Selmer Jackson

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.

Known For

Bonanza

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Adventures of Superman

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

All Movies (287)

Going Hollywood: The '30s1984 · as (archive footage)
The Wheeler Dealers1963 · as Businessman (uncredited)
The Gallant Hours1960
The Atomic Submarine1959 · as Admiral Terhune
The Lost Missile1958 · as The Secretary of State
Autumn Leaves1956 · as Mr. Wetherby
Devil Goddess1955 · as Prof. Carl Blakely
City Story1954
Sky Commando1953 · as Gen. Carson
Jack McCall, Desperado1953 · as Col. Brand
We're Not Married!1952 · as Chaplain Hall (uncredited)
Deadline - U.S.A.1952 · as Williams (uncredited)
Young Man with Ideas1952 · as Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)
Elopement1951 · as Dr. Halsey (uncredited)
Purple Heart Diary1951 · as Col. Tappen
That's My Boy1951 · as Doc Hunter
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas1951 · as Governor
Bowery Battalion1951 · as Col. Masters
The Flying Missile1950 · as Col. Halliburton
Pygmy Island1950 · as Army Officer at Pentagon
Lucky Losers1950 · as David Thurston
Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras1950 · as Selmer Jackson
No Man of Her Own1950 · as Minister (uncredited)
Gunmen of Abilene1950 · as Dr. Johnson
Mark of the Gorilla1950 · as Warden Frank R. Bentley
Squadron of Doom1949 · as Meredith
Renegades of the Sage1949 · as Brown
Forgotten Women1949 · as Judge Donnell
Sorrowful Jones1949 · as Doctor (uncredited)
The Fountainhead1949 · as Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
Tulsa1949 · as Oilman (uncredited)
Alaska Patrol1949 · as Capt. Wright
Every Girl Should Be Married1948 · as Clergyman (uncredited)
The Dark Past1948 · as Warden Benson (uncredited)
Sealed Verdict1948 · as Dr. Bossin
The Girl from Manhattan1948 · as Dr. Moseby
The Gentleman from Nowhere1948 · as District Attorney
Pitfall1948 · as Ed Brawley
Dream Girl1948 · as Judge Jed Allerton
Blonde Ice1948 · as District Attorney Ed Chalmers
Stage Struck1948 · as Mr. Howard
The Fuller Brush Man1948 · as Henry Seward (uncredited)
King of the Gamblers1948 · as Judge
The Cobra Strikes1948 · as Dr. Keating
High Wall1947 · as Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)
Key Witness1947 · as Edward Clemmons
Magic Town1947 · as Stringer
The Pretender1947 · as Charles Lennox
Stepchild1947 · as Judge
Sarge Goes to College1947 · as Marine Capt. R.S. Handler
A Likely Story1947 · as Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)
The Thirteenth Hour1947 · as Judge William B. Collins
San Quentin1946 · as Rev. Eckles (uncredited)
Boston Blackie and the Law1946 · as Warden Lund
Wife Wanted1946 · as Lowell Cornell
Child of Divorce1946 · as Dr. Sterling
Dangerous Money1946 · as Ship's Doctor
The Time of Their Lives1946 · as Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)
She Wrote the Book1946 · as Fielding
The French Key1946 · as Walter Winslow
The Glass Alibi1946 · as Dr. Lawson
Mysterious Intruder1946 · as Dr. Connell (Uncredited)
Shock1946 · as Dr. Blair
Girl on the Spot1946 · as Ridgeway (uncredited)
Black Market Babies1945
Dakota1945 · as Dr. Judson
Allotment Wives1945 · as Deacon Sam
Purity Squad1945 · as Darles F. Peters (uncredited)
This Love of Ours1945 · as Dr. Melnik
The Royal Mounted Rides Again1945 · as RCMP Superintendant MacDonald
First Yank into Tokyo1945 · as Col. Blaine (uncredited)
Out of This World1945 · as Doctor
A Sporting Chance1945 · as John Smalley
Thrill of a Romance1945 · as 2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Dillinger1945 · as Dr. Rex Spang (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence1945 · as Warden
Forever Yours1945 · as Williams
Sheriff of Las Vegas1944 · as Arthur Stanton
She's a Sweetheart1944 · as General
Stars on Parade1944 · as J. L. Carson
Patrolling the Ether1944 · as Chief of Radio Intelligence Division
Hey, Rookie1944 · as Col. Robbins
Around the World1943 · as Consul
Guadalcanal Diary1943 · as Col. Thompson (uncredited)
Honeymoon Lodge1943 · as Carol's Lawyer
Flight for Freedom1943 · as Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harrigan's Kid1943 · as Mr. Ranley
It Ain't Hay1943 · as Grant
Margin for Error1943 · as Medical Examiner
You Can't Beat the Law1943 · as Mr. Bedford
Reconnaissance Pilot1943 · as Lt. General
Madame Spy1942 · as Harrison K. Woods
Thunder Birds1942 · as Bit role
Get Hep to Love1942 · as George Arnold, Insurance Man
The Secret Code1942 · as Maj. Henry Barton
Cairo1942 · as Ship Captain (uncredited)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point1942 · as Sersen
Thru Different Eyes1942 · as Chaplain
My Favorite Spy1942 · as Minister at Wedding
Powder Town1942 · as Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)
Miss Annie Rooney1942 · as Mr. Thomas
The Falcon Takes Over1942 · as Laird Burnett (Uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts1942 · as Club Member (uncredited)
Romance on the Range1942 · as Lawyer Harrison
Saboteur1942 · as FBI Chief (uncredited)
Secret Agent of Japan1942 · as American Navy Captain
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx1942 · as Judge
Frisco Lil1942
Joe Smith, American1942 · as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
A Date with the Falcon1942 · as Mr. Wallis (uncredited)
The Power of God1942 · as The Pastor
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.1941 · as Army Officer
Remember the Day1941 · as Graham
Road to Happiness1941 · as Sam Rankin
They Died with Their Boots On1941 · as Capt. McCook (uncredited)
Devil Pays Off1941 · as Adm. Curtiss
Sergeant York1941 · as General Duncan (uncredited)
Parachute Battalion1941 · as Thomas Morse
Blossoms in the Dust1941 · as Senator
Here Comes Mr. Jordan1941 · as Board Member (uncredited)
Three Sons o' Guns1941 · as Head of Draft Board
The Shepherd of the Hills1941 · as Doctor (uncredited)
Gangs Inc.1941 · as District Attorney
Love Crazy1941 · as Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers1941 · as Broker
Meet John Doe1941 · as Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)
Back Street1941 · as Arthur the butler
Buck Privates1941 · as Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
Play Girl1941 · as Fred Dice
Santa Fe Trail1940 · as Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair1940 · as Henry DeMille
Gallant Sons1940 · as Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)
The Ape1940 · as Dr. McNulty
Brigham Young1940 · as Caleb Kent
Glamour for Sale1940 · as District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)
City for Conquest1940 · as Doctor
No Time for Comedy1940 · as First-Nighter (uncredited)
Hired Wife1940 · as Hudson (uncredited)
Public Deb No. 11940 · as Lawyer
Men Against the Sky1940 · as Capt. Sanders
Millionaires in Prison1940 · as Dr. Harry Lindsay
Sailor's Lady1940 · as Executive Officer
Wagons Westward1940 · as Major Marlowe
Babies for Sale1940 · as Arthur Kingsley
Florian1940 · as Desk Sergeant
Murder in the Air1940 · as Dr. Riddell
If I Had My Way1940 · as Mr. Melville (uncredited)
Forty Little Mothers1940 · as Missing Persons Detective
Johnny Apollo1940 · as Prison Warden
Son of the Navy1940 · as Capt. Parker
The Grapes of Wrath1940 · as Inspection Officer
The Marines Fly High1940 · as Medical Officer
Abe Lincoln in Illinois1940 · as Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)
Teddy the Rough Rider1940 · as John W. Riggs
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk1940 · as James Sawyer
The Green Hornet1940 · as District Attorney
Invisible Stripes1939 · as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Swanee River1939 · as Army Medical Examiner
Missing Evidence1939 · as Manager
South of the Border1939 · as American Consul
Private Detective1939 · as Simmy Sanger
Two Thoroughbreds1939 · as Bill Conway
Reno1939 · as Disbarment Lawyer
On Dress Parade1939 · as Capt. Evans Dover
Blondie Brings Up Baby1939 · as Tom Malcolm (uncredited)
20,000 Men a Year1939 · as C.A.A. Official
Scandal Sheet1939 · as Douglas Haynes
The Escape1939 · as Mr. Henley
Espionage Agent1939 · as Instructor
Calling All Marines1939 · as Col. C.B. Vincent
The Under-Pup1939 · as Lawyer
Each Dawn I Die1939 · as Editor Patterson (uncredited)
Naughty But Nice1939 · as Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)
Five Came Back1939 · as Airlines Official (uncredited)
Inside Information1939 · as Alfred Huxley
Confessions of a Nazi Spy1939 · as Customs Official (uncredited)
Sorority House1939 · as Mr. Grant
Union Pacific1939 · as Jerome (uncredited)
Outside These Walls1939 · as John Wilson
Undercover Agent1939 · as John Graham
Mr. Moto in Danger Island1939 · as Doctor
Wings of the Navy1939 · as First Doctor
Off the Record1939 · as Detective Mendall
Pacific Liner1939 · as San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)
Stand Up and Fight1939 · as Whittingham P. Talbot
Gambling Ship1938 · as Steve Riley
Gangster's Boy1938 · as Judge Davis
Flight to Fame1938 · as Jules Peabody
Garden of the Moon1938 · as Doctor (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle1938 · as Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)
Secrets of an Actress1938 · as Thompson
Personal Secretary1938 · as Blackmere
The Missing Guest1938 · as Frank Baldrich
Gateway1938 · as Inspector
The Chaser1938 · as Judge #2
Crime Ring1938 · as Ernie-Lawyer
Alexander's Ragtime Band1938 · as Manager Radio Station
Arson Racket Squad1938 · as Commissioner Benton
Prison Nurse1938 · as Parker
Midnight Intruder1938 · as Judge Hammond
You're Only Young Once1937 · as Hoyt Wells
The Duke Comes Back1937 · as Jim Watson
West of Shanghai1937 · as Harry
The Westland Case1937 · as The Warden
Federal Bullets1937 · as Harker
The Wrong Road1937 · as Judge
Hot Water1937 · as Maxwell
Meet the Boy Friend1937 · as Ned Madison
The 13th Man1937 · as Andrew Baldwin
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop1937 · as Victor Stockton
The Man in Blue1937 · as District Attorney
Charlie Chan at the Olympics1937 · as Navy Commander
Behind The Headlines1937 · as J.H. Scott, FBI
A Family Affair1937 · as Hoyt Wells
Two Wise Maids1937 · as Dr. MacIntyre
Man Of The People1937 · as Governor
Jungle Jim1937 · as Attorney Tyler
Smashing the Vice Trust1937 · as District Attorney
Three Smart Girls1936 · as Hamilton
Wanted: Jane Turner1936 · as Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger1936 · as Medical Examiner
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island1936 · as Mr. Canfield
Ace Drummond1936 · as William Meredith, Sr.
The Magnificent Brute1936 · as Dr. Coleman
Libeled Lady1936 · as Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey1936 · as Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)
Sing, Baby, Sing1936 · as City Editor
Postal Inspector1936 · as Chief Postal Inspector
Charlie Chan at the Race Track1936 · as Lansing
Public Enemy's Wife1936 · as Duffield
Parole!1936 · as Earl Bigbee
Easy Money1936 · as D. A. Allen Harrison
Little Miss Nobody1936 · as Judge Gibson
Revolt of the Zombies1936 · as Officer (uncredited)
Educating Father1936 · as Prof. Howard (uncredited)
Show Boat1936
The Singing Kid1936 · as J.A. Hanson (uncredited)
The Great Ziegfeld1936 · as Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)
The Bridge of Sighs1936 · as Defense Attorney Alan Adams
Paddy O'Day1936 · as Ship's Officer
A Night at the Opera1935 · as Committeeman (uncredited)
Grand Exit1935 · as District Attorney Cope
Shipmates Forever1935 · as Commander Gibbs (uncredited)
She Married Her Boss1935 · as Andrews (uncredited)
Navy Wife1935 · as Doctor
Red Salute1935 · as Army Officer
Page Miss Glory1935 · as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Broadway Gondolier1935 · as Program Director
Don't Bet on Blondes1935 · as Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)
The Murder Man1935 · as Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Front Page Woman1935 · as Joe Davis
Chinatown Squad1935 · as Detective
Public Hero Number 11935 · as Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
$10 Raise1935 · as Real Estate Agent (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady1935 · as J.C. Scoville
Carnival1935 · as Baby Judge
The Best Man Wins1935 · as O'Neill
The Secret Bride1934 · as Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)
Murder in the Clouds1934 · as Radio Announcer (Voice)
The Richest Girl in the World1934 · as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
Blind Date1934 · as George E. Martin
The Defense Rests1934 · as Duffy
Fog Over Frisco1934 · as Radio Announcer (Uncredited)
Sadie McKee1934 · as Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)
Stand Up and Cheer!1934 · as White House Correspondent
Sisters Under the Skin1934 · as Mullen
I've Got Your Number1934 · as Joe, a Gangster
Let's Fall in Love1933 · as Barton
Police Car 171933 · as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Little Giant1933 · as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Picture Snatcher1933 · as Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)
The Working Man1933 · as Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)
Forgotten1933 · as Hans Strauss
Luxury Liner1933 · as Older Man (uncredited)
You Said a Mouthful1932 · as Jones (uncredited)
Three on a Match1932 · as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Big City Blues1932 · as Joe (uncredited)
Doctor X1932 · as Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)
The Mouthpiece1932 · as Prison Clerk (Uncredited)
Left Over Ladies1931 · as Churchill
The Secret Call1931 · as Matt Stanton
Subway Express1931 · as Mason
Dirigible1931 · as Lt. Rowland (uncredited)
Brothers1930 · as Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Lovin' the Ladies1930 · as George Van Horne
Why Bring That Up?1929 · as Eddie
Thru Different Eyes1929 · as King (defense attorney)

All TV Shows (22)

Bonanza1959 · as Doctor
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Butler
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Henry
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Clergyman
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Reverend
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Minister
Navy Log1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955 · as Mayor Hoover
The Millionaire1955 · as Dr. Jim O'Toole
Annie Oakley1954 · as John Cromby - Rancher
The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Gen. Maddux
Adventures of Superman1952 · as Col. Jack Redding
Adventures of Superman1952 · as Gen. Summers
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951 · as Governor
The Living Christ1951 · as Pharisee
Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Dr. Allen
Lux Video Theatre1950 · as General
Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Dr. Curlin
Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Mr. Coswell
Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Edgar Wellman