Jay C. Flippen

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

101

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-03-05

Deathday

1971-02-03 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Also Known As

  • John Constantine Flippen Jr.

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.

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Known For

The Killing
7.7%

The Killing

Jun 6, 1956

How the West Was Won
7.0%

How the West Was Won

Nov 2, 1962

Bonanza
7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

Winchester '73
7.3%

Winchester '73

Jul 12, 1950

The Wild One
6.6%

The Wild One

Dec 30, 1953

Cat Ballou
6.4%

Cat Ballou

Jun 24, 1965

Brute Force
7.3%

Brute Force

Jul 16, 1947

Bend of the River
6.9%

Bend of the River

Jan 23, 1952

Oklahoma!
6.6%

Oklahoma!

Oct 10, 1955

They Live by Night
6.9%

They Live by Night

Nov 1, 1949

The Far Country
6.9%

The Far Country

Feb 12, 1954

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Acting

1988
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1971
Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)
1971
The Seven Minutes as Luther Yerkes
1971
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Sheriff Ben
1970
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Pawnbroker
1969
Bracken's World
1968
The Sound of Anger as Judge Prentiss
1968
Hellfighters as Jack Lomax
1968
The Name of the Game as Grover
1968
The Name of the Game as Zack Witten
1968
Firecreek as Mr. Pittman
1967
Judd for the Defense
1967
The Spirit Is Willing as Mother
1967
Ironside
1966
Fame Is the Name of the Game as Dizzy Shaner
1966
That Girl
1965
Cat Ballou as Sheriff Cardigan
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
1964
Looking for Love as Ralph Front
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Hugh Ramsey
1963
Burke's Law as Bill, the Desk Sergeant
1963
Burke's Law as Lieutenant Grogan
1963
Vacation Playhouse as Cappy Skidmore
1962
Six Gun Law
1962
How the West Was Won as Huggins (uncredited)
1962
Ensign O'Toole as Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson
1962
The Virginian as Pa Colby
1962
The Virginian as Asa Keogh
1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show as Happy Spangler
1961
Bus Stop
1960
The Plunderers as Sheriff McCauley
1960
Route 66
1960
Thriller as Harry Gans
1960
Studs Lonigan as Father Gilhooey
1960
Wild River as Hamilton Garth
1959
Johnny Ringo as Jay C. Flippen
1959
Bonanza as Barney Fuller
1959
Rawhide as Marshal Lindstrom
1959
Rawhide as Sergeant Shaler
1959
Rawhide as Bigger Seton
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Chute Wilson
1958
From Hell to Texas as Jake Leffertfinger
1958
No Time at All as Happy Gallant
1957
Escape from Red Rock as Sheriff John Costaine
1957
Jet Pilot as Maj. Gen. Black
1957
The Deerslayer as Old Tom Hutter
1957
Run of the Arrow as Walking Coyote
1957
Night Passage as Ben Kimball
1957
The Midnight Story as Sgt. Jack Gillen
1957
Public Pigeon No. 1 as Lt. Ross Qualen
1957
The Restless Breed as Marshal Steve Evans
1957
Hot Summer Night as Oren Kobble
1957
The Halliday Brand as Chad Burris
1956
The King and Four Queens as Bartender
1956
7th Cavalry as Sgt. Bates
1956
Playhouse 90 as Happy Gallant
1956
The Killing as Marvin Unger
1955
Oklahoma! as Skidmore
1955
Kismet as Jawan
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Gunsmoke as Owney
1955
It's Always Fair Weather as Charles Z. Culloran
1955
Strategic Air Command as Tom Doyle
1955
Man Without a Star as Strap Davis
1955
Six Bridges to Cross as Vincent Concannon
1954
Climax! as Joe
1954
Climax! as Detective
1954
Climax! as Ed Bagley
1954
Climax! as Happy
1954
Carnival Story as Charley Grayson
1954
The Far Country as Rube
1953
The Wild One as Sheriff Stew Singer
1953
East of Sumatra as Mac
1953
Devil's Canyon as Jack Wells
1953
Thunder Bay as Kermit MacDonald
1952
Woman of the North Country as Axel Nordlund
1952
The Las Vegas Story as Capt. H.A. Harris
1952
Bend of the River as Jeremy Baile
1951
The Model and the Marriage Broker as Dan Chancellor
1951
The People Against O'Hara as Sven Norson
1951
The Lady from Texas as Sheriff Mike McShane
1951
Flying Leathernecks as MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief
1951
The Lemon Drop Kid as Straight Flush Tony
1950
Two Flags West as Sgt. Terrance Duey
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Mr. Lavery
1950
Winchester '73 as Sergeant Wilkes
1950
Love That Brute as Biff Sage
1950
The Yellow Cab Man as Hugo
1950
Buccaneer's Girl as Jared Hawkins
1949
Oh, You Beautiful Doll as Lippy Brannigan
1949
They Live by Night as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
1949
Trapped as Bartender (uncredited)
1949
Down to the Sea in Ships as Luke Sewell
1949
A Woman's Secret as Police Insp. Jim Fowler
1947
Intrigue as Mike, the bartender
1947
Brute Force as Hodges (guard)
1936
Flippen's Frolics
1934
Marie Galante as Sailor in Bar
1934
Million Dollar Ransom as Singer (Uncredited)
1928
The Ham What Am as Himself
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