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
Marvin Unger
The Killing
Mr. Pittman
Firecreek
Luther Yerkes
The Seven Minutes
Sheriff Cardigan
Cat Ballou
Straight Flush Tony
The Lemon Drop Kid
Ben Kimball
Night Passage
Capt. H.A. Harris
The Las Vegas Story
Jack Lomax
Hellfighters
Chad Burris
The Halliday Brand
Hodges (guard)
Brute Force
Walking Coyote
Run of the Arrow
Skidmore
Oklahoma!
Vincent Concannon
Six Bridges to Cross
Mother
The Spirit Is Willing
Sven Norson
The People Against O'Hara
Sergeant Wilkes
Winchester '73
Sgt. Bates
7th Cavalry
Strap Davis
Man Without a Star
Kermit MacDonald
Thunder Bay
Tom Doyle
Strategic Air Command
Charley Grayson
Carnival Story
Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
They Live by Night
Biff Sage
Love That Brute
Jeremy Baile
Bend of the River
Jared Hawkins
Buccaneer's Girl
Mike, the bartender
Intrigue
MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief
Flying Leathernecks
Rube
The Far Country
Hamilton Garth
Wild River
Maj. Gen. Black
Jet Pilot
Sgt. Jack Gillen
The Midnight Story
Police Insp. Jim Fowler
A Woman's Secret
Oren Kobble
Hot Summer Night
Sgt. Terrance Duey
Two Flags West
Hugo
The Yellow Cab Man
Old Tom Hutter
The Deerslayer
Himself
The Ham What Am
Marshal Steve Evans
The Restless Breed
Luke Sewell
Down to the Sea in Ships
Jack Wells
Devil's Canyon
Sheriff McCauley
The Plunderers
Sheriff Mike McShane
The Lady from Texas
Father Gilhooey
Studs Lonigan
Ralph Front
Looking for Love
Jake Leffertfinger
From Hell to Texas
Lippy Brannigan
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Bartender (uncredited)
Trapped
Mac
East of Sumatra
Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Dan Chancellor
The Model and the Marriage Broker
Bartender
The King and Four Queens
Dizzy Shaner
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Sheriff John Costaine
Escape from Red Rock
Lt. Ross Qualen
Public Pigeon No. 1
Pawnbroker
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Sheriff Stew Singer
The Wild One
Happy Gallant
No Time at All
Charles Z. Culloran
It's Always Fair Weather
Flippen's Frolics
Axel Nordlund
Woman of the North Country
Huggins (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
Jawan
Kismet
Sailor in Bar
Marie Galante
Judge Prentiss
The Sound of Anger
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Singer (Uncredited)
Million Dollar Ransom
Sheriff Ben
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Six Gun Law
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
69
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-03-05
Place of Birth
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Also Known As
John Constantine Flippen Jr.