Actor

Dean Jagger

194

Filmography

Overview

Born	November 7, 1903 in Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA
Died	February 5, 1991 in Santa Monica, California, USA (heart disease)
Birth Name	Ira Dean Jagger
Height	6′ 2″ (1,88 m)

Mini Bio
Dean Jagger was born in Lima, Ohio, on November 7, 1903. He dropped out of high school twice before finally graduating from Wabash College. Working first as a school teacher, he soon became interested in acting and enrolled at Chicago’s “Lyceum Art Conservatory”. Mr. Jagger made his first movie and only silent film, Miss Lucifer (1929) in 1929, starring Mary Astor. During 1929 he also appeared in the film Handcuffed (1929). He quickly found his niche as a character actor and the highlight of his career was winning an Oscar for “Best Supporting Actor,” in the 1949 movie Un homme de fer (1949). Dean played Principal Albert Vane on TV for the 1963-1964 season of Mr. Novak (1963). Dean Jagger died in Santa Monica, California, on February 5, 1991.