Selmer Jackson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1888-05-06

Day of Death

1971-03-30

Place of Birth

Lake Mills, Iowa, USA

Selmer Jackson

Biography

Selmer 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.

Filmography (287)

⭐ 9.0 Role: (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

⭐ 6.3 Role: Businessman (uncredited)

The Wheeler Dealers

⭐ 6.7 Role: Unknown

The Gallant Hours

⭐ 5.3 Role: Admiral Terhune

The Atomic Submarine

⭐ 4.8 Role: The Secretary of State

The Lost Missile

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mr. Wetherby

Autumn Leaves

⭐ 6.7 Role: Prof. Carl Blakely

Devil Goddess

⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

City Story

⭐ 6.7 Role: Gen. Carson

Sky Commando

⭐ 6.0 Role: Col. Brand

Jack McCall, Desperado

⭐ 5.9 Role: Chaplain Hall (uncredited)

We're Not Married!

⭐ 6.9 Role: Williams (uncredited)

Deadline - U.S.A.

⭐ 5.2 Role: Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)

Young Man with Ideas

⭐ 8.3 Role: Dr. Halsey (uncredited)

Elopement

⭐ 7.0 Role: Col. Tappen

Purple Heart Diary

⭐ 5.9 Role: Doc Hunter

That's My Boy

⭐ 6.0 Role: Governor

Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas

⭐ 8.5 Role: Col. Masters

Bowery Battalion

⭐ 5.3 Role: Col. Halliburton

The Flying Missile

⭐ 4.8 Role: Army Officer at Pentagon

Pygmy Island

⭐ 6.6 Role: David Thurston

Lucky Losers

⭐ 9.0 Role: Selmer Jackson

Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras

⭐ 6.9 Role: Minister (uncredited)

No Man of Her Own

⭐ 6.7 Role: Dr. Johnson

Gunmen of Abilene

⭐ 4.0 Role: Warden Frank R. Bentley

Mark of the Gorilla

⭐ 10.0 Role: Meredith

Squadron of Doom

⭐ 9.0 Role: Brown

Renegades of the Sage

⭐ 7.0 Role: Judge Donnell

Forgotten Women

⭐ 6.5 Role: Doctor (uncredited)

Sorrowful Jones

⭐ 6.9 Role: Cortlandt Official (uncredited)

The Fountainhead

⭐ 6.4 Role: Oilman (uncredited)

Tulsa

⭐ 10.0 Role: Capt. Wright

Alaska Patrol

⭐ 6.0 Role: Clergyman (uncredited)

Every Girl Should Be Married

⭐ 6.0 Role: Warden Benson (uncredited)

The Dark Past

⭐ 7.0 Role: Dr. Bossin

Sealed Verdict

⭐ 6.3 Role: Dr. Moseby

The Girl from Manhattan

⭐ 7.5 Role: District Attorney

The Gentleman from Nowhere

⭐ 6.9 Role: Ed Brawley

Pitfall

⭐ 5.0 Role: Judge Jed Allerton

Dream Girl

⭐ 5.8 Role: District Attorney Ed Chalmers

Blonde Ice

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mr. Howard

Stage Struck

⭐ 6.3 Role: Henry Seward (uncredited)

The Fuller Brush Man

⭐ 7.0 Role: Judge

King of the Gamblers

⭐ 7.5 Role: Dr. Keating

The Cobra Strikes

⭐ 6.4 Role: Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)

High Wall

⭐ 4.8 Role: Edward Clemmons

Key Witness

⭐ 6.7 Role: Stringer

Magic Town

⭐ 5.8 Role: Charles Lennox

The Pretender

⭐ 8.0 Role: Judge

Stepchild

⭐ 4.5 Role: Marine Capt. R.S. Handler

Sarge Goes to College

⭐ 4.8 Role: Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)

A Likely Story

⭐ 6.0 Role: Judge William B. Collins

The Thirteenth Hour

⭐ 6.2 Role: Rev. Eckles (uncredited)

San Quentin

⭐ 6.7 Role: Warden Lund

Boston Blackie and the Law

⭐ 7.8 Role: Lowell Cornell

Wife Wanted

⭐ 6.5 Role: Dr. Sterling

Child of Divorce

⭐ 5.9 Role: Ship's Doctor

Dangerous Money

⭐ 7.1 Role: Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)

The Time of Their Lives

⭐ 6.5 Role: Fielding

She Wrote the Book

⭐ 6.5 Role: Walter Winslow

The French Key

⭐ 4.2 Role: Dr. Lawson

The Glass Alibi

⭐ 5.9 Role: Dr. Connell (Uncredited)

Mysterious Intruder

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. Blair

Shock

⭐ 10.0 Role: Ridgeway (uncredited)

Girl on the Spot

⭐ 5.8 Role: Unknown

Black Market Babies

⭐ 5.2 Role: Dr. Judson

Dakota

⭐ 6.7 Role: Deacon Sam

Allotment Wives

⭐ 8.5 Role: Darles F. Peters (uncredited)

Purity Squad

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. Melnik

This Love of Ours

⭐ 7.2 Role: RCMP Superintendant MacDonald

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

⭐ 6.0 Role: Col. Blaine (uncredited)

First Yank into Tokyo

⭐ 8.0 Role: Doctor

Out of This World

⭐ 10.0 Role: John Smalley

A Sporting Chance

⭐ 6.6 Role: 2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Thrill of a Romance

⭐ 5.9 Role: Dr. Rex Spang (uncredited)

Dillinger

⭐ 5.2 Role: Warden

Circumstantial Evidence

⭐ 7.0 Role: Williams

Forever Yours

⭐ 5.5 Role: Arthur Stanton

Sheriff of Las Vegas

⭐ 9.0 Role: General

She's a Sweetheart

⭐ 8.0 Role: J. L. Carson

Stars on Parade

⭐ 7.5 Role: Chief of Radio Intelligence Division

Patrolling the Ether

⭐ 8.0 Role: Col. Robbins

Hey, Rookie

⭐ 6.3 Role: Consul

Around the World

⭐ 5.6 Role: Col. Thompson (uncredited)

Guadalcanal Diary

⭐ 8.0 Role: Carol's Lawyer

Honeymoon Lodge

⭐ 5.8 Role: Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)

Flight for Freedom

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mr. Ranley

Harrigan's Kid

⭐ 6.5 Role: Grant

It Ain't Hay

⭐ 6.3 Role: Medical Examiner

Margin for Error

⭐ 5.4 Role: Mr. Bedford

You Can't Beat the Law

⭐ 7.0 Role: Lt. General

Reconnaissance Pilot

⭐ 6.5 Role: Harrison K. Woods

Madame Spy

⭐ 6.0 Role: Bit role

Thunder Birds

⭐ 7.0 Role: George Arnold, Insurance Man

Get Hep to Love

⭐ 5.9 Role: Maj. Henry Barton

The Secret Code

⭐ 6.4 Role: Ship Captain (uncredited)

Cairo

⭐ 6.4 Role: Sersen

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

⭐ 8.0 Role: Chaplain

Thru Different Eyes

⭐ 5.7 Role: Minister at Wedding

My Favorite Spy

⭐ 4.4 Role: Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)

Powder Town

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mr. Thomas

Miss Annie Rooney

⭐ 6.4 Role: Laird Burnett (Uncredited)

The Falcon Takes Over

⭐ 5.5 Role: Club Member (uncredited)

Meet the Stewarts

⭐ 6.5 Role: Lawyer Harrison

Romance on the Range

⭐ 6.9 Role: FBI Chief (uncredited)

Saboteur

⭐ 5.5 Role: American Navy Captain

Secret Agent of Japan

⭐ 5.2 Role: Judge

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

⭐ 8.3 Role: Unknown

Frisco Lil

⭐ 6.5 Role: Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Joe Smith, American

⭐ 6.5 Role: Mr. Wallis (uncredited)

A Date with the Falcon

⭐ 0 Role: The Pastor

The Power of God

⭐ 6.8 Role: Army Officer

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

⭐ 7.3 Role: Graham

Remember the Day

⭐ 5.7 Role: Sam Rankin

Road to Happiness

⭐ 6.7 Role: Capt. McCook (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

⭐ 4.1 Role: Adm. Curtiss

Devil Pays Off

⭐ 7.2 Role: General Duncan (uncredited)

Sergeant York

⭐ 6.4 Role: Thomas Morse

Parachute Battalion

⭐ 6.7 Role: Senator

Blossoms in the Dust

⭐ 7.0 Role: Board Member (uncredited)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

⭐ 7.0 Role: Head of Draft Board

Three Sons o' Guns

⭐ 6.6 Role: Doctor (uncredited)

The Shepherd of the Hills

⭐ 5.6 Role: District Attorney

Gangs Inc.

⭐ 6.8 Role: Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)

Love Crazy

⭐ 6.6 Role: Broker

She Knew All the Answers

⭐ 7.3 Role: Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)

Meet John Doe

⭐ 7.3 Role: Arthur the butler

Back Street

⭐ 6.7 Role: Capt. Johnson (uncredited)

Buck Privates

⭐ 6.4 Role: Fred Dice

Play Girl

⭐ 5.8 Role: Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail

⭐ 6.9 Role: Henry DeMille

Lady with Red Hair

⭐ 7.4 Role: Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)

Gallant Sons

⭐ 4.8 Role: Dr. McNulty

The Ape

⭐ 4.6 Role: Caleb Kent

Brigham Young

⭐ 5.0 Role: District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)

Glamour for Sale

⭐ 6.9 Role: Doctor

City for Conquest

⭐ 5.3 Role: First-Nighter (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy

⭐ 6.8 Role: Hudson (uncredited)

Hired Wife

⭐ 4.9 Role: Lawyer

Public Deb No. 1

⭐ 4.6 Role: Capt. Sanders

Men Against the Sky

⭐ 6.1 Role: Dr. Harry Lindsay

Millionaires in Prison

⭐ 6.5 Role: Executive Officer

Sailor's Lady

⭐ 6.5 Role: Major Marlowe

Wagons Westward

⭐ 6.3 Role: Arthur Kingsley

Babies for Sale

⭐ 4.5 Role: Desk Sergeant

Florian

⭐ 5.1 Role: Dr. Riddell

Murder in the Air

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mr. Melville (uncredited)

If I Had My Way

⭐ 6.5 Role: Missing Persons Detective

Forty Little Mothers

⭐ 6.9 Role: Prison Warden

Johnny Apollo

⭐ 6.2 Role: Capt. Parker

Son of the Navy

⭐ 7.8 Role: Inspection Officer

The Grapes of Wrath

⭐ 5.3 Role: Medical Officer

The Marines Fly High

⭐ 6.9 Role: Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

⭐ 6.8 Role: John W. Riggs

Teddy the Rough Rider

⭐ 5.3 Role: James Sawyer

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

⭐ 6.0 Role: District Attorney

The Green Hornet

⭐ 6.2 Role: Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes

⭐ 7.0 Role: Army Medical Examiner

Swanee River

⭐ 6.5 Role: Manager

Missing Evidence

⭐ 6.0 Role: American Consul

South of the Border

⭐ 7.0 Role: Simmy Sanger

Private Detective

⭐ 5.0 Role: Bill Conway

Two Thoroughbreds

⭐ 6.7 Role: Disbarment Lawyer

Reno

⭐ 6.6 Role: Capt. Evans Dover

On Dress Parade

⭐ 7.0 Role: Tom Malcolm (uncredited)

Blondie Brings Up Baby

⭐ 6.2 Role: C.A.A. Official

20,000 Men a Year

⭐ 7.0 Role: Douglas Haynes

Scandal Sheet

⭐ 6.2 Role: Mr. Henley

The Escape

⭐ 6.3 Role: Instructor

Espionage Agent

⭐ 10.0 Role: Col. C.B. Vincent

Calling All Marines

⭐ 7.0 Role: Lawyer

The Under-Pup

⭐ 6.8 Role: Editor Patterson (uncredited)

Each Dawn I Die

⭐ 6.8 Role: Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)

Naughty But Nice

⭐ 6.3 Role: Airlines Official (uncredited)

Five Came Back

⭐ 9.0 Role: Alfred Huxley

Inside Information

⭐ 6.1 Role: Customs Official (uncredited)

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

⭐ 7.3 Role: Mr. Grant

Sorority House

⭐ 6.7 Role: Jerome (uncredited)

Union Pacific

⭐ 8.8 Role: John Wilson

Outside These Walls

⭐ 4.2 Role: John Graham

Undercover Agent

⭐ 6.7 Role: Doctor

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

⭐ 6.2 Role: First Doctor

Wings of the Navy

⭐ 6.4 Role: Detective Mendall

Off the Record

⭐ 5.5 Role: San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)

Pacific Liner

⭐ 6.0 Role: Whittingham P. Talbot

Stand Up and Fight

⭐ 10.0 Role: Steve Riley

Gambling Ship

⭐ 6.0 Role: Judge Davis

Gangster's Boy

⭐ 7.5 Role: Jules Peabody

Flight to Fame

⭐ 6.8 Role: Doctor (uncredited)

Garden of the Moon

⭐ 6.0 Role: Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle

⭐ 6.0 Role: Thompson

Secrets of an Actress

⭐ 8.0 Role: Blackmere

Personal Secretary

⭐ 7.5 Role: Frank Baldrich

The Missing Guest

⭐ 7.4 Role: Inspector

Gateway

⭐ 8.0 Role: Judge #2

The Chaser

⭐ 5.8 Role: Ernie-Lawyer

Crime Ring

⭐ 6.8 Role: Manager Radio Station

Alexander's Ragtime Band

⭐ 8.0 Role: Commissioner Benton

Arson Racket Squad

⭐ 5.6 Role: Parker

Prison Nurse

⭐ 5.9 Role: Judge Hammond

Midnight Intruder

⭐ 5.7 Role: Hoyt Wells

You're Only Young Once

⭐ 6.0 Role: Jim Watson

The Duke Comes Back

⭐ 5.8 Role: Harry

West of Shanghai

⭐ 6.7 Role: The Warden

The Westland Case

⭐ 8.0 Role: Harker

Federal Bullets

⭐ 4.8 Role: Judge

The Wrong Road

⭐ 6.5 Role: Maxwell

Hot Water

⭐ 5.5 Role: Ned Madison

Meet the Boy Friend

⭐ 6.5 Role: Andrew Baldwin

The 13th Man

⭐ 7.2 Role: Victor Stockton

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

⭐ 10.0 Role: District Attorney

The Man in Blue

⭐ 6.9 Role: Navy Commander

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

⭐ 6.6 Role: J.H. Scott, FBI

Behind The Headlines

⭐ 5.9 Role: Hoyt Wells

A Family Affair

⭐ 10.0 Role: Dr. MacIntyre

Two Wise Maids

⭐ 7.0 Role: Governor

Man Of The People

⭐ 5.4 Role: Attorney Tyler

Jungle Jim

⭐ 9.0 Role: District Attorney

Smashing the Vice Trust

⭐ 6.5 Role: Hamilton

Three Smart Girls

⭐ 6.0 Role: Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)

Wanted: Jane Turner

⭐ 5.8 Role: Medical Examiner

The Accusing Finger

⭐ 7.3 Role: Mr. Canfield

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island

⭐ 7.0 Role: William Meredith, Sr.

Ace Drummond

⭐ 6.8 Role: Dr. Coleman

The Magnificent Brute

⭐ 7.3 Role: Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)

Libeled Lady

⭐ 7.6 Role: Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)

My Man Godfrey

⭐ 6.0 Role: City Editor

Sing, Baby, Sing

⭐ 7.0 Role: Chief Postal Inspector

Postal Inspector

⭐ 7.1 Role: Lansing

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

⭐ 6.4 Role: Duffield

Public Enemy's Wife

⭐ 7.0 Role: Earl Bigbee

Parole!

⭐ 4.8 Role: D. A. Allen Harrison

Easy Money

⭐ 7.5 Role: Judge Gibson

Little Miss Nobody

⭐ 3.4 Role: Officer (uncredited)

Revolt of the Zombies

⭐ 9.0 Role: Prof. Howard (uncredited)

Educating Father

⭐ 6.7 Role: Unknown

Show Boat

⭐ 7.0 Role: J.A. Hanson (uncredited)

The Singing Kid

⭐ 6.3 Role: Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)

The Great Ziegfeld

⭐ 8.0 Role: Defense Attorney Alan Adams

The Bridge of Sighs

⭐ 7.0 Role: Ship's Officer

Paddy O'Day

⭐ 7.4 Role: Committeeman (uncredited)

A Night at the Opera

⭐ 6.6 Role: District Attorney Cope

Grand Exit

⭐ 6.6 Role: Commander Gibbs (uncredited)

Shipmates Forever

⭐ 7.5 Role: Andrews (uncredited)

She Married Her Boss

⭐ 6.0 Role: Doctor

Navy Wife

⭐ 6.0 Role: Army Officer

Red Salute

⭐ 6.7 Role: Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Page Miss Glory

⭐ 6.0 Role: Program Director

Broadway Gondolier

⭐ 5.8 Role: Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)

Don't Bet on Blondes

⭐ 7.1 Role: Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

The Murder Man

⭐ 5.9 Role: Joe Davis

Front Page Woman

⭐ 7.5 Role: Detective

Chinatown Squad

⭐ 6.2 Role: Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)

Public Hero Number 1

⭐ 9.0 Role: Real Estate Agent (uncredited)

$10 Raise

⭐ 6.1 Role: J.C. Scoville

Traveling Saleslady

⭐ 8.0 Role: Baby Judge

Carnival

⭐ 6.6 Role: O'Neill

The Best Man Wins

⭐ 6.2 Role: Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)

The Secret Bride

⭐ 5.1 Role: Radio Announcer (Voice)

Murder in the Clouds

⭐ 5.8 Role: Dr. Harvey (uncredited)

The Richest Girl in the World

⭐ 8.0 Role: George E. Martin

Blind Date

⭐ 7.1 Role: Duffy

The Defense Rests

⭐ 6.4 Role: Radio Announcer (Uncredited)

Fog Over Frisco

⭐ 7.0 Role: Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)

Sadie McKee

⭐ 5.3 Role: White House Correspondent

Stand Up and Cheer!

⭐ 10.0 Role: Mullen

Sisters Under the Skin

⭐ 6.8 Role: Joe, a Gangster

I've Got Your Number

⭐ 8.0 Role: Barton

Let's Fall in Love

⭐ 5.5 Role: Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

Police Car 17

⭐ 6.9 Role: Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

The Little Giant

⭐ 6.8 Role: Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)

Picture Snatcher

⭐ 6.5 Role: Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)

The Working Man

⭐ 7.0 Role: Hans Strauss

Forgotten

⭐ 7.2 Role: Older Man (uncredited)

Luxury Liner

⭐ 5.8 Role: Jones (uncredited)

You Said a Mouthful

⭐ 6.3 Role: Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Three on a Match

⭐ 5.8 Role: Joe (uncredited)

Big City Blues

⭐ 6.1 Role: Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)

Doctor X

⭐ 6.1 Role: Prison Clerk (Uncredited)

The Mouthpiece

⭐ 7.0 Role: Churchill

Left Over Ladies

⭐ 7.7 Role: Matt Stanton

The Secret Call

⭐ 10.0 Role: Mason

Subway Express

⭐ 5.5 Role: Lt. Rowland (uncredited)

Dirigible

⭐ 9.0 Role: Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Brothers

⭐ 4.8 Role: George Van Horne

Lovin' the Ladies

⭐ 10.0 Role: Eddie

Why Bring That Up?

⭐ 8.0 Role: King (defense attorney)

Thru Different Eyes