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