Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen

March 5, 1899 · 127 years old

​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…

Known For

25 titles
1
The Killing

The Killing

1956 · 1h 24m · Movie

Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.

7.9
2
Winchester '73

Winchester '73

1950 · 1h 32m · Movie

A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.

7.6
3
The Wild One

The Wild One

1953 · 1h 19m · Movie

Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.

6.7
4
Cat Ballou

Cat Ballou

1965 · 1h 37m · Movie

A young schoolteacher turns into an outlaw to avenge her murdered father.

6.7
5
Oklahoma!

Oklahoma!

1955 · 2h 25m · Movie

In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.

7.0
6
Brute Force

Brute Force

1947 · 1h 38m · Movie

At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.

7.5
7
Bend of the River

Bend of the River

1952 · 1h 31m · Movie

When a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.

7.2
8
They Live by Night

They Live by Night

1949 · 1h 35m · Movie

An escaped convict injured during a robbery falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

7.4
9
Hellfighters

Hellfighters

1968 · 2h 1m · Movie

Divorced Chance Buckman fights international oil rig fires. An injury brings his daughter and to his dismay, she weds Greg, a team member. Chance gets a desk-job, so he and Madelyn remarry, but a Venezuelan oil rig fire reunites t...

6.5
10
Wild River

Wild River

1960 · 1h 50m · Movie

A TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.

7.5
11
Night Passage

Night Passage

1957 · 1h 30m · Movie

A fired railroad man is re-hired and entrusted to carry a ten thousand dollar payroll in secret, even though he is suspected of being connected to outlaws.

6.6
12
Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command

1955 · 1h 52m · Movie

An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.

6.3
13
Firecreek

Firecreek

1968 · 1h 44m · Movie

A peace-loving, part-time Sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.

6.8
14
It's Always Fair Weather

It's Always Fair Weather

1955 · 1h 41m · Movie

Three soldiers meet ten years after their last meeting in New York, and find out that they have little in common now.

7.0
15
Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

1955 · 1h 29m · Movie

Sharpshooting drifter Dempsey Rae comes back to Wyoming to work for beautiful rancher Reed Bowman. But Reed's plan to fence in her land's wide open spaces angers other ranchers and soon embroils Dempsey in a bloody range war.

6.8
16
Jet Pilot

Jet Pilot

1957 · 1h 53m · Movie

Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR.

5.6
17
The King and Four Queens

The King and Four Queens

1956 · 1h 26m · Movie

Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hidden gold.

6.1
18
A Woman's Secret

A Woman's Secret

1949 · 1h 24m · Movie

Failed singer Marian Washburn confesses she shot her friend, successful singer Susan Caldwell, but her manager Luke Jordan and Detective Fowler doubt her story and cannot establish a reasonable motive.

6.0
19
7th Cavalry

7th Cavalry

1956 · 1h 15m · Movie

An officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.

5.8
20
Two Flags West

Two Flags West

1950 · 1h 32m · Movie

Forced by circumstances,Confederate POWs and Union soldiers join forces against Indians but old animosities resurface during their fragile alliance.

6.7
21
The Midnight Story

The Midnight Story

1957 · 1h 30m · Movie

When a San Francisco priest is murdered, a policeman, who's a close friend, starts an investigation.

6.7
22
Carnival Story

Carnival Story

1954 · 1h 35m · Movie

An American carnival in Germany sets the scene for sin, sex and melodrama.

5.7
23
The Deerslayer

The Deerslayer

1957 · 1h 18m · Movie

In colonial America, wanderer Deerslayer gets involved with Tom Hutter, a bigoted trapper, and his two contrasting daughters.

5.5
24
East of Sumatra

East of Sumatra

1953 · 1h 22m · Movie

Tough Duke Mullane tries to open a new mine in the jungle, but the natives turn hostile...except for one lissome dancer.

5.4
25
Fame Is the Name of the Game

Fame Is the Name of the Game

1966 · 1h 40m · Movie

An investigative reporter looks into the murder of a call girl. His investigation unearths her diary, with the names of many prominent people in it. He sets out to find her killer from among the names contained in it.

7.5