John Agar
Acting • Born 1921-01-31 – Died 2002-04-07
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.
Filmography
88 credits
The Movie Orgy
Movie • 1968
Self (archive footage)
Shield for Murder
Movie • 1954
Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster
Perfect Victims
Movie • 1988
Dog-Walking Neighbor
Big Jake
Movie • 1971
Bert Ryan
Body Bags
Movie • 1993
Dr. Lang
Miracle Mile
Movie • 1989
Ivan Peters
Tarantula
Movie • 1955
Dr. Matt Hastings
The Woman on Pier 13
Movie • 1950
Don Lowry
The Vampire Hunters Club
Movie • 2001
Reggie
Revenge of the Creature
Movie • 1955
Prof. Clete Ferguson
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Movie • 1949
Lt. Flint Cohill
The Naked Monster
Movie • 2005
Dr. Clete Ferguson
The Mole People
Movie • 1956
Dr. Roger Bentley
Zontar: The Thing from Venus
Movie • 1967
Dr. Curt Taylor
Journey to the Seventh Planet
Movie • 1962
Capt. Don Graham
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Movie • 1967
Dion O'Bannion
The Brain from Planet Arous
Movie • 1957
Steve March
Breakthrough
Movie • 1950
Lt. Joe Mallory
Along the Great Divide
Movie • 1951
Billy Shear
Attack of the Puppet People
Movie • 1958
Bob Westley
Bait
Movie • 1954
Ray Brighton
Mr. No Legs
Movie • 1978
Police Captain
Chisum
Movie • 1970
Amos Patton
Sands of Iwo Jima
Movie • 1950
PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway
The Undefeated
Movie • 1969
Christian
Creepy Classics
Movie • 1987
Bob Westley - (archive footage)
Curse of the Swamp Creature
Movie • 1968
Barry Rogers
The Magic Carpet
Movie • 1951
Ramoth
Invisible Invaders
Movie • 1959
Maj. Bruce Jay
Jet Attack
Movie • 1958
Capt. Tom Arnett
Johnny Reno
Movie • 1966
Ed Tomkins
Hand of Death
Movie • 1962
Alex Marsh
Night Fright
Movie • 1967
Sheriff Clint Crawford
Hell Raiders
Movie • 1969
Maj. Ronald Paxton
Destination Space
Movie • 1959
Col. Matthews
Star in the Dust
Movie • 1956
Sheriff Bill Jorden
The Rocket Man
Movie • 1954
Tom Baxter
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
Movie • 1957
George Hastings
Young Fury
Movie • 1964
Dawson
Law of the Lawless
Movie • 1964
Pete Stone
Divided We Fall
Movie • 1982
Yankee Officer
Flesh and the Spur
Movie • 1956
Luke Random
Adventure in Baltimore
Movie • 1949
Tom Wade
Joe Butterfly
Movie • 1957
Sgt. Dick Mason
King Kong
Movie • 1976
City Official
Fort Apache
Movie • 1948
2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke
Waco
Movie • 1966
George Gates
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
Movie • 1966
Dr. Farrell
Stage to Thunder Rock
Movie • 1964
Dan Carrouthers
The Perfect Bride
Movie • 1991
Gramps
Hold Back Tomorrow
Movie • 1955
Joe Cardos
Of Love and Desire
Movie • 1963
Gus Cole
Cavalry Command
Movie • 1958
Sgt. Judd Norcutt
Raymie
Movie • 1960
Ike Burroughs
Fall Girl
Movie • 1961
Joe McElroy
The Young and the Brave
Movie • 1963
Intelligence Captain
How's Your Love Life?
Movie • 1971
Police Lt. Rafferty
The Golden Mistress
Movie • 1954
Bill Buchanan
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
The Lonesome Trail
Movie • 1955
Johnny Rush
Invasion of Privacy
Movie • 1992
Old Convict
Fear
Movie • 1990
Leonard Scott Levy
Nightbreed
Movie • 1990
Gas Station Attendant / Victim
Woman of the North Country
Movie • 1952
David Powell
Frontier Gun
Movie • 1958
Sheriff Jim Crayle
Monster Invaders from Space
Movie • 2018
Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage)
Man of Conflict
Movie • 1953
Ray Compton
A Century of Science Fiction
Movie • 1996
Self
Frank Capra's American Dream
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Bielefeld Lichtwerk
Movie • 1998
Ride a Violent Mile
Movie • 1957
Jeff Donner
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Movie • 2021
Self - (archive footage)
Family Affair
TV • 1966
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "A Day in Beaumont")
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Col. Blaylock
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Kenneth Baxter
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Marvin Potter
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Mike Anderson
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Tom Anders
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Otis Tack
Climax!
TV • 1954
Larry Dorrant
Hondo
TV • 1967
Branded
TV • 1965
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Sam Phelps
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Lloyd
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Bert Walker
Delphi Bureau
TV • 1972