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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 31, 1921
Died
April 7, 2002
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- John George Agar Jr.
John Agar
0.9 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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Self (archive footage)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
4.0
Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage)
Monster Invaders from Space
2018
4.3
Dr. Clete Ferguson
The Naked Monster
2005
🎬
0.0
Reggie
The Vampire Hunters Club
2001
0.0
Bielefeld Lichtwerk
1998
6.2
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
6.9
Self
A Century of Science Fiction
1996
6.1
Dr. Lang
Body Bags
1993
3.1
Old Convict
Invasion of Privacy
1992
5.1
Gramps
The Perfect Bride
1991
Credits
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self (archive footage)
2021
4.0
Monster Invaders from Space
as Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage)
2018
4.0
The Naked Monster
as Dr. Clete Ferguson
2005
4.3
🎬
The Vampire Hunters Club
as Reggie
2001
0.0
Bielefeld Lichtwerk
1998
0.0
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1997
6.2
A Century of Science Fiction
as Self
1996
6.9
Body Bags
as Dr. Lang
1993
6.1
Invasion of Privacy
as Old Convict
1992
3.1
The Perfect Bride
as Gramps
1991
5.1
Fear
as Leonard Scott Levy
1990
5.9
Nightbreed
as Gas Station Attendant / Victim
1990
6.4
Miracle Mile
as Ivan Peters
1989
6.9
Perfect Victims
as Dog-Walking Neighbor
1988
4.4
Creepy Classics
as Bob Westley - (archive footage)
1987
6.3
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
1985
7.8
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.4
Divided We Fall
as Yankee Officer
1982
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Mr. No Legs
as Police Captain
1978
5.8
Charlie's Angels
as Col. Blaylock
1976
6.7
King Kong
as City Official
1976
6.3
How's Your Love Life?
as Police Lt. Rafferty
1971
2.0
Big Jake
as Bert Ryan
1971
6.9
Chisum
as Amos Patton
1970
6.7
The Undefeated
as Christian
1969
6.2
Hell Raiders
as Maj. Ronald Paxton
1969
3.0
The Name of the Game
as Bert Walker
1968
6.8
Curse of the Swamp Creature
as Barry Rogers
1968
2.4
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
6.5
Zontar: The Thing from Venus
as Dr. Curt Taylor
1967
4.1
Night Fright
as Sheriff Clint Crawford
1967
2.7
Hondo
1967
6.5
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Dion O'Bannion
1967
6.3
Family Affair
1966
6.6
Waco
as George Gates
1966
6.4
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
as Dr. Farrell
1966
3.7
Johnny Reno
as Ed Tomkins
1966
6.3
Branded
1965
6.4
Stage to Thunder Rock
as Dan Carrouthers
1964
6.0
Young Fury
as Dawson
1964
5.4
Law of the Lawless
as Pete Stone
1964
6.1
Of Love and Desire
as Gus Cole
1963
5.0
The Young and the Brave
as Intelligence Captain
1963
5.9
The Virginian
as Tom Anders
1962
6.5
Journey to the Seventh Planet
as Capt. Don Graham
1962
4.8
Hand of Death
as Alex Marsh
1962
4.0
Fall Girl
as Joe McElroy
1961
0.0
Raymie
as Ike Burroughs
1960
0.0
Invisible Invaders
as Maj. Bruce Jay
1959
5.0
Rawhide
as Mike Anderson
1959
7.2
Destination Space
as Col. Matthews
1959
4.2
Frontier Gun
as Sheriff Jim Crayle
1958
6.0
Bat Masterson
as Sam Phelps
1958
6.1
Attack of the Puppet People
as Bob Westley
1958
5.0
Jet Attack
as Capt. Tom Arnett
1958
5.1
The Day of the Trumpet
as Sgt. Judd Norcutt
1958
5.0
Ride a Violent Mile
as Jeff Donner
1957
4.0
The Brain from Planet Arous
as Steve March
1957
5.0
Perry Mason
as Kenneth Baxter
1957
7.7
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
as George Hastings
1957
5.7
Joe Butterfly
as Sgt. Dick Mason
1957
5.8
The Mole People
as Dr. Roger Bentley
1956
5.1
Flesh and the Spur
as Luke Random
1956
4.2
Star in the Dust
as Sheriff Bill Jorden
1956
4.7
Tarantula
as Dr. Matt Hastings
1955
6.5
Hold Back Tomorrow
as Joe Cardos
1955
6.3
The Lonesome Trail
as Johnny Rush
1955
7.5
Revenge of the Creature
as Prof. Clete Ferguson
1955
5.6
The Golden Mistress
as Bill Buchanan
1954
5.0
Climax!
as Larry Dorrant
1954
3.3
Shield for Murder
as Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster
1954
6.6
The Rocket Man
as Tom Baxter
1954
6.3
Bait
as Ray Brighton
1954
5.5
Man of Conflict
as Ray Compton
1953
5.0
Letter to Loretta
as Lloyd
1953
6.5
General Electric Theater
as Marvin Potter
1953
6.3
Woman of the North Country
as David Powell
1952
4.5
The Magic Carpet
as Ramoth
1951
4.7
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Otis Tack
1951
7.3
Along the Great Divide
as Billy Shear
1951
7.3
Breakthrough
as Lt. Joe Mallory
1950
7.0
The Woman on Pier 13
as Don Lowry
1950
5.3
Sands of Iwo Jima
as PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway
1950
6.4
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Lt. Flint Cohill
1949
6.9
Adventure in Baltimore
as Tom Wade
1949
4.9
Fort Apache
as 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke
1948
7.0