Editing Dean Jagger (section)

===''Brigham Young''===
Jagger made his breakthrough with his portrayal of [[Mormon]] leader [[Brigham Young]] in ''[[Brigham Young (1940 film)|Brigham Young]]'' (1940) at 20th Century Fox, alongside [[Tyrone Power]] for director [[Henry Hathaway]]. He was cast on the basis of his performance in ''Missouri Legend''.<ref name="Church News, July 7th, 2003">''Church News'', July 7, 2003.{{full citation needed|date=October 2015}}</ref> According to [[George D. Pyper]], a technical consultant on the film who had personally known Brigham Young, Jagger not only resembled Young, but he also spoke like him and had many of his mannerisms.<ref name="Church News, July 7th, 2003"/> Thirty-two years later, in 1972 he was baptized a member of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].<ref name="Famous Mormons">{{cite web |title=Dean Jagger (1903-1991) Actor |url=http://www.famousmormons.net/tv5.html |publisher=Famous Mormons |url-status=dead |access-date=September 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055209/http://www.famousmormons.net/tv5.html |archive-date=September 21, 2013}}</ref>

Fox signed him to a long-term contract and put him in ''[[Western Union (film)|Western Union]]'' (1941) for [[Fritz Lang]]. He was announced for the Biblical film ''The Great Commandment'' and a biopic of [[Lewis and Clark]] with [[Randolph Scott]], but neither was made.<ref>Dean Jagger Wins Plum Role in 'Western Union', Schallert, Edwin. ''Los Angeles Times'', July 23, 1940: 13.</ref>

Instead, Jagger appeared in ''[[The Men in Her Life]]'' (1941) for Columbia, ''[[Valley of the Sun (film)|Valley of the Sun]]'' (1942) at RKO, and ''[[The Omaha Trail (film)|The Omaha Trail]]'' (1942) at MGM.