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

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

80

Birth Date

1899-03-05 00:00:00

Birth Place

Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Known For

• Flippen's Frolics
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  The Ham What Am
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  Jet Pilot
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  7th Cavalry
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  The Killing
• 

  The Seven Minutes

Credits

• actors (80 credits)

  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Mooch Goes to Hollywood

    Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • The Seven Minutes

    Luther Yerkes

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

    Sheriff Ben

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

    Pawnbroker

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • The Sound of Anger

    Judge Prentiss

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Hellfighters

    Jack Lomax

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Firecreek

    Mr. Pittman

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • The Spirit Is Willing

    Mother

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Ironside

    - A Very Cool Hot Car (1967) ... actor actors
    1967
  • Fame Is the Name of the Game

    Dizzy Shaner

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • That Girl

    - 'Twas the Night before Christmas, You're Under Arrest (1967) ... actor actors
    1966
  • Cat Ballou

    Sheriff Cardigan

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told

    Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Looking for Love

    Ralph Front

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Burke's Law

    - Who Killed Molly? (1964) ... Lieutenant Grogan actor actors

    - Who Killed Wade Walker? (1963) ... Bill, the Desk Sergeant actor actors
    1963
  • Six Gun Law

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • How the West Was Won

    Huggins (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Virginian

    - The Wolves Up Front, the Jackals Behind (1966) ... Pa Colby actor actors
    1962
  • The Dick Van Dyke Show

    - The Return of Happy Spangler (1962) ... Happy Spangler actor actors
    1961
  • The Plunderers

    Sheriff McCauley

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Studs Lonigan

    Father Gilhooey

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Wild River

    Hamilton Garth

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Route 66

    - Legacy for Lucia (1960) ... actor actors
    1960
  • Rawhide

    - Josh (1965) ... Bigger Seton actor actors

    - Incident at Hourglass (1964) ... Sergeant Shaler actor actors

    - Incident of the Widowed Dove (1959) ... Marshal Lindstrom actor actors
    1959
  • Bonanza

    - The Prime of Life (1963) ... Barney Fuller actor actors
    1959
  • From Hell to Texas

    Jake Leffertfinger

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • No Time at All

    Happy Gallant

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    - Miracle at Pot Hole (1958) ... Chute Wilson actor actors
    1958
  • Escape from Red Rock

    Sheriff John Costaine

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Jet Pilot

    Maj. Gen. Black

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Deerslayer

    Old Tom Hutter

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Run of the Arrow

    Walking Coyote

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Night Passage

    Ben Kimball

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Midnight Story

    Sgt. Jack Gillen

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Public Pigeon No. 1

    Lt. Ross Qualen

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Restless Breed

    Marshal Steve Evans

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Hot Summer Night

    Oren Kobble

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Halliday Brand

    Chad Burris

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The King and Four Queens

    Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • 7th Cavalry

    Sgt. Bates

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Killing

    Marvin Unger

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Oklahoma!

    Skidmore

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Kismet

    Jawan

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • It's Always Fair Weather

    Charles Z. Culloran

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Strategic Air Command

    Tom Doyle

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Man Without a Star

    Strap Davis

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Six Bridges to Cross

    Vincent Concannon

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Gunsmoke

    - Owney Tupper Had a Daughter (1964) ... Owney actor actors
    1955
  • Carnival Story

    Charley Grayson

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Far Country

    Rube

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Climax!

    - Mr. Runyon of Broadway (1957) ... Happy actor actors

    - The Stalker (1957) ... Ed Bagley actor actors

    - Faceless Adversary (1956) ... Detective actor actors

    - The Pink Cloud (1955) ... Joe actor actors
    1954
  • The Wild One

    Sheriff Stew Singer

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • East of Sumatra

    Mac

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Devil's Canyon

    Jack Wells

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Thunder Bay

    Kermit MacDonald

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Woman of the North Country

    Axel Nordlund

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Las Vegas Story

    Capt. H.A. Harris

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Bend of the River

    Jeremy Baile

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Model and the Marriage Broker

    Dan Chancellor

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The People Against O'Hara

    Sven Norson

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Lady from Texas

    Sheriff Mike McShane

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Flying Leathernecks

    MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Lemon Drop Kid

    Straight Flush Tony

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Two Flags West

    Sgt. Terrance Duey

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Winchester '73

    Sergeant Wilkes

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Love That Brute

    Biff Sage

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Yellow Cab Man

    Hugo

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Buccaneer's Girl

    Jared Hawkins

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Oh, You Beautiful Doll

    Lippy Brannigan

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • They Live by Night

    Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Trapped

    Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Down to the Sea in Ships

    Luke Sewell

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • A Woman's Secret

    Police Insp. Jim Fowler

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Intrigue

    Mike, the bartender

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Brute Force

    Hodges (guard)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Flippen's Frolics

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Marie Galante

    Sailor in Bar

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Million Dollar Ransom

    Singer (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Ham What Am

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1928