Actor
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
Movie

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Movie

The Wheeler Dealers

Movie

The Gallant Hours

Movie

The Atomic Submarine

Movie

The Lost Missile

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