Don Haggerty

Acting • Born 1914-07-03 – Died 1988-08-19

Acting1Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Biography

Don Haggerty (b. July 3, 1914, Poughkeepsie, New York – d. August 19, 1988, Cocoa Beach, Florida) was an American film actor appearing in films in the 1940s and 1950s. Before entering films in 1947, Haggerty was a Brown University athlete and served in the US military. Usually cast as tough policemen or cowboys, he appeared in a number of memorable films including Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), The Asphalt Jungle (1951), Angels in the Outfield (1951) and The Narrow Margin. The B-movie actor continued to appear in films until the early 1980s. In the 1955-1956 season, he appeared as the outlaw Sam Bass in an episode of Jim Davis's syndicated Stories of the Century. In 1956-1957, Haggerty appeared as Sheriff Elder in Rod Cameron's syndicated western-themed crime drama, State Trooper. He appeared at this time in three episodes of the syndicated western 26 Men about the Arizona Rangers. In 1959, he guest starred in Bruce Gordon's docudrama about the Cold War, Behind Closed Doors. In 1960, Haggerty guest starred on the NBC crime drama Dan Raven starring Skip Homeier. He also appeared as Joe Wine in the 1961 episode "Alien Entry" of the syndicated series The Blue Angels. About this time, he also appeared in the episode "The Green Gamblers" of the crime drama The Brothers Brannagan.

Filmography

155 credits

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Movie • 1981

The Night of the Grizzly

Movie • 1966

Sam Podds

Armored Car Robbery

Movie • 1950

Detective Driving Final Pursuit Car

The Killers

Movie • 1964

Mail Truck Driver

Hell Is for Heroes

Movie • 1962

Capt. Mace

King of the Rocket Men

Movie • 1949

Tony Dirken

Loophole

Movie • 1954

Neil Sanford

Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge

Movie • 1960

Wes

Naked Alibi

Movie • 1954

Matt Matthews

I Cover the Underworld

Movie • 1955

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Cry Vengeance

Movie • 1954

Lt. Pat Ryan

Cause for Alarm!

Movie • 1951

Mr. Russell

The Crooked Way

Movie • 1949

Hood

Back Door to Heaven

Movie • 1939

Jail Guard at Desk (uncredited)

Chain of Evidence

Movie • 1957

Det. Sgt. Mike Duncan

Calling Homicide

Movie • 1956

Det. Sgt. Mike Duncan

Footsteps in the Night

Movie • 1957

Detective Sergeant Mike Duncan

Gambling House

Movie • 1950

Sharky

The Man Who Died Twice

Movie • 1958

Frank

The Stooge

Movie • 1951

Mr. Winston (uncredited)

Take the High Ground!

Movie • 1953

Commanding Officer (uncredited)

Go for Broke!

Movie • 1951

Sgt. Wilson I. Culley

Seven Ways from Sundown

Movie • 1960

Durton

The Gunfight at Dodge City

Movie • 1959

Sheriff Jim Regan

Sailor Beware

Movie • 1952

Lt. Connors (uncredited)

The Private War of Major Benson

Movie • 1955

Harold Hibler

Lost Planet Airmen

Movie • 1951

Tony Dirken

Spoilers of the Plains

Movie • 1951

Ben Rix

The Great Sioux Massacre

Movie • 1965

Senator Blaine

The Rocket Man

Movie • 1954

Officer Mike O'Brien

Back from the Dead

Movie • 1957

John Mitchell

Air Strike

Movie • 1955

Richard Huggins

Crashing Las Vegas

Movie • 1956

Henchman Tony Murlock

Storm Over Wyoming

Movie • 1950

The Marshal

Cattle Empire

Movie • 1958

Ralph Hamilton

The Crooked Circle

Movie • 1957

Adams

Dynamite Pass

Movie • 1950

Sheriff

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler

Movie • 1971

Jake

Bronco Buster

Movie • 1952

Dobie Carson

Gundown at Sandoval

Movie • 1959

Combat Squad

Movie • 1953

Sgt. Wiley

An Annapolis Story

Movie • 1955

Lt. Prentiss

The Asphalt Jungle

Movie • 1950

Det. Andrews (uncredited)

Canadian Pacific

Movie • 1949

Cagle

Vigilante Hideout

Movie • 1950

Jim Benson

That Lady in Ermine

Movie • 1948

Callaway Went Thataway

Movie • 1951

Director Don

Dirty Harry

Movie • 1971

Minor Role (uncredited)

The Solid Gold Girl

Movie • 1964

The Bartender

Denver and Rio Grande

Movie • 1952

Bob Nelson

Blood Arrow

Movie • 1958

Gabe

Fight for the Title

Movie • 1957

Gibson

Gun Smugglers

Movie • 1948

Sheriff Schurslock

False Paradise

Movie • 1948

Deal Marden, chief henchman

Return from the Sea

Movie • 1954

Tompkins

Rustlers

Movie • 1949

Rancher

The Dead Don't Dream

Movie • 1948

Deputy Sheriff

Borrowed Trouble

Movie • 1948

Lippy

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Movie • 1956

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Angels in the Outfield

Movie • 1951

Rube Ronson

Phantom Stallion

Movie • 1954

Foreman Gil

Sands of Iwo Jima

Movie • 1950

Colonel in Staff Car (uncredited)

Angel in Exile

Movie • 1948

Deputy Sheriff

Cowboy and the Prizefighter

Movie • 1949

Steve Stevenson

The Sundowners

Movie • 1950

Sheriff Elmer Gall

Sinister Journey

Movie • 1948

Harmon Roberts

USS VD: Ship of Shame

Movie • 1942

Ship Officer (uncredited)

Wild Stallion

Movie • 1952

Sergeant Keach

Spoilers of the Forest

Movie • 1957

Williams the Ranger

Silent Conflict

Movie • 1948

Rancher #2

Quebec

Movie • 1951

Col. Jean Durossac

The Vanishing Westerner

Movie • 1950

Henchman Art

South of Rio

Movie • 1949

Chuck Bowers

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

Movie • 1953

Bill Crashaw

Texas Lady

Movie • 1955

Sheriff Herndon

Day of the Badman

Movie • 1958

Deputy Floyd

California Gold Rush

Movie • 1981

Jake Brown

The Narrow Margin

Movie • 1952

Det. Wilson (uncredited)

Some Came Running

Movie • 1958

Ted Harperspoon (uncredited)

Pitfall

Movie • 1948

District Attorney's Man

The Kid from Texas

Movie • 1950

Morgan

The Desperate Hours

Movie • 1955

Detective (uncredited)

Rhubarb

Movie • 1951

Policeman (uncredited)

Roar of the Crowd

Movie • 1953

Chuck Baylor

Problem Drinkers

Movie • 1946

Fred Lane - Alcoholic (uncredited)

The Loved One

Movie • 1965

Haggerty

Mobs, Inc.

Movie • 1956

Det. Barney Flannery

Starbird and Sweet William

Movie • 1973

Hunter

The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race

Movie • 1977

Sheriff Benedict

The Gentleman from Nowhere

Movie • 1948

Bill Cook

That's My Boy

Movie • 1951

Tom - Masseur (uncredited)

Act of Violence

Movie • 1949

Policeman (uncredited)

The Gangster

Movie • 1947

Thug Messenger (uncredited)

The Andy Griffith Show

TV • 1960

Ralph Hanes

Burke's Law

TV • 1963

Policeman

Cheyenne

TV • 1955

The Beverly Hillbillies

TV • 1962

First Policeman

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

TV • 1964

Baretta

TV • 1975

Petticoat Junction

TV • 1963

J.C. Albright

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Sheriff

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Police Chief

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

Police Lieutenant

Leave It to Beaver

TV • 1957

The Beachcomber

TV • 1962

Frank Butcher

Harry O

TV • 1974

Rawhide

TV • 1959

Brewster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV • 1957

The Millionaire

TV • 1955

Detective Ed Murdock

My Mother the Car

TV • 1965

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

TV • 1955

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

TV • 1957

Harry Maxton

Bronco

TV • 1958

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

TV • 1951

Lock-Up

TV • 1959

The Lone Ranger

TV • 1949

Curly Williams

Sugarfoot

TV • 1957

Vance Stanton

Bat Masterson

TV • 1958

Jess Porter

Ben Casey

TV • 1961

Laramie

TV • 1959

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV • 1967

Riverboat

TV • 1959

Dubois

Racket Squad

TV • 1951

The Texan

TV • 1958

Rango

TV • 1967

The Legend of Jesse James

TV • 1965

Steele

Telephone Time

TV • 1956

State Trooper

TV • 1956

26 Men

TV • 1957

Panic!

TV • 1957

Letter to Loretta

TV • 1953

Joe Wilson

Behind Closed Doors

TV • 1958

Studio 57

TV • 1954

Maverick

TV • 1957