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

Career Overview

Jay C. Flippen has 80 screen credits in a career dating back to 1928. Signature works include The Killing, Jet Pilot, The Restless Breed. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

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

• 

  The Killing
• 

  Jet Pilot
• 

  The Restless Breed
• Flippen's Frolics
• 

  The Ham What Am
• 

  Hot Summer Night

Frequent Collaborators

• Sterling Hayden (1 collaborations)
• Coleen Gray (1 collaborations)
• Vince Edwards (1 collaborations)
• Ted de Corsia (1 collaborations)
• Marie Windsor (1 collaborations)
• Elisha Cook Jr. (1 collaborations)
• Joe Sawyer (1 collaborations)
• James Edwards (1 collaborations)
• Timothy Carey (1 collaborations)
• Kola Kwariani (1 collaborations)

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

    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