Actor
Selmer Jackson: Movies & Box Office
- films
- 172
- on screen
- 1930–1984
- box office
- $14.2K
Career at a glance
Selmer Jackson's Career in Numbers
Selmer Jackson's films in numbers — as an actor, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres Selmer Jackson works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from Lovin’ the Ladies (1930) to Going Hollywood: The ’30s (1984), and the 1940s were the busiest decade.
Selmer Jackson Movies by Decade
- 1930s 72
- 1940s 82
- 1950s 15
- 1960s 2
- 1980s 1
The 1940s were Selmer Jackson's busiest decade, with 82 films.
Selmer Jackson Movies by Genre
- Drama 42
- Comedy 31
- Crime 28
- Romance 18
- Adventure 10
- Mystery 10
- Music 9
- Western 4
- Thriller 4
- Action 4
Drama is the genre Selmer Jackson has worked in most, with 42 films, ahead of comedy (31).
Selmer Jackson Career Milestones
- First film
- Lovin’ the Ladies 1930
- Biggest box office hit
- A Night at the Opera $8.95K worldwide
- Newest film
- Going Hollywood: The ’30s 1984
172 credits
Selmer Jackson Filmography: Every Movie
Every film Selmer Jackson is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.
Order by
- 1984
Going Hollywood: The ’30s as (archive footage) · Documentary - 1963
The Wheeler Dealers as Businessman (uncredited) · Comedy - 1960
The Gallant Hours War - 1959
The Atomic Submarine as Admiral Terhune · Sci-Fi - 1958
The Lost Missile as The Secretary of State · Sci-Fi - 1956
Autumn Leaves as Mr. Wetherby · Drama - 1955
Devil Goddess as Prof. Carl Blakely · Adventure - 1953
Jack McCall, Desperado as Col. Brand · Western - 1952
We’re Not Married! as Chaplain Hall (uncredited) · Romance - 1952
Young Man with Ideas as Merritt Crayton - Attorney (uncredited) · Drama - 1952
Deadline - U.S.A. as Williams (uncredited) · Drama Worldwide box office: $5.23K - 1951
Elopement as Dr. Halsey (uncredited) · Comedy - 1951
That’s My Boy as Doc Hunter · Comedy - 1951
Bowery Battalion as Col. Masters · Comedy - 1950
The Flying Missile as Col. Halliburton · Drama - 1950
Lucky Losers as David Thurston · Comedy - 1950
No Man of Her Own as Minister (uncredited) · Crime - 1950
Mark of the Gorilla as Warden Frank R. Bentley · Adventure - 1949
Sorrowful Jones as Doctor (uncredited) · Comedy - 1949
The Fountainhead as Cortlandt Official (uncredited) · Drama - 1949
Tulsa as Oilman (uncredited) · Drama - 1948
Every Girl Should Be Married as Clergyman (uncredited) · Romance - 1948
The Dark Past as Warden Benson (uncredited) · Crime - 1948
The Girl from Manhattan as Dr. Moseby · Comedy - 1948
Pitfall as Ed Brawley · Crime - 1948
Dream Girl as Judge Jed Allerton · Comedy - 1948
Blonde Ice as District Attorney Ed Chalmers · Drama - 1948
Stage Struck as Mr. Howard · Crime - 1948
The Fuller Brush Man as Henry Seward (uncredited) · Adventure - 1947
High Wall as Police Insp. Harding (uncredited) · Crime - 1947
Key Witness as Edward Clemmons · Crime - 1947
Magic Town as Stringer · Romance - 1947
The Pretender as Charles Lennox · Drama - 1947
The Thirteenth Hour as Judge William B. Collins · Crime - 1946
San Quentin as Rev. Eckles (uncredited) · Crime - 1946
Boston Blackie and the Law as Warden Lund · Mystery - 1946
Wife Wanted as Lowell Cornell · Crime - 1946
The Time of Their Lives as Mr. Dibbs - Museum Curator (uncredited) · Comedy - 1946
The Glass Alibi as Dr. Lawson · Crime - 1946
Mysterious Intruder as Dr. Connell (Uncredited) · Crime - 1946
Shock as Dr. Blair · Thriller - 1945
Allotment Wives as Deacon Sam · Drama - 1945
Purity Squad as Darles F. Peters (uncredited) · Crime - 1945
This Love of Ours as Dr. Melnik · Drama - 1945
First Yank into Tokyo as Col. Blaine (uncredited) · War - 1945
Out of This World as Doctor · Romance - 1945
Thrill of a Romance as 2nd Hotel Clerk (uncredited) · Music - 1945
Circumstantial Evidence as Warden · Drama - 1944
Patrolling the Ether as Chief of Radio Intelligence Division · Crime - 1943
Around the World as Consul · Music - 1943
Guadalcanal Diary as Col. Thompson (uncredited) · War - 1943
Flight for Freedom as Sea Captain (archive footage) (uncredited) · Drama - 1943
It Ain’t Hay as Grant · Comedy - 1943
Margin for Error as Medical Examiner · Crime - 1942
Madame Spy as Harrison K. Woods · Drama - 1942
Get Hep to Love as George Arnold, Insurance Man · Music - 1942
Cairo as Ship Captain (uncredited) · Music - 1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Sersen · Drama - 1942
My Favorite Spy as Minister at Wedding · Comedy - 1942
Powder Town as Mr. Tuttle (uncredited) · Comedy - 1942
The Falcon Takes Over as Laird Burnett (Uncredited) · Mystery - 1942
Miss Annie Rooney as Mr. Thomas · Drama - 1942
Meet the Stewarts as Club Member (uncredited) · Comedy - 1942
Secret Agent of Japan as American Navy Captain · Romance - 1942
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx as Judge · Mystery - 1942
Joe Smith, American as Hospital Doctor (uncredited) · Thriller - 1942
A Date with the Falcon as Mr. Wallis (uncredited) · Crime - 1941
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as Army Officer · Crime - 1941
Remember the Day as Graham · Drama - 1941
Devil Pays Off as Adm. Curtiss · Crime - 1941
Parachute Battalion as Thomas Morse · Romance - 1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Board Member (uncredited) · Comedy - 1941
The Shepherd of the Hills as Doctor (uncredited) · Drama - 1941
Gangs Inc. as District Attorney · Crime - 1941
Love Crazy as Doctor at Susan's Apartment (uncredited) · Romance - 1941
She Knew All the Answers as Broker · Comedy - 1941
Meet John Doe as Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited) · Comedy - 1941
Back Street as Arthur the butler · Drama - 1941
Buck Privates as Capt. Johnson (uncredited) · Comedy - 1941
Play Girl as Fred Dice · Music - 1940
Santa Fe Trail as Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited) · Western - 1940
Lady with Red Hair as Henry DeMille · Drama - 1940
Gallant Sons as Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited) · Mystery - 1940
The Ape as Dr. McNulty · Mystery - 1940
Brigham Young as Caleb Kent · Western - 1940
City for Conquest as Doctor · Drama - 1940
No Time for Comedy as First-Nighter (uncredited) · Comedy - 1940
Hired Wife as Hudson (uncredited) · Comedy - 1940
Millionaires in Prison as Dr. Harry Lindsay · Crime - 1940
Sailor’s Lady as Executive Officer · Comedy - 1940
Babies for Sale as Arthur Kingsley · Drama - 1940
Murder in the Air as Dr. Riddell · Action - 1940
If I Had My Way as Mr. Melville (uncredited) · Family - 1940
Forty Little Mothers as Missing Persons Detective · Drama - 1940
Johnny Apollo as Prison Warden · Romance - 1940
Son of the Navy as Capt. Parker - 1940
The Marines Fly High as Medical Officer · Romance - 1940
Teddy the Rough Rider as John W. Riggs · Documentary - 1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited) · Drama - 1940
The Green Hornet as District Attorney · Adventure - 1939
Invisible Stripes as Police Lieutenant (uncredited) · Drama - 1939
Swanee River as Army Medical Examiner · Drama - 1939
Private Detective as Simmy Sanger · Mystery - 1939
On Dress Parade as Capt. Evans Dover · Drama - 1939
Espionage Agent as Instructor · Drama - 1939
Each Dawn I Die as Editor Patterson (uncredited) · Drama - 1939
Naughty But Nice as Plaintiff's Attorney (uncredited) · Music - 1939
Five Came Back as Airlines Official (uncredited) · Adventure - 1939
Sorority House as Mr. Grant · Romance - 1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Customs Official (uncredited) · Drama - 1939
Union Pacific as Jerome (uncredited) · Western - 1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Doctor · Mystery - 1939
Pacific Liner as San Francisco Port Doctor (uncredited) · Action - 1939
Stand Up and Fight as Whittingham P. Talbot · Drama - 1938
Garden of the Moon as Doctor (uncredited) · Romance - 1938
Secrets of an Actress as Thompson · Drama - 1938
The Missing Guest as Frank Baldrich · Action - 1938
The Chaser as Judge #2 · Drama - 1938
Alexander’s Ragtime Band as Manager Radio Station · Drama - 1938
Midnight Intruder as Judge Hammond · Crime - 1937
You’re Only Young Once as Hoyt Wells · Comedy - 1937
The Westland Case as The Warden · Crime - 1937
West of Shanghai as Harry · Adventure - 1937
The Wrong Road as Judge · Crime - 1937
Meet the Boy Friend as Ned Madison · Romance - 1937
The 13th Man as Andrew Baldwin · Mystery - 1937
Charlie Chan at the Olympics as Navy Commander · Thriller - 1937
Behind The Headlines as J.H. Scott, FBI · Adventure - 1937
A Family Affair as Hoyt Wells · Comedy - 1937
Man Of The People as Governor · Drama - 1936
Three Smart Girls as Hamilton · Comedy - 1936
Wanted: Jane Turner as Ferris - Postal Inspector (uncredited) · Adventure - 1936
Ace Drummond as William Meredith, Sr. · Adventure - 1936
Libeled Lady as Adams the Washington Chronicle Editor (uncredited) · Romance - 1936
My Man Godfrey as Blake (Socialite) (uncredited) · Comedy - 1936
Sing, Baby, Sing as City Editor · Music - 1936
Postal Inspector as Chief Postal Inspector · Action - 1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track as Lansing · Crime - 1936
Public Enemy’s Wife as Duffield · Drama - 1936
Easy Money as D. A. Allen Harrison · Crime - 1936
Revolt of the Zombies as Officer (uncredited) · Horror - 1936
The Singing Kid as J.A. Hanson (uncredited) · Music - 1936
Paddy O’Day as Ship's Officer · Music - 1935
A Night at the Opera as Committeeman (uncredited) · Comedy Worldwide box office: $8.95K - 1935
Grand Exit as District Attorney Cope · Mystery - 1935
Red Salute as Army Officer · Drama - 1935
Broadway Gondolier as Program Director · Comedy - 1935
Don’t Bet on Blondes as Gambler Who Bet $30,000 (Uncredited) · Comedy - 1935
The Murder Man as Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited) · Thriller - 1935
Front Page Woman as Joe Davis · Romance - 1935
Traveling Saleslady as J.C. Scoville · Comedy - 1935
The Best Man Wins as O'Neill - 1934
The Secret Bride as Vincent's Counsel (uncredited) · Drama - 1934
Murder in the Clouds as Radio Announcer (Voice) · Adventure - 1934
The Richest Girl in the World as Dr. Harvey (uncredited) · Romance - 1934
Blind Date as George E. Martin · Comedy - 1934
The Defense Rests as Duffy · Crime - 1934
Fog Over Frisco as Radio Announcer (Uncredited) · Crime - 1934
Sadie McKee as Tiffany Salesman (uncredited) · Drama - 1934
Stand Up and Cheer! as White House Correspondent · Family - 1934
I’ve Got Your Number as Joe, a Gangster · Romance - 1933
Let’s Fall in Love as Barton · Romance - 1933
Picture Snatcher as Joe Chase - Record Editor (uncredited) · Crime - 1933
The Working Man as Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited) · Comedy - 1933
The Little Giant as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) · Crime - 1933
Luxury Liner as Older Man (uncredited) · Drama - 1932
You Said a Mouthful as Jones - Attorney (uncredited) · Comedy - 1932
Three on a Match as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) · Drama - 1932
Big City Blues as Joe (uncredited) · Drama - 1932
Doctor X as Willard Keefe, Daily World Night Editor (Uncredited) · Mystery - 1932
The Mouthpiece as Prison Clerk (Uncredited) · Drama - 1930
Lovin’ the Ladies as George Van Horne · Romance
Works with
Who Selmer Jackson Makes Movies With
The actors and directors Selmer Jackson shares the most films with. Joseph Crehan comes first, with 18 films together, followed by William B. Davidson (12).
FAQ
Selmer Jackson: Questions & Answers
How many movies Selmer Jackson has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.
How many movies has Selmer Jackson been in?
Selmer Jackson is credited on 172 films, from 1930 to 1984. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.
What is Selmer Jackson's highest-grossing movie?
A Night at the Opera (1935) is Selmer Jackson's biggest box office hit, with $8.95K worldwide, ahead of Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) ($5.23K). Across every film with box office figures, Selmer Jackson's movies have made $14.2K.
Selmer Jackson's biggest hits What is Selmer Jackson's newest movie?
The most recent film on Selmer Jackson's filmography is Going Hollywood: The ’30s (1984), in the role of (archive footage).
Who does Selmer Jackson work with most often?
Selmer Jackson shares the most films with Joseph Crehan (18 films), William B. Davidson (12 films) and Ward Bond (11 films).
The Best Selmer Jackson Movies, Ranked
Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 172 credits.
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