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
| Birth Location | Lake Mills, Iowa, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1888-05-06 |
| Died | 1971-03-30 |
Movies
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
The Wheeler Dealers
as Businessman (uncredited)
1963
1960
The Atomic Submarine
as Admiral Terhune
1959
The Lost Missile
as The Secretary of State
1958
Autumn Leaves
as Mr. Wetherby
1956
Devil Goddess
as Prof. Carl Blakely
1955
1954
Sky Commando
as Gen. Carson
1953
Jack McCall, Desperado
as Col. Brand
1953
We're Not Married!
as Chaplain Hall (uncredited)
1952
Young Man with Ideas
as Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)
1952
Elopement
as Dr. Halsey (uncredited)
1951
Purple Heart Diary
as Col. Tappen
1951
That's My Boy
as Doc Hunter
1951
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas
as Governor
1951
Bowery Battalion
as Col. Masters
1951
The Flying Missile
as Col. Halliburton
1950
Lucky Losers
as David Thurston
1950
No Man of Her Own
as Minister (uncredited)
1950
Gunmen of Abilene
as Dr. Johnson
1950
Mark of the Gorilla
as Warden Frank R. Bentley
1950
Squadron of Doom
as Meredith
1949
Renegades of the Sage
as Brown
1949
Forgotten Women
as Judge Donnell
1949
Sorrowful Jones
as Doctor (uncredited)
1949
The Fountainhead
as Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
1949
Tulsa
as Oilman (uncredited)
1949
Alaska Patrol
as Capt. Wright
1949
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Clergyman (uncredited)
1948
The Dark Past
as Warden Benson (uncredited)
1948
Sealed Verdict
as Dr. Bossin
1948
The Girl from Manhattan
as Dr. Moseby
1948
Pitfall
as Ed Brawley
1948
Dream Girl
as Judge Jed Allerton
1948
Blonde Ice
as District Attorney Ed Chalmers
1948
Stage Struck
as Mr. Howard
1948
The Fuller Brush Man
as Henry Seward (uncredited)
1948
The Cobra Strikes
as Dr. Keating
1948
High Wall
as Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)
1947
Key Witness
as Edward Clemmons
1947
Magic Town
as Stringer
1947
The Pretender
as Charles Lennox
1947
Stepchild
as Judge
1947
Sarge Goes to College
as Marine Capt. R.S. Handler
1947
A Likely Story
as Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)
1947
The Thirteenth Hour
as Judge William B. Collins
1947
San Quentin
as Rev. Eckles (uncredited)
1946
Boston Blackie and the Law
as Warden Lund
1946
Wife Wanted
as Lowell Cornell
1946
Child of Divorce
as Dr. Sterling
1946
Dangerous Money
as Ship's Doctor
1946
The Time of Their Lives
as Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)
1946
She Wrote the Book
as Fielding
1946
The French Key
as Walter Winslow
1946
The Glass Alibi
as Dr. Lawson
1946
Mysterious Intruder
as Dr. Connell (Uncredited)
1946
Shock
as Dr. Blair
1946
Dakota
as Dr. Judson
1945
1945
Allotment Wives
as Deacon Sam
1945
Purity Squad
as Darles F. Peters (uncredited)
1945
This Love of Ours
as Dr. Melnik
1945
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
as RCMP Superintendant MacDonald
1945
First Yank into Tokyo
as Col. Blaine (uncredited)
1945
Out of This World
as Doctor
1945
A Sporting Chance
as John Smalley
1945
Circumstantial Evidence
as Warden
1945
Forever Yours
as Williams
1945
Sheriff of Las Vegas
as Arthur Stanton
1944
She's a Sweetheart
as General
1944
Stars on Parade
as J. L. Carson
1944
Patrolling the Ether
as Chief of Radio Intelligence Division
1944
Hey, Rookie
as Col. Robbins
1944
Around the World
as Consul
1943
Guadalcanal Diary
as Col. Thompson (uncredited)
1943
Honeymoon Lodge
as Carol's Lawyer
1943
Flight for Freedom
as Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)
1943
It Ain't Hay
as Grant
1943
Harrigan's Kid
as Mr. Ranley
1943
Margin for Error
as Medical Examiner
1943
You Can't Beat the Law
as Mr. Bedford
1943
Reconnaissance Pilot
as Lt. General
1943
Madame Spy
as Harrison K. Woods
1942
Thunder Birds
as Bit role
1942
Get Hep to Love
as George Arnold, Insurance Man
1942
The Secret Code
as Maj. Henry Barton
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Sersen
1942
Thru Different Eyes
as Chaplain
1942
My Favorite Spy
as Minister at Wedding
1942
Powder Town
as Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)
1942
The Falcon Takes Over
as Laird Burnett (Uncredited)
1942
Miss Annie Rooney
as Mr. Thomas
1942
Meet the Stewarts
as Club Member (uncredited)
1942
Romance on the Range
as Lawyer Harrison
1942
Secret Agent of Japan
as American Navy Captain
1942
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Judge
1942
1942
Joe Smith, American
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
1942
A Date with the Falcon
as Mr. Wallis (uncredited)
1942
The Power of God
as The Pastor
1942
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as Army Officer
1941
Remember the Day
as Graham
1941
Road to Happiness
as Sam Rankin
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
as Capt. McCook (uncredited)
1941
Devil Pays Off
as Adm. Curtiss
1941
Sergeant York
as General Duncan (uncredited)
1941
Parachute Battalion
as Thomas Morse
1941
Blossoms in the Dust
as Senator
1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Board Member (uncredited)
1941
Three Sons o' Guns
as Head of Draft Board
1941
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Doctor (uncredited)
1941
Gangs Inc.
as District Attorney
1941
Love Crazy
as Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)
1941
She Knew All the Answers
as Broker
1941
Meet John Doe
as Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)
1941
Back Street
as Arthur the butler
1941
Buck Privates
as Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
1941
Play Girl
as Fred Dice
1941
Santa Fe Trail
as Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)
1940
Lady with Red Hair
as Henry DeMille
1940
Gallant Sons
as Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)
1940
The Ape
as Dr. McNulty
1940
Glamour for Sale
as District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)
1940
Brigham Young
as Caleb Kent
1940
City for Conquest
as Doctor
1940
No Time for Comedy
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
1940
Public Deb No. 1
as Lawyer
1940
Hired Wife
as Hudson (uncredited)
1940
Men Against the Sky
as Capt. Sanders
1940
Millionaires in Prison
as Dr. Harry Lindsay
1940
Sailor's Lady
as Executive Officer
1940
Wagons Westward
as Major Marlowe
1940
Babies for Sale
as Arthur Kingsley
1940
Florian
as Desk Sergeant
1940
Murder in the Air
as Dr. Riddell
1940
If I Had My Way
as Mr. Melville (uncredited)
1940
Forty Little Mothers
as Missing Persons Detective
1940
Johnny Apollo
as Prison Warden
1940
Son of the Navy
as Capt. Parker
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
as Inspection Officer
1940
The Marines Fly High
as Medical Officer
1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)
1940
Teddy the Rough Rider
as John W. Riggs
1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as James Sawyer
1940
The Green Hornet
as District Attorney
1940
Invisible Stripes
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
1939
Swanee River
as Army Medical Examiner
1939
South of the Border
as American Consul
1939
Missing Evidence
as Manager
1939
Private Detective
as Simmy Sanger
1939
Two Thoroughbreds
as Bill Conway
1939
Reno
as Disbarment Lawyer
1939
On Dress Parade
as Capt. Evans Dover
1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Tom Malcolm (uncredited)
1939
20,000 Men a Year
as C.A.A. Official
1939
Scandal Sheet
as Douglas Haynes
1939
The Escape
as Mr. Henley
1939
Espionage Agent
as Instructor
1939
Calling All Marines
as Col. C.B. Vincent
1939
The Under-Pup
as Lawyer
1939
Each Dawn I Die
as Editor Patterson (uncredited)
1939
Five Came Back
as Airlines Official (uncredited)
1939
Naughty But Nice
as Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)
1939
Inside Information
as Alfred Huxley
1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Customs Official (uncredited)
1939
Union Pacific
as Jerome (uncredited)
1939
Sorority House
as Mr. Grant
1939
Outside These Walls
as John Wilson
1939
Undercover Agent
as John Graham
1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Doctor
1939
Wings of the Navy
as First Doctor
1939
Off the Record
as Detective Mendall
1939
Stand Up and Fight
as Whittingham P. Talbot
1939
Pacific Liner
as San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)
1939
Gambling Ship
as Steve Riley
1938
Gangster's Boy
as Judge Davis
1938
Flight to Fame
as Jules Peabody
1938
Garden of the Moon
as Doctor (uncredited)
1938
Secrets of an Actress
as Thompson
1938
Personal Secretary
as Blackmere
1938
The Missing Guest
as Frank Baldrich
1938
Gateway
as Inspector
1938
The Chaser
as Judge #2
1938
Crime Ring
as Ernie-Lawyer
1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Manager Radio Station
1938
Arson Racket Squad
as Commissioner Benton
1938
Prison Nurse
as Parker
1938
Midnight Intruder
as Judge Hammond
1938
You're Only Young Once
as Hoyt Wells
1937
The Duke Comes Back
as Jim Watson
1937
The Westland Case
as The Warden
1937
Federal Bullets
as Harker
1937
The Wrong Road
as Judge
1937
Hot Water
as Maxwell
1937
Meet the Boy Friend
as Ned Madison
1937
The 13th Man
as Andrew Baldwin
1937
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Victor Stockton
1937
Behind The Headlines
as J.H. Scott, FBI
1937
A Family Affair
as Hoyt Wells
1937
Two Wise Maids
as Dr. MacIntyre
1937
Man Of The People
as Governor
1937
Jungle Jim
as Attorney Tyler
1937
Smashing the Vice Trust
as District Attorney
1937
Three Smart Girls
as Hamilton
1936
Wanted: Jane Turner
as Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
1936
The Accusing Finger
as Medical Examiner
1936
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
as Mr. Canfield
1936
Ace Drummond
as William Meredith, Sr.
1936
The Magnificent Brute
as Dr. Coleman
1936
Libeled Lady
as Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)
1936
My Man Godfrey
as Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)
1936
Sing, Baby, Sing
as City Editor
1936
Postal Inspector
as Chief Postal Inspector
1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Lansing
1936
Public Enemy's Wife
as Duffield
1936
Parole!
as Earl Bigbee
1936
Easy Money
as D. A. Allen Harrison
1936
Little Miss Nobody
as Judge Gibson
1936
Educating Father
as Prof. Howard (uncredited)
1936
1936
The Singing Kid
as J.A. Hanson (uncredited)
1936
The Great Ziegfeld
as Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)
1936
The Bridge of Sighs
as Defense Attorney Alan Adams
1936
Paddy O'Day
as Ship's Officer
1936
A Night at the Opera
as Committeeman (uncredited)
1935
Grand Exit
as District Attorney Cope
1935
Shipmates Forever
as Commander Gibbs (uncredited)
1935
She Married Her Boss
as Andrews (uncredited)
1935
Navy Wife
as Doctor
1935
Red Salute
as Army Officer
1935
Page Miss Glory
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1935
Broadway Gondolier
as Program Director
1935
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)
1935
The Murder Man
as Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
1935
Front Page Woman
as Joe Davis
1935
Public Hero Number 1
as Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
1935
Chinatown Squad
as Detective
1935
$10 Raise
as Real Estate Agent (uncredited)
1935
Traveling Saleslady
as J.C. Scoville
1935
Carnival
as Baby Judge
1935
The Best Man Wins
as O'Neill
1935
The Secret Bride
as Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)
1934
Murder in the Clouds
as Radio Announcer (Voice)
1934
The Richest Girl in the World
as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
1934
Blind Date
as George E. Martin
1934
The Defense Rests
as Duffy
1934
Fog Over Frisco
as Radio Announcer (Uncredited)
1934
I've Got Your Number
as Joe, a Gangster
1934
Let's Fall in Love
as Barton
1933
Police Car 17
as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
1933
The Little Giant
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1933
Picture Snatcher
as Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)
1933
The Working Man
as Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)
1933
Forgotten
as Hans Strauss
1933
Luxury Liner
as Older Man (uncredited)
1933
You Said a Mouthful
as Jones - Attorney (uncredited)
1932
Three on a Match
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1932
Big City Blues
as Joe
1932
Doctor X
as Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)
1932
The Mouthpiece
as Prison Clerk (Uncredited)
1932
Left Over Ladies
as Churchill
1931
The Secret Call
as Matt Stanton
1931
Subway Express
as Mason
1931
Lovin' the Ladies
as George Van Horne
1930
Why Bring That Up?
as Eddie
1929
Thru Different Eyes
as King (defense attorney)
1929
Selmer Jackson hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
