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