Jay C. Flippen

Known for: Acting

Born: 1899-03-05 – 1971-02-03 (aged 71)

From: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

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.

Filmography (93)

MOVIE★ 6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.8
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Seven Minutes
1971
as Luther Yerkes
MOVIE★ 9.0
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971
as Sheriff Ben
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
as Pawnbroker
TV★ 7.5
Bracken's World
1969
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Sound of Anger
1968
as Judge Prentiss
MOVIE★ 6.3
Hellfighters
1968
as Jack Lomax
TV★ 7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
as Grover
MOVIE★ 6.2
Firecreek
1968
as Mr. Pittman
TV★ 7.7
Judd, for the Defense
1967
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Spirit Is Willing
1967
as Mother
TV★ 6.8
Ironside
1967
MOVIE★ 7.0
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966
as Dizzy Shaner
TV★ 6.2
That Girl
1966
MOVIE★ 6.4
Cat Ballou
1965
as Sheriff Cardigan
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
MOVIE★ 5.8
Looking for Love
1964
as Ralph Front
TV★ 6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Hugh Ramsey
TV★ 6.2
Burke's Law
1963
as Bill, the Desk Sergeant
TV★ 8.0
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Cappy Skidmore
MOVIE★ 7.0
Six Gun Law
1962
MOVIE★ 7.0
How the West Was Won
1962
as Huggins (uncredited)
TV★ 6.8
Ensign O'Toole
1962
as Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as Pa Colby
TV★ 7.6
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Happy Spangler
TV★ 10.0
Bus Stop
1961
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Plunderers
1960
as Sheriff McCauley
TV★ 6.7
Route 66
1960
TV★ 6.7
Thriller
1960
as Harry Gans
MOVIE★ 4.5
Studs Lonigan
1960
as Father Gilhooey
MOVIE★ 7.2
Wild River
1960
as Hamilton Garth
TV★ 5.9
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Jay C. Flippen
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Barney Fuller
TV★ 7.3
Rawhide
1959
as Marshal Lindstrom
TV★ 6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
TV★ 7.1
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Chute Wilson
MOVIE★ 6.0
From Hell to Texas
1958
as Jake Leffertfinger
MOVIE★ 8.0
No Time at All
1958
as Happy Gallant
MOVIE★ 7.0
Escape from Red Rock
1957
as Sheriff John Costaine
MOVIE★ 5.5
Jet Pilot
1957
as Maj. Gen. Black
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Deerslayer
1957
as Old Tom Hutter
MOVIE★ 6.1
Run of the Arrow
1957
as Walking Coyote
MOVIE★ 6.4
Night Passage
1957
as Ben Kimball
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Midnight Story
1957
as Sgt. Jack Gillen
MOVIE★ 6.3
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957
as Lt. Ross Qualen
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Restless Breed
1957
as Marshal Steve Evans
MOVIE★ 5.7
Hot Summer Night
1957
as Oren Kobble
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Halliday Brand
1957
as Chad Burris
MOVIE★ 5.6
The King and Four Queens
1956
as Bartender
MOVIE★ 6.1
7th Cavalry
1956
as Sgt. Bates
TV★ 7.5
Playhouse 90
1956
as Happy Gallant
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Killing
1956
as Marvin Unger
MOVIE★ 6.6
Oklahoma!
1955
as Skidmore
MOVIE★ 5.6
Kismet
1955
as Jawan
TV★ 6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Owney
MOVIE★ 7.0
It's Always Fair Weather
1955
as Charles Z. Culloran
MOVIE★ 6.1
Strategic Air Command
1955
as Tom Doyle
MOVIE★ 6.4
Man Without a Star
1955
as Strap Davis
MOVIE★ 6.3
Six Bridges to Cross
1955
as Vincent Concannon
TV★ 3.8
Climax!
1954
as Joe
MOVIE★ 4.6
Carnival Story
1954
as Charley Grayson
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Far Country
1954
as Rube
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Wild One
1953
as Sheriff Stew Singer
MOVIE★ 5.8
East of Sumatra
1953
as Mac
MOVIE★ 5.2
Devil's Canyon
1953
as Jack Wells
MOVIE★ 6.0
Thunder Bay
1953
as Kermit MacDonald
MOVIE★ 5.0
Woman of the North Country
1952
as Axel Nordlund
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Las Vegas Story
1952
as Capt. H.A. Harris
MOVIE★ 7.0
Bend of the River
1952
as Jeremy Baile
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951
as Dan Chancellor
MOVIE★ 5.8
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Sven Norson
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Lady from Texas
1951
as Sheriff Mike McShane
MOVIE★ 5.8
Flying Leathernecks
1951
as MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951
as Straight Flush Tony
MOVIE★ 6.2
Two Flags West
1950
as Terrance Duey
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mr. Lavery
MOVIE★ 7.3
Winchester '73
1950
as Sergeant Wilkes
MOVIE★ 6.8
Love That Brute
1950
as Biff Sage
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Yellow Cab Man
1950
as Hugo
MOVIE★ 5.8
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
as Jared Hawkins
MOVIE★ 5.5
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
1949
as Lippy Brannigan
MOVIE★ 6.8
They Live by Night
1949
as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
MOVIE★ 6.0
Trapped
1949
as Bartender (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
as Luke Sewell
MOVIE★ 5.6
A Woman's Secret
1949
as Police Insp. Jim Fowler
MOVIE★ 5.6
Intrigue
1947
as Mike, the bartender
MOVIE★ 7.3
Brute Force
1947
as Hodges (guard)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Flippen's Frolics
1936
MOVIE★ 4.9
Marie Galante
1934
as Sailor in Bar
MOVIE★ 5.0
Million Dollar Ransom
1934
as Singer (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 1.0
The Ham What Am
1928
as Himself