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Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen was a prolific character actor who appeared in over 100 films and TV shows. He was already a veteran performer on radio and Broadway stage when he made his screen debut in Million Dollar Ransom (1934). He had his biggest film successes during the 1950s and 60s, with roles in Winchester '73, The Lemon Drop Kid, The Wild One, Oklahoma!, Cat Ballou and Hellfighters. His television credits include Route 66, The Untouchables, Ensign O'Toole, Burke's Law, The Virginian along with many more

Aliases
  • Jay C Flippen
  • J.C. Flippen
English
Filmography
  • Born In Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
  • Born March 6, 1899
  • Died February 3, 1971
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Fame Is the Name of the Game

1966
as Dizzy Shaner

Public Pigeon No. 1

1957
as Lt. Ross Qualen

Night Passage

1957
as Ben Kimball

Man Without a Star

1955
as Strap Davis

Six Gun Law

1962
as (archive footage)

Escape from Red Rock

1957
as Sheriff John Costaine

How the West Was Won

1962
as Huggins

The Seven Minutes

1971
as Luther Yerkes

Buccaneer's Girl

1950
as Jared Hawkins

The Model and the Marriage Broker

1951
as Dan Chancellor

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

1949
as Lippy

Hellfighters

1968
as Jack Lomax

The Plunderers

1960
as Sheriff McCauley

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

1971
as Sheriff Ben

Looking For Love

1964
as Ralph Front

Six Bridges to Cross

1955
as Vincent Concannon

Flying Leathernecks

1951
as MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief

Strategic Air Command

1955
as Tom Doyle

Oklahoma!

1955
as Skidmore

The Lady from Texas

1951
as Sheriff Mike McShane

Jet Pilot

1957
as Maj. Gen. Black

Hot Summer Night

1957
as Oren Kobble

The Killing

1956
as Marvin Unger

The Las Vegas Story

1952
as Capt. H.A. Harris

The Midnight Story

1957
as Sgt. Jack Gillen

Two Flags West

1950
as Sgt. Terrance Duey

The Spirit Is Willing

1967
as Mother

Intrigue

1947
as Mike, the bartender (as J.C. Flippen)

7th Cavalry

1956
as Sgt. Bates

The Wild One

1953
as Sheriff Stew Singer

Flippen's Frolics

1936
as Colonel Flippen - Master of Ceremonies

The Halliday Brand

1957
as Chad Burris

The Yellow Cab Man

1950
as Hugo

The Ham What Am

1928
as Himself

The Far Country

1954
as Marshall Rube Morris

Down to the Sea in Ships

1949
as Luke Sewell

From Hell to Texas

1958
as Jake Leffertfinger

Woman of the North Country

as Axel Nordlund

Run of the Arrow

1957
as Walking Coyote

Brute Force

1947
as Hodges (guard)

It's Always Fair Weather

1955
as Charles Z. Culloran

The Restless Breed

1957
as Marshal Evans

The People Against O'Hara

1951
as Sven Norson

Carnival Story

1954
as Charley Grayson

Kismet

1955
as Jawan

Wild River

1960
as Hamilton Garth

Winchester '73

1950
as Sergeant Wilkes

Bend of the River

1952
as Jeremy Baile

Studs Lonigan

1960
as Father Gilhooey

Marie Galante

1934
as Sailor in Bar

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951
as Straight Flush Tony

Ensign O'Toole

1962

Trapped

1949
as Bartender

Cat Ballou

1965
as Sheriff Cardigan

Firecreek

1968
as Mr. Pittman

They Live by Night

1948
as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield

The King and Four Queens

1956
as Bartender

Devil's Canyon

1953
as Guard Captain Jack Wells

A Woman's Secret

1949
as Police Insp. Jim Fowler

The Sound of Anger

1968
as Judge Prentiss

Thunder Bay

1953
as Kermit MacDonald

East of Sumatra

1953
as Mac

Writer

Movie Flippen's Frolics 1936

Guest Star

Episode Thriller
The Guilty Men 		1960
Episode Wanted: Dead or Alive
Miracle at Pot Hole 		1958
Episode Route 66
Legacy for Lucia 		1960
Episode The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Return of Happy Spangler 		1962
Episode That Girl
'Twas the Night Before Christmas, You're Under Arrest 		1967
Episode Burke's Law
Who Killed Holly Howard? 		1963
Episode Gunsmoke
Owney Tupper Had a Daughter 		1964
Episode David Niven Show
The Good Deed 		1959
Episode Burke's Law
Who Killed Wade Walker? 		1963
Episode Ironside
A Very Cool Hot Car 		1967
Episode Bonanza
The Prime of Life 		1963
Episode Johnny Ringo
Four Came Quietly 		1960
Episode Burke's Law
Who Killed Molly? 		1964
Episode A Man Called Shenandoah
The Imposter 		1966
Episode Rawhide
Incident at Hourglass 		1964
Episode The Untouchables
Fall Guy 		1962
Episode Rawhide
Josh 		1965
Episode The Virginian
The Wolves Up Front, the Jackals Behind 		1966
Episode The Rounders
Polo, Anyone? 		1966
Episode Stagecoach West
Not in Our Stars 		1961
Episode Rawhide
Incident of the Widowed Dove 		1959