John Agar
John G. Agar (January 31, 1921 – April 7, 2002) was an American actor. He starred alongside John Wayne in the films Sands of Iwo Jima and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, but was later relegated to B movies, such as Tarantula, The Mole People, The Brain from Planet Arous, Flesh and the Spur, and Hand of Death. He also starred with Lucille Ball in the 1951 movie The Magic Carpet. Agar was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Lillian (née Rogers) and John Agar, Sr., a meat packer (see Agar Hams). He was educated at the Harvard School for Boys in Chicago and Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois and graduated from Trinity-Pawling Preparatory School in Pawling, New York, but did not attend college. He and his family moved from Chicago to Los Angeles in 1942, following his father’s death. During World War II he served in the Army Air Corps, and he was a sergeant at the time he left the army in 1946. He was Shirley Temple's first husband (1945–1950), and they worked together in Fort Apache. His marriage to Temple lasted five years and they had one daughter together, Linda Susan Agar, who was later known as Susan Black, taking the surname of her stepfather Charles Alden Black. Following his divorce from Temple, Agar was married in 1951 to model Loretta Barnett Combs (1922–2000). They remained married until her death in 2000. They had two sons, Martin Agar and John G. Agar III. Agar died on April 7, 2002 at Burbank, California of complications from emphysema. He was buried beside his wife at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. Agar made six movies with John Wayne: Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima, Big Jake, Chisum, The Undefeated and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. He also made two movies with Shirley Temple, Fort Apache and Adventure in Baltimore, also starring Robert Young. He is mentioned in the Frank Zappa song "The Radio is Broken" from the album The Man From Utopia (1983). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Agar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2021 · Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Monster Invaders from Space as Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage)
- 2005 · The Naked Monster as Dr. Clete Ferguson
- 2001 · The Vampire Hunters Club as Reggie
- 1998 · Bielefeld Lichtwerk as
- 1997 · Frank Capra's American Dream as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · A Century of Science Fiction as Self
- 1993 · Body Bags as Dr. Lang
- 1992 · Invasion of Privacy as Old Convict
- 1991 · The Perfect Bride as Gramps
- 1990 · Fear as Leonard Scott Levy
- 1990 · Nightbreed as Gas Station Attendant / Victim
- 1988 · Perfect Victims as Dog-Walking Neighbor
- 1988 · Miracle Mile as Ivan Peters
- 1987 · Creepy Classics as Bob Westley - (archive footage)
- 1986 · Horrible Horror as Major Bruce Jay in 'Invisible Invaders'
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as
- 1984 · Highway to Heaven as
- 1982 · Divided We Fall as Yankee Officer
- 1978 · Mr. No Legs as Police Captain
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Col. Blaylock
- 1976 · King Kong as City Official
- 1971 · How's Your Love Life? as Police Lt. Rafferty
- 1971 · Big Jake as Bert Ryan
- 1970 · Chisum as Amos Patton
- 1969 · The Undefeated as Christian
- 1969 · Hell Raiders as Maj. Ronald Paxton
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Bert Walker
- 1968 · Curse of the Swamp Creature as Barry Rogers
- 1968 · The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- 1967 · Zontar: The Thing from Venus as Dr. Curt Taylor
- 1967 · Night Fright as Sheriff Clint Crawford
- 1967 · Hondo as
- 1967 · The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Dion O'Bannion
- 1966 · Family Affair as
- 1966 · Waco as George Gates
- 1966 · Women of the Prehistoric Planet as Dr. Farrell
- 1966 · Johnny Reno as Ed Tomkins
- 1965 · Branded as
- 1964 · Stage to Thunder Rock as Dan Carrouthers
- 1964 · Young Fury as Dawson
- 1964 · Law of the Lawless as Pete Stone
- 1963 · Of Love and Desire as Gus Cole
- 1963 · The Young and the Brave as Intelligence Captain
- 1962 · The Virginian as Tom Anders
- 1962 · Journey to the Seventh Planet as Capt. Don Graham
- 1962 · Hand of Death as Alex Marsh
- 1961 · Fall Girl as Joe McElroy
- 1960 · Raymie as Ike Burroughs
- 1959 · Invisible Invaders as Maj. Bruce Jay
- 1959 · Rawhide as Mike Anderson
- 1959 · Destination Space as Col. Matthews
- 1958 · Frontier Gun as Sheriff Jim Crayle
- 1958 · Bat Masterson as Sam Phelps
- 1958 · Attack of the Puppet People as Bob Westley
- 1958 · Jet Attack as Capt. Tom Arnett
- 1958 · The Day of the Trumpet as Sgt. Judd Norcutt
- 1957 · Ride a Violent Mile as Jeff Donner
- 1957 · The Brain from Planet Arous as Steve March
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Kenneth Baxter
- 1957 · Daughter of Dr. Jekyll as George Hastings
- 1957 · Joe Butterfly as Sgt. Dick Mason
- 1956 · The Mole People as Dr. Roger Bentley
- 1956 · Flesh and the Spur as Luke Random
- 1956 · Star in the Dust as Sheriff Bill Jorden
- 1955 · Tarantula as Dr. Matt Hastings
- 1955 · Hold Back Tomorrow as Joe Cardos
- 1955 · The Lonesome Trail as Johnny Rush
- 1955 · Revenge of the Creature as Prof. Clete Ferguson
- 1954 · The Golden Mistress as Bill Buchanan
- 1954 · Climax! as Larry Dorrant
- 1954 · Shield for Murder as Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster
- 1954 · The Rocket Man as Tom Baxter
- 1954 · Bait as Ray Brighton
- 1953 · Man of Conflict as Ray Compton
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Lloyd
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Marvin Potter
- 1952 · Woman of the North Country as David Powell
- 1951 · The Magic Carpet as Ramoth
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Otis Tack
- 1951 · Along the Great Divide as Billy Shear
- 1950 · Breakthrough as Lt. Joe Mallory
- 1950 · The Woman on Pier 13 as Don Lowry
- 1950 · Sands of Iwo Jima as PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway
- 1949 · She Wore a Yellow Ribbon as Lt. Flint Cohill
- 1949 · Adventure in Baltimore as Tom Wade
- 1948 · Fort Apache as 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke