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