John Agar
Biography
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Agar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Perry Mason
1957
Charlie's Angels
1976
Climax!
1954
The Virginian
1962
The Twilight Zone
1985
Highway to Heaven
1984
Rawhide
1959
The Name of the Game
1968
Bat Masterson
1958
Family Affair
1966
Police Story
1973
Branded
1965
Filmography
Perry Mason
as Kenneth Baxter · 1957
Charlie's Angels
as Col. Blaylock · 1976
Climax!
as Larry Dorrant · 1954
The Virginian
as Tom Anders · 1962
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "A Day in Beaumont") · 1985
Highway to Heaven
· 1984
Rawhide
as Mike Anderson · 1959
The Name of the Game
as Bert Walker · 1968
Bat Masterson
as Sam Phelps · 1958
Family Affair
· 1966
Police Story
as Hammack · 1973
Branded
· 1965
King Kong
as City Official · 1976
Hondo
· 1967
Letter to Loretta
as Lloyd · 1953
Chisum
as Amos Patton · 1970
Nightbreed
as Gas Station Attendant / Victim · 1990
Fort Apache
as 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke · 1948
General Electric Theater
as Marvin Potter · 1953
The Undefeated
as Christian · 1969
Sands of Iwo Jima
as PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway · 1950
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Otis Tack · 1951
Body Bags
as Dr. Lang · 1993
Big Jake
as Bert Ryan · 1971
Delphi Bureau
· 1972
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Lt. Flint Cohill · 1949
Miracle Mile
as Ivan Peters · 1989
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Dion O'Bannion · 1967
Along the Great Divide
as Billy Shear · 1951
Revenge of the Creature
as Prof. Clete Ferguson · 1955
Tarantula
as Dr. Matt Hastings · 1955
Law of the Lawless
as Pete Stone · 1964
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage) · 1968
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
Star in the Dust
as Sheriff Bill Jorden · 1956
Stage to Thunder Rock
as Dan Carrouthers · 1964
Journey to the Seventh Planet
as Capt. Don Graham · 1962
Johnny Reno
as Ed Tomkins · 1966
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
as Self - (archive footage) · 2021
Attack of the Puppet People
as Bob Westley · 1958
Young Fury
as Dawson · 1964
The Brain from Planet Arous
as Steve March · 1957
The Woman on Pier 13
as Don Lowry · 1950
Woman of the North Country
as David Powell · 1952
Waco
as George Gates · 1966
Curse of the Swamp Creature
as Barry Rogers · 1968
The Mole People
as Dr. Roger Bentley · 1956
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage) · 1997
A Century of Science Fiction
as Self · 1996
Fall Girl
as Joe McElroy · 1961
Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy
as Self · 1991
Flesh and the Spur
as Luke Random · 1956
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
as Dr. Farrell · 1966
The Naked Monster
as Dr. Clete Ferguson · 2005
The Vampire Hunters Club
as Reggie · 2001
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
as George Hastings · 1957
Fear
as Leonard Scott Levy · 1990
Invasion of Privacy
as Old Convict · 1992
Of Love and Desire
as Gus Cole · 1963
Shield for Murder
as Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster · 1954
Bait
as Ray Brighton · 1954
Zontar: The Thing from Venus
as Dr. Curt Taylor · 1967
Ride a Violent Mile
as Jeff Donner · 1957
Divided We Fall
as Yankee Officer · 1982
Monster Invaders from Space
as Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage) · 2018
The Young and the Brave
as Intelligence Captain · 1963
Mr. No Legs
as Police Capt. Hathaway · 1978
Hold Back Tomorrow
as Joe Cardos · 1955
The Perfect Bride
as Gramps · 1991
Jet Attack
as Capt. Tom Arnett · 1958
Joe Butterfly
as Sgt. Dick Mason · 1957
The Magic Carpet
as Ramoth · 1951
Invisible Invaders
as Maj. Bruce Jay · 1959
Destination Space
as Col. Matthews · 1959
Adventure in Baltimore
as Tom Wade · 1949
Bielefeld Lichtwerk
· 1998
Breakthrough
as Lt. Joe Mallory · 1950
The Rocket Man
as Tom Baxter · 1954
Hand of Death
as Alex Marsh · 1962
How's Your Love Life?
as Police Lt. Rafferty · 1971
Perfect Victims
as Dog-Walking Neighbor · 1988
Cavalry Command
as Sgt. Judd Norcutt · 1958
Frontier Gun
as Sheriff Jim Crayle · 1958
Creepy Classics
as Bob Westley - (archive footage) · 1987
Raymie
as Ike Burroughs · 1960
Man of Conflict
as Ray Compton · 1953
Night Fright
as Sheriff Clint Crawford · 1967
The Lonesome Trail
as Johnny Rush · 1955
The Golden Mistress
as Bill Buchanan · 1954
Hell Raiders
as Maj. Ronald Paxton · 1969