Selmer Jackson

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Selmer Jackson

ACTING

1888-05-06

1971-03-30

Lake Mills, Iowa, USA

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.

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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.

Best known for:

Filmography:

Why Bring That Up? poster

Why Bring That Up?(1929)

Eddie

Thru Different Eyes poster

Thru Different Eyes(1929)

King (defense attorney)

Lovin' the Ladies poster

Lovin' the Ladies(1930)

George Van Horne

Brothers poster

Brothers(1930)

Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Dirigible poster

Dirigible(1931)

Lt. Rowland (uncredited)

The Secret Call poster

The Secret Call(1931)

Matt Stanton

Left Over Ladies poster

Left Over Ladies(1931)

Churchill

Subway Express poster

Subway Express(1931)

Mason

Doctor X poster

Doctor X(1932)

Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)

Three on a Match poster

Three on a Match(1932)

Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Big City Blues poster

Big City Blues(1932)

Joe (uncredited)

The Mouthpiece poster

The Mouthpiece(1932)

Prison Clerk (Uncredited)

You Said a Mouthful poster

You Said a Mouthful(1932)

Jones (uncredited)

The Little Giant poster

The Little Giant(1933)

Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Picture Snatcher poster

Picture Snatcher(1933)

Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)

The Working Man poster

The Working Man(1933)

Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)

Luxury Liner poster

Luxury Liner(1933)

Older Man (uncredited)

Forgotten poster

Forgotten(1933)

Hans Strauss

Let's Fall in Love poster

Let's Fall in Love(1933)

Barton

Police Car 17 poster

Police Car 17(1933)

Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

Sadie McKee poster

Sadie McKee(1934)

Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)

Stand Up and Cheer! poster

Stand Up and Cheer!(1934)

White House Correspondent

Fog Over Frisco poster

Fog Over Frisco(1934)

Radio Announcer (Uncredited)

Murder in the Clouds poster

Murder in the Clouds(1934)

Radio Announcer (Voice)

The Richest Girl in the World poster

The Richest Girl in the World(1934)

Dr. Harvey (uncredited)

The Secret Bride poster

The Secret Bride(1934)

Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)

I've Got Your Number poster

I've Got Your Number(1934)

Joe, a Gangster

The Defense Rests poster

The Defense Rests(1934)

Duffy

Blind Date poster

Blind Date(1934)

George E. Martin

Sisters Under the Skin poster

Sisters Under the Skin(1934)

Mullen

Public Hero Number 1 poster

Public Hero Number 1(1935)

Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)

The Murder Man poster

The Murder Man(1935)

Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

A Night at the Opera poster

A Night at the Opera(1935)

Committeeman (uncredited)

Broadway Gondolier poster

Broadway Gondolier(1935)

Program Director

Grand Exit poster

Grand Exit(1935)

District Attorney Cope

Don't Bet on Blondes poster

Don't Bet on Blondes(1935)

Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)

She Married Her Boss poster

She Married Her Boss(1935)

Andrews (uncredited)

Front Page Woman poster

Front Page Woman(1935)

Joe Davis

Shipmates Forever poster

Shipmates Forever(1935)

Commander Gibbs (uncredited)

Traveling Saleslady poster

Traveling Saleslady(1935)

J.C. Scoville

Page Miss Glory poster

Page Miss Glory(1935)

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Red Salute poster

Red Salute(1935)

Army Officer

The Best Man Wins poster

The Best Man Wins(1935)

O'Neill

Chinatown Squad poster

Chinatown Squad(1935)

Detective

Navy Wife poster

Navy Wife(1935)

Doctor

Carnival poster

Carnival(1935)

Baby Judge

$10 Raise poster

$10 Raise(1935)

Real Estate Agent (uncredited)

My Man Godfrey poster

My Man Godfrey(1936)

Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)

Revolt of the Zombies poster

Revolt of the Zombies(1936)

Officer (uncredited)

Libeled Lady poster

Libeled Lady(1936)

Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)

Charlie Chan at the Race Track poster

Charlie Chan at the Race Track(1936)

Lansing

The Great Ziegfeld poster

The Great Ziegfeld(1936)

Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)

Three Smart Girls poster

Three Smart Girls(1936)

Hamilton

Paddy O'Day poster

Paddy O'Day(1936)

Ship's Officer

The Accusing Finger poster

The Accusing Finger(1936)

Medical Examiner

Postal Inspector poster

Postal Inspector(1936)

Chief Postal Inspector

The Singing Kid poster

The Singing Kid(1936)

J.A. Hanson (uncredited)

Ace Drummond poster

Ace Drummond(1936)

William Meredith, Sr.

Public Enemy's Wife poster

Public Enemy's Wife(1936)

Duffield

The Bridge of Sighs poster

The Bridge of Sighs(1936)

Defense Attorney Alan Adams

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island poster

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island(1936)

Mr. Canfield

Sing, Baby, Sing poster

Sing, Baby, Sing(1936)

City Editor

The Magnificent Brute poster

The Magnificent Brute(1936)

Dr. Coleman

Easy Money poster

Easy Money(1936)

D. A. Allen Harrison

Little Miss Nobody poster

Little Miss Nobody(1936)

Judge Gibson

Wanted: Jane Turner poster

Wanted: Jane Turner(1936)

Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)

Parole! poster

Parole!(1936)

Earl Bigbee

Educating Father poster

Educating Father(1936)

Prof. Howard (uncredited)

Charlie Chan at the Olympics poster

Charlie Chan at the Olympics(1937)

Navy Commander

You're Only Young Once poster

You're Only Young Once(1937)

Hoyt Wells

A Family Affair poster

A Family Affair(1937)

Hoyt Wells

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop poster

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop(1937)

Victor Stockton

The Duke Comes Back poster

The Duke Comes Back(1937)

Jim Watson

West of Shanghai poster

West of Shanghai(1937)

Harry

The Wrong Road poster

The Wrong Road(1937)

Judge

Behind The Headlines poster

Behind The Headlines(1937)

J.H. Scott, FBI

Jungle Jim poster

Jungle Jim(1937)

Attorney Tyler

The 13th Man poster

The 13th Man(1937)

Andrew Baldwin

Meet the Boy Friend poster

Meet the Boy Friend(1937)

Ned Madison

Man Of The People poster

Man Of The People(1937)

Governor

The Westland Case poster

The Westland Case(1937)

The Warden

Two Wise Maids poster

Two Wise Maids(1937)

Dr. MacIntyre

Federal Bullets poster

Federal Bullets(1937)

Harker

Smashing the Vice Trust poster

Smashing the Vice Trust(1937)

District Attorney

Hot Water poster

Hot Water(1937)

Maxwell

The Man in Blue poster

The Man in Blue(1937)

District Attorney

Too Hot to Handle poster

Too Hot to Handle(1938)

Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)

Gangster's Boy poster

Gangster's Boy(1938)

Judge Davis

Alexander's Ragtime Band poster

Alexander's Ragtime Band(1938)

Manager Radio Station

Crime Ring poster

Crime Ring(1938)

Ernie-Lawyer

Secrets of an Actress poster

Secrets of an Actress(1938)

Thompson

The Missing Guest poster

The Missing Guest(1938)

Frank Baldrich

Garden of the Moon poster

Garden of the Moon(1938)

Doctor (uncredited)

Midnight Intruder poster

Midnight Intruder(1938)

Judge Hammond

Personal Secretary poster

Personal Secretary(1938)

Blackmere

Prison Nurse poster

Prison Nurse(1938)

Parker

Gateway poster

Gateway(1938)

Inspector

Arson Racket Squad poster

Arson Racket Squad(1938)

Commissioner Benton

The Chaser poster

The Chaser(1938)

Judge #2

Flight to Fame poster

Flight to Fame(1938)

Jules Peabody

Blondie Brings Up Baby poster

Blondie Brings Up Baby(1939)

Tom Malcolm (uncredited)

Each Dawn I Die poster

Each Dawn I Die(1939)

Editor Patterson (uncredited)

Union Pacific poster

Union Pacific(1939)

Jerome (uncredited)

Mr. Moto in Danger Island poster

Mr. Moto in Danger Island(1939)

Doctor

Five Came Back poster

Five Came Back(1939)

Airlines Official (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes poster

Invisible Stripes(1939)

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

South of the Border poster

South of the Border(1939)

American Consul

Confessions of a Nazi Spy poster

Confessions of a Nazi Spy(1939)

Customs Official (uncredited)

Espionage Agent poster

Espionage Agent(1939)

Instructor

Wings of the Navy poster

Wings of the Navy(1939)

First Doctor

Swanee River poster

Swanee River(1939)

Army Medical Examiner

Missing Evidence poster

Missing Evidence(1939)

Manager

Scandal Sheet poster

Scandal Sheet(1939)

Douglas Haynes

Stand Up and Fight poster

Stand Up and Fight(1939)

Whittingham P. Talbot

Private Detective poster

Private Detective(1939)

Simmy Sanger

Outside These Walls poster

Outside These Walls(1939)

John Wilson

On Dress Parade poster

On Dress Parade(1939)

Capt. Evans Dover

Pacific Liner poster

Pacific Liner(1939)

San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)

Sorority House poster

Sorority House(1939)

Mr. Grant

Undercover Agent poster

Undercover Agent(1939)

John Graham

Naughty But Nice poster

Naughty But Nice(1939)

Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)

Off the Record poster

Off the Record(1939)

Detective Mendall

Reno poster

Reno(1939)

Disbarment Lawyer

Two Thoroughbreds poster

Two Thoroughbreds(1939)

Bill Conway

The Escape poster

The Escape(1939)

Mr. Henley

The Under-Pup poster

The Under-Pup(1939)

Lawyer

Calling All Marines poster

Calling All Marines(1939)

Col. C.B. Vincent

20,000 Men a Year poster

20,000 Men a Year(1939)

C.A.A. Official

Inside Information poster

Inside Information(1939)

Alfred Huxley

The Grapes of Wrath poster

The Grapes of Wrath(1940)

Inspection Officer

Santa Fe Trail poster

Santa Fe Trail(1940)

Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)

City for Conquest poster

City for Conquest(1940)

Doctor

The Ape poster

The Ape(1940)

Dr. McNulty

Abe Lincoln in Illinois poster

Abe Lincoln in Illinois(1940)

Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)

Brigham Young poster

Brigham Young(1940)

Caleb Kent

Johnny Apollo poster

Johnny Apollo(1940)

Prison Warden

If I Had My Way poster

If I Had My Way(1940)

Mr. Melville (uncredited)

Millionaires in Prison poster

Millionaires in Prison(1940)

Dr. Harry Lindsay

Men Against the Sky poster

Men Against the Sky(1940)

Capt. Sanders

Murder in the Air poster

Murder in the Air(1940)

Dr. Riddell

Forty Little Mothers poster

Forty Little Mothers(1940)

Missing Persons Detective

Hired Wife poster

Hired Wife(1940)

Hudson (uncredited)

Lady with Red Hair poster

Lady with Red Hair(1940)

Henry DeMille

No Time for Comedy poster

No Time for Comedy(1940)

First-Nighter (uncredited)

Babies for Sale poster

Babies for Sale(1940)

Arthur Kingsley

Gallant Sons poster

Gallant Sons(1940)

Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)

Florian poster

Florian(1940)

Desk Sergeant

Teddy the Rough Rider poster

Teddy the Rough Rider(1940)

John W. Riggs

The Green Hornet poster

The Green Hornet(1940)

District Attorney

The Marines Fly High poster

The Marines Fly High(1940)

Medical Officer

Public Deb No. 1 poster

Public Deb No. 1(1940)

Lawyer

Son of the Navy poster

Son of the Navy(1940)

Capt. Parker

Sailor's Lady poster

Sailor's Lady(1940)

Executive Officer

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk poster

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk(1940)

James Sawyer

Wagons Westward poster

Wagons Westward(1940)

Major Marlowe

Glamour for Sale poster

Glamour for Sale(1940)

District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)

Sergeant York poster

Sergeant York(1941)

General Duncan (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On poster

They Died with Their Boots On(1941)

Capt. McCook (uncredited)

Love Crazy poster

Love Crazy(1941)

Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)

Buck Privates poster

Buck Privates(1941)

Capt. Johnson (uncredited)

Meet John Doe poster

Meet John Doe(1941)

Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan poster

Here Comes Mr. Jordan(1941)

Board Member (uncredited)

The Shepherd of the Hills poster

The Shepherd of the Hills(1941)

Doctor (uncredited)

Remember the Day poster

Remember the Day(1941)

Graham

Gangs Inc. poster

Gangs Inc.(1941)

District Attorney

Blossoms in the Dust poster

Blossoms in the Dust(1941)

Senator

Back Street poster

Back Street(1941)

Arthur the butler

Play Girl poster

Play Girl(1941)

Fred Dice

Devil Pays Off poster

Devil Pays Off(1941)

Adm. Curtiss

Parachute Battalion poster

Parachute Battalion(1941)

Thomas Morse

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. poster

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.(1941)

Army Officer

Three Sons o' Guns poster

Three Sons o' Guns(1941)

Head of Draft Board

She Knew All the Answers poster

She Knew All the Answers(1941)

Broker

Road to Happiness poster

Road to Happiness(1941)

Sam Rankin

Saboteur poster

Saboteur(1942)

FBI Chief (uncredited)

Cairo poster

Cairo(1942)

Ship Captain (uncredited)

A Date with the Falcon poster

A Date with the Falcon(1942)

Mr. Wallis (uncredited)

The Falcon Takes Over poster

The Falcon Takes Over(1942)

Laird Burnett (Uncredited)

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx poster

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx(1942)

Judge

Joe Smith, American poster

Joe Smith, American(1942)

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Meet the Stewarts poster

Meet the Stewarts(1942)

Club Member (uncredited)

Thunder Birds poster

Thunder Birds(1942)

Bit role

Get Hep to Love poster

Get Hep to Love(1942)

George Arnold, Insurance Man

My Favorite Spy poster

My Favorite Spy(1942)

Minister at Wedding

Powder Town poster

Powder Town(1942)

Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)

Miss Annie Rooney poster

Miss Annie Rooney(1942)

Mr. Thomas

Romance on the Range poster

Romance on the Range(1942)

Lawyer Harrison

Ten Gentlemen from West Point poster

Ten Gentlemen from West Point(1942)

Sersen

The Secret Code poster

The Secret Code(1942)

Maj. Henry Barton

Secret Agent of Japan poster

Secret Agent of Japan(1942)

American Navy Captain

Thru Different Eyes poster

Thru Different Eyes(1942)

Chaplain

Madame Spy poster

Madame Spy(1942)

Harrison K. Woods

The Power of God poster

The Power of God(1942)

The Pastor

Margin for Error poster

Margin for Error(1943)

Medical Examiner

Around the World poster

Around the World(1943)

Consul

Guadalcanal Diary poster

Guadalcanal Diary(1943)

Col. Thompson (uncredited)

It Ain't Hay poster

It Ain't Hay(1943)

Grant

Flight for Freedom poster

Flight for Freedom(1943)

Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harrigan's Kid poster

Harrigan's Kid(1943)

Mr. Ranley

You Can't Beat the Law poster

You Can't Beat the Law(1943)

Mr. Bedford

Honeymoon Lodge poster

Honeymoon Lodge(1943)

Carol's Lawyer

Reconnaissance Pilot poster

Reconnaissance Pilot(1943)

Lt. General

Sheriff of Las Vegas poster

Sheriff of Las Vegas(1944)

Arthur Stanton

She's a Sweetheart poster

She's a Sweetheart(1944)

General

Stars on Parade poster

Stars on Parade(1944)

J. L. Carson

Patrolling the Ether poster

Patrolling the Ether(1944)

Chief of Radio Intelligence Division

Hey, Rookie poster

Hey, Rookie(1944)

Col. Robbins

Dillinger poster

Dillinger(1945)

Dr. Rex Spang (uncredited)

Circumstantial Evidence poster

Circumstantial Evidence(1945)

Warden

Thrill of a Romance poster

Thrill of a Romance(1945)

2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Dakota poster

Dakota(1945)

Dr. Judson

Allotment Wives poster

Allotment Wives(1945)

Deacon Sam

First Yank into Tokyo poster

First Yank into Tokyo(1945)

Col. Blaine (uncredited)

This Love of Ours poster

This Love of Ours(1945)

Dr. Melnik

The Royal Mounted Rides Again poster

The Royal Mounted Rides Again(1945)

RCMP Superintendant MacDonald

Out of This World poster

Out of This World(1945)

Doctor

Purity Squad poster

Purity Squad(1945)

Darles F. Peters (uncredited)

Forever Yours poster

Forever Yours(1945)

Williams

A Sporting Chance poster

A Sporting Chance(1945)

John Smalley

Shock poster

Shock(1946)

Dr. Blair

Mysterious Intruder poster

Mysterious Intruder(1946)

Dr. Connell (Uncredited)

The Time of Their Lives poster

The Time of Their Lives(1946)

Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)

Dangerous Money poster

Dangerous Money(1946)

Ship's Doctor

The Glass Alibi poster

The Glass Alibi(1946)

Dr. Lawson

Boston Blackie and the Law poster

Boston Blackie and the Law(1946)

Warden Lund

San Quentin poster

San Quentin(1946)

Rev. Eckles (uncredited)

Wife Wanted poster

Wife Wanted(1946)

Lowell Cornell

The French Key poster

The French Key(1946)

Walter Winslow

Girl on the Spot poster

Girl on the Spot(1946)

Ridgeway (uncredited)

Child of Divorce poster

Child of Divorce(1946)

Dr. Sterling

She Wrote the Book poster

She Wrote the Book(1946)

Fielding

High Wall poster

High Wall(1947)

Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)

The Pretender poster

The Pretender(1947)

Charles Lennox

The Thirteenth Hour poster

The Thirteenth Hour(1947)

Judge William B. Collins

Key Witness poster

Key Witness(1947)

Edward Clemmons

Magic Town poster

Magic Town(1947)

Stringer

A Likely Story poster

A Likely Story(1947)

Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)

Sarge Goes to College poster

Sarge Goes to College(1947)

Marine Capt. R.S. Handler

Stepchild poster

Stepchild(1947)

Judge

Pitfall poster

Pitfall(1948)

Ed Brawley

Blonde Ice poster

Blonde Ice(1948)

District Attorney Ed Chalmers

Every Girl Should Be Married poster

Every Girl Should Be Married(1948)

Clergyman (uncredited)

The Dark Past poster

The Dark Past(1948)

Warden Benson (uncredited)

The Fuller Brush Man poster

The Fuller Brush Man(1948)

Henry Seward (uncredited)

Stage Struck poster

Stage Struck(1948)

Mr. Howard

The Girl from Manhattan poster

The Girl from Manhattan(1948)

Dr. Moseby

Dream Girl poster

Dream Girl(1948)

Judge Jed Allerton

Sealed Verdict poster

Sealed Verdict(1948)

Dr. Bossin

The Gentleman from Nowhere poster

The Gentleman from Nowhere(1948)

District Attorney

The Cobra Strikes poster

The Cobra Strikes(1948)

Dr. Keating

King of the Gamblers poster

King of the Gamblers(1948)

Judge

The Fountainhead poster

The Fountainhead(1949)

Cortlandt Official (uncredited)

Sorrowful Jones poster

Sorrowful Jones(1949)

Doctor (uncredited)

Tulsa poster

Tulsa(1949)

Oilman (uncredited)

Renegades of the Sage poster

Renegades of the Sage(1949)

Brown

Forgotten Women poster

Forgotten Women(1949)

Judge Donnell

Alaska Patrol poster

Alaska Patrol(1949)

Capt. Wright

No Man of Her Own poster

No Man of Her Own(1950)

Minister (uncredited)

Pygmy Island poster

Pygmy Island(1950)

Army Officer at Pentagon

Lucky Losers poster

Lucky Losers(1950)

David Thurston

Gunmen of Abilene poster

Gunmen of Abilene(1950)

Dr. Johnson

Mark of the Gorilla poster

Mark of the Gorilla(1950)

Warden Frank R. Bentley

The Flying Missile poster

The Flying Missile(1950)

Col. Halliburton

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok poster

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok(1951)

Governor

The Living Christ poster

The Living Christ(1951)

Pharisee

That's My Boy poster

That's My Boy(1951)

Doc Hunter

Bowery Battalion poster

Bowery Battalion(1951)

Col. Masters

Elopement poster

Elopement(1951)

Dr. Halsey (uncredited)

Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas poster

Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas(1951)

Governor

Purple Heart Diary poster

Purple Heart Diary(1951)

Col. Tappen

Adventures of Superman poster

Adventures of Superman(1952)

Col. Jack Redding, Gen. Summers

We're Not Married! poster

We're Not Married!(1952)

Chaplain Hall (uncredited)

Deadline - U.S.A. poster

Deadline - U.S.A.(1952)

Williams (uncredited)

The Ford Television Theatre poster

The Ford Television Theatre(1952)

Gen. Maddux

Young Man with Ideas poster

Young Man with Ideas(1952)

Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)

Sky Commando poster

Sky Commando(1953)

Gen. Carson

Jack McCall, Desperado poster

Jack McCall, Desperado(1953)

Col. Brand

Annie Oakley poster

Annie Oakley(1954)

John Cromby - Rancher

Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1955)

Butler, Henry, Clergyman, Reverend, Minister

The Millionaire poster

The Millionaire(1955)

Dr. Jim O'Toole

Devil Goddess poster

Devil Goddess(1955)

Prof. Carl Blakely

Autumn Leaves poster

Autumn Leaves(1956)

Mr. Wetherby

The Lost Missile poster

The Lost Missile(1958)

The Secretary of State

The Atomic Submarine poster

The Atomic Submarine(1959)

Admiral Terhune

The Wheeler Dealers poster

The Wheeler Dealers(1963)

Businessman (uncredited)

Going Hollywood: The '30s poster

Going Hollywood: The '30s(1984)

(archive footage)