Birthday
1888/05/06
Day of death
1971/03/30 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Lake Mills, Iowa, USA
Also know as
Selmar Jackson, Selmer Adolf Jackson, Selmer Adolph Jackson
Selmer Jackson (May 7, 1888 - March 30, 1971) was an American stage, film and television actor who appeared in nearly 400 films between 1921 and 1963.
(1940) The Grapes of Wrath
as Inspection Officer
(1947) The Pretender
as Charles Lennox
(1952) We're Not Married!
as Chaplain Hall (uncredited)
(1948) Dream Girl
as Judge Jed Allerton
(1948) Pitfall
as Ed Brawley
(1936) Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Lansing
(1945) A Sporting Chance
as John Smalley
(1931) Subway Express
as Mason
(1948) Blonde Ice
as District Attorney Ed Chalmers
(1945) Circumstantial Evidence
as Warden
(1956) Autumn Leaves
as Mr. Wetherby
(1940) The Ape
as Dr. McNulty
(1959) The Atomic Submarine
as Admiral Terhune
(1938) Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Manager Radio Station
(1946) Dangerous Money
as Ship's Doctor
(1938) Gangster's Boy
as Judge Davis
(1946) The Glass Alibi
as Dr. Lawson
(1935) $10 Raise
as Real Estate Agent (uncredited)
(1936) Show Boat
as ---
(1947) Key Witness
as Edward Clemmons
(1941) Gangs Inc.
as District Attorney
(1946) Boston Blackie and the Law
as Warden Lund
(1949) Squadron of Doom
as Meredith
(1940) Son of the Navy
as Capt. Parker
(1941) Meet John Doe
as Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)
(1950) No Man of Her Own
as Minister (uncredited)
(1947) High Wall
as Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)
(1935) A Night at the Opera
as Committeeman (uncredited)
(1943) Harrigan's Kid
as Mr. Ranley
(1953) Sky Commando
as Gen. Carson
(1936) The Great Ziegfeld
as Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)
(1935) The Murder Man
as Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
(1940) Lady with Red Hair
as Henry DeMille
(1943) Flight for Freedom
as Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1941) Back Street
as Arthur the butler
(1948) Stage Struck
as Mr. Howard
(1949) Tulsa
as Oilman (uncredited)
(1932) The Mouthpiece
as Prison Clerk (Uncredited)
(1934) The Richest Girl in the World
as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
(1939) Inside Information
as Alfred Huxley
(1946) The French Key
as Walter Winslow
(1937) A Family Affair
as Hoyt Wells
(1932) Big City Blues
as Joe (uncredited)
(1939) Scandal Sheet
as Douglas Haynes
(1936) Ace Drummond
as William Meredith, Sr.
(1937) The Duke Comes Back
as Jim Watson
(1936) Public Enemy's Wife
as Duffield
(1939) Outside These Walls
as John Wilson
(1950) Lucky Losers
as David Thurston
(1936) Easy Money
as D. A. Allen Harrison
(1936) The Bridge of Sighs
as Defense Attorney Alan Adams
(1936) Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
as Mr. Canfield
(1945) This Love of Ours
as Dr. Melnik
(1937) The Wrong Road
as Judge
(1935) The Best Man Wins
as O'Neill
(1939) Undercover Agent
as John Graham
(1941) Parachute Battalion
as Thomas Morse
(1945) Forever Yours
as Williams
(1937) The 13th Man
as Andrew Baldwin
(1937) Jungle Jim
as Attorney Tyler
(1937) Meet the Boy Friend
as Ned Madison
(1958) The Lost Missile
as The Secretary of State
(1951) Elopement
as Dr. Halsey (uncredited)
(1936) Little Miss Nobody
as Judge Gibson
(1938) Midnight Intruder
as Judge Hammond
(1938) Personal Secretary
as Blackmere
(1938) Secrets of an Actress
as Thompson
(1945) Black Market Babies
as ---
(1947) Magic Town
as Stringer
(1930) Lovin' the Ladies
as George Van Horne
(1943) You Can't Beat the Law
as Mr. Bedford
(1934) The Defense Rests
as Duffy
(1984) Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1938) Prison Nurse
as Parker
(1938) The Missing Guest
as Frank Baldrich
(1934) I've Got Your Number
as Joe, a Gangster
(1949) Alaska Patrol
as Capt. Wright
(1933) Forgotten
as Hans Strauss
(1942) Miss Annie Rooney
as Mr. Thomas
(1940) Men Against the Sky
as Capt. Sanders
(1946) San Quentin
as Rev. Eckles (uncredited)
(1948) The Dark Past
as Warden Benson (uncredited)
(1942) Frisco Lil
as ---
(1929) Why Bring That Up?
as Eddie
(1943) Margin for Error
as Medical Examiner
(1954) City Story
as ---
(1963) The Wheeler Dealers
as Businessman (uncredited)
(1937) You're Only Young Once
as Hoyt Wells
(1945) First Yank into Tokyo
as Col. Blaine (uncredited)
(1947) Stepchild
as Judge
(1937) Man Of The People
as Governor
(1941) Play Girl
as Fred Dice
(1939) Sorority House
as Mr. Grant
(1942) Secret Agent of Japan
as American Navy Captain
(1937) Behind The Headlines
as J.H. Scott, FBI
(1933) Let's Fall in Love
as Barton
(1935) Broadway Gondolier
as Program Director
(1936) Wanted: Jane Turner
as Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
(1945) Out of This World
as Doctor
(1934) Blind Date
as George E. Martin
(1938) Garden of the Moon
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1937) The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Victor Stockton
(1935) Grand Exit
as District Attorney Cope
(1939) Naughty But Nice
as Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited)
(1932) Doctor X
as Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited)
(1960) The Gallant Hours
as ---
(1936) Paddy O'Day
as Ship's Officer
(1933) Picture Snatcher
as Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited)
(1935) Page Miss Glory
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
(1933) Luxury Liner
as Older Man (uncredited)
(1940) Hired Wife
as Hudson (uncredited)
(1939) Pacific Liner
as San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited)
(1932) You Said a Mouthful
as Jones - Attorney (uncredited)
(1939) Wings of the Navy
as First Doctor
(1941) Three Sons o' Guns
as Head of Draft Board
(1939) Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Doctor
(1939) Union Pacific
as Jerome (uncredited)
(1939) Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Customs Official (uncredited)
(1939) Two Thoroughbreds
as Bill Conway
(1939) Five Came Back
as Airlines Official (uncredited)
(1939) Each Dawn I Die
as Editor Patterson (uncredited)
(1939) Missing Evidence
as Manager
(1939) Reno
as Disbarment Lawyer
(1939) Swanee River
as Army Medical Examiner
(1950) Gunmen of Abilene
as Dr. Johnson
(1939) The Under-Pup
as Lawyer
(1939) Espionage Agent
as Instructor
(1939) The Escape
as Mr. Henley
(1939) Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Tom Malcolm (uncredited)
(1936) Postal Inspector
as Chief Postal Inspector
(1940) Teddy the Rough Rider
as John W. Riggs
(1936) Three Smart Girls
as Hamilton
(1939) South of the Border
as American Consul
(1940) Wagons Westward
as Major Marlowe
(1941) The Shepherd of the Hills
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1942) Thunder Birds
as Bit role
(1940) The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as James Sawyer
(1939) Calling All Marines
as Col. C.B. Vincent
(1935) She Married Her Boss
as Andrews (uncredited)
(1935) Traveling Saleslady
as J.C. Scoville
(1941) Love Crazy
as Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited)
(1945) Purity Squad
as Darles F. Peters (uncredited)
(1947) A Likely Story
as Doctor in Elevator (uncredited)
(1942) Meet the Stewarts
as Club Member (uncredited)
(1948) Every Girl Should Be Married
as Clergyman (uncredited)
(1944) She's a Sweetheart
as General
(1941) Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Board Member (uncredited)
(1936) The Magnificent Brute
as Dr. Coleman
(1940) Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)
(1936) Libeled Lady
as Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited)
(1945) Dakota
as Dr. Judson
(1940) The Green Hornet
as District Attorney
(1935) Red Salute
as Army Officer
(1934) The Secret Bride
as Vincent's Counsel (uncredited)
(1935) Front Page Woman
as Joe Davis
(1937) Two Wise Maids
as Dr. MacIntyre
(1938) Arson Racket Squad
as Commissioner Benton
(1937) Federal Bullets
as Harker
(1940) Johnny Apollo
as Prison Warden
(1942) Saboteur
as FBI Chief (uncredited)
(1941) Road to Happiness
as Sam Rankin
(1937) West of Shanghai
as Harry
(1940) Babies for Sale
as Arthur Kingsley
(1940) Brigham Young
as Caleb Kent
(1940) Santa Fe Trail
as Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)
(1937) Smashing the Vice Trust
as District Attorney
(1955) Devil Goddess
as Prof. Carl Blakely
(1942) Cairo
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
(1933) The Little Giant
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
(1938) Gambling Ship
as Steve Riley
(1941) Sergeant York
as General Duncan (uncredited)
(1948) The Fuller Brush Man
as Henry Seward (uncredited)
(1940) Gallant Sons
as Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)
(1938) Gateway
as Inspector
(1940) City for Conquest
as Doctor
(1936) The Singing Kid
as J.A. Hanson (uncredited)
(1940) No Time for Comedy
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
(1939) 20,000 Men a Year
as C.A.A. Official
(1940) Florian
as Desk Sergeant
(1940) The Marines Fly High
as Medical Officer
(1940) Millionaires in Prison
as Dr. Harry Lindsay
(1942) Madame Spy
as Harrison K. Woods
(1944) Stars on Parade
as J. L. Carson
(1941) Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as Army Officer
(1936) Sing, Baby, Sing
as City Editor
(1950) Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras
as Selmer Jackson
(1939) Private Detective
as Simmy Sanger
(1935) Chinatown Squad
as Detective
(1950) The Flying Missile
as Col. Halliburton
(1951) Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas
as Governor
(1944) Patrolling the Ether
as Chief of Radio Intelligence Division
(1944) Sheriff of Las Vegas
as Arthur Stanton
(1949) Renegades of the Sage
as Brown
(1945) The Royal Mounted Rides Again
as RCMP Superintendant MacDonald
(1935) Carnival
as Baby Judge
(1931) The Secret Call
as Matt Stanton
(1940) Forty Little Mothers
as Missing Persons Detective
(1942) Romance on the Range
as Lawyer Harrison
(1953) Jack McCall, Desperado
as Col. Brand
(1941) They Died with Their Boots On
as Capt. McCook (uncredited)
(1942) Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Sersen
(1941) Devil Pays Off
as Adm. Curtiss
(1941) Remember the Day
as Graham
(1941) Blossoms in the Dust
as Senator
(1946) She Wrote the Book
as Fielding
(1951) That's My Boy
as Doc Hunter
(1947) Sarge Goes to College
as Marine Capt. R.S. Handler
(1929) Thru Different Eyes
as King (defense attorney)
(1931) Left Over Ladies
as Churchill
(1942) Powder Town
as Mr. Tuttle (uncredited)
(1937) The Westland Case
as The Warden
(1942) Get Hep to Love
as George Arnold, Insurance Man
(1942) A Date with the Falcon
as Mr. Wallis (uncredited)
(1942) The Secret Code
as Maj. Henry Barton
(1946) Child of Divorce
as Dr. Sterling
(1947) The Thirteenth Hour
as Judge William B. Collins
(1942) My Favorite Spy
as Minister at Wedding
(1942) Thru Different Eyes
as Chaplain
(1942) The Power of God
as The Pastor
(1939) Off the Record
as Detective Mendall
(1948) The Cobra Strikes
as Dr. Keating
(1939) Stand Up and Fight
as Whittingham P. Talbot
(1950) Mark of the Gorilla
as Warden Frank R. Bentley
(1935) Shipmates Forever
as Commander Gibbs (uncredited)
(1949) Forgotten Women
as Judge Donnell
(1936) Parole!
as Earl Bigbee
(1940) Glamour for Sale
as District Attorney Thomas (uncredited)
(1941) She Knew All the Answers
as Broker
(1935) Navy Wife
as Doctor
(1940) Murder in the Air
as Dr. Riddell
(1940) If I Had My Way
as Mr. Melville (uncredited)
(1946) Wife Wanted
as Lowell Cornell
(1938) Crime Ring
as Ernie-Lawyer
(1943) Around the World
as Consul
(1943) Reconnaissance Pilot
as Lt. General
(1937) Hot Water
as Maxwell
(1939) On Dress Parade
as Capt. Evans Dover
(1948) Sealed Verdict
as Dr. Bossin
(1940) Public Deb No. 1
as Lawyer
(1936) The Accusing Finger
as Medical Examiner
(1933) Police Car 17
as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
(1942) The Falcon Takes Over
as Laird Burnett (Uncredited)
(1943) Honeymoon Lodge
as Carol's Lawyer
(1940) Sailor's Lady
as Executive Officer
(1934) Murder in the Clouds
as Radio Announcer (Voice)
(1938) The Chaser
as Judge #2
(1949) Sorrowful Jones
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1935) Public Hero Number 1
as Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
(1936) Educating Father
as Prof. Howard (uncredited)
(1949) The Fountainhead
as Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
(1952) Young Man with Ideas
as Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited)
(1932) Three on a Match
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
(1933) The Working Man
as Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)
(1941) Buck Privates
as Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
(1943) It Ain't Hay
as Grant
(1946) The Time of Their Lives
as Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited)
(1945) Allotment Wives
as Deacon Sam
(1936) My Man Godfrey
as Blake (Socialite) (uncredited)
(1934) Fog Over Frisco
as Radio Announcer (Uncredited)
(1951) Bowery Battalion
as Col. Masters
(1938) Flight to Fame
as Jules Peabody
(1939) Invisible Stripes
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
(1946) Shock
as Dr. Blair
(1943) Guadalcanal Diary
as Col. Thompson (uncredited)
(1948) The Girl from Manhattan
as Dr. Moseby
(1942) Joe Smith, American
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
(1946) Mysterious Intruder
as Dr. Connell (Uncredited)
(1935) Don't Bet on Blondes
as Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited)
(1942) The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Judge
(1944) Hey, Rookie
as Col. Robbins
(1951) Purple Heart Diary
as Col. Tappen
(1930) Brothers
as Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)
(1948) The Gentleman from Nowhere
as District Attorney
(1945) Thrill of a Romance
as 2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
(1934) Stand Up and Cheer!
as White House Correspondent
(1936) Revolt of the Zombies
as Officer (uncredited)
(1934) Sadie McKee
as Tiffany Salesman (uncredited)
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Butler
(1955) The Millionaire
as Dr. Jim O'Toole
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Dr. Allen
(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as ---
(1952) Adventures of Superman
as Col. Jack Redding
(1955) Navy Log
as ---
(1954) Annie Oakley
as John Cromby - Rancher
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as Gen. Maddux
(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Mayor Hoover
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as General
(1952) Adventures of Superman
as Gen. Summers
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Dr. Curlin
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Mr. Coswell
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Edgar Wellman
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Henry
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Clergyman
(1951) The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Governor
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Reverend
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Minister
(1951) The Living Christ
as Pharisee