Acting

Jay C. Flippen

Born 1899-03-05 · Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Died 1971-02-03

Jay C. Flippen (March 6, 1899 — February 3, 1971) was an American character actor, who often played police officers or weary criminals in many movies of the 1940s and 50s.

Credits

Newest first

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)
1971
The Seven Minutes
as Luther Yerkes
1971
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
as Sheriff Ben
1971
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Pawnbroker
1970
Bracken's World
1969
The Sound of Anger
as Judge Prentiss
1968
Hellfighters
as Jack Lomax
1968
The Name of the Game
as Grover
1968
The Name of the Game
as Zack Witten
1968
Firecreek
as Mr. Pittman
1968
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The Spirit Is Willing
as Mother
1967
Ironside
1967
Fame Is the Name of the Game
as Dizzy Shaner
1966
That Girl
1966
Cat Ballou
as Sheriff Cardigan
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
1965
Looking for Love
as Ralph Front
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Hugh Ramsey
1963
Burke's Law
as Bill, the Desk Sergeant
1963
Burke's Law
as Lieutenant Grogan
1963
Vacation Playhouse
as Cappy Skidmore
1963
Six Gun Law
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
1962
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Happy Spangler
1961
Bus Stop
1961
The Plunderers
as Sheriff McCauley
1960
Route 66
1960
Thriller
as Harry Gans
1960
Studs Lonigan
as Father Gilhooey
1960
Wild River
as Hamilton Garth
1960
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
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Chute Wilson
1958
From Hell to Texas
as Jake Leffertfinger
1958
No Time at All
as Happy Gallant
1958
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
1957
The King and Four Queens
as Bartender
1956
7th Cavalry
as Sgt. Bates
1956
Playhouse 90
as Happy Gallant
1956
The Killing
as Marvin Unger
1956
Oklahoma!
as Skidmore
1955
Kismet
as Jawan
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Gunsmoke
as Owney
1955
It's Always Fair Weather
as Charles Z. Culloran
1955
Strategic Air Command
as Tom Doyle
1955
Man Without a Star
as Strap Davis
1955
Six Bridges to Cross
as Vincent Concannon
1955
Climax!
as Joe
1954
Climax!
as Detective
1954
Climax!
as Ed Bagley
1954
Climax!
as Happy
1954
Carnival Story
as Charley Grayson
1954
The Far Country
as Rube
1954
The Wild One
as Sheriff Stew Singer
1953
East of Sumatra
as Mac
1953
Devil's Canyon
as Jack Wells
1953
Thunder Bay
as Kermit MacDonald
1953
Woman of the North Country
as Axel Nordlund
1952
The Las Vegas Story
as Capt. H.A. Harris
1952
Bend of the River
as Jeremy Baile
1952
The Model and the Marriage Broker
as Dan Chancellor
1951