Jay C. Flippen

Known for

Acting

Born

March 5, 1899

Birthplace

Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Died

February 3, 1971 (aged 71)

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.

Best known work

The Killing

1956

How the West Was Won

1962

Bonanza

1959

Winchester '73

1950

The Wild One

1953

Cat Ballou

1965

Bend of the River

1952

Brute Force

1947

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

Oklahoma!

1955

Filmography

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1971
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)
1971
The Seven Minutes
as Luther Yerkes
1971
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
as Sheriff Ben
1970
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Pawnbroker
1969
Bracken's WorldTV
1968
The Sound of Anger
as Judge Prentiss
1968
Hellfighters
as Jack Lomax
1968
The Name of the GameTV
as Grover (1 episode), as Zack Witten (1 episode)
1968
Firecreek
as Mr. Pittman
1967
Judd, for the DefenseTV
1967
The Spirit Is Willing
as Mother
1967
IronsideTV
1966
Fame Is the Name of the Game
as Dizzy Shaner
1966
That GirlTV
1965
Cat Ballou
as Sheriff Cardigan
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
1964
Looking for Love
as Ralph Front
1963
Kraft Suspense TheatreTV
as Hugh Ramsey (1 episode)
1963
Burke's LawTV
as Bill, the Desk Sergeant (1 episode), as Lieutenant Grogan (1 episode)
1963
Vacation PlayhouseTV
as Cappy Skidmore (1 episode)
1962
Six Gun Law
1962
How the West Was Won
as Huggins (uncredited)
1962
Ensign O'TooleTV
as Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson (32 episodes)
1962
The VirginianTV
as Pa Colby (1 episode), as Asa Keogh (1 episode)