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