Portrait of Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen

Acting

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

Born: March 5, 1899

Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Filmography

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1971
Mooch Goes to Hollywood

as Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)

1971
The Seven Minutes

as Luther Yerkes

1968
The Sound of Anger

as Judge Prentiss

1968
Hellfighters

as Jack Lomax

1968
The Name of the Game

as Zack Witten

1968
Firecreek

as Mr. Pittman

1966
1965
Cat Ballou

as Sheriff Cardigan

1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court

1964
Looking for Love

as Ralph Front

1963
1963
Burke's Law

as Bill, the Desk Sergeant

1963
Burke's Law

as Lieutenant Grogan

1963
Vacation Playhouse

as Cappy Skidmore

1962
How the West Was Won

as Huggins (uncredited)

1962
Ensign O'Toole

as Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson

1962
The Virginian

as Pa Colby

1962
The Virginian

as Asa Keogh

1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Happy Spangler

1960
The Plunderers

as Sheriff McCauley

1960
Thriller

as Harry Gans

1960
Studs Lonigan

as Father Gilhooey

1960
Wild River

as Hamilton Garth

1959
Johnny Ringo

as Jay C. Flippen

1959
Bonanza

as Barney Fuller

1959
Rawhide

as Marshal Lindstrom

1959
Rawhide

as Bigger Seton

1959
Rawhide

as Sergeant Shaler

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Chute Wilson

1958
From Hell to Texas

as Jake Leffertfinger

1958
No Time at All

as Happy Gallant

1957
Escape from Red Rock

as Sheriff John Costaine

1957
Jet Pilot

as Maj. Gen. Black

1957
The Deerslayer

as Old Tom Hutter

1957
Run of the Arrow

as Walking Coyote

1957
Night Passage

as Ben Kimball

1957
The Midnight Story

as Sgt. Jack Gillen

1957
Public Pigeon No. 1

as Lt. Ross Qualen

1957
The Restless Breed

as Marshal Steve Evans

1957
Hot Summer Night

as Oren Kobble

1957
The Halliday Brand

as Chad Burris

1956
1956
7th Cavalry

as Sgt. Bates

1956
Playhouse 90

as Happy Gallant

1956
The Killing

as Marvin Unger

1955
Oklahoma!

as Skidmore

1955
Kismet

as Jawan

1955
Gunsmoke

as Owney

1955
It's Always Fair Weather

as Charles Z. Culloran

1955
1955
Man Without a Star

as Strap Davis

1955
Six Bridges to Cross

as Vincent Concannon

1954
Climax!

as Joe

1954
Climax!

as Detective

1954
Climax!

as Ed Bagley

1954
Climax!

as Happy

1954
Carnival Story

as Charley Grayson

1954
1953
The Wild One

as Sheriff Stew Singer

1953
1953
Devil's Canyon

as Jack Wells

1953
Thunder Bay

as Kermit MacDonald

1952
1952
The Las Vegas Story

as Capt. H.A. Harris

1952
Bend of the River

as Jeremy Baile

1951
1951
The Lady from Texas

as Sheriff Mike McShane

1951
Flying Leathernecks

as MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief

1951
The Lemon Drop Kid

as Straight Flush Tony

1950
Two Flags West

as Sgt. Terrance Duey

1950
Winchester '73

as Sergeant Wilkes

1950
Love That Brute

as Biff Sage

1950
Buccaneer's Girl

as Jared Hawkins

1949
Oh, You Beautiful Doll

as Lippy Brannigan

1949
They Live by Night

as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield

1949
Trapped

as Bartender (uncredited)

1949
1949
A Woman's Secret

as Police Insp. Jim Fowler

1947
Intrigue

as Mike, the bartender

1947
Brute Force

as Hodges (guard)

1934
Marie Galante

as Sailor in Bar

1934
Million Dollar Ransom

as Singer (Uncredited)

1928
The Ham What Am

as Himself