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Jay C. Flippen was an American character actor who often played police officers or weary criminals in many films of the 1940s and 1950s.
Birth Name
John Constantine Flippen
Born
Monday, 06 March 1899
Died
Wednesday, 03 February 1971
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Forsaken Westerns | Windy | 2017 |
| Mooch | Jay C. Flippen - Party guest | 1971 |
| The Seven Minutes | Luther Yerkes | 1971 |
| The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Pawnbroker | 1970 |
| Bracken's World | David Caldwell | 1969 |
| The Sound of Anger | Judge Prentiss | 1968 |
| Hellfighters | Jack Lomax | 1968 |
| Here Come the Brides | Judge Pryor | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Zack Witten / Grover | 1968 |
| Firecreek | Mr. Pittman | 1968 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Forsaken Westerns | Windy | 2017 |
| Mooch | Jay C. Flippen - Party guest | 1971 |
| The Seven Minutes | Luther Yerkes | 1971 |
| The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Pawnbroker | 1970 |
| Bracken's World | David Caldwell | 1969 |
| The Sound of Anger | Judge Prentiss | 1968 |
| Hellfighters | Jack Lomax | 1968 |
| Here Come the Brides | Judge Pryor | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Zack Witten / Grover | 1968 |
| Firecreek | Mr. Pittman | 1968 |
| Ironside | Lt. Joe Muldoon | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Judge Kramer / Judge | 1967 |
| The Spirit Is Willing | Mother | 1967 |
| Fame Is the Name of the Game | Dizzy Shaner | 1966 |
| The Road West | Judge Platt | 1966 |
| That Girl | Sergeant Fitzgerald | 1966 |
| The Rounders | Kenny Fahrbush | 1966 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Andrew O'Rourke | 1965 |
| Cat Ballou | Sheriff Cardigan / Sheriff Ed Cardigan | 1965 |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court | 1965 |
| Looking for Love | Ralph Front | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Hugh Ramsey | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Lieutenant Grogan / Bill, the Desk Sergeant / Bill, Desk Sergeant | 1963 |
| Grindl | Mr. Casey | 1963 |
| Vacation Playhouse | Cappy Skidmore | 1963 |
| Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law | (archive footage) | 1962 |
| How the West Was Won | Huggins | 1962 |
| Ensign O'Toole | Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson / C.P.O. Homer Nelson / Chief Petty Officer Nelson | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Pa Colby / Judge / Asa Keogh | 1962 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | Happy Spangler | 1961 |
| Bus Stop | Mike Carmody | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Chief Petty Officer | 1961 |
| Follow the Sun | Grady Fallon | 1961 |
| The Plunderers | Sheriff McCauley | 1960 |
| The Best of the Post | Uncle Hank | 1960 |
| Route 66 | Nathaniel Hobbs | 1960 |
| Stagecoach West | Aaron Sutter | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Thriller | Harry Gans | 1960 |
| Studs Lonigan | Father Gilhooey | 1960 |
| Wild River | Hamilton Garth | 1960 |
| Johnny Ringo | Gabe Jethro | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Barney Fuller | 1959 |
| The David Niven Show | Sgt. Charley Nelson | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Al Morrisey / Big Joe Holvak | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Bigger Seton / Marshal Lindstrom / Sergeant Shaler | 1959 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Marvin | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Chute Wilson | 1958 |
| From Hell to Texas | Jake Leffertfinger | 1958 |
| Escape from Red Rock | Sheriff John Costaine | 1957 |
| Alcoa Theatre | Donovan | 1957 |
| Jet Pilot | Maj. Gen. Black | 1957 |
| The Deerslayer | Old Tom Hutter | 1957 |
| Run of the Arrow | Walking Coyote | 1957 |
| Night Passage | Ben Kimball | 1957 |
| The Midnight Story | Sgt. Jack Gillen | 1957 |
| The Restless Breed | Marshal Evans / Marshal Steve Evans | 1957 |
| Public Pigeon No. 1 | Lt. Ross Qualen | 1957 |
| Hot Summer Night | Oren Kobble | 1957 |
| The Halliday Brand | Chad Burris | 1957 |
| The King and Four Queens | Bartender of Rosebud Saloon in Touchstone / Bartender | 1956 |
| 7th Cavalry | Sgt. Bates | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Happy Gallant / Lester Carr | 1956 |
| The Killing | Marvin Unger | 1956 |
| Kismet | Jawan | 1955 |
| Oklahoma! | Skidmore | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Chief Swanson | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Owney | 1955 |
| It's Always Fair Weather | Charles Z. Culloran | 1955 |
| Strategic Air Command | Tom Doyle | 1955 |
| Man Without a Star | Strap Davis | 1955 |
| Six Bridges to Cross | Vincent Concannon / Narrator | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Pop Griswold | 1954 |
| Climax! | Joe / Happy / Ed Bagley / Detective | 1954 |
| Carnival Story | Charley Grayson | 1954 |
| The Far Country | Rube | 1954 |
| The Wild One | Sheriff Stew Singer | 1953 |
| East of Sumatra | Mac | 1953 |
| Devil's Canyon | Captain Jack Wells / Jack Wells | 1953 |
| Thunder Bay | Kermit MacDonald | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Tom | 1952 |
| Woman of the North Country | Axel Nordlund | 1952 |
| The Las Vegas Story | Capt. H.A. Harris | 1952 |
| Bend of the River | Jeremy Baile | 1952 |
| The Model and the Marriage Broker | Dan Chancellor | 1951 |
| Goodyear Playhouse | Jeb | 1951 |
| The Lady from Texas | Sheriff Mike McShane | 1951 |
| The People Against O'Hara | Sven Norson | 1951 |
| Flying Leathernecks | MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief | 1951 |
| The Lemon Drop Kid | Straight Flush Tony | 1951 |
| Two Flags West | Sgt. Terrance Duey | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Mr. Lavery | 1950 |
| Hollywood Theatre Time | Master of Ceremonies | 1950 |
| Winchester '73 | Sgt. Wilkes / Sergeant Wilkes | 1950 |
| Love That Brute | Biff Sage | 1950 |
| The Yellow Cab Man | Hugo | 1950 |
| Buccaneer's Girl | Jared Hawkins | 1950 |
| Oh, You Beautiful Doll | Lippy Brannigan | 1949 |
| Trapped | Bartender | 1949 |
| Down to the Sea in Ships | Luke Sewell | 1949 |
| A Woman's Secret | Fowler / Police Insp. Jim Fowler | 1949 |
| They Live by Night | T-Dub / Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield | 1948 |
| Intrigue | Mike, the bartender / Mike the Bartender | 1947 |
| Brute Force | Hodges - Guard / Hodges (guard) | 1947 |
| Marie Galante | Sailor in Bar | 1934 |
| Million Dollar Ransom | Singer | 1934 |
| Rambling 'Round Radio Row #3 | Master of Ceremonies | 1933 |
| The Home Edition | (as J.C. Flippen) | 1929 |
