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person_profile-John Agar

John Agar Died at age: 81

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

John Agar

Date of Birth:

Jan 31, 1921

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Apr 07, 2002

Biography of

John Agar

    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).

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Filmography of

John Agar

Found 68 Movies in total

... 2021

Monster Invaders from Space

Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

The Naked Monster

Dr. Clete Ferguson ( Actor )

... 2005

Frank Capra's American Dream

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1996

Body Bags

Dr. Lang ( Actor )

... 1993

Invasion of Privacy

Old Convict ( Actor )

... 1992

The Perfect Bride

Gramps ( Actor )

... 1991

Fear

Leonard Scott Levy ( Actor )

... 1990

Nightbreed

Gas Station Attendant / Victim ( Actor )

... 1990

Miracle Mile

Ivan Peters ( Actor )

... 1989

Perfect Victims

Dog-Walking Neighbor ( Actor )

... 1988

Horrible Horror

Major Bruce Jay in 'Invisible Invaders' ( Actor )

... 1986

Mr. No Legs

Police Captain ( Actor )

... 1978

King Kong

City Official ( Actor )

... 1976

How's Your Love Life?

Police Lt. Rafferty ( Actor )

... 1971

Big Jake

Bert Ryan ( Actor )

... 1971

Chisum

Amos Patton ( Actor )

... 1970

The Undefeated

Christian ( Actor )

... 1969

Hell Raiders

Maj. Ronald Paxton ( Actor )

... 1969

Curse of the Swamp Creature

Barry Rogers ( Actor )

... 1968

The Movie Orgy

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1968

Zontar: The Thing from Venus

Dr. Curt Taylor ( Actor )

... 1967

Night Fright

Sheriff Clint Crawford ( Actor )

... 1967

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Dion O'Bannion ( Actor )

... 1967

Waco

George Gates ( Actor )

... 1966

Women of the Prehistoric Planet

Dr. Farrell ( Actor )

... 1966

Johnny Reno

Ed Tomkins ( Actor )

... 1966

Stage to Thunder Rock

Dan Carrouthers ( Actor )

... 1964

Young Fury

Dawson ( Actor )

... 1964

Law of the Lawless

Pete Stone ( Actor )

... 1964

Of Love and Desire

Gus Cole ( Actor )

... 1963

The Young and the Brave

Intelligence Captain ( Actor )

... 1963

Journey to the Seventh Planet

Capt. Don Graham ( Actor )

... 1962

Hand of Death

Alex Marsh ( Actor )

... 1962

Fall Girl

Joe McElroy ( Actor )

... 1961

Raymie

Ike Burroughs ( Actor )

... 1960

Invisible Invaders

Maj. Bruce Jay ( Actor )

... 1959

Destination Space

Col. Matthews ( Actor )

... 1959

Frontier Gun

Sheriff Jim Crayle ( Actor )

... 1958

Attack of the Puppet People

Bob Westley ( Actor )

... 1958

Jet Attack

Capt. Tom Arnett ( Actor )

... 1958

The Day of the Trumpet

Sgt. Judd Norcutt ( Actor )

... 1958

Ride a Violent Mile

Jeff Donner ( Actor )

... 1957

The Brain from Planet Arous

Steve March ( Actor )

... 1957

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

George Hastings ( Actor )

... 1957

Joe Butterfly

Sgt. Dick Mason ( Actor )

... 1957

The Mole People

Dr. Roger Bentley ( Actor )

... 1956

Flesh and the Spur

Luke Random ( Actor )

... 1956

Star in the Dust

Sheriff Bill Jorden ( Actor )

... 1956

Tarantula

Dr. Matt Hastings ( Actor )

... 1955

Hold Back Tomorrow

Joe Cardos ( Actor )

... 1955

The Lonesome Trail

Johnny Rush ( Actor )

... 1955

Revenge of the Creature

Prof. Clete Ferguson ( Actor )

... 1955

The Golden Mistress

Bill Buchanan ( Actor )

... 1954

Shield for Murder

Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster ( Actor )

... 1954

The Rocket Man

Tom Baxter ( Actor )

... 1954

Bait

Ray Brighton ( Actor )

... 1954

Man of Conflict

Ray Compton ( Actor )

... 1953

Woman of the North Country

David Powell ( Actor )

... 1952

The Magic Carpet

Ramoth ( Actor )

... 1951

Along the Great Divide

Billy Shear ( Actor )

... 1951

Breakthrough

Joe Mallory ( Actor )

... 1950

The Woman on Pier 13

Don Lowry ( Actor )

... 1950

Sands of Iwo Jima

PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway ( Actor )

... 1950

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Lt. Flint Cohill ( Actor )

... 1949

Adventure in Baltimore

Tom Wade ( Actor )

... 1949

Fort Apache

2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke ( Actor )

... 1948