Selmer Jackson

Biography

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

Inspection Officer

The Grapes of Wrath

Charles Lennox

The Pretender

Chaplain Hall (uncredited)

We're Not Married!

Judge Jed Allerton

Dream Girl

Ed Brawley

Pitfall

Lansing

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

John Smalley

A Sporting Chance

Mason

Subway Express

District Attorney Ed Chalmers

Blonde Ice

Warden

Circumstantial Evidence

Mr. Wetherby

Autumn Leaves

Dr. McNulty

The Ape

Admiral Terhune

The Atomic Submarine

Manager Radio Station

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Ship's Doctor

Dangerous Money

Judge Davis

Gangster's Boy

Dr. Lawson

The Glass Alibi

Real Estate Agent (uncredited)

$10 Raise

Show Boat

Edward Clemmons

Key Witness

District Attorney

Paper Bullets

Warden Lund

Boston Blackie and the Law

Meredith

Squadron of Doom

Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)

Meet John Doe

Capt. Parker

Son of the Navy

Minister (uncredited)

No Man of Her Own

Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)

High Wall

Committeeman (uncredited)

A Night at the Opera

Mr. Ranley

Harrigan's Kid

Gen. Carson

Sky Commando

Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)

The Great Ziegfeld

Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

The Murder Man

Henry DeMille

Lady with Red Hair

Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)

Flight for Freedom

Arthur the butler

Back Street

Mr. Howard

Stage Struck

Oilman (uncredited)

Tulsa

Prison Clerk (Uncredited)

The Mouthpiece

Dr. Harvey (uncredited)

The Richest Girl in the World

Alfred Huxley

Inside Information

Walter Winslow

The French Key

Hoyt Wells

A Family Affair

Joe (uncredited)

Big City Blues

Douglas Haynes

Scandal Sheet

William Meredith, Sr.

Ace Drummond

Jim Watson

The Duke Comes Back

Duffield

Public Enemy's Wife

John Wilson

Outside These Walls

David Thurston

Lucky Losers

D. A. Allen Harrison

Easy Money

Defense Attorney Alan Adams

The Bridge of Sighs

Mr. Canfield

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island

Dr. Melnik

This Love of Ours

Judge

The Wrong Road

O'Neill

The Best Man Wins

John Graham

Undercover Agent

Thomas Morse

Parachute Battalion

Williams

Forever Yours

Andrew Baldwin

The 13th Man

Attorney Tyler

Jungle Jim

Ned Madison

Meet the Boy Friend

The Secretary of State

The Lost Missile

Dr. Halsey (uncredited)

Elopement

Judge Gibson

Little Miss Nobody

Judge Hammond

Midnight Intruder

Blackmere

Personal Secretary

Thompson

Secrets of an Actress

Black Market Babies

Stringer

Magic Town

George Van Horne

Lovin' the Ladies

Mr. Bedford

You Can't Beat the Law

Duffy

The Defense Rests

(archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Parker

Prison Nurse

Frank Baldrich

The Missing Guest

Joe, a Gangster

I've Got Your Number

Capt. Wright

Alaska Patrol

Hans Strauss

Forgotten

Mr. Thomas

Miss Annie Rooney

Capt. Sanders

Men Against the Sky

Rev. Eckles (uncredited)

San Quentin

Warden Benson (uncredited)

The Dark Past

Frisco Lil

Eddie

Why Bring That Up?

Medical Examiner

Margin for Error

City Story

Businessman (uncredited)

The Wheeler Dealers

Hoyt Wells

You're Only Young Once

Col. Blaine (uncredited)

First Yank into Tokyo

Judge

Stepchild

Governor

Man Of The People

Fred Dice

Play Girl

Mr. Grant

Sorority House

American Navy Captain

Secret Agent of Japan

J.H. Scott, FBI

Behind The Headlines

Barton

Let's Fall in Love

Program Director

Broadway Gondolier

Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)

Wanted: Jane Turner

Doctor

Out of This World

George E. Martin

Blind Date

Doctor (uncredited)

Garden of the Moon

Victor Stockton

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

District Attorney Cope

Grand Exit

Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)

Naughty But Nice

Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)

Doctor X

The Gallant Hours

Ship's Officer

Paddy O'Day

Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)

Picture Snatcher

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Page Miss Glory

Hudson (uncredited)

Hired Wife

Older Man (uncredited)

Luxury Liner

San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)

Pacific Liner

Jones (uncredited)

You Said a Mouthful

First Doctor

Wings of the Navy

Head of Draft Board

Three Sons o' Guns

Doctor

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Customs Official (uncredited)

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Jerome (uncredited)

Union Pacific

Bill Conway

Two Thoroughbreds

Airlines Official (uncredited)

Five Came Back

Editor Patterson (uncredited)

Each Dawn I Die

Manager

Missing Evidence

Disbarment Lawyer

Reno

Army Medical Examiner

Swanee River

Dr. Johnson

Gunmen of Abilene

Lawyer

The Under-Pup

Instructor

Espionage Agent

Mr. Henley

The Escape

Tom Malcolm (uncredited)

Blondie Brings Up Baby

Chief Postal Inspector

Postal Inspector

John W. Riggs

Teddy the Rough Rider

Hamilton

Three Smart Girls

American Consul

South of the Border

Major Marlowe

Wagons Westward

Doctor (uncredited)

The Shepherd of the Hills

Bit role

Thunder Birds

James Sawyer

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Col. C.B. Vincent

Calling All Marines

Andrews (uncredited)

She Married Her Boss

J.C. Scoville

Traveling Saleslady

Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)

Love Crazy

Darles F. Peters (uncredited)

Purity Squad

Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)

A Likely Story

Club Member (uncredited)

Meet the Stewarts

Clergyman (uncredited)

Every Girl Should Be Married

General

She's a Sweetheart

Board Member (uncredited)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Dr. Coleman

The Magnificent Brute

Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)

Libeled Lady

Dr. Judson

Dakota

District Attorney

The Green Hornet

Army Officer

Red Salute

Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)

The Secret Bride

Joe Davis

Front Page Woman

Dr. MacIntyre

Two Wise Maids

Commissioner Benton

Arson Racket Squad

Harker

Federal Bullets

Prison Warden

Johnny Apollo

FBI Chief (uncredited)

Saboteur

Sam Rankin

Road to Happiness

Harry

West of Shanghai

Arthur Kingsley

Babies for Sale

Caleb Kent

Brigham Young

Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail

District Attorney

Smashing the Vice Trust

Prof. Carl Blakely

Devil Goddess

Ship Captain (uncredited)

Cairo

Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

The Little Giant

Steve Riley

Gambling Ship

General Duncan (uncredited)

Sergeant York

Henry Seward (uncredited)

The Fuller Brush Man

Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)

Gallant Sons

Inspector

Gateway

Doctor

City for Conquest

J.A. Hanson (uncredited)

The Singing Kid

First-Nighter (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy

C.A.A. Official

20,000 Men a Year

Desk Sergeant

Florian

Medical Officer

The Marines Fly High

Dr. Harry Lindsay

Millionaires in Prison

Harrison K. Woods

Madame Spy

J. L. Carson

Stars on Parade

Army Officer

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

City Editor

Sing, Baby, Sing

Selmer Jackson

Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras

Simmy Sanger

Private Detective

Detective

Chinatown Squad

Col. Halliburton

The Flying Missile

Governor

Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas

Chief of Radio Intelligence Division

Patrolling the Ether

Arthur Stanton

Sheriff of Las Vegas

Brown

Renegades of the Sage

RCMP Superintendant MacDonald

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

Baby Judge

Carnival

Matt Stanton

The Secret Call

Missing Persons Detective

Forty Little Mothers

Lawyer Harrison

Romance on the Range

Col. Brand

Jack McCall, Desperado

Capt. McCook (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

Sersen

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Adm. Curtiss

Devil Pays Off

Graham

Remember the Day

Senator

Blossoms in the Dust

Fielding

She Wrote the Book

Doc Hunter

That's My Boy

Marine Capt. R.S. Handler

Sarge Goes to College

King (defense attorney)

Thru Different Eyes

Churchill

Left Over Ladies

The Warden

The Westland Case

Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)

Powder Town

George Arnold, Insurance Man

Get Hep to Love

Mr. Wallis (uncredited)

A Date with the Falcon

Maj. Henry Barton

The Secret Code

Dr. Sterling

Child of Divorce

Judge William B. Collins

The Thirteenth Hour

Minister at Wedding

My Favorite Spy

Chaplain

Thru Different Eyes

The Pastor

The Power of God

Detective Mendall

Off the Record

Dr. Keating

The Cobra Strikes

Whittingham P. Talbot

Stand Up and Fight

Warden Frank R. Bentley

Mark of the Gorilla

Commander Gibbs (uncredited)

Shipmates Forever

Judge Donnell

Forgotten Women

Earl Bigbee

Parole!

District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)

Glamour for Sale

Broker

She Knew All the Answers

Doctor

Navy Wife

Dr. Riddell

Murder in the Air

Mr. Melville (uncredited)

If I Had My Way

Lowell Cornell

Wife Wanted

Ernie-Lawyer

Crime Ring

Consul

Around the World

Lt. General

Reconnaissance Pilot

Maxwell

Hot Water

Capt. Evans Dover

On Dress Parade

Dr. Bossin

Sealed Verdict

Lawyer

Public Deb No. 1

Medical Examiner

The Accusing Finger

Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

Police Car 17

Laird Burnett (Uncredited)

The Falcon Takes Over

Carol's Lawyer

Honeymoon Lodge

Executive Officer

Sailor's Lady

Radio Announcer (Voice)

Murder in the Clouds

Judge #2

The Chaser

Doctor (uncredited)

Sorrowful Jones

Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)

Public Hero Number 1

Prof. Howard (uncredited)

Educating Father

Cortlandt Official (uncredited)

The Fountainhead

Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)

Young Man with Ideas

Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Three on a Match

Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)

The Working Man

Capt. Johnson (uncredited)

Buck Privates

Grant

It Ain't Hay

Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)

The Time of Their Lives

Deacon Sam

Allotment Wives

Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)

My Man Godfrey

Radio Announcer (Uncredited)

Fog Over Frisco

Col. Masters

Bowery Battalion

Jules Peabody

Flight to Fame

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes

Dr. Blair

Shock

Col. Thompson (uncredited)

Guadalcanal Diary

Dr. Moseby

The Girl from Manhattan

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Joe Smith, American

Dr. Connell (Uncredited)

Mysterious Intruder

Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)

Don't Bet on Blondes

Judge

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

Col. Robbins

Hey, Rookie

Col. Tappen

Purple Heart Diary

Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Brothers

District Attorney

The Gentleman from Nowhere

2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Thrill of a Romance

White House Correspondent

Stand Up and Cheer!

Officer (uncredited)

Revolt of the Zombies

Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)

Sadie McKee

Navy Commander

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

Williams (uncredited)

Deadline - U.S.A.

Lt. Rowland (uncredited)

Dirigible

Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle

Mullen

Sisters Under the Skin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

282

Gender

Male

Birthday

1888-05-06

Place of Birth

Lake Mills, Iowa, USA

Also Known As

Selmar Jackson