John Agar

Personal Info

Birthday

January 31, 1921

Day of Death

2002-04-07

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

John George Agar Jr.

John Agar

Biography

John G. Agar (January 31, 1921 – April 7, 2002) was an American actor.

He starred alongside John Wayne in the films Sands of Iwo Jima and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, but was later relegated to B movies, such as Tarantula, The Mole People, The Brain from Planet Arous, Flesh and the Spur, and Hand of Death. He also starred with Lucille Ball in the 1951 movie The Magic Carpet. Agar was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Lillian (née Rogers) and John Agar, Sr.

Known For

Perry Mason

Charlie's Angels

The Twilight Zone

Climax!

The Virginian

Rawhide

The Name of the Game

Bat Masterson

Filmography

2021
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Monster Invaders from Space
as Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage)
2005
The Naked Monster
as Dr. Clete Ferguson
2001
The Vampire Hunters Club
as Reggie
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1996
A Century of Science Fiction
as Self
1993
Body Bags
as Dr. Lang
1992
Invasion of Privacy
as Old Convict
1991
The Perfect Bride
as Gramps
1990
Fear
as Leonard Scott Levy
Nightbreed
as Gas Station Attendant / Victim
1989
Miracle Mile
as Ivan Peters
1988
Perfect Victims
as Dog-Walking Neighbor
1987
Creepy Classics
as Bob Westley - (archive footage)
1982
Divided We Fall
as Yankee Officer
1978
Mr. No Legs
as Police Captain
1976
King Kong
as City Official
1971
How's Your Love Life?
as Police Lt. Rafferty
Big Jake
as Bert Ryan
1970
Chisum
as Amos Patton
1969
The Undefeated
as Christian
Hell Raiders
as Maj. Ronald Paxton
1968
Curse of the Swamp Creature
as Barry Rogers
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1967
Zontar: The Thing from Venus
as Dr. Curt Taylor
Night Fright
as Sheriff Clint Crawford
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Dion O'Bannion
1966
Waco
as George Gates
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
as Dr. Farrell
Johnny Reno
as Ed Tomkins
1964
Stage to Thunder Rock
as Dan Carrouthers
Young Fury
as Dawson
Law of the Lawless
as Pete Stone
1963
Of Love and Desire
as Gus Cole
The Young and the Brave
as Intelligence Captain
1962
Journey to the Seventh Planet
as Capt. Don Graham
Hand of Death
as Alex Marsh
1961
Fall Girl
as Joe McElroy
1960
Raymie
as Ike Burroughs
1959
Invisible Invaders
as Maj. Bruce Jay
Destination Space
as Col. Matthews
1958
Frontier Gun
as Sheriff Jim Crayle
Attack of the Puppet People
as Bob Westley
Jet Attack
as Capt. Tom Arnett
The Day of the Trumpet
as Sgt. Judd Norcutt
1957
Ride a Violent Mile
as Jeff Donner
The Brain from Planet Arous
as Steve March
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
as George Hastings
Joe Butterfly
as Sgt. Dick Mason
1956
The Mole People
as Dr. Roger Bentley
Flesh and the Spur
as Luke Random
Star in the Dust
as Sheriff Bill Jorden
1955
Tarantula
as Dr. Matt Hastings
Hold Back Tomorrow
as Joe Cardos
The Lonesome Trail
as Johnny Rush
Revenge of the Creature
as Prof. Clete Ferguson
1954
The Golden Mistress
as Bill Buchanan
Shield for Murder
as Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster
The Rocket Man
as Tom Baxter
Bait
as Ray Brighton
1953
Man of Conflict
as Ray Compton
1952
Woman of the North Country
as David Powell
1951
The Magic Carpet
as Ramoth
Along the Great Divide
as Billy Shear
1950
Breakthrough
as Lt. Joe Mallory
The Woman on Pier 13
as Don Lowry
Sands of Iwo Jima
as PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway
1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Lt. Flint Cohill
Adventure in Baltimore
as Tom Wade
1948
Fort Apache
as 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke