Jay C. Flippen

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

Known For

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

Personal Info

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.