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
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
as Col. Thompson (uncredited)
Devil Goddess (1955)
as Prof. Carl Blakely
Dirigible (1931)
as Lt. Rowland (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Inspection Officer
Saboteur (1942)
as FBI Chief (uncredited)
Brigham Young (1940)
as Caleb Kent
Magic Town (1947)
as Stringer
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Capt. McCook (uncredited)
Gunmen of Abilene (1950)
as Dr. Johnson
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
as Williams (uncredited)
Libeled Lady (1936)
as Adams (uncredited)
Sergeant York (1941)
as General Duncan (uncredited)
The Gallant Hours (1960)
Actor
A Night at the Opera (1935)
as Committeeman (uncredited)
Buck Privates (1941)
as Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
Doctor X (1932)
as Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)
Back Street (1941)
as Arthur the butler
My Man Godfrey (1936)
as Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
as Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)
We're Not Married! (1952)
as Chaplain Hall (uncredited)
The Fountainhead (1949)
as Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
Destiny (1944)
as Warden (uncredited)
Meet John Doe (1941)
as Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)
Thunder Birds (1942)
as Bit role
Pitfall (1948)
as Ed Brawley
That's My Boy (1951)
as Doc Hunter
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
as Board Member (uncredited)
Reconnaissance Pilot (1943)
as Lt. General
Naughty but Nice (1939)
as Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)
Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
as White House Correspondent
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
as Doctor (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
as Senator
Parole! (1936)
as Earl Bigbee
She's a Sweetheart (1944)
as General
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
as Editor Patterson (uncredited)
Union Pacific (1939)
as Jerome (uncredited)
Remember the Day (1941)
as Graham
Luxury Liner (1933)
as Older Man (uncredited)
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
as Clergyman (uncredited)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
as Customs Official (uncredited)
Three on a Match (1932)
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle (1938)
as Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)
High Wall (1947)
as Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)
Five Came Back (1939)
as Airlines Official (uncredited)
Blonde Ice (1948)
as District Attorney Ed Chalmers
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
as Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)
The Dark Past (1948)
as Warden Benson (uncredited)
Murder in the Air (1940)
as Dr. Riddell
Ace Drummond (1936)
as William Meredith, Sr.
Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)
as John W. Riggs
Purity Squad (1945)
as Darles F. Peters (uncredited)
The Pretender (1947)
as Charles Lennox
Three Smart Girls (1936)
as Hamilton
She Married Her Boss (1935)
as Andrews (uncredited)
Thru Different Eyes (1942)
as Chaplain
The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
as Businessman (uncredited)
Girl on the Spot (1946)
as Ridgeway (uncredited)
Picture Snatcher (1933)
as Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)
Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
as Officer (uncredited)
Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
as Warden Lund
The Ape (1940)
as Dr. McNulty
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
as Navy Commander
Undercover Agent (1939)
as John Graham
The Thirteenth Hour (1947)
as Judge William B. Collins
Purple Heart Diary (1951)
as Col. Tappen
Wife Wanted (1946)
as Lowell Cornell
Front Page Woman (1935)
as Joe Davis
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
as Manager Radio Station
King of the Gamblers (1948)
as Judge
The Man in Blue (1937)
as District Attorney
Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
as Lansing
She Knew All the Answers (1941)
as Broker
Autumn Leaves (1956)
as Mr. Wetherby
Forever Yours (1945)
as Williams
Babies for Sale (1940)
as Arthur Kingsley
The Green Hornet (1940)
as District Attorney
The Westland Case (1937)
as The Warden
This Love of Ours (1945)
as Dr. Melnik
Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
as Tom Malcolm (uncredited)
City for Conquest (1940)
as Doctor
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
Forgotten (1933)
as Hans Strauss
Dakota (1945)
as Dr. Judson
Thrill of a Romance (1945)
as 2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Dillinger (1945)
as Dr. Rex Spang (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own (1950)
as Minister (uncredited)
Little Miss Nobody (1936)
as Judge Gibson
Sadie McKee (1934)
as Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)
Show Boat (1936)
Actor
You're Only Young Once (1937)
as Hoyt Wells
Shock (1946)
as Dr. Blair (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo (1940)
as Prison Warden
Sisters Under the Skin (1934)
as Mullen
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
as Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)
Love Crazy (1941)
as Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)
The Richest Girl in the World (1934)
as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
as Laird Burnett (Uncredited)
Squadron of Doom (1949)
as Meredith
It Ain't Hay (1943)
as Grant
Glamour for Sale (1940)
as District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)
Carnival (1935)
as Baby Judge
Mark of the Gorilla (1950)
as Warden Frank R. Bentley
Invisible Stripes (1939)
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Man Of The People (1937)
as Governor
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)
as Victor Stockton
Young Man with Ideas (1952)
as Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)
The Working Man (1933)
as Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)
The Little Giant (1933)
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
as Henry Seward (uncredited)
The Flying Missile (1950)
as Col. Halliburton
A Date with the Falcon (1942)
as Mr. Wallis (uncredited)
The Atomic Submarine (1959)
as Admiral Terhune
Garden of the Moon (1938)
as Doctor (uncredited)
On Dress Parade (1939)
as Capt. Evans Dover
Left Over Ladies (1931)
as Churchill
Why Bring That Up? (1929)
as Eddie
Tulsa (1949)
as Oilman (uncredited)
You Can't Beat the Law (1943)
as Mr. Bedford
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
as Sersen
Sarge Goes to College (1947)
as Marine Capt. R.S. Handler
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
as Whittingham P. Talbot
Dangerous Money (1946)
as Ship's Doctor
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)
as Judge
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936)
as Mr. Canfield
Out of This World (1945)
as Doctor (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy (1940)
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
20,000 Men a Year (1939)
as C.A.A. Official
The Secret Bride (1934)
as Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)
Sheriff of Las Vegas (1944)
as Arthur Stanton
Sorrowful Jones (1949)
as Doctor (uncredited)
If I Had My Way (1940)
as Mr. Melville (uncredited)
The 13th Man (1937)
as Andrew Baldwin
Gateway (1938)
as Inspector
Cairo (1942)
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
Murder in the Clouds (1934)
as Radio Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)
Dream Girl (1948)
as Judge Jed Allerton
Wings of the Navy (1939)
as First Doctor
Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
as Lawyer
The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945)
as RCMP Superintendant MacDonald
Shipmates Forever (1935)
as Commander Gibbs (uncredited)
Espionage Agent (1939)
as Instructor
Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
as Duffield
South of the Border (1939)
as American Consul
Son of the Navy (1940)
as Capt. Parker
You Said a Mouthful (1932)
as Jones (uncredited)
Flight for Freedom (1943)
as Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)
Big City Blues (1932)
as Joe (uncredited)
Arson Racket Squad (1938)
as Commissioner Benton
Key Witness (1947)
as Edward Clemmons
Secrets of an Actress (1938)
as Thompson
Grand Exit (1935)
as District Attorney Cope
The Murder Man (1935)
as Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
First Yank into Tokyo (1945)
as Col. Blaine (uncredited)
Renegades of the Sage (1949)
as Brown
The Lost Missile (1958)
as The Secretary of State
Paddy O'Day (1936)
as Ship's Officer
The Girl from Manhattan (1948)
as Dr. Moseby
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941)
as Army Officer
Mysterious Intruder (1946)
as Dr. Connell (Uncredited)
Sealed Verdict (1948)
as Dr. Bossin
Off the Record (1939)
as Detective Mendall
Wagons Westward (1940)
as Major Marlowe
Prison Nurse (1938)
as Parker
Fog Over Frisco (1934)
as Radio Announcer (Uncredited)
Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
as Mr. Thomas
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
as James Sawyer
Let's Fall in Love (1933)
as Barton
Wanted: Jane Turner (1936)
as Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
Sky Commando (1953)
as Gen. Carson
Subway Express (1931)
as Mason
Gallant Sons (1940)
as Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair (1940)
as Henry DeMille
San Quentin (1946)
as Rev. Eckles (uncredited)
The Best Man Wins (1935)
as O'Neill
Parachute Battalion (1941)
as Thomas Morse
She Wrote the Book (1946)
as Fielding
Margin for Error (1943)
as Medical Examiner
City Story (1954)
Actor
The Defense Rests (1934)
as Duffy
Secret Agent of Japan (1942)
as American Navy Captain
Madame Spy (1942)
as Harrison K. Woods
The French Key (1946)
as Walter Winslow
Florian (1940)
as Desk Sergeant
Sailor's Lady (1940)
as Executive Officer
Public Hero Number 1 (1935)
as Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Red Salute (1935)
as Army Officer
Black Market Babies (1945)
Actor
Around the World (1943)
as Consul
The Singing Kid (1936)
as J.A. Hanson (uncredited)
A Family Affair (1937)
as Hoyt Wells
Blind Date (1934)
as George E. Martin
Jack McCall, Desperado (1953)
as Col. Brand
Hired Wife (1940)
as Hudson (uncredited)
Meet the Boy Friend (1937)
as Ned Madison
Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
as Doctor
Get Hep to Love (1942)
as George Arnold, Insurance Man
Play Girl (1941)
as Fred Dice
The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
as Defense Attorney Alan Adams
Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
as Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)
Three Sons o' Guns (1941)
as Head of Draft Board
Private Detective (1939)
as Simmy Sanger
Patrolling the Ether (1944)
as Chief of Radio Intelligence Division
The Marines Fly High (1940)
as Medical Officer
The Wrong Road (1937)
as Judge
Postal Inspector (1936)
as Chief Postal Inspector
Navy Wife (1935)
as Doctor
Meet the Stewarts (1942)
as Club Member (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger (1936)
as Medical Examiner
The Duke Comes Back (1937)
as Jim Watson
Thru Different Eyes (1929)
as King (defense attorney)
The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948)
as District Attorney
Lucky Losers (1950)
as David Thurston
Gangs Inc. (1941)
as District Attorney
Educating Father (1936)
as Prof. Howard (uncredited)
Millionaires in Prison (1940)
as Dr. Harry Lindsay
Missing Evidence (1939)
as Manager
Swanee River (1939)
as Army Medical Examiner
Stars on Parade (1944)
as J. L. Carson
Men Against the Sky (1940)
as Capt. Sanders
Devil Pays Off (1941)
as Adm. Curtiss
Child of Divorce (1946)
as Dr. Sterling
The Power of God (1942)
as The Pastor
Federal Bullets (1937)
as Harker
Flowers of Hate (1924)
as Earle Calvert
Behind The Headlines (1937)
as J.H. Scott, FBI
Romance on the Range (1942)
as Lawyer Harrison
Hot Water (1937)
as Maxwell
Road to Happiness (1941)
as Sam Rankin
Jungle Jim (1937)
as Attorney Tyler
The Secret Call (1931)
as Matt Stanton
The Escape (1939)
as Mr. Henley
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas (1951)
as Governor
A Likely Story (1947)
as Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)
Two Thoroughbreds (1939)
as Bill Conway
Elopement (1951)
as Dr. Halsey (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory (1935)
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Pacific Liner (1939)
as San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)
My Favorite Spy (1942)
as Minister at Wedding
The Chaser (1938)
as Judge #2
Traveling Saleslady (1935)
as J.C. Scoville
Honeymoon Lodge (1943)
as Carol's Lawyer
Pygmy Island (1950)
as Army Officer at Pentagon
Police Car 17 (1933)
as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
Frisco Lil (1942)
Actor
Two Wise Maids (1937)
as Dr. MacIntyre
Bowery Battalion (1951)
as Col. Masters
The Secret Code (1942)
as Maj. Henry Barton
Reno (1939)
as Disbarment Lawyer
Smashing the Vice Trust (1937)
as District Attorney
Midnight Intruder (1938)
as Judge Hammond
The Magnificent Brute (1936)
as Dr. Coleman
Brothers (1930)
as Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)
I've Got Your Number (1934)
as Joe, a Gangster
Easy Money (1936)
as D. A. Allen Harrison
Alaska Patrol (1949)
as Capt. Wright
The Mouthpiece (1932)
as Prison Clerk (Uncredited)
Stage Struck (1948)
as Mr. Howard
Crime Ring (1938)
as Ernie-Lawyer
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
as City Editor
West of Shanghai (1937)
as Harry
Powder Town (1942)
as Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)
Gangster's Boy (1938)
as Judge Davis
Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
as Warden
Sorority House (1939)
as Mr. Grant
Broadway Gondolier (1935)
as Program Director
The Under-Pup (1939)
as Lawyer
Lovin' the Ladies (1930)
as George Van Horne
$10 Raise (1935)
as Real Estate Agent (uncredited)
Chinatown Squad (1935)
as Detective
Scandal Sheet (1939)
as Douglas Haynes
Flight to Fame (1938)
as Jules Peabody
The Missing Guest (1938)
as Frank Baldrich
Harrigan's Kid (1943)
as Mr. Ranley
Calling All Marines (1939)
as Col. C.B. Vincent
A Sporting Chance (1945)
as John Smalley
Stepchild (1947)
as Judge
Forgotten Women (1949)
as Judge Donnell
Allotment Wives (1945)
as Deacon Sam
Joe Smith, American (1942)
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Inside Information (1939)
as Alfred Huxley
Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras (1950)
as Selmer Jackson
Outside These Walls (1939)
as John Wilson
The Glass Alibi (1946)
as Dr. Lawson
Hey, Rookie (1944)
as Col. Robbins
Gambling Ship (1938)
as Steve Riley
The Cobra Strikes (1948)
as Dr. Keating
Personal Secretary (1938)
as Blackmere
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
as Missing Persons Detective