CINEFILER

Selmer Jackson

Born
May 6, 1888
Died
March 30, 1971
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
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
Inspection Officer
Sergeant York
(1941)
General Duncan (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Capt. McCook (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
(1940)
Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
(1936)
Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
(1949)
Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(1941)
Board Member (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
Committeeman (uncredited)
The Great Ziegfeld
(1936)
Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)
Union Pacific
(1939)
Jerome (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
(1936)
Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)
Doctor X
(1932)
Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)
Magic Town
(1947)
Stringer
Guadalcanal Diary
(1943)
Col. Thompson (uncredited)
Buck Privates
(1941)
Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Thru Different Eyes
(1929)
King (defense attorney)
Why Bring That Up?
(1929)
Eddie
Lovin' the Ladies
(1930)
George Van Horne
Left Over Ladies
(1931)
Churchill
The Secret Call
(1931)
Matt Stanton
Subway Express
(1931)
Mason
The Mouthpiece
(1932)
Prison Clerk (Uncredited)
Doctor X
(1932)
Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)
Three on a Match
(1932)
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Big City Blues
(1932)
Joe
You Said a Mouthful
(1932)
Jones - Attorney (uncredited)
Forgotten
(1933)
Hans Strauss
Police Car 17
(1933)
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
Luxury Liner
(1933)
Older Man (uncredited)
The Little Giant
(1933)
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Fall in Love
(1933)
Barton
Picture Snatcher
(1933)
Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)
The Working Man
(1933)
Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)
I've Got Your Number
(1934)
Joe, a Gangster
Blind Date
(1934)
George E. Martin
The Defense Rests
(1934)
Duffy
The Richest Girl in the World
(1934)
Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
Fog Over Frisco
(1934)
Radio Announcer (Uncredited)
The Secret Bride
(1934)
Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)
Murder in the Clouds
(1934)
Radio Announcer (Voice)
Page Miss Glory
(1935)
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Carnival
(1935)
Baby Judge
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
Committeeman (uncredited)
Public Hero Number 1
(1935)
Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
She Married Her Boss
(1935)
Andrews (uncredited)
Red Salute
(1935)
Army Officer
Shipmates Forever
(1935)
Commander Gibbs (uncredited)
The Murder Man
(1935)
Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Front Page Woman
(1935)
Joe Davis
Chinatown Squad
(1935)
Detective
Navy Wife
(1935)
Doctor
Don't Bet on Blondes
(1935)
Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)
The Best Man Wins
(1935)
O'Neill
Traveling Saleslady
(1935)
J.C. Scoville
Broadway Gondolier
(1935)
Program Director
Grand Exit
(1935)
District Attorney Cope
$10 Raise
(1935)
Real Estate Agent (uncredited)
Show Boat
(1936)
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
(1936)
Mr. Canfield
The Bridge of Sighs
(1936)
Defense Attorney Alan Adams
Wanted: Jane Turner
(1936)
Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
Public Enemy's Wife
(1936)
Duffield
The Singing Kid
(1936)
J.A. Hanson (uncredited)
Easy Money
(1936)
D. A. Allen Harrison
Ace Drummond
(1936)
William Meredith, Sr.
Libeled Lady
(1936)
Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)
Three Smart Girls
(1936)
Hamilton
The Accusing Finger
(1936)
Medical Examiner
Paddy O'Day
(1936)
Ship's Officer
My Man Godfrey
(1936)
Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)
Educating Father
(1936)
Prof. Howard (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
(1936)
Lansing
The Great Ziegfeld
(1936)
Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)
Postal Inspector
(1936)
Chief Postal Inspector
The Magnificent Brute
(1936)
Dr. Coleman
Sing, Baby, Sing
(1936)
City Editor
Little Miss Nobody
(1936)
Judge Gibson
Parole!
(1936)
Earl Bigbee
You're Only Young Once
(1937)
Hoyt Wells
Man Of The People
(1937)
Governor
Federal Bullets
(1937)
Harker
The 13th Man
(1937)
Andrew Baldwin
Meet the Boy Friend
(1937)
Ned Madison
The Westland Case
(1937)
The Warden
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
(1937)
Victor Stockton
Two Wise Maids
(1937)
Dr. MacIntyre
The Wrong Road
(1937)
Judge
The Duke Comes Back
(1937)
Jim Watson
A Family Affair
(1937)
Hoyt Wells
Hot Water
(1937)
Maxwell
Smashing the Vice Trust
(1937)
District Attorney
Jungle Jim
(1937)
Attorney Tyler
Behind The Headlines
(1937)
J.H. Scott, FBI
Prison Nurse
(1938)
Parker
Personal Secretary
(1938)
Blackmere
Midnight Intruder
(1938)
Judge Hammond
Secrets of an Actress
(1938)
Thompson
The Missing Guest
(1938)
Frank Baldrich
The Chaser
(1938)
Judge #2
Flight to Fame
(1938)
Jules Peabody
Gambling Ship
(1938)
Steve Riley
Gateway
(1938)
Inspector
Alexander's Ragtime Band
(1938)
Manager Radio Station
Gangster's Boy
(1938)
Judge Davis
Crime Ring
(1938)
Ernie-Lawyer
Arson Racket Squad
(1938)
Commissioner Benton
Garden of the Moon
(1938)
Doctor (uncredited)
Union Pacific
(1939)
Jerome (uncredited)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
(1939)
Doctor
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
(1939)
Customs Official (uncredited)
Pacific Liner
(1939)
San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)
Two Thoroughbreds
(1939)
Bill Conway
Blondie Brings Up Baby
(1939)
Tom Malcolm (uncredited)
Missing Evidence
(1939)
Manager
Reno
(1939)
Disbarment Lawyer
Espionage Agent
(1939)
Instructor
The Under-Pup
(1939)
Lawyer
Each Dawn I Die
(1939)
Editor Patterson (uncredited)
The Escape
(1939)
Mr. Henley
South of the Border
(1939)
American Consul
Calling All Marines
(1939)
Col. C.B. Vincent
Swanee River
(1939)
Army Medical Examiner
Naughty But Nice
(1939)
Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)
Five Came Back
(1939)
Airlines Official (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
(1939)
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Wings of the Navy
(1939)
First Doctor
On Dress Parade
(1939)
Capt. Evans Dover
Outside These Walls
(1939)
John Wilson
Scandal Sheet
(1939)
Douglas Haynes
Undercover Agent
(1939)
John Graham
20,000 Men a Year
(1939)
C.A.A. Official
Sorority House
(1939)
Mr. Grant
Off the Record
(1939)
Detective Mendall
Inside Information
(1939)
Alfred Huxley
Private Detective
(1939)
Simmy Sanger
Stand Up and Fight
(1939)
Whittingham P. Talbot
Teddy the Rough Rider
(1940)
John W. Riggs
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
(1940)
James Sawyer
Hired Wife
(1940)
Hudson (uncredited)
Men Against the Sky
(1940)
Capt. Sanders
Son of the Navy
(1940)
Capt. Parker
Public Deb No. 1
(1940)
Lawyer
Lady with Red Hair
(1940)
Henry DeMille
Glamour for Sale
(1940)
District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)
If I Had My Way
(1940)
Mr. Melville (uncredited)
The Ape
(1940)
Dr. McNulty
Wagons Westward
(1940)
Major Marlowe
Sailor's Lady
(1940)
Executive Officer
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
Inspection Officer
Forty Little Mothers
(1940)
Missing Persons Detective
Brigham Young
(1940)
Caleb Kent
Santa Fe Trail
(1940)
Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)
Babies for Sale
(1940)
Arthur Kingsley
Johnny Apollo
(1940)
Prison Warden
The Green Hornet
(1940)
District Attorney
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
(1940)
Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)
Murder in the Air
(1940)
Dr. Riddell
City for Conquest
(1940)
Doctor
Gallant Sons
(1940)
Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)
Florian
(1940)
Desk Sergeant
No Time for Comedy
(1940)
First-Nighter (uncredited)
Millionaires in Prison
(1940)
Dr. Harry Lindsay
The Marines Fly High
(1940)
Medical Officer
Three Sons o' Guns
(1941)
Head of Draft Board
Play Girl
(1941)
Fred Dice
Parachute Battalion
(1941)
Thomas Morse
The Shepherd of the Hills
(1941)
Doctor (uncredited)
Buck Privates
(1941)
Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
Back Street
(1941)
Arthur the butler
Gangs Inc.
(1941)
District Attorney
Love Crazy
(1941)
Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers
(1941)
Broker
Devil Pays Off
(1941)
Adm. Curtiss
Sergeant York
(1941)
General Duncan (uncredited)
Road to Happiness
(1941)
Sam Rankin
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(1941)
Board Member (uncredited)
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
(1941)
Army Officer
Blossoms in the Dust
(1941)
Senator
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Capt. McCook (uncredited)
Remember the Day
(1941)
Graham
Thunder Birds
(1942)
Bit role
Madame Spy
(1942)
Harrison K. Woods
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
(1942)
Judge
Romance on the Range
(1942)
Lawyer Harrison
My Favorite Spy
(1942)
Minister at Wedding
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
(1942)
Sersen
Powder Town
(1942)
Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)
Frisco Lil
(1942)
Joe Smith, American
(1942)
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts
(1942)
Club Member (uncredited)
Secret Agent of Japan
(1942)
American Navy Captain
Miss Annie Rooney
(1942)
Mr. Thomas
Get Hep to Love
(1942)
George Arnold, Insurance Man
The Falcon Takes Over
(1942)
Laird Burnett (Uncredited)
The Secret Code
(1942)
Maj. Henry Barton
A Date with the Falcon
(1942)
Mr. Wallis (uncredited)
Thru Different Eyes
(1942)
Chaplain
The Power of God
(1942)
The Pastor
Flight for Freedom
(1943)
Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)
Reconnaissance Pilot
(1943)
Lt. General
Guadalcanal Diary
(1943)
Col. Thompson (uncredited)
Margin for Error
(1943)
Medical Examiner
You Can't Beat the Law
(1943)
Mr. Bedford
Around the World
(1943)
Consul
Harrigan's Kid
(1943)
Mr. Ranley
It Ain't Hay
(1943)
Grant
Honeymoon Lodge
(1943)
Carol's Lawyer
Sheriff of Las Vegas
(1944)
Arthur Stanton
Patrolling the Ether
(1944)
Chief of Radio Intelligence Division
She's a Sweetheart
(1944)
General
Stars on Parade
(1944)
J. L. Carson
Hey, Rookie
(1944)
Col. Robbins
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
(1945)
RCMP Superintendant MacDonald
Dakota
(1945)
Dr. Judson
Purity Squad
(1945)
Darles F. Peters (uncredited)
Out of This World
(1945)
Doctor
First Yank into Tokyo
(1945)
Col. Blaine (uncredited)
Black Market Babies
(1945)
This Love of Ours
(1945)
Dr. Melnik
A Sporting Chance
(1945)
John Smalley
Forever Yours
(1945)
Williams
Circumstantial Evidence
(1945)
Warden
Allotment Wives
(1945)
Deacon Sam
She Wrote the Book
(1946)
Fielding
The Time of Their Lives
(1946)
Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)
Mysterious Intruder
(1946)
Dr. Connell (Uncredited)
Child of Divorce
(1946)
Dr. Sterling
San Quentin
(1946)
Rev. Eckles (uncredited)
The French Key
(1946)
Walter Winslow
Boston Blackie and the Law
(1946)
Warden Lund
Dangerous Money
(1946)
Ship's Doctor
The Glass Alibi
(1946)
Dr. Lawson
Shock
(1946)
Dr. Blair
Wife Wanted
(1946)
Lowell Cornell
Sarge Goes to College
(1947)
Marine Capt. R.S. Handler
Stepchild
(1947)
Judge
Magic Town
(1947)
Stringer
High Wall
(1947)
Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)
The Thirteenth Hour
(1947)
Judge William B. Collins
Key Witness
(1947)
Edward Clemmons
The Pretender
(1947)
Charles Lennox
A Likely Story
(1947)
Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)
The Dark Past
(1948)
Warden Benson (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Man
(1948)
Henry Seward (uncredited)
Every Girl Should Be Married
(1948)
Clergyman (uncredited)
Dream Girl
(1948)
Judge Jed Allerton
Stage Struck
(1948)
Mr. Howard
Blonde Ice
(1948)
District Attorney Ed Chalmers
Pitfall
(1948)
Ed Brawley
Sealed Verdict
(1948)
Dr. Bossin
The Girl from Manhattan
(1948)
Dr. Moseby
The Cobra Strikes
(1948)
Dr. Keating
Renegades of the Sage
(1949)
Brown
Squadron of Doom
(1949)
Meredith
The Fountainhead
(1949)
Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
Sorrowful Jones
(1949)
Doctor (uncredited)
Tulsa
(1949)
Oilman (uncredited)
Forgotten Women
(1949)
Judge Donnell
Alaska Patrol
(1949)
Capt. Wright
The Flying Missile
(1950)
Col. Halliburton
Gunmen of Abilene
(1950)
Dr. Johnson
No Man of Her Own
(1950)
Minister (uncredited)
Lucky Losers
(1950)
David Thurston
Mark of the Gorilla
(1950)
Warden Frank R. Bentley
That's My Boy
(1951)
Doc Hunter
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas
(1951)
Governor
Elopement
(1951)
Dr. Halsey (uncredited)
Purple Heart Diary
(1951)
Col. Tappen
Bowery Battalion
(1951)
Col. Masters
We're Not Married!
(1952)
Chaplain Hall (uncredited)
Young Man with Ideas
(1952)
Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)
Jack McCall, Desperado
(1953)
Col. Brand
Sky Commando
(1953)
Gen. Carson
City Story
(1954)
Devil Goddess
(1955)
Prof. Carl Blakely
Autumn Leaves
(1956)
Mr. Wetherby
The Lost Missile
(1958)
The Secretary of State
The Atomic Submarine
(1959)
Admiral Terhune
The Gallant Hours
(1960)
The Wheeler Dealers
(1963)
Businessman (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(1984)
(archive footage)
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