John Agar
Acting
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., a meat packer (see Agar Hams). He was educated at the Harvard School for Boys in Chicago and Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois and graduated from Trinity-Pawling Preparatory School in Pawling, New York, but did not attend college. He and his family moved from Chicago to Los Angeles in 1942, following his father’s death. During World War II he served in the Army Air Corps, and he was a sergeant at the time he left the army in 1946. He was Shirley Temple's first husband (1945–1950), and they worked together in Fort Apache. His marriage to Temple lasted five years and they had one daughter together, Linda Susan Agar, who was later known as Susan Black, taking the surname of her stepfather Charles Alden Black. Following his divorce from Temple, Agar was married in 1951 to model Loretta Barnett Combs (1922–2000). They remained married until her death in 2000. They had two sons, Martin Agar and John G. Agar III. Agar died on April 7, 2002 at Burbank, California of complications from emphysema. He was buried beside his wife at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. Agar made six movies with John Wayne: Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima, Big Jake, Chisum, The Undefeated and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. He also made two movies with Shirley Temple, Fort Apache and Adventure in Baltimore, also starring Robert Young. He is mentioned in the Frank Zappa song "The Radio is Broken" from the album The Man From Utopia (1983). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Agar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: January 31, 1921
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self - (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage)
as Dr. Clete Ferguson
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Dr. Lang
as Old Convict
as Gramps
as Leonard Scott Levy
as Gas Station Attendant / Victim
as Ivan Peters
as Dog-Walking Neighbor
as Bob Westley - (archive footage)
as (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
as Yankee Officer
as Police Captain
as Col. Blaylock
as City Official
as Police Lt. Rafferty
as Bert Ryan
as Amos Patton
as Christian
as Maj. Ronald Paxton
as Bert Walker
as Barry Rogers
as Self (archive footage)
as Dr. Curt Taylor
as Sheriff Clint Crawford
as Dion O'Bannion
as George Gates
as Dr. Farrell
as Ed Tomkins
as Dan Carrouthers
as Dawson
as Pete Stone
as Gus Cole
as Intelligence Captain
as Tom Anders
as Capt. Don Graham
as Alex Marsh
as Joe McElroy
as Ike Burroughs
as Maj. Bruce Jay
as Mike Anderson
as Col. Matthews
as Sheriff Jim Crayle
as Sam Phelps
as Bob Westley
as Capt. Tom Arnett
as Sgt. Judd Norcutt
as Jeff Donner
as Steve March
as Kenneth Baxter
as George Hastings
as Sgt. Dick Mason
as Dr. Roger Bentley
as Luke Random
as Sheriff Bill Jorden
as Dr. Matt Hastings
as Joe Cardos
as Johnny Rush
as Prof. Clete Ferguson
as Bill Buchanan
as Larry Dorrant
as Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster
as Tom Baxter
as Ray Brighton
as Ray Compton
as Lloyd
as Marvin Potter
as David Powell
as Ramoth
as Otis Tack
as Billy Shear
as Lt. Joe Mallory
as Don Lowry
as PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway
as Lt. Flint Cohill
as Tom Wade
as 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke