Editing Dean Jagger (section)

===Early stage appearances===
Jagger studied acting at Chicago's Lyceum Arts Conservatory.<ref name=Hazleton/> He eventually played Young Matt in a production of ''Shepherd of the Hills'' on stage in Chicago. This experience resulted in him deciding to try his luck in New York City.<ref name=NYT/>

He joined a stock company as [[Spencer Tracy]]'s replacement.<ref name=NYT/> He performed in [[vaudeville]], on the radio and on stage,<ref name=NYT/> making his Broadway debut in 1925 in a bit part in a [[George M. Cohan]] production.<ref name=Hazleton/> 
He was in a play ''Remote Control'' in 1928.<ref name="paramount">Lee Tracy Awarded Long-Term  Contract by Paramount Schallert, Edwin. ''Los Angeles Times'', April 26, 1934: 15</ref>