Jay C. Flippen

Deceased · Born: Mar 5, 1899 · Died: Feb 3, 1971

Personal Details

Born Mar 5, 1899 Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Spouse

Ruth Brooks Flippen
( Jan 4, 1947 to Feb 3, 1971 )
Clara (Michelsen) Dusinberrie
( Jul 28, 1940 to May 9, 2024 )
Cathlyn Young
( Feb 24, 1922 to May 9, 2024 )

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jay C. Flippen (born March 6, 1899, Little Rock, Arkansas – February 3, 1971, Los Angeles, California) is an American character actor who often played police officers or weary criminals in many movies of the 1940s/'50s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay C. Flippen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Career

acting

1971

The Seven Minutes

The Seven Minutes as Luther Yerkes

1968

The Sound of Anger

The Sound of Anger as Judge Prentiss

Firecreek as Mr. Pittman

Hellfighters as Jack Lomax

1967

1966

Fame Is the Name of the Game

Fame Is the Name of the Game as Dizzy Shaner

1965

Cat Ballou as Sheriff Cardigan

1963

Bonanza as Barney Fuller

Gunsmoke as Owney

1962

Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law

Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law

Ensign O'Toole as Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson

1960

The Plunderers as Sheriff McCauley

Wild River as Hamilton Garth

Studs Lonigan as Father Gilhooey

1959

Rawhide as Marshal Lindstrom

1958

From Hell to Texas

From Hell to Texas as Jake Leffertfinger

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive as Chute Wilson

1957

The Halliday Brand as Chad Burris

The Deerslayer as Old Tom Hutter

The Midnight Story

The Midnight Story as Sgt. Jack Gillen

Hot Summer Night

Hot Summer Night as Oren Kobble

The Restless Breed

The Restless Breed as Marshal Steve Evans

Public Pigeon No. 1

Public Pigeon No. 1 as Lt. Ross Qualen

Run of the Arrow

Run of the Arrow as Walking Coyote

Escape from Red Rock

Escape from Red Rock as Sheriff John Costaine

Jet Pilot as Maj. Gen. Black

Night Passage as Ben Kimball

1956

The Killing as Marvin Unger

7th Cavalry as Sgt. Bates

The King and Four Queens

The King and Four Queens as Bartender

1955

It's Always Fair Weather

It's Always Fair Weather as Charles Z. Culloran (uncredited)

Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star as Strap Davis

Six Bridges to Cross

Six Bridges to Cross as Vincent Concannon

Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command as Tom Doyle

Kismet as Jawan

Oklahoma! as Skidmore

Climax! as Joe

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre as Mr. Lavery

1954

The Far Country

The Far Country as Rube

Carnival Story as Charley Grayson

1953

Devil's Canyon as Jack Wells

The Wild One as Sheriff Stew Singer

East of Sumatra

East of Sumatra as Mac

Thunder Bay as Kermit MacDonald

1952

Bend of the River

Bend of the River as Jeremy Baile

Woman of the North Country

Woman of the North Country as Axel Nordlund

The Las Vegas Story

The Las Vegas Story as Capt. H.A. Harris

1951

The People Against O'Hara

The People Against O'Hara as Sven Norson

The Lemon Drop Kid

The Lemon Drop Kid as Straight Flush Tony

Flying Leathernecks

Flying Leathernecks as MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief

The Model and the Marriage Broker

The Model and the Marriage Broker as Dan Chancellor

The Lady from Texas

The Lady from Texas as Sheriff Mike McShane

1950

Buccaneer's Girl

Buccaneer's Girl as Jared Hawkins

Winchester '73 as Sergeant Wilkes

Love That Brute

Love That Brute as Biff Sage

Two Flags West as Sgt. Terrance Duey

The Yellow Cab Man

The Yellow Cab Man as Hugo

1949

Trapped as Bartender

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

Oh, You Beautiful Doll as Lippy Brannigan

They Live by Night

They Live by Night as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield

A Woman's Secret

A Woman's Secret as Police Insp. Jim Fowler

1947

Intrigue as Mike, the bartender

1934

Marie Galante as Sailor in Bar