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Home/People/Jay C. Flippen
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Born
Mar 5, 1899Died: Feb 3, 1971
Lived 71 years
Place of Birth
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

69
Movies
32
TV Shows
Also Known As
John Constantine Flippen Jr.
IMDb Profile

Jay C. Flippen

Acting

Biography
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jay C. Flippen  (born March 6, 1899, Little Rock, Arkansas – February 3, 1971, Los Angeles, California) is an American character actor who often played police officers or weary criminals in many movies of the 1940s/'50s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay C. Flippen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life poster

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)
1987
Mooch Goes to Hollywood poster

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

as Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)
1971
The Seven Minutes poster

The Seven Minutes

as Luther Yerkes
1971
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? poster

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

as Sheriff Ben
1971
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf poster

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

as Pawnbroker
1970
The Sound of Anger poster

The Sound of Anger

as Judge Prentiss
1968
Hellfighters poster

Hellfighters

as Jack Lomax
1968
Firecreek poster

Firecreek

as Mr. Pittman
1968
The Spirit Is Willing poster

The Spirit Is Willing

as Mother
1967
Fame Is the Name of the Game poster

Fame Is the Name of the Game

as Dizzy Shaner
1966
Cat Ballou poster

Cat Ballou

as Sheriff Cardigan
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told poster

The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
1965
Looking for Love poster

Looking for Love

as Ralph Front
1964
Six Gun Law poster

Six Gun Law

Cast
1962
How the West Was Won poster

How the West Was Won

as Huggins (uncredited)
1962
The Plunderers poster

The Plunderers

as Sheriff McCauley
1960
Studs Lonigan poster

Studs Lonigan

as Father Gilhooey
1960
Wild River poster

Wild River

as Hamilton Garth
1960
From Hell to Texas poster

From Hell to Texas

as Jake Leffertfinger
1958
No Time at All poster

No Time at All

as Happy Gallant
1958