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