chief (uncredited)
(1942)
Meet the Stewarts
as Club Member (uncredited)
(1942)
(1942)
The Falcon Takes Over
as Laird Burnett (Uncredited)
(1942)
My Favorite Spy
as Minister at Wedding
(1942)
Secret Agent of Japan
as American Navy Captain
(1942)
Madame Spy
as Harrison K. Woods
(1942)
The Secret Code
as Maj. Henry Barton
(1942)
Joe Smith, American
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
(1942)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Sersen
(1942)
Get Hep to Love
as George Arnold, Insurance Man
(1942)
Cairo
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
(1942)
Romance on the Range
as Lawyer Harrison
(1942)
Powder Town
as Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)
(1942)
Miss Annie Rooney
as Mr. Thomas
(1942)
A Date with the Falcon
as Mr. Wallis (uncredited)
(1942)
The Power of God
as The Pastor
(1942)
Thru Different Eyes
as Chaplain
(1942)
Thunder Birds
as Bit role
(1941)
Sergeant York
as General Duncan (uncredited)
(1941)
Blossoms in the Dust
as Senator
(1941)
Love Crazy
as Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)
(1941)
She Knew All the Answers
as Broker
(1941)
Road to Happiness
as Sam Rankin
(1941)
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1941)
Meet John Doe
as Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)
(1941)
Three Sons o' Guns
as Head of Draft Board
(1941)
Parachute Battalion
as Thomas Morse
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Capt. McCook (uncredited)
(1941)
Buck Privates
as Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
(1941)
Back Street
as Arthur the butler
(1941)
Remember the Day
as Graham
(1941)
Play Girl
as Fred Dice
(1941)
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as Army Officer
(1941)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Board Member (uncredited)
(1941)
Devil Pays Off
as Adm. Curtiss
(1941)
Gangs Inc.
as District Attorney
(1940)
Millionaires in Prison
as Dr. Harry Lindsay
(1940)
Santa Fe Trail
as Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Inspection Officer
(1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)
(1940)
Gallant Sons
as Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)
(1940)
Men Against the Sky
as Capt. Sanders
(1940)
If I Had My Way
as Mr. Melville (uncredited)
(1940)
Lady with Red Hair
as Henry DeMille
(1940)
No Time for Comedy
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
(1940)
The Ape
as Dr. McNulty
(1940)
Sailor's Lady
as Executive Officer
(1940)
Florian
as Desk Sergeant
(1940)
Public Deb No. 1
as Lawyer
(1940)
The Marines Fly High
as Medical Officer
(1940)
Johnny Apollo
as Prison Warden
(1940)
Murder in the Air
as Dr. Riddell
(1940)
Forty Little Mothers
as Missing Persons Detective
(1940)
Wagons Westward
as Major Marlowe
(1940)
Brigham Young
as Caleb Kent
(1940)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as James Sawyer
(1940)
Hired Wife
as Hudson (uncredited)
(1940)
Glamour for Sale
as District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)
(1940)
The Green Hornet
as District Attorney
(1940)
Teddy the Rough Rider
as John W. Riggs
(1940)
City for Conquest
as Doctor
(1940)
Son of the Navy
as Capt. Parker
(1940)
Babies for Sale
as Arthur Kingsley
(1939)
Wings of the Navy
as First Doctor
(1939)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Doctor
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Jerome (uncredited)
(1939)
Scandal Sheet
as Douglas Haynes
(1939)
Private Detective
as Simmy Sanger
(1939)
Each Dawn I Die
as Editor Patterson (uncredited)
(1939)
The Escape
as Mr. Henley
(1939)
South of the Border
as American Consul
(1939)
Invisible Stripes
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
(1939)
Swanee River
as Army Medical Examiner
(1939)
Missing Evidence
as Manager
(1939)
Espionage Agent
as Instructor
(1939)
The Under-Pup
as Lawyer
(1939)
Off the Record
as Detective Mendall
(1939)
20,000 Men a Year
as C.A.A. Official
(1939)
Five Came Back
as Airlines Official (uncredited)
(1939)
Pacific Liner
as San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)
(1939)
Sorority House
as Mr. Grant
(1939)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Customs Official (uncredited)
(1939)
Outside These Walls
as John Wilson
(1939)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Tom Malcolm (uncredited)
(1939)
Reno
as Disbarment Lawyer
(1939)
Two Thoroughbreds
as Bill Conway
(1939)
On Dress Parade
as Capt. Evans Dover
(1939)
Naughty But Nice
as Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)
(1939)
Inside Information
as Alfred Huxley
(1939)
Calling All Marines
as Col. C.B. Vincent
(1939)
Undercover Agent
as John Graham
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
as Whittingham P. Talbot
(1938)
Prison Nurse
as Parker
(1938)
Gangster's Boy
as Judge Davis
(1938)
Crime Ring
as Ernie-Lawyer
(1938)
Gateway
as Inspector
(1938)
Midnight Intruder
as Judge Hammond
(1938)
The Chaser
as Judge #2
(1938)
Personal Secretary
as Blackmere
(1938)
Garden of the Moon
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1938)
Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Manager Radio Station
(1938)
Secrets of an Actress
as Thompson
(1938)
The Missing Guest
as Frank Baldrich
(1938)
Arson Racket Squad
as Commissioner Benton
(1938)
Gambling Ship
as Steve Riley
(1938)
Flight to Fame
as Jules Peabody
(1937)
The Duke Comes Back
as Jim Watson
(1937)
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Victor Stockton
(1937)
Behind The Headlines
as J.H. Scott, FBI
(1937)
West of Shanghai
as Harry
(1937)
Hot Water
as Maxwell
(1937)
Smashing the Vice Trust
as District Attorney
(1937)
The Wrong Road
as Judge
(1937)
Jungle Jim
as Attorney Tyler
(1937)
Federal Bullets
as Harker
(1937)
A Family Affair
as Hoyt Wells
(1937)
Two Wise Maids
as Dr. MacIntyre
(1937)
Meet the Boy Friend
as Ned Madison
(1937)
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
as Navy Commander
(1937)
The 13th Man
as Andrew Baldwin
(1937)
The Westland Case
as The Warden
(1937)
Man Of The People
as Governor
(1937)
You're Only Young Once
as Hoyt Wells
(1936)
The Magnificent Brute
as Dr. Coleman
(1936)
The Singing Kid
as J.A. Hanson (uncredited)
(1936)
Paddy O'Day
as Ship's Officer
(1936)
The Accusing Finger
as Medical Examiner
(1936)
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
as Mr. Canfield
(1936)
(1936)
Revolt of the Zombies
as Officer (uncredited)
(1936)
Sing, Baby, Sing
as City Editor
(1936)
Easy Money
as D. A. Allen Harrison
(1936)
Postal Inspector
as Chief Postal Inspector
(1936)
The Bridge of Sighs
as Defense Attorney Alan Adams
(1936)
Wanted: Jane Turner
as Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
(1936)
Public Enemy's Wife
as Duffield
(1936)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Lansing
(1936)
Three Smart Girls
as Hamilton
(1936)
The Great Ziegfeld
as Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)
(1936)
Parole!
as Earl Bigbee
(1936)
Libeled Lady
as Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)
(1936)
My Man Godfrey
as Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)
(1936)
Little Miss Nobody
as Judge Gibson
(1936)
Ace Drummond
as William Meredith, Sr.
(1936)
Educating Father
as Prof. Howard (uncredited)
(1935)
The Best Man Wins
as O'Neill
(1935)
Grand Exit
as District Attorney Cope
(1935)
Red Salute
as Army Officer
(1935)
A Night at the Opera
as Committeeman (uncredited)
(1935)
Carnival
as Baby Judge
(1935)
Public Hero Number 1
as Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
(1935)
Traveling Saleslady
as J.C. Scoville
(1935)
The Murder Man
as Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
(1935)
Chinatown Squad
as Detective
(1935)
Page Miss Glory
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
(1935)
Front Page Woman
as Joe Davis
(1935)
$10 Raise
as Real Estate Agent (uncredited)
(1935)
Broadway Gondolier
as Program Director
(1935)
Shipmates Forever
as Commander Gibbs (uncredited)
(1935)
Navy Wife
as Doctor
(1935)
She Married Her Boss
as Andrews (uncredited)
(1935)
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)
(1934)
Fog Over Frisco
as Radio Announcer (Uncredited)
(1934)
I've Got Your Number
as Joe, a Gangster
(1934)
Blind Date
as George E. Martin
(1934)
Sadie McKee
as Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)
(1934)
The Defense Rests
as Duffy
(1934)
Stand Up and Cheer!
as White House Correspondent
(1934)
The Richest Girl in the World
as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
(1934)
The Secret Bride
as Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)
(1934)
Murder in the Clouds
as Radio Announcer (Voice)
(1933)
Police Car 17
as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
(1933)
Let's Fall in Love
as Barton
(1933)
The Little Giant
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
(1933)
The Working Man
as Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)
(1933)
Picture Snatcher
as Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)
(1933)
Luxury Liner
as Older Man (uncredited)
(1933)
Forgotten
as Hans Strauss
(1932)
The Mouthpiece
as Prison Clerk (Uncredited)
(1932)
Doctor X
as Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)
(1932)
Big City Blues
as Joe (uncredited)
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
(1932)
You Said a Mouthful
as Jones - Attorney (uncredited)
(1931)
The Secret Call
as Matt Stanton
(1931)
Subway Express
as Mason
(1931)
Left Over Ladies
as Churchill
(1930)
Brothers
as Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)
(1930)
Lovin' the Ladies
as George Van Horne
(1929)
Thru Different Eyes
as King (defense attorney)
(1929)
Why Bring That Up?
as Eddie