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Jay C. Flippen

Acting

Born March 5, 1899 · Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Died February 3, 1971

Also known as John Constantine Flippen Jr.

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

Filmography49 titles

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961as Happy Spangler

The Killing

1956as Marvin Unger

Bonanza

1959as Barney Fuller

Wild River

1960as Hamilton Garth

Winchester '73

1950as Sergeant Wilkes

Brute Force

1947as Hodges (guard)

Rawhide

1959as Bigger Seton

How the West Was Won

1962as Huggins (uncredited)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Chute Wilson

It's Always Fair Weather

1955as Charles Z. Culloran

Bend of the River

1952as Jeremy Baile

Ironside

1967

The Far Country

1954as Rube

The Yellow Cab Man

1950as Hugo

Thriller

1960as Harry Gans

Route 66

1960

Gunsmoke

1955as Owney

Lux Video Theatre

as Mr. Lavery

Oklahoma!

1955as Skidmore

The Wild One

1953as Sheriff Stew Singer

The Virginian

1962as Asa Keogh

Night Passage

1957as Ben Kimball

Man Without a Star

1955as Strap Davis

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951as Straight Flush Tony

The Model and the Marriage Broker

1951as Dan Chancellor

Cat Ballou

1965as Sheriff Cardigan

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court

Hellfighters

1968as Jack Lomax

Firecreek

1968as Mr. Pittman

The Plunderers

1960as Sheriff McCauley

That Girl

1966

The Halliday Brand

1957as Chad Burris

Strategic Air Command

1955as Tom Doyle

Run of the Arrow

1957as Walking Coyote

7th Cavalry

1956as Sgt. Bates

Trapped

1949as Bartender (uncredited)

From Hell to Texas

1958as Jake Leffertfinger

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Flying Leathernecks

1951as MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief

Looking for Love

1964as Ralph Front

The King and Four Queens

1956as Bartender

The People Against O'Hara

1951as Sven Norson

Kismet

1955as Jawan

The Spirit Is Willing

1967as Mother

The Restless Breed

1957as Marshal Steve Evans

Jet Pilot

1957as Maj. Gen. Black

Marie Galante

1934as Sailor in Bar

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

1971as Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)

Carnival Story

1954as Charley Grayson