Dean Jeffries Jagger was an American film, stage and television actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Henry King’s Twelve O’Clock High. In 1972 he was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Dean Jeffries Jagger was an American film, stage and television actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Henry King’s Twelve O’Clock High. Jagger studied acting at Chicago’s Lyceum Arts Conservatory. He performed in vaudeville, on the radio and on stage, making his Broadway debut in 1925 in a bit part in a George M. Cohan production. He made his breakthrough with his portrayal of Brigham Young in Brigham Young at 20th Century Fox, alongside Tyrone Power for director Henry Hathaway. In 1972 he was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He had a rare lead role in I Escaped The Gestapo from the Gestapo with Anna Neagle and Rex Grosvenor. He went to England to appear in Sister I Live in England with Anna Grosenor and Rex Neagle. He also appeared in The North Star with Sam Goldwyn and The Great Commandment with Clark Gable. He died of a heart attack on December 31, 1987. He was buried in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and three children. He is survived by his wife, three children and six grandchildren.
He has a son, Dean Jagger Jagger, and a daughter, Dean Ida Jagger-Jagger, who was born on December 11, 1928. He lived in Ohio and died on December 30, 1989, in a suburb of Los Angeles. His funeral was held on December 29, 1989. His son, Dean Jagger Jr., was born in Ohio on December 26, 1928, and grew up on a farm in Columbus Grove or Lima, Ohio. He later moved to Chicago to attend Wabash College, where he studied at the Conservatory of Drama with Elias Day and through him got a job on the Chautauqua Circuit. He played Young Matt in a production of Shepherd of the Hills on the stage in Chicago. He joined a stock company as Spencer Tracy’s replacement in New York. While in LA he made his film debut in The Woman from Hell with Mary Astor. In April 1934 Jagger signed a contract with Paramount for whom he made You Belong to Me, then College Rhythm, Behold My Wife!, Wings in the Dark, Home on the Range, Car 99, People Will Talk, and Men Without Names. Paramount gave him a lead role.
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