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John Agar
Actor
Died April 7, 2002 (81 years)
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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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
| 2013 | John Ford et Monument Valley · as Cast |
| 2005 | The Naked Monster · as Dr. Clete Ferguson |
| 2001 | The Vampire Hunters Club · as Reggie |
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | Invasion of Privacy · as Old Convict |
| 1991 | The Perfect Bride · as Gramps |
| 1990 | |
| 1990 | Nightbreed · as Gas Station Attendant / Victim |
| 1988 | Miracle Mile · as Ivan Peters |
| 1988 | Perfect Victims · as Dog-Walking Neighbor |
| 1987 | Creepy Classics · as Bob Westley - (archive Footage) |
| 1986 | Horrible Horror · as Major Bruce Jay In 'invisible Invaders' |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Coming Soon · as Edited From 'tarantula' |
| 1978 | Mr. No Legs · as Police Captain |
| 1977 | The Man with No Name · as Prof. Clete Ferguson |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Col. Blaylock |
| 1976 | King Kong · as City Official |
| 1973 | Chase (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Hammack |
| 1972 | The Delphi Bureau (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1971 | Big Jake · as Bert Ryan |
| 1971 | The Smith Family (TV Series) · as Jim Thorne |
| 1970 | Chisum · as Amos Patton |
| 1969 | The Undefeated · as Christian |
| 1969 | Hell Raiders · as Maj. Ronald Paxton |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Bert Walker |
| 1968 | Curse of the Swamp Creature · as Barry Rogers |
| 1967 | Zontar: The Thing from Venus · as Dr. Curt Taylor |
| 1967 | Night Fright · as Sheriff Clint Crawford |
| 1967 | Hondo (TV Series) |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre · as Dion O'bannion |
| 1966 | Family Affair (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Waco · as George Gates |
| 1966 | Johnny Reno · as Ed Tomkins |
| 1966 | Women of the Prehistoric Planet · as Dr. Farrell |
| 1965 | Branded (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Young Fury · as Dawson |
| 1964 | Stage to Thunder Rock · as Dan Carrouthers |
| 1964 | Law of the Lawless · as Pete Stone |
| 1963 | Of Love and Desire · as Gus Cole |
| 1963 | The Young and the Brave · as Intelligence Captain |
| 1962 | Hand of Death · as Alex Marsh |
| 1962 | Combat! (TV Series) · as Capt. Thorpe |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Tom Anders |
| 1962 | Journey to the Seventh Planet · as Capt. Don Graham |
| 1961 | Ripcord (TV Series) · as Warrant Officer Frank Pierson |
| 1960 | Raymie · as Ike Burroughs |
| 1959 | Invisible Invaders · as Maj. Bruce Jay |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Mike Anderson |
| 1959 | Destination Space · as Col. Matthews |
| 1958 | Frontier Gun · as Sheriff Jim Crayle |
| 1958 | Flight (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson (TV Series) · as Sam Phelps |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Jim Martin |
| 1958 | Attack of the Puppet People · as Bob Westley |
| 1958 | Jet Attack · as Capt. Tom Arnett |
| 1958 | The Day of the Trumpet · as Sgt. Judd Norcutt |
| 1957 | The Brain from Planet Arous · as Steve March |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Kenneth Baxter |
| 1957 | Daughter of Dr. Jekyll · as George Hastings |
| 1957 | Joe Butterfly · as Sgt. Dick Mason |
| 1957 | Whirlybirds (TV Series) · as Danny Flynn |
| 1956 | The Mole People · as Dr. Roger Bentley |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show (TV Series) · as Lt Arnold Van Dyke |
| 1956 | Flesh and the Spur · as Luke Random |
| 1956 | Star in the Dust · as Sheriff Bill Jorden |
| 1955 | Tarantula · as Dr. Matt Hastings |
| 1955 | Hold Back Tomorrow · as Joe Cardos |
| 1955 | Revenge of the Creature · as Prof. Clete Ferguson |
| 1955 | The Lonesome Trail · as Johnny Rush |
| 1954 | The Golden Mistress · as Bill Buchanan |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Larry Dorrant |
| 1954 | Shield for Murder · as Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster |
| 1954 | The Rocket Man · as Tom Baxter |
| 1954 | Bait · as Ray Brighton |
| 1953 | Man of Conflict · as Ray Compton |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Lloyd |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Marvin Potter |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Woman of the North Country · as David Powell |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Dr. Charles Edwards |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Alan Liveright |
| 1951 | The Magic Carpet · as Ramoth |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Otis Tack |
| 1951 | Along the Great Divide · as Billy Shear |
| 1950 | Breakthrough · as Lt. Joe Mallory |
| 1949 | The Woman on Pier 13 · as Don Lowry |
| 1949 | Sands of Iwo Jima · as Pfc Peter T. 'pete' Conway |
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon · as Lt. Flint Cohill |
| 1949 | Adventure in Baltimore · as Tom Wade |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as John Cushing |
| 1948 | Fort Apache · as 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'rourke |