John Agar
Acting
Born: January 31, 1921 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: April 7, 2002 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
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
King Kong
1976
Nightbreed
1990
Fort Apache
1948
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
Body Bags
1993
Miracle Mile
1989
Tarantula
1955
The Twilight Zone
1985
Big Jake
1971
Charlie's Angels
1976
Chisum
1970
Highway to Heaven
1984
Photos (4)
Movies (65)
King Kong
City Official
Nightbreed
Gas Station Attendant / Victim
Body Bags
Dr. Lang
Chisum
Amos Patton
Fort Apache
2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Lt. Flint Cohill
The Undefeated
Christian
Miracle Mile
Ivan Peters
Big Jake
Bert Ryan
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Dion O'Bannion
Sands of Iwo Jima
PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway
Tarantula
Dr. Matt Hastings
Revenge of the Creature
Prof. Clete Ferguson
Invasion of Privacy
Old Convict
Along the Great Divide
Billy Shear
The Mole People
Dr. Roger Bentley
The Brain from Planet Arous
Steve March
Star in the Dust
Sheriff Bill Jorden
Law of the Lawless
Pete Stone
Bait
Ray Brighton
Johnny Reno
Ed Tomkins
Young Fury
Dawson
Flesh and the Spur
Luke Random
Journey to the Seventh Planet
Capt. Don Graham
Fear
Leonard Scott Levy
Attack of the Puppet People
Bob Westley
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
Dr. Farrell
Stage to Thunder Rock
Dan Carrouthers
Waco
George Gates
Zontar: The Thing from Venus
Dr. Curt Taylor
Shield for Murder
Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster
Creepy Classics
Bob Westley - (archive footage)
Jet Attack
Capt. Tom Arnett
Invisible Invaders
Maj. Bruce Jay
The Lonesome Trail
Johnny Rush
The Magic Carpet
Ramoth
Joe Butterfly
Sgt. Dick Mason
The Young and the Brave
Intelligence Captain
Night Fright
Sheriff Clint Crawford
The Naked Monster
Dr. Clete Ferguson
Curse of the Swamp Creature
Barry Rogers
Perfect Victims
Dog-Walking Neighbor
Adventure in Baltimore
Tom Wade
The Woman on Pier 13
Don Lowry
Frontier Gun
Sheriff Jim Crayle
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
George Hastings
Raymie
Ike Burroughs
Breakthrough
Lt. Joe Mallory
Divided We Fall
Yankee Officer
Mr. No Legs
Police Capt. Hathaway
Hand of Death
Alex Marsh
Ride a Violent Mile
Jeff Donner
Hell Raiders
Maj. Ronald Paxton
The Golden Mistress
Bill Buchanan
Woman of the North Country
David Powell
The Rocket Man
Tom Baxter
The Perfect Bride
Gramps
Fall Girl
Joe McElroy
Monster Invaders from Space
Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage)
Destination Space
Col. Matthews
Of Love and Desire
Gus Cole
How's Your Love Life?
Police Lt. Rafferty
Hold Back Tomorrow
Joe Cardos
Cavalry Command
Sgt. Judd Norcutt
Bielefeld Lichtwerk
1998
TV Shows (17)
Perry Mason
Kenneth Baxter · 1 eps
The Virginian
Tom Anders · 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
Col. Blaylock · 1 eps
Climax!
Larry Dorrant · 1 eps
Rawhide
Mike Anderson · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Bert Walker · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
(segment "A Day in Beaumont") · 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
1 eps
Bat Masterson
Sam Phelps · 1 eps
Family Affair
1 eps
Police Story
Hammack · 1 eps
Branded
1 eps
Hondo
1 eps
General Electric Theater
Marvin Potter · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Lloyd · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Otis Tack · 1 eps
Delphi Bureau
1 eps
Self / Appearances (5)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
A Century of Science Fiction
Self
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self (archive footage)