Jay C. Flippen

Personal Info

Birthday

March 5, 1899

Day of Death

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay C. Flippen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Bonanza

Climax!

Wanted: Dead or Alive

The Virginian

Rawhide

The Name of the Game

Thriller

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Filmography

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1971
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)
The Seven Minutes
as Luther Yerkes
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
as Sheriff Ben
1970
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Pawnbroker
1968
The Sound of Anger
as Judge Prentiss
Hellfighters
as Jack Lomax
Firecreek
as Mr. Pittman
1967
The Spirit Is Willing
as Mother
1966
Fame Is the Name of the Game
as Dizzy Shaner
1965
Cat Ballou
as Sheriff Cardigan
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
1964
Looking for Love
as Ralph Front
1962
How the West Was Won
as Huggins (uncredited)
1960
The Plunderers
as Sheriff McCauley
Studs Lonigan
as Father Gilhooey
Wild River
as Hamilton Garth
1958
From Hell to Texas
as Jake Leffertfinger
No Time at All
as Happy Gallant
1957
Escape from Red Rock
as Sheriff John Costaine
Jet Pilot
as Maj. Gen. Black
The Deerslayer
as Old Tom Hutter
Run of the Arrow
as Walking Coyote
Night Passage
as Ben Kimball
The Midnight Story
as Sgt. Jack Gillen
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Lt. Ross Qualen
The Restless Breed
as Marshal Steve Evans
Hot Summer Night
as Oren Kobble
The Halliday Brand
as Chad Burris
1956
The King and Four Queens
as Bartender
7th Cavalry
as Sgt. Bates
The Killing
as Marvin Unger
1955
Oklahoma!
as Skidmore
Kismet
as Jawan
It's Always Fair Weather
as Charles Z. Culloran
Strategic Air Command
as Tom Doyle
Man Without a Star
as Strap Davis
Six Bridges to Cross
as Vincent Concannon
1954
Carnival Story
as Charley Grayson
The Far Country
as Rube
1953
The Wild One
as Sheriff Stew Singer
East of Sumatra
as Mac
Devil's Canyon
as Jack Wells
Thunder Bay
as Kermit MacDonald
1952
Woman of the North Country
as Axel Nordlund
The Las Vegas Story
as Capt. H.A. Harris
Bend of the River
as Jeremy Baile
1951
The Model and the Marriage Broker
as Dan Chancellor
The People Against O'Hara
as Sven Norson
The Lady from Texas
as Sheriff Mike McShane
Flying Leathernecks
as MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief
The Lemon Drop Kid
as Straight Flush Tony
1950
Two Flags West
as Sgt. Terrance Duey
Winchester '73
as Sergeant Wilkes
Love That Brute
as Biff Sage
The Yellow Cab Man
as Hugo
Buccaneer's Girl
as Jared Hawkins
1949
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
as Lippy Brannigan
They Live by Night
as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
Trapped
as Bartender (uncredited)
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Luke Sewell
A Woman's Secret
as Police Insp. Jim Fowler
1947
Intrigue
as Mike, the bartender
Brute Force
as Hodges (guard)
1934
Marie Galante
as Sailor in Bar
Million Dollar Ransom
as Singer (Uncredited)
1928
The Ham What Am
as Himself