Selmer Jackson
Acting • Born 1888-05-06 – Died 1971-03-30
Biography
Selmer Jackson (May 7, 1888 - March 30, 1971) was an American stage, film and television actor who appeared in nearly 400 films between 1921 and 1963.
Filmography
305 credits
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie • 1940
Inspection Officer
The Pretender
Movie • 1947
Charles Lennox
We're Not Married!
Movie • 1952
Chaplain Hall (uncredited)
Dream Girl
Movie • 1948
Judge Jed Allerton
Pitfall
Movie • 1948
Ed Brawley
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Movie • 1936
Lansing
A Sporting Chance
Movie • 1945
John Smalley
Subway Express
Movie • 1931
Mason
Blonde Ice
Movie • 1948
District Attorney Ed Chalmers
Circumstantial Evidence
Movie • 1945
Warden
Autumn Leaves
Movie • 1956
Mr. Wetherby
The Ape
Movie • 1940
Dr. McNulty
The Atomic Submarine
Movie • 1959
Admiral Terhune
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Movie • 1938
Manager Radio Station
Dangerous Money
Movie • 1946
Ship's Doctor
Gangster's Boy
Movie • 1938
Judge Davis
The Glass Alibi
Movie • 1946
Dr. Lawson
$10 Raise
Movie • 1935
Real Estate Agent (uncredited)
Show Boat
Movie • 1936
Key Witness
Movie • 1947
Edward Clemmons
Gangs Inc.
Movie • 1941
District Attorney
Boston Blackie and the Law
Movie • 1946
Warden Lund
Squadron of Doom
Movie • 1949
Meredith
Meet John Doe
Movie • 1941
Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)
Son of the Navy
Movie • 1940
Capt. Parker
No Man of Her Own
Movie • 1950
Minister (uncredited)
High Wall
Movie • 1947
Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
Movie • 1935
Committeeman (uncredited)
Harrigan's Kid
Movie • 1943
Mr. Ranley
Sky Commando
Movie • 1953
Gen. Carson
The Great Ziegfeld
Movie • 1936
Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)
The Murder Man
Movie • 1935
Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair
Movie • 1940
Henry DeMille
Flight for Freedom
Movie • 1943
Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)
Back Street
Movie • 1941
Arthur the butler
Stage Struck
Movie • 1948
Mr. Howard
Tulsa
Movie • 1949
Oilman (uncredited)
The Mouthpiece
Movie • 1932
Prison Clerk (Uncredited)
The Richest Girl in the World
Movie • 1934
Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
Inside Information
Movie • 1939
Alfred Huxley
The French Key
Movie • 1946
Walter Winslow
A Family Affair
Movie • 1937
Hoyt Wells
Big City Blues
Movie • 1932
Joe (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet
Movie • 1939
Douglas Haynes
Ace Drummond
Movie • 1936
William Meredith, Sr.
The Duke Comes Back
Movie • 1937
Jim Watson
Public Enemy's Wife
Movie • 1936
Duffield
Outside These Walls
Movie • 1939
John Wilson
Lucky Losers
Movie • 1950
David Thurston
Easy Money
Movie • 1936
D. A. Allen Harrison
The Bridge of Sighs
Movie • 1936
Defense Attorney Alan Adams
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
Movie • 1936
Mr. Canfield
This Love of Ours
Movie • 1945
Dr. Melnik
The Wrong Road
Movie • 1937
Judge
The Best Man Wins
Movie • 1935
O'Neill
Undercover Agent
Movie • 1939
John Graham
Parachute Battalion
Movie • 1941
Thomas Morse
Forever Yours
Movie • 1945
Williams
The 13th Man
Movie • 1937
Andrew Baldwin
Jungle Jim
Movie • 1937
Attorney Tyler
Meet the Boy Friend
Movie • 1937
Ned Madison
The Lost Missile
Movie • 1958
The Secretary of State
Elopement
Movie • 1951
Dr. Halsey (uncredited)
Little Miss Nobody
Movie • 1936
Judge Gibson
Midnight Intruder
Movie • 1938
Judge Hammond
Personal Secretary
Movie • 1938
Blackmere
Secrets of an Actress
Movie • 1938
Thompson
Black Market Babies
Movie • 1945
Magic Town
Movie • 1947
Stringer
Lovin' the Ladies
Movie • 1930
George Van Horne
You Can't Beat the Law
Movie • 1943
Mr. Bedford
The Defense Rests
Movie • 1934
Duffy
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie • 1984
(archive footage)
Prison Nurse
Movie • 1938
Parker
The Missing Guest
Movie • 1938
Frank Baldrich
I've Got Your Number
Movie • 1934
Joe, a Gangster
Alaska Patrol
Movie • 1949
Capt. Wright
Forgotten
Movie • 1933
Hans Strauss
Miss Annie Rooney
Movie • 1942
Mr. Thomas
Men Against the Sky
Movie • 1940
Capt. Sanders
San Quentin
Movie • 1946
Rev. Eckles (uncredited)
The Dark Past
Movie • 1948
Warden Benson (uncredited)
Frisco Lil
Movie • 1942
Why Bring That Up?
Movie • 1929
Eddie
Margin for Error
Movie • 1943
Medical Examiner
City Story
Movie • 1954
The Wheeler Dealers
Movie • 1963
Businessman (uncredited)
You're Only Young Once
Movie • 1937
Hoyt Wells
First Yank into Tokyo
Movie • 1945
Col. Blaine (uncredited)
Stepchild
Movie • 1947
Judge
Man Of The People
Movie • 1937
Governor
Play Girl
Movie • 1941
Fred Dice
Sorority House
Movie • 1939
Mr. Grant
Secret Agent of Japan
Movie • 1942
American Navy Captain
Behind The Headlines
Movie • 1937
J.H. Scott, FBI
Let's Fall in Love
Movie • 1933
Barton
Broadway Gondolier
Movie • 1935
Program Director
Wanted: Jane Turner
Movie • 1936
Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
Out of This World
Movie • 1945
Doctor
Blind Date
Movie • 1934
George E. Martin
Garden of the Moon
Movie • 1938
Doctor (uncredited)
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Movie • 1937
Victor Stockton
Grand Exit
Movie • 1935
District Attorney Cope
Naughty But Nice
Movie • 1939
Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)
Doctor X
Movie • 1932
Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)
The Gallant Hours
Movie • 1960
Paddy O'Day
Movie • 1936
Ship's Officer
Picture Snatcher
Movie • 1933
Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory
Movie • 1935
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Hired Wife
Movie • 1940
Hudson (uncredited)
Luxury Liner
Movie • 1933
Older Man (uncredited)
Pacific Liner
Movie • 1939
San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)
You Said a Mouthful
Movie • 1932
Jones (uncredited)
Wings of the Navy
Movie • 1939
First Doctor
Three Sons o' Guns
Movie • 1941
Head of Draft Board
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Movie • 1939
Doctor
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Movie • 1939
Customs Official (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Movie • 1939
Jerome (uncredited)
Two Thoroughbreds
Movie • 1939
Bill Conway
Five Came Back
Movie • 1939
Airlines Official (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
Movie • 1939
Editor Patterson (uncredited)
Missing Evidence
Movie • 1939
Manager
Reno
Movie • 1939
Disbarment Lawyer
Swanee River
Movie • 1939
Army Medical Examiner
Gunmen of Abilene
Movie • 1950
Dr. Johnson
The Under-Pup
Movie • 1939
Lawyer
Espionage Agent
Movie • 1939
Instructor
The Escape
Movie • 1939
Mr. Henley
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Movie • 1939
Tom Malcolm (uncredited)
Postal Inspector
Movie • 1936
Chief Postal Inspector
Teddy the Rough Rider
Movie • 1940
John W. Riggs
Three Smart Girls
Movie • 1936
Hamilton
South of the Border
Movie • 1939
American Consul
Wagons Westward
Movie • 1940
Major Marlowe
The Shepherd of the Hills
Movie • 1941
Doctor (uncredited)
Thunder Birds
Movie • 1942
Bit role
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Movie • 1940
James Sawyer
Calling All Marines
Movie • 1939
Col. C.B. Vincent
She Married Her Boss
Movie • 1935
Andrews (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady
Movie • 1935
J.C. Scoville
Love Crazy
Movie • 1941
Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)
Purity Squad
Movie • 1945
Darles F. Peters (uncredited)
A Likely Story
Movie • 1947
Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts
Movie • 1942
Club Member (uncredited)
Every Girl Should Be Married
Movie • 1948
Clergyman (uncredited)
She's a Sweetheart
Movie • 1944
General
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Movie • 1941
Board Member (uncredited)
The Magnificent Brute
Movie • 1936
Dr. Coleman
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie • 1940
Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
Movie • 1936
Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)
Dakota
Movie • 1945
Dr. Judson
The Green Hornet
Movie • 1940
District Attorney
Red Salute
Movie • 1935
Army Officer
The Secret Bride
Movie • 1934
Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)
Front Page Woman
Movie • 1935
Joe Davis
Two Wise Maids
Movie • 1937
Dr. MacIntyre
Arson Racket Squad
Movie • 1938
Commissioner Benton
Federal Bullets
Movie • 1937
Harker
Johnny Apollo
Movie • 1940
Prison Warden
Saboteur
Movie • 1942
FBI Chief (uncredited)
Road to Happiness
Movie • 1941
Sam Rankin
West of Shanghai
Movie • 1937
Harry
Babies for Sale
Movie • 1940
Arthur Kingsley
Brigham Young
Movie • 1940
Caleb Kent
Santa Fe Trail
Movie • 1940
Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)
Smashing the Vice Trust
Movie • 1937
District Attorney
Devil Goddess
Movie • 1955
Prof. Carl Blakely
Cairo
Movie • 1942
Ship Captain (uncredited)
The Little Giant
Movie • 1933
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Gambling Ship
Movie • 1938
Steve Riley
Sergeant York
Movie • 1941
General Duncan (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Man
Movie • 1948
Henry Seward (uncredited)
Gallant Sons
Movie • 1940
Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)
Gateway
Movie • 1938
Inspector
City for Conquest
Movie • 1940
Doctor
The Singing Kid
Movie • 1936
J.A. Hanson (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
Movie • 1940
First-Nighter (uncredited)
20,000 Men a Year
Movie • 1939
C.A.A. Official
Florian
Movie • 1940
Desk Sergeant
The Marines Fly High
Movie • 1940
Medical Officer
Millionaires in Prison
Movie • 1940
Dr. Harry Lindsay
Madame Spy
Movie • 1942
Harrison K. Woods
Stars on Parade
Movie • 1944
J. L. Carson
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Movie • 1941
Army Officer
Sing, Baby, Sing
Movie • 1936
City Editor
Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras
Movie • 1950
Selmer Jackson
Private Detective
Movie • 1939
Simmy Sanger
Chinatown Squad
Movie • 1935
Detective
The Flying Missile
Movie • 1950
Col. Halliburton
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas
Movie • 1951
Governor
Patrolling the Ether
Movie • 1944
Chief of Radio Intelligence Division
Sheriff of Las Vegas
Movie • 1944
Arthur Stanton
Renegades of the Sage
Movie • 1949
Brown
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Movie • 1945
RCMP Superintendant MacDonald
Carnival
Movie • 1935
Baby Judge
The Secret Call
Movie • 1931
Matt Stanton
Forty Little Mothers
Movie • 1940
Missing Persons Detective
Romance on the Range
Movie • 1942
Lawyer Harrison
Jack McCall, Desperado
Movie • 1953
Col. Brand
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie • 1941
Capt. McCook (uncredited)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Movie • 1942
Sersen
Devil Pays Off
Movie • 1941
Adm. Curtiss
Remember the Day
Movie • 1941
Graham
Blossoms in the Dust
Movie • 1941
Senator
She Wrote the Book
Movie • 1946
Fielding
That's My Boy
Movie • 1951
Doc Hunter
Sarge Goes to College
Movie • 1947
Marine Capt. R.S. Handler
Thru Different Eyes
Movie • 1929
King (defense attorney)
Left Over Ladies
Movie • 1931
Churchill
The Westland Case
Movie • 1937
The Warden
Powder Town
Movie • 1942
Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)
Get Hep to Love
Movie • 1942
George Arnold, Insurance Man
A Date with the Falcon
Movie • 1942
Mr. Wallis (uncredited)
The Secret Code
Movie • 1942
Maj. Henry Barton
Child of Divorce
Movie • 1946
Dr. Sterling
The Thirteenth Hour
Movie • 1947
Judge William B. Collins
My Favorite Spy
Movie • 1942
Minister at Wedding
Thru Different Eyes
Movie • 1942
Chaplain
The Power of God
Movie • 1942
The Pastor
Off the Record
Movie • 1939
Detective Mendall
The Cobra Strikes
Movie • 1948
Dr. Keating
Stand Up and Fight
Movie • 1939
Whittingham P. Talbot
Mark of the Gorilla
Movie • 1950
Warden Frank R. Bentley
Shipmates Forever
Movie • 1935
Commander Gibbs (uncredited)
Forgotten Women
Movie • 1949
Judge Donnell
Parole!
Movie • 1936
Earl Bigbee
Glamour for Sale
Movie • 1940
District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers
Movie • 1941
Broker
Navy Wife
Movie • 1935
Doctor
Murder in the Air
Movie • 1940
Dr. Riddell
If I Had My Way
Movie • 1940
Mr. Melville (uncredited)
Wife Wanted
Movie • 1946
Lowell Cornell
Crime Ring
Movie • 1938
Ernie-Lawyer
Around the World
Movie • 1943
Consul
Reconnaissance Pilot
Movie • 1943
Lt. General
Hot Water
Movie • 1937
Maxwell
On Dress Parade
Movie • 1939
Capt. Evans Dover
Sealed Verdict
Movie • 1948
Dr. Bossin
Public Deb No. 1
Movie • 1940
Lawyer
The Accusing Finger
Movie • 1936
Medical Examiner
Police Car 17
Movie • 1933
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
Movie • 1942
Laird Burnett (Uncredited)
Honeymoon Lodge
Movie • 1943
Carol's Lawyer
Sailor's Lady
Movie • 1940
Executive Officer
Murder in the Clouds
Movie • 1934
Radio Announcer (Voice)
The Chaser
Movie • 1938
Judge #2
Sorrowful Jones
Movie • 1949
Doctor (uncredited)
Public Hero Number 1
Movie • 1935
Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Educating Father
Movie • 1936
Prof. Howard (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
Movie • 1949
Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
Young Man with Ideas
Movie • 1952
Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)
Three on a Match
Movie • 1932
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Working Man
Movie • 1933
Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)
Buck Privates
Movie • 1941
Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
It Ain't Hay
Movie • 1943
Grant
The Time of Their Lives
Movie • 1946
Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)
Allotment Wives
Movie • 1945
Deacon Sam
My Man Godfrey
Movie • 1936
Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)
Fog Over Frisco
Movie • 1934
Radio Announcer (Uncredited)
Bowery Battalion
Movie • 1951
Col. Masters
Flight to Fame
Movie • 1938
Jules Peabody
Invisible Stripes
Movie • 1939
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Shock
Movie • 1946
Dr. Blair
Guadalcanal Diary
Movie • 1943
Col. Thompson (uncredited)
The Girl from Manhattan
Movie • 1948
Dr. Moseby
Joe Smith, American
Movie • 1942
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Mysterious Intruder
Movie • 1946
Dr. Connell (Uncredited)
Don't Bet on Blondes
Movie • 1935
Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Movie • 1942
Judge
Hey, Rookie
Movie • 1944
Col. Robbins
Purple Heart Diary
Movie • 1951
Col. Tappen
Brothers
Movie • 1930
Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)
The Gentleman from Nowhere
Movie • 1948
District Attorney
Thrill of a Romance
Movie • 1945
2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Stand Up and Cheer!
Movie • 1934
White House Correspondent
Revolt of the Zombies
Movie • 1936
Officer (uncredited)
Sadie McKee
Movie • 1934
Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Movie • 1937
Navy Commander
Deadline - U.S.A.
Movie • 1952
Williams (uncredited)
Dirigible
Movie • 1931
Lt. Rowland (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Movie • 1938
Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)
Sisters Under the Skin
Movie • 1934
Mullen
Dillinger
Movie • 1945
Dr. Rex Spang (uncredited)
Pygmy Island
Movie • 1950
Army Officer at Pentagon
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Butler
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Dr. Jim O'Toole
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Dr. Allen
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Adventures of Superman
TV • 1952
Col. Jack Redding
Navy Log
TV • 1955
Annie Oakley
TV • 1954
John Cromby - Rancher
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Gen. Maddux
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Mayor Hoover
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
General
Adventures of Superman
TV • 1952
Gen. Summers
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Dr. Curlin
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Mr. Coswell
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Edgar Wellman
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Henry
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Clergyman
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
Governor
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Reverend
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Minister
The Living Christ
TV • 1951
Pharisee