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