Jay C. Flippen
Born: 1899-03-05 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Died: 1971-02-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1987
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1971
- Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Sheriff Ben
- The Seven Minutes as Luther Yerkes
- Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)
1970
- The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Pawnbroker
1969
1968
- The Name of the Game as Grover
- Hellfighters as Jack Lomax
- Firecreek as Mr. Pittman
- The Sound of Anger as Judge Prentiss
1967
1966
- That Girl
- Fame Is the Name of the Game as Dizzy Shaner
1965
- The Greatest Story Ever Told as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
- Cat Ballou as Sheriff Cardigan
1964
- Looking for Love as Ralph Front
1963
- Burke's Law as Bill, the Desk Sergeant
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Hugh Ramsey
- Vacation Playhouse as Cappy Skidmore
1962
- The Virginian as Pa Colby
- Ensign O'Toole as Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson
- How the West Was Won as Huggins (uncredited)
- Six Gun Law
1961
- The Dick Van Dyke Show as Happy Spangler
- Bus Stop
1960
- Route 66
- Thriller as Harry Gans
- Wild River as Hamilton Garth
- The Plunderers as Sheriff McCauley
- Studs Lonigan as Father Gilhooey
1959
- Bonanza as Barney Fuller
- Rawhide as Marshal Lindstrom
- Johnny Ringo as Jay C. Flippen
1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Chute Wilson
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- From Hell to Texas as Jake Leffertfinger
- No Time at All as Happy Gallant
1957
- Run of the Arrow as Walking Coyote
- Night Passage as Ben Kimball
- The Midnight Story as Sgt. Jack Gillen
- Public Pigeon No. 1 as Lt. Ross Qualen
- Jet Pilot as Maj. Gen. Black
- The Restless Breed as Marshal Steve Evans
- Hot Summer Night as Oren Kobble
- Escape from Red Rock as Sheriff John Costaine
- The Halliday Brand as Chad Burris
- The Deerslayer as Old Tom Hutter
1956
- Playhouse 90 as Happy Gallant
- The Killing as Marvin Unger
- The King and Four Queens as Bartender
- 7th Cavalry as Sgt. Bates
1955
- Gunsmoke as Owney
- The 20th Century Fox Hour
- Oklahoma! as Skidmore
- Man Without a Star as Strap Davis
- It's Always Fair Weather as Charles Z. Culloran
- Six Bridges to Cross as Vincent Concannon
- Strategic Air Command as Tom Doyle
- Kismet as Jawan
1954
- Climax! as Joe
- The Far Country as Rube
- Carnival Story as Charley Grayson
1953
- The Wild One as Sheriff Stew Singer
- Devil's Canyon as Jack Wells
- Thunder Bay as Kermit MacDonald
- East of Sumatra as Mac
1952
- Bend of the River as Jeremy Baile
- The Las Vegas Story as Capt. H.A. Harris
- Woman of the North Country as Axel Nordlund
1951
- The People Against O'Hara as Sven Norson
- The Lemon Drop Kid as Straight Flush Tony
- The Model and the Marriage Broker as Dan Chancellor
- Flying Leathernecks as MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief
- The Lady from Texas as Sheriff Mike McShane
1950
- Lux Video Theatre as Mr. Lavery
- Winchester '73 as Sergeant Wilkes
- Two Flags West as Terrance Duey
- Buccaneer's Girl as Jared Hawkins
- The Yellow Cab Man as Hugo
- Love That Brute as Biff Sage
1949
- They Live by Night as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
- A Woman's Secret as Police Insp. Jim Fowler
- Oh, You Beautiful Doll as Lippy Brannigan
- Down to the Sea in Ships as Luke Sewell
- Trapped as Bartender (uncredited)
1947
- Brute Force as Hodges (guard)
- Intrigue as Mike, the bartender
1936
1934
- Marie Galante as Sailor in Bar
- Million Dollar Ransom as Singer (Uncredited)
1928
- The Ham What Am as Himself