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Jay C. Flippen

Acting · Born March 5, 1899 · 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.

Movies with Jay C. Flippen

• The Killing (1956) — Marvin Unger
• How the West Was Won (1962) — Huggins (uncredited)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) — Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
• Bend of the River (1952) — Jeremy Baile
• Cat Ballou (1965) — Sheriff Cardigan
• The Wild One (1953) — Sheriff Stew Singer
• Winchester '73 (1950) — Sergeant Wilkes
• They Live by Night (1949) — Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
• Hellfighters (1968) — Jack Lomax
• Man Without a Star (1955) — Strap Davis
• Brute Force (1947) — Hodges (guard)
• The Far Country (1954) — Rube

TV shows with Jay C. Flippen

• Ensign O'Toole (1962) — Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson