Cast
John Agar
Acting
Cast
John Agar
Known for
Acting
Born
1921-01-31
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
2002-04-07
Also known as John George Agar Jr.
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.
Fort Apache
as 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke
King Kong
as City Official
Chisum
as Amos Patton
The Undefeated
as Christian
Miracle Mile
as Ivan Peters
Big Jake
as Bert Ryan
Nightbreed
as Gas Station Attendant / Victim
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Lt. Flint Cohill
Fear
as Leonard Scott Levy
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Dion O'Bannion
Body Bags
as Dr. Lang
Jet Attack
as Capt. Tom Arnett
Sands of Iwo Jima
as PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway
Young Fury
as Dawson
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
The Mole People
as Dr. Roger Bentley
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self (archive footage)
Star in the Dust
as Sheriff Bill Jorden
Creepy Classics
as Bob Westley - (archive footage)
Tarantula
as Dr. Matt Hastings
Along the Great Divide
as Billy Shear
Revenge of the Creature
as Prof. Clete Ferguson
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
Stage to Thunder Rock
as Dan Carrouthers
The Perfect Bride
as Gramps
Mr. No Legs
as Police Capt. Hathaway
Johnny Reno
as Ed Tomkins
Shield for Murder
as Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster
Joe Butterfly
as Sgt. Dick Mason
Hand of Death
as Alex Marsh
Waco
as George Gates
Perfect Victims
as Dog-Walking Neighbor
Frontier Gun
as Sheriff Jim Crayle
Breakthrough
as Lt. Joe Mallory
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
as Dr. Farrell
The Vampire Hunters Club
as Reggie
Bait
as Ray Brighton
Invisible Invaders
as Maj. Bruce Jay
The Brain from Planet Arous
as Steve March
Curse of the Swamp Creature
as Barry Rogers
The Naked Monster
as Dr. Clete Ferguson
Adventure in Baltimore
as Tom Wade
The Magic Carpet
as Ramoth
A Century of Science Fiction
as Self
Law of the Lawless
as Pete Stone
Attack of the Puppet People
as Bob Westley
Journey to the Seventh Planet
as Capt. Don Graham
Zontar: The Thing from Venus
as Dr. Curt Taylor
Woman of the North Country
as David Powell
The Rocket Man
as Tom Baxter
The Woman on Pier 13
as Don Lowry
Invasion of Privacy
as Old Convict
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
as George Hastings
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
Raymie
as Ike Burroughs
The Lonesome Trail
as Johnny Rush
Destination Space
as Col. Matthews
Flesh and the Spur
as Luke Random
Hell Raiders
as Maj. Ronald Paxton
Ride a Violent Mile
as Jeff Donner
Man of Conflict
as Ray Compton
Divided We Fall
as Yankee Officer
The Young and the Brave
as Intelligence Captain
How's Your Love Life?
as Police Lt. Rafferty
The Golden Mistress
as Bill Buchanan
Monster Invaders from Space
as Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage)
Cavalry Command
as Sgt. Judd Norcutt
Of Love and Desire
as Gus Cole
Night Fright
as Sheriff Clint Crawford
Fall Girl
as Joe McElroy
Hold Back Tomorrow
as Joe Cardos
