Editing Dean Jagger

{{Short description|American actor (1903–1991)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Dean Jagger
| image         = Dean Jagger The Twilight Zone 1961.JPG
| caption       = Jagger in ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' (1961)
| imagesize     = 
| birth_name    = Dean Jeffries Jagger or Dean Ida Jagger
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1903|11|7}}
| birth_place   = [[Columbus Grove, Ohio|Columbus Grove]] or [[Lima, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1991|2|5|1903|11|7}}
| death_place   = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| resting_place = Lakewood Memorial Park, [[Hughson, California]]
| occupation    = Actor
| yearsactive   = 1923–1987
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Antoinette Lowrance|1935|1943|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Gloria Ling|1947|1967|end=divorced}} († 2010)
* {{marriage|Etta Mae Norton<br>|1968<!--Omission per Template:Marriage instructions 1991 (his death)-->}} († 1992)
}}
| children      = 3
}}

'''Dean Jagger''' (November 7, 1903 &ndash; February 5, 1991) was an American film, stage, and television actor who won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his role in [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]]'s ''[[Twelve O'Clock High]]'' (1949).<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |title=Dean Jagger, actor, 87, Is Dead; Versatile Figure in Films and TV |first=Peter B. |last=Flint |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 6, 1991  |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/06/obituaries/dean-jagger-actor-87-is-dead-versatile-figure-in-films-and-tv.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129160522/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/06/obituaries/dean-jagger-actor-87-is-dead-versatile-figure-in-films-and-tv.html |archive-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref>

==Early life==
Dean Jeffries Jagger<ref name=Variety>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1991/scene/people-news/dean-jagger-99124712/ |title=Dean Jagger |work=[[Variety Obituaries|Variety]] |date=February 10, 1991}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://journaltimes.com/news/national/veteran-charactor-actor-dean-jagger-dead-at-87/article_7c3dcb4b-24d6-55c7-a0b1-36c2c00f5442.html |title=Veteran charactor actor Dean Jagger dead at 87 |date=February 6, 1991 |newspaper=[[Racine Journal Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> (or Dean Ida Jagger)<ref name="Clarke">{{Cite book|title=Pseudonyms|first=Joseph F.|last=Clarke|publisher=BCA|date=1977|page=90}}</ref> was born in [[Columbus Grove, Ohio|Columbus Grove]]<ref name=NYT/> or [[Lima, Ohio]].<ref name=Variety/><ref name=LAT/> Growing up on a farm, he wanted to act, and practiced oratory on cows while working. He later won several oratory competitions. At age 14, he worked as an orderly at a sanatorium.<ref name="hedda">Dean Jagger Got Start Denouncing 'Demon Rum' Hopper, Hedda. ''Los Angeles Times'', February 26, 1950: D1.</ref>

He dropped out of school several times before finally attending [[Wabash College]]. While there he was a member of [[Lambda Chi Alpha]] fraternity and played football. He dropped out in his second year, realizing he was not suited to an academic life.<ref name=Hazleton>{{cite news |title=Former Teacher Dean Jagger Returning to 'School' |newspaper=Hazleton Standard-Speaker |date=June 15, 1963 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1320389/dean_jaggers_early_years/ |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>

At age 17, he taught all eight grades in a rural elementary school, before heading to Chicago. He studied at the Conservatory of Drama with Elias Day, and through him got a job on the [[Chautauqua circuit]].<ref name="hedda"/>

==Career==
[[File:Everywhere-I-Roam-Lloyd-Emery-Jagger.jpg|thumb|263px|Left to right: [[Norman Lloyd]], [[Katherine Emery]], and Dean Jagger in the Broadway production of ''Everywhere I Roam'' (1938)]]

===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>

===Early films===
Jagger visited Los Angeles on a vaudeville show with [[Irene Rich]]. While there, he made his film debut in ''[[The Woman from Hell]]'' (1929) with [[Mary Astor]].  "My good notices," he later recalled, "had a reverse effect on the industry, which was suddenly revolutionized by sound pictures. With the one film to my credit, I was considered part of that group of untouchables – silent film stars."<ref name="los"/> He followed it with ''Handcuffed'' (1929).

Jagger decided to move into film production, helping raise money to make a feature that ultimately never was released. He returned to New York City.<ref>Road to Fame Often Bids a Dreary Detour, ''The Washington Post'', January 27, 1935: A1.</ref>

===''Tobacco Road''===
Jagger's big career break came when cast in a lead role in the play ''[[Tobacco Road (play)|Tobacco Road]]'' in 1933. The play was a huge hit and ran until 1941,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/tobacco-road-1065 |title=''Tobacco Road'' |website=IBDB.com |publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] }}</ref> though Jagger left the show in 1934 to appear in ''They Shall Not Die'', which only ran 62 performances.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/they-shall-not-die-11840 |title=''They Shall Not Die'' |website=IBDB.com |publisher=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref>

===Hollywood===
In April 1934, Jagger signed a contract with Paramount, for which he made ''[[You Belong to Me (1934 film)|You Belong to Me]]'' (1934) with [[Lee Tracy]], then ''[[College Rhythm]]'' (1934) with [[Jack Oakie]], ''[[Behold My Wife! (1934 film)|Behold My Wife!]]'' (1934) with [[Sylvia Sidney]], ''[[Wings in the Dark]]'' (1935) with [[Myrna Loy]] and [[Cary Grant]], ''[[Home on the Range (1935 film)|Home on the Range]]'' (1935) with [[Jackie Coogan]], [[Randolph Scott]] and [[Evelyn Brent]], ''[[Car 99]]'' (1935) with [[Fred MacMurray]] and [[Ann Sheridan]], ''[[People Will Talk (1935 film)|People Will Talk]]'' (1935) with [[Charlie Ruggles]], and ''[[Men Without Names]]'' (1935) with Fred MacMurray.<ref name="hedda"/><ref name="paramount"/> Paramount gave him a lead role in the B Western ''[[Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935 film)|Wanderer of the Wasteland]]'' (1935). He was back in supporting parts in ''It's a Great Life''  (1935), ''[[Woman Trap (1936 film)|Woman Trap]]'' (1936), and ''[[13 Hours by Air]]'' (1936).

[[Victor Halperin]] borrowed him to play the lead role in ''[[Revolt of the Zombies]]'' (1936). He went to [[20th Century Fox]] for ''[[Pepper (film)|Pepper]]'' (1936) and ''[[Star for a Night (film)|Star for a Night]]'' (1936), then to MGM for ''[[Under Cover of Night]]'' (1937).<ref>Zane Grey's ''Western Union'' and ''Dean Jagger: Hollywood Letter'', by Frank Daugherty, "Special to The Christian Science Monitor". ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'', November 15, 1940: 8.</ref>

[[File:Dean Jagger in Dangerous Number trailer.jpg|thumb|right|[[Trailer (promotion)|Trailer]] for ''Dangerous Number'' (1937)]]
Jagger did ''[[Woman in Distress]]'' (1937) at Columbia, and ''[[Dangerous Number]]'' (1937) and ''[[Song of the City]]'' (1937) at MGM.

Jagger appeared in [[Republic Pictures]]' ''[[Escape by Night (1937 film)|Escape by Night]]'' (1937) and ''[[Exiled to Shanghai]]'' (1937).

Jagger played ''Michael Drops In'' in summer stock and returned to Broadway to star in ''Missouri Legend'' (1938), which ran 48 performances.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/missouri-legend-12376 |title=''Missouri Legend'' |website=IBDB.com |publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] }}</ref> He was also in short runs for ''Everywhere I Roam'' (1938–39), ''Brown Danube'' (1939), ''Farm of Three Echoes'' (1939–40) with [[Ethel Barrymore]], and ''Unconquered'' (1940) by [[Ayn Rand]].<ref>Allegory of Farm Will Open Tonight,'' The New York Times'', December 9, 1938: 14.</ref>

===''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.

===King Brothers===
Jagger had a rare lead role in ''[[I Escaped from the Gestapo]]'' (1943) for the [[King Brothers Productions|King Brothers]], then went back to supporting roles for ''[[The North Star (1943 film)|The North Star]]'' (1943) for [[Sam Goldwyn]]. The King Brothers gave him top billing again with ''[[When Strangers Marry]]'' (1944). Jagger acted in ''[[Alaska (1944 film)|Alaska]]'' (1944) at Monogram, which was distributed to King films.

Jagger went to England to appear in ''[[I Live in Grosvenor Square]]'' (1945) with [[Anna Neagle]] and [[Rex Harrison]]. He had good roles in ''Sister Kenny'' (1946) with [[Rosalind Russell]] and ''[[Pursued (1947 film)|Pursued]]'' (1947) with [[Robert Mitchum]].

He did ''[[Driftwood (1947 film)|Driftwood]]'' (1947) for Republic and started appearing on TV shows such as ''[[The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse]]'', ''[[Studio One (U.S. TV series)|Studio One]]'', and ''[[The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre]]''.<ref>Radio and Television: Dean Jagger and Margaret Sullavan to Co-Star in 'The Storm' Over CBS Video Sunday, ''The New York Times'', November 3, 1948: 54.</ref>

Jagger returned to Broadway for ''Dr. Social'' (1948), but it had a short run. He had the lead role in ''[['C'-Man]]'' (1949).

===''Twelve O'Clock High'' and 1950s===
Jagger received an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his role in ''[[Twelve O'Clock High]]'' (1949), made at Fox and directed by Henry King. In the film, he played the World War II veteran, middle-aged adjutant Major/Lt. Col. Harvey Stovall, who acts as an advisor to the commander, General Savage ([[Gregory Peck]]).

Jagger stayed a supporting actor, though, appearing in ''[[Sierra (film)|Sierra]]'' (1950) with [[Audie Murphy]] at Universal, ''[[Dark City (1950 film)|Dark City]]'' (1950) for Hal Wallis, ''[[Rawhide (1951 film)|Rawhide]]'' (1951) with Hathaway and Power at Fox, and ''[[Warpath (film)|Warpath]]'' (1951) at Paramount with [[Edmond O'Brien]] and directed by [[Byron Haskin]].

Jagger had a lead role in the strongly anti-communist film ''[[My Son John]]'' (1952) at Paramount. He was in ''[[Denver and Rio Grande (film)|Denver and Rio Grande]]'' (1952), again with Haskin and O'Brien, and episodes of ''[[Gulf Playhouse]]'', ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]'', ''[[Cavalcade of America]]'', ''[[Schlitz Playhouse]]'', and ''[[Studio 57]]''.

He appeared in the biblical epic ''[[The Robe (film)|The Robe]]'' (1953) as the weaver Justus of Cana, and was in ''[[Private Hell 36]]'' (1954).

He played retired Army Major General Tom Waverly honored by Bob Wallace ([[Bing Crosby]]) and Phil Davis ([[Danny Kaye]]) in the musical ''[[White Christmas (film)|White Christmas]]'' (1954), and an impotent local sheriff in the modern Western ''[[Bad Day at Black Rock]]'' (1955), starring [[Spencer Tracy]] for MGM.   He was also in ''[[The Eternal Sea]]'' (1955) at Republic, ''[[It's a Dog's Life (film)|It's a Dog's Life]]'' (1955) at MGM, ''[[On the Threshold of Space]]'' (1956) at Fox, and ''[[Red Sundown]]'' (1956) at Universal.

For the 1956 British science-fiction film ''[[X the Unknown]]'', Jagger refused to work with director [[Joseph Losey]] because Losey was on the [[Hollywood blacklist]]. Losey came off the project after a few days of shooting and was replaced by [[Leslie Norman (director)|Leslie Norman]]. An alternative version is that Losey was replaced due to illness.<ref name="rusc">{{cite web|title=R U Sitting Comfortably - Dean Jagger|url=http://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Dean-Jagger.aspx?t=1028|website=RUSC.com|access-date=May 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="senses">{{cite web|last1=Sanjek|first1=David|title=Cold, Cold Heart: Joseph Losey's The Damned and the Compensations of Genre|url=http://sensesofcinema.com/2002/director-joseph-losey/losey_damned/|website=senses of cinema|date=March 9, 2015 |access-date=May 2, 2016}}</ref> Half the budget, $30,000, went to Jagger's fee.<ref name="hearn">Marcus Hearn & Alan Barnes, ''The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films'', Titan Books, 2007. p. 18</ref>

Jagger was in ''[[The 20th Century Fox Hour]]'', ''[[Three Brave Men]]'' (1956), ''[[The Great Man]]'' (1956) (second-billed to [[José Ferrer]]), ''[[Zane Grey Theatre]]'', "Bernadine"  (1957) with [[Pat Boone]], an episode of ''[[Playhouse 90]]'', ''[[Forty Guns]]'' (1957) for [[Sam Fuller]], and ''[[The Proud Rebel]]'' (1958) with [[Alan Ladd]] and directed by [[Michael Curtiz]].

Jagger also portrayed the father of [[Elvis Presley]]'s character in 1958's ''[[King Creole]]'', directed by Curtiz.

Jagger was in ''[[The Nun's Story (film)|The Nun's Story]]'' (1959), playing the father of [[Audrey Hepburn]]'s character, and ''[[Cash McCall]]'' (1960), and played the traveling manager for an evangelist played by [[Jean Simmons]] in the acclaimed 1960 drama ''[[Elmer Gantry (film)|Elmer Gantry]]''. He was in two failed pilots, including ''The House on K Street''.

In the 1960s, Jagger increasingly worked on television appearing in ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' ("[[Static (The Twilight Zone)|Static]]"), ''[[NBC Sunday Showcase]]'', ''[[Our American Heritage]]'', ''[[General Electric Theater]]'', ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]'', ''[[The Christophers]]'', ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'', and ''[[The Partridge Family]]''. He also appeared in the films ''[[Parrish (film)|Parrish]]'' (1961), ''[[The Honeymoon Machine]]'' (1961) and ''[[Billy Rose's Jumbo]]'' (1962).

===''Mr. Novak''===
[[File:James Franciscus Dean Jagger Mr. Novak 1964.JPG|thumb|[[James Franciscus]] and Jagger from the television series ''[[Mr. Novak]]'']]
Jagger achieved success with the television series ''[[Mr. Novak]]'' (1963–1965), receiving [[Emmy Award]] nominations for his role in 1964 and 1965, as well as the California Teachers Association's Communications Award, along with star [[James Franciscus]], in 1963 for his portrayal of high-school principal Albert Vane.<ref name=LAT>{{cite news |title=Oscar-Winning Character Actor Dean Jagger Dies |first=Myrna |last=Oliver |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 6, 1991 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-06-me-721-story.html}}</ref> Before he left the show to have a major medical operation, though, he was less than happy with the series, clashing repeatedly with the writers and directors<ref name=LAT/> and describing "the Mr. Novak company" afterwards as "a mishmash of unbelievable amateurishness."<ref>{{cite news |title=Dean Jagger Is Recovering From 'Novak' |first=Dick |last=Kleiner |newspaper=[[Waco Tribune-Herald]] |date=May 23, 1965 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1321612/dean_jagger_on_novak/ |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>

"It is unforgivable how bad TV is today," he said in 1965. "The people doing it have succumbed to the cliché that there is no time to be good in TV, or that we doing it are lucky to get one good episode out of three. Why?"<ref name="los">Oscar-Winning Character Actor Dean Jagger Dies: [Home Edition] Oliver, Myrna. ''Los Angeles Times'', February 6, 1991: 1.</ref>

Jagger officially left the show in December 1964 because of an ulcer.<ref>Dean Jagger to Give Up His Role in 'Mr. Novak': Recurrence of Ulcer Forcing Actor to Drop Portrayal in Series on N.B.C.-TV, By VAL ADAMS. ''New York Times'', December 3, 1964: 90.</ref>

Jagger's appearances in the 1960s included episodes of ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'' and ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'', as well as films ''[[First to Fight (film)|First to Fight]]'' (1967), ''[[Firecreek]]'' (1968), ''[[Day of the Evil Gun]]'' (1968), ''[[Smith!]]'' (1968) with [[Glenn Ford]], ''[[The Lonely Profession]]'' (1969), ''[[Tiger by the Tail (1970 film)|Tiger by the Tail]]'' (1970), ''[[The Kremlin Letter]]'' (1970), ''Men at Law'', ''[[The Brotherhood of the Bell]]'' (1970), again with Ford, and an episode of ''[[The Name of the Game (TV series)|The Name of the Game]]''.

He had a semiregular role on the series ''[[Matt Lincoln]]'' (1970) as the father of the title character, and parts in ''[[Vanishing Point (1971 film)|Vanishing Point]]'' (1971), ''[[Bonanza]]'', and ''Incident in San Francisco'' (1971).<ref>Dean Jagger Signed, ''Los Angeles Times'', November 3, 1970: f14.</ref>
 
In 1971, Jagger appeared on ''[[The Partridge Family]]''. He played a prospector named Charlie in the Christmas episode "Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa".

===Later career===
Jagger was in ''[[The Glass House (1972 film)|The Glass House]]'' (1972), ''[[Columbo]]'', ''[[Kung Fu (1972 TV series)|Kung Fu]]'' (Jagger appeared as Caine's grandfather, who wants little to do with him, but starts Caine on his series-long search for his half-brother Danny), ''[[Alias Smith and Jones]]'', ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]'', ''[[The Stranger (1973 film)|The Stranger]]'' (1973), ''[[The Delphi Bureau]]'', The Lie (1973), ''[[Shaft (TV series)|Shaft]]'', ''[[I Heard the Owl Call My Name]]'' (1973), ''[[Love Story (1973 TV series)|Love Story]]'', ''[[The Hanged Man (1974 film)|The Hanged Man]]'' (1974), The Great Lester Boggs (1974), ''[[So Sad About Gloria]]'' (1975), ''[[The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case]]'' (1976), ''[[Harry O]]'', ''[[Hunter (1977 TV series)|Hunter]]'', ''[[End of the World (1977 film)|End of the World]]'' (1977), and ''[[Evil Town]]'' (1977).

He played the syndicate boss in ''[[Game of Death]]'' (1978) as the nemesis of [[Bruce Lee]].

Jagger's later appearances included ''[[The Waltons]]'', ''[[Gideon's Trumpet (film)|Gideon's Trumpet]]'' (1980) and ''[[Alligator (film)|Alligator]]'' (1980).

He won a [[Daytime Emmy award]] for a guest appearance in the religious series ''[[This Is the Life (TV series)|This Is the Life]]''.<ref name=NYT/>

His last role was as Dr. David Domedion in the ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'' season-three finale "Cheers" in 1985.

Dean Jagger has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 1523 Vine Street for his contribution to motion pictures.

==Personal life and death==
When Jagger tried to marry his second wife, Gloria Ling, in 1947, they were denied a marriage license in California due to a state law "forbidding unions between Caucasians and Mongolians [sic]"; Ling's father had been born in China.<ref>{{cite news |title=Film Actor, Secretary Denied License to Wed |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Pennsylvania)|Pottstown Mercury]] |date=January 25, 1947 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1321624/dean_jagger_encounters_prejudice_in_the/ |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> Within two days, the couple had flown to [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], and were married under "New Mexico's more liberal statute."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Miles Kangun performed marriage ceremony for Dean Jagger & Gloria Ling; Actor, Balked by California Law, Weds Pretty Part Chinese Fiance Here|location=[[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]|quote=[...] after hectic three days that began with an airplane trip from New York to Los Angeles Thursday and wound up with a marriage ceremony here at Bernalillo County court house a half hour after their arrival in mid-afternoon. Because Miss Gloria Jean Ling, the bride, is partly of Chinese ancestry, the couple had been refused a license in California, so retraced part of their journey by TWA in order to be married under New Mexico's more liberal statute.|page=1 col.1–3|publisher=[[Albuquerque Journal]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37950491/miles-kangun-performed-marriage/|access-date=November 22, 2020 |date=January 26, 1947|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>

In later life, Jagger suffered from heart disease. He died in his sleep in Santa Monica, California. He was 87. He was survived by his third wife, Etta, a daughter and two stepsons.<ref name=NYT/>

Jagger joined [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] later in his life.<ref>{{Cite web|last=D'Arc|first=James Vincent|title=The Conversion of Hollywood's 'Brigham Young'|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1973/06/portraits-in-miniature/the-conversion-of-hollywoods-brigham-young?lang=eng|access-date=November 22, 2020|publisher=[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]}}</ref>

==Complete filmography==
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* ''[[The Woman from Hell]]'' (1929) as Jim Coakley
* ''[[Handcuffed]]'' (1929) as Gerald Morely
* ''[[Whoopee! (film)|Whoopee!]]'' (1930) as Deputy (uncredited)
* ''[[You Belong to Me (1934 film)|You Belong to Me]]'' (1934) as Military School Instructor
* ''[[College Rhythm]]'' (1934) as Coach Robbins
* ''[[Behold My Wife! (1934 film)|Behold My Wife!]]'' (1934) as Pete
* ''[[Home on the Range (1935 film)|Home on the Range]]'' (1935) as Thurman
* ''[[Wings in the Dark]]'' (1935) as Top Harmon
* ''[[Car 99]]'' (1935) as Trooper Jim Burton
* ''[[People Will Talk (1935 film)|People Will Talk]]'' (1935) as Bill Trask
* ''[[Men Without Names]]'' (1935) as Jones
* ''[[Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935 film)|Wanderer of the Wasteland]]'' (1935) as Adam Larey
* ''It's a Great Life'' (1935) as Arnold
* ''[[Woman Trap (1936 film)|Woman Trap]]'' (1936) as 'Honey' Hogan
* ''[[Thirteen Hours by Air]]'' (1936) as Hap Waller
* ''[[Revolt of the Zombies]]'' (1936) as Armand Louque
* ''[[Pepper (film)|Pepper]]'' (1936) as Bob O'Ryan
* ''[[Star for a Night (film)|Star for a Night]]'' (1936) as Fritz Lind
* ''[[Under Cover of Night]]'' (1937) as Alan Shaw
* ''[[Woman in Distress]]'' (1937) as Fred Stevens
* ''[[Dangerous Number]]'' (1937) as Vance Dillman
* ''[[Song of the City]]'' (1937) as Paul Herrick
* ''[[Escape by Night (1937 film)|Escape by Night]]'' (1937) as James 'Capper' Regan
* ''[[Exiled to Shanghai]]'' (1937) as Charlie Sears
* ''[[Having Wonderful Time]]'' (1938) as Charlie - Emma's Husband (uncredited)
* ''[[Brigham Young (film)|Brigham Young]]'' (1940) as Brigham Young
* ''[[Western Union (film)|Western Union]]'' (1941) as Edward Creighton
* ''[[The Men in Her Life]]'' (1941) as David Gibson
* ''[[Valley of the Sun (film)|Valley of the Sun]]'' (1942) as Jim Sawyer
* ''[[The Omaha Trail]]'' (1942) as 'Pipestone' Ross
* ''[[I Escaped from the Gestapo]]'' (1943) as Torgut Lane
* ''[[The North Star (1943 film)|The North Star]]'' (1943) as Rodion Pavlov
* ''[[When Strangers Marry]]'' (1944) as Paul Baxter
* ''[[Alaska (1944 film)|Alaska]]'' (1944) as U.S. Marshal John Masters
* ''[[I Live in Grosvenor Square]]'' (1945) (US title: ''A Yank in London'') as Sergeant John Patterson
* ''[[Sister Kenny]]'' (1946) as Kevin Connors
* ''[[Pursued]]'' (1947) as Grant Callum
* ''[[Driftwood (1947 film)|Driftwood]]'' (1947) as Dr. Steve Webster
* ''[[C-Man (film)|C-Man]]'' (1949) as Cliff Holden - alias William Harrah
* ''[[Twelve O'Clock High]]'' (1949) as Major Stovall
* ''[[Sierra (film)|Sierra]]'' (1950) as Jeff Hassard
* ''[[Dark City (1950 film)|Dark City]]'' (1950) as Captain Garvey
* ''[[Rawhide (1951 film)|Rawhide]]'' (1951) as Yancy
* ''[[Warpath (film)|Warpath]]'' (1951) as Sam Quade
* ''[[My Son John]]'' (1952) as Dan Jefferson
* ''[[Denver and Rio Grande (film)|Denver and Rio Grande]]'' (1952) as General William J. Palmer
* ''[[It Grows on Trees]]'' (1952) as Phil Baxter
* ''[[The Robe (film)|The Robe]]'' (1953) as Justus
* ''[[Executive Suite]]'' (1954) as Jesse Q. Grimm
* ''[[Private Hell 36]]'' (1954) as Captain Michaels
* ''[[White Christmas (film)|White Christmas]]'' (1954) as Major General Thomas F. Waverly
* ''[[Bad Day at Black Rock]]'' (1955) as Tim Horn
* ''[[The Eternal Sea]]'' (1955) as Vice-Admiral Thomas L. Semple
* ''[[It's a Dog's Life (film)|It's a Dog's Life]]'' (1955) as Mr. Wyndham
* ''[[Red Sundown]]'' (1956) as Sheriff Jade Murphy
* ''[[On the Threshold of Space]]'' (1956) as Dr. Hugo Thornton
* ''[[X the Unknown]]'' (1956) as Dr. Adam Royston
* ''[[Three Brave Men]]'' (1956) as John W. Rogers - Secretary of the Navy
* ''[[The Great Man]]'' (1956) as Philip Carleton
* ''[[Bernardine (film)|Bernardine]]'' (1957) as J. Fullerton Weldy
* ''[[Forty Guns]]'' (1957) as Sheriff Ned Logan
* ''[[The Proud Rebel]]'' (1958) as Harry Burleigh
* ''[[King Creole]]'' (1958) as Mr. Fisher
* ''[[The Nun's Story (film)|The Nun's Story]]'' (1959) as Dr. Van Der Mal
* ''The House on K-Street'' (1959 TV movie) as Dr. Morgan Jarrett
* ''[[Cash McCall]]'' (1960) as Grant Austen
* ''[[Elmer Gantry (film)|Elmer Gantry]]'' (1960) as William L. Morgan
* ''Jarrett of K Street'' (1960 TV movie) as Dr. Morgan Jarrett
* ''[[Static (The Twilight Zone)]]'' (1961) as Ed Lindsay
* ''[[Parrish (film)|Parrish]]'' (1961) as Sala Post
* ''[[The Honeymoon Machine]]'' (1961) as Admiral Fitch
* ''[[Billy Rose's Jumbo]]'' (1962) as John Noble
* ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' (1963) (Season 1 Episode 24: "The Star Juror") as George Davies
* ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'' "Right In The Middle Of The Season" (1966) as Tony Donovan 
* ''[[First to Fight (film)|First to Fight]]'' (1967) as Lieutenant Colonel E.J. Baseman
* ''[[Firecreek]]'' (1968) as Whittier
* ''[[Day of the Evil Gun]]'' (1968) as Jimmy Noble
* ''[[Smith!]]'' (1969) as Judge James C. Brown
* ''[[The Lonely Profession]]'' (1969 TV movie) as Charles Van Cleve
* ''[[Tiger by the Tail (1970 film)|Tiger by the Tail]]'' (1970) as Top Polk
* ''[[The Kremlin Letter]]'' (1970) as Highwayman
* ''[[The Brotherhood of the Bell]]'' (1970 TV movie) as Chad Harmon
* ''[[Vanishing Point (1971 film)|Vanishing Point]]'' (1971) as Prospector
* ''[[Incident in San Francisco]]'' (1971 TV movie) as Sam Baldwin
* ''[[The Glass House (1972 film)|The Glass House]]'' (1972 TV movie) as Warden Auerbach
* ''[[The Stranger (1973 film)|The Stranger]]'' (1973 TV movie) as Carl Webster
* ''The Lie'' (1973 TV movie) as Arnold Edgarton
* ''[[So Sad About Gloria]]'' (1973) as Frederick Wellman
* ''[[I Heard the Owl Call My Name]]'' (1973 TV movie) as Bishop
* ''[[The Hanged Man (1974 film)|The Hanged Man]]'' (1974 TV movie) as Josiah Lowe
* ''The Great Lester Boggs'' (1974) as Grandfather Vandiver
* ''[[The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case]]'' (1976 TV movie) as Koehler
* ''[[Evil Town]]'' (1977) as Doctor Schaeffer
* ''[[End of the World (1977 film)|End of the World]]'' (1977) as Ray Collins
* ''[[Game of Death (1978 film)|Game of Death]]'' (1978) as Dr. Land
* ''[[Gideon's Trumpet (film)|Gideon's Trumpet]]'' (1980 TV movie) as Sixth Supreme Court Justice
* ''[[Alligator (film)|Alligator]]'' (1980) as Slade
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==References==
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* [http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/1365 Dean Jagger papers, MSS 60] at [https://sites.lib.byu.edu/sc/ L. Tom Perry Special Collections], [[Brigham Young University]]

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