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