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