Actor
John Agar
Biography

John G. Agar (January 31, 1921 – April 7, 2002) was an American actor. He starred alongside John Wayne in the films Sands of Iwo Jima and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, but was later relegated to B movies, such as Tarantula, The Mole People, The Brain from Planet Arous, Flesh and the Spur, and Hand of Death. He also starred with Lucille Ball in the 1951 movie The Magic Carpet. Agar was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Lillian (née Rogers) and John Agar, Sr., a meat packer (see Agar Hams). He wa ...

Known For
Acting
2021 -- Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! | Self (archive footage)
2018 -- Monster Invaders from Space | Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage)
2005 -- The Naked Monster | Dr. Clete Ferguson
2001 -- The Vampire Hunters Club | Reggie
1998 -- Bielefeld Lichtwerk |
1997 -- Frank Capra's American Dream | Self (archive footage)
1996 -- A Century of Science Fiction | Self
1993 -- Body Bags | Dr. Lang
1992 -- Invasion of Privacy | Old Convict
1991 -- The Perfect Bride | Gramps
1990 -- Fear | Leonard Scott Levy
1990 -- Nightbreed | Gas Station Attendant / Victim
1989 -- Miracle Mile | Ivan Peters
1988 -- Perfect Victims | Dog-Walking Neighbor
1987 -- Creepy Classics | Bob Westley - (archive footage)
1982 -- Divided We Fall | Yankee Officer
1978 -- Mr. No Legs | Police Captain
1976 -- King Kong | City Official
1971 -- How's Your Love Life? | Police Lt. Rafferty
1971 -- Big Jake | Bert Ryan
1970 -- Chisum | Amos Patton
1969 -- The Undefeated | Christian
1969 -- Hell Raiders | Maj. Ronald Paxton
1968 -- Curse of the Swamp Creature | Barry Rogers
1968 -- The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage)
1967 -- Zontar: The Thing from Venus | Dr. Curt Taylor
1967 -- Night Fright | Sheriff Clint Crawford
1967 -- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Dion O'Bannion
1966 -- Waco | George Gates
1966 -- Women of the Prehistoric Planet | Dr. Farrell
1966 -- Johnny Reno | Ed Tomkins
1964 -- Stage to Thunder Rock | Dan Carrouthers
1964 -- Young Fury | Dawson
1964 -- Law of the Lawless | Pete Stone
1963 -- Of Love and Desire | Gus Cole
1963 -- The Young and the Brave | Intelligence Captain
1962 -- Journey to the Seventh Planet | Capt. Don Graham
1962 -- Hand of Death | Alex Marsh
1961 -- Fall Girl | Joe McElroy
1960 -- Raymie | Ike Burroughs
1959 -- Invisible Invaders | Maj. Bruce Jay
1959 -- Destination Space | Col. Matthews
1958 -- Frontier Gun | Sheriff Jim Crayle
1958 -- Attack of the Puppet People | Bob Westley
1958 -- Jet Attack | Capt. Tom Arnett
1958 -- The Day of the Trumpet | Sgt. Judd Norcutt
1957 -- Ride a Violent Mile | Jeff Donner
1957 -- The Brain from Planet Arous | Steve March
1957 -- Daughter of Dr. Jekyll | George Hastings
1957 -- Joe Butterfly | Sgt. Dick Mason
1956 -- The Mole People | Dr. Roger Bentley
1956 -- Flesh and the Spur | Luke Random
1956 -- Star in the Dust | Sheriff Bill Jorden
1955 -- Tarantula | Dr. Matt Hastings
1955 -- Hold Back Tomorrow | Joe Cardos
1955 -- The Lonesome Trail | Johnny Rush
1955 -- Revenge of the Creature | Prof. Clete Ferguson
1954 -- The Golden Mistress | Bill Buchanan
1954 -- Shield for Murder | Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster
1954 -- The Rocket Man | Tom Baxter
1954 -- Bait | Ray Brighton
1953 -- Man of Conflict | Ray Compton
1952 -- Woman of the North Country | David Powell
1951 -- The Magic Carpet | Ramoth
1951 -- Along the Great Divide | Billy Shear
1950 -- Breakthrough | Lt. Joe Mallory
1950 -- The Woman on Pier 13 | Don Lowry
1950 -- Sands of Iwo Jima | PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway
1949 -- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Lt. Flint Cohill
1949 -- Adventure in Baltimore | Tom Wade
1948 -- Fort Apache | 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke
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