Selmer Jackson

Selmer Jackson
Jackson in 1930.
Born	May 7, 1888 Lake Mills, Iowa, U.S.
Died	March 30, 1971 (aged 82) Burbank, California, U.S.
Resting place	Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1921–1963

Selmer Jackson (May 7, 1888 – March 30, 1971) was an American stage^[1] film and television actor. He appeared in nearly 400 films between 1921 and 1963. He was born in Lake Mills, Iowa and died in Burbank, California from a heart attack.^[2]

Partial filmography

• Why Bring That Up? (1929)
• The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
• The Richest Girl in the World (1934)
• Red Salute (1935)
• Grand Exit (1935)
• The Bride Walks Out (1936)
• Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936)
• Wanted! Jane Turner (1936)
• A Family Affair (1937)
• Secrets of an Actress (1938)
• The Green Hornet (1940 serial)
• Teddy, the Rough Rider (1940)
• The Ape (1940)
• Forty Little Mothers (1940)
• Buck Privates (1941) (uncredited)^[3]
• The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)
• Remember the Day (1941)
• The Secret Code (1942)
• Madame Spy (1942)
• Saboteur (1942) as FBI Chief - uncredited
• Adventures of the Flying Cadets (1943)
• What a Woman! (1943)
• Black Market Babies (1945)
• A Sporting Chance (1945)
• The Glass Alibi (1946)
• She Wrote the Book (1946)
• San Quentin (1946)
• Heading for Heaven (1947)
• The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948)
• Pitfall (1948)
• Forgotten Women (1949)
• Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) - Col. Brand
• Rebel City (1953) - Col. Barnes (uncredited)
• The President's Lady (1953) - Col. Green (uncredited)
• Sky Commando (1953) - Gen. Carson
• Crazylegs (1953) - President of Michigan Alumni Association (uncredited)
• Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) - Senator (uncredited)
• Seven Angry Men (1955) - Ralph Waldo Emerson (uncredited)
• The Eternal Sea (1955) - V.I.P. (uncredited)
• Devil Goddess (1955) - Prof. Carl Blakely
• Autumn Leaves (1956) - Mr. Wetherby
• Three Brave Men (1956) - Retired Admiral (uncredited)
• Hellcats of the Navy (1957) - Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz (uncredited)
• The Lost Missile (1958) - Secretary of State
• The Atomic Submarine (1959) - Adm. Terhune
• The Gallant Hours (1960) - Adm. Chester W. Nimitz (uncredited)
• The Wheeler Dealers (1963) - Businessman (uncredited)

References

1. "Seen at Theaters / Aristocracy—Pabst / Selmer Jackson, Miss Ruth Gates and Lynn Pratt carried the entire burden of the performance, and carried it well. Mr. Jackson made a most agreeable impression in the role of Jefferson Stockton, a sturdy, keen American business man, devoted to his wife and ready to give her all that it was in his power to give. He was more than equal to the demands of an exacting part." (The Milwaukee Sentinel, December 31, page 4)
2. Screen capture of Selmer Jackson in The Big Noise
3. "Teeth, Pies and Movies: Selmer Jackson, who plays the colonel in "Buck Privates" and has appeared as high ranking army and navy officer in more than a score of pictures, has never served a day in either branch of real service." (The Milwaukee Journal, February 2, 1941, page 4)

External links

• Selmer Jackson at the Internet Movie Database
• Selmer Jackson at Find a Grave