John Agar

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.

Cast

The Movie Orgy

(Self (archive footage))

Shield for Murder

(Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster)

Perfect Victims

(Dog-Walking Neighbor)

Big Jake

(Bert Ryan)

Body Bags

(Dr. Lang)

Miracle Mile

(Ivan Peters)

Tarantula

(Dr. Matt Hastings)

The Woman on Pier 13

(Don Lowry)

The Vampire Hunters Club

(Reggie)

Revenge of the Creature

(Prof. Clete Ferguson)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

(Lt. Flint Cohill)

The Naked Monster

(Dr. Clete Ferguson)

The Mole People

(Dr. Roger Bentley)

Zontar: The Thing from Venus

(Dr. Curt Taylor)

Journey to the Seventh Planet

(Capt. Don Graham)

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

(Dion O'Bannion)

The Brain from Planet Arous

(Steve March)

Breakthrough

(Lt. Joe Mallory)

Along the Great Divide

(Billy Shear)

Attack of the Puppet People

(Bob Westley)

Bait

(Ray Brighton)

Mr. No Legs

(Police Captain)

Chisum

(Amos Patton)

Sands of Iwo Jima

(PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway)

The Undefeated

(Christian)

Horrible Horror

(Major Bruce Jay in 'Invisible Invaders')

Creepy Classics

(Bob Westley - (archive footage))

Curse of the Swamp Creature

(Barry Rogers)

The Magic Carpet

(Ramoth)

Invisible Invaders

(Maj. Bruce Jay)

Jet Attack

(Capt. Tom Arnett)

Johnny Reno

(Ed Tomkins)

Hand of Death

(Alex Marsh)

Night Fright

(Sheriff Clint Crawford)

Hell Raiders

(Maj. Ronald Paxton)

Destination Space

(Col. Matthews)

Star in the Dust

(Sheriff Bill Jorden)

The Rocket Man

(Tom Baxter)

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

(George Hastings)

Young Fury

(Dawson)

Law of the Lawless

(Pete Stone)

Divided We Fall

(Yankee Officer)

Flesh and the Spur

(Luke Random)

Adventure in Baltimore

(Tom Wade)

Joe Butterfly

(Sgt. Dick Mason)

King Kong

(City Official)

Fort Apache

(2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke)

Waco

(George Gates)

Women of the Prehistoric Planet

(Dr. Farrell)

Stage to Thunder Rock

(Dan Carrouthers)

The Perfect Bride

(Gramps)

Hold Back Tomorrow

(Joe Cardos)

Of Love and Desire

(Gus Cole)

The Day of the Trumpet

(Sgt. Judd Norcutt)

Raymie

(Ike Burroughs)

Fall Girl

(Joe McElroy)

The Young and the Brave

(Intelligence Captain)

How's Your Love Life?

(Police Lt. Rafferty)

The Golden Mistress

(Bill Buchanan)

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

(Self (archive footage))

The Lonesome Trail

(Johnny Rush)

Invasion of Privacy

(Old Convict)

Fear

(Leonard Scott Levy)

Nightbreed

(Gas Station Attendant / Victim)

Woman of the North Country

(David Powell)

Frontier Gun

(Sheriff Jim Crayle)

Monster Invaders from Space

(Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage))

Man of Conflict

(Ray Compton)

A Century of Science Fiction

(Self)

Frank Capra's American Dream

(Self (archive footage))

Bielefeld Lichtwerk

Ride a Violent Mile

(Jeff Donner)

Family Affair

The Twilight Zone

Highway to Heaven

Charlie's Angels

(Col. Blaylock)

Perry Mason

(Kenneth Baxter)

General Electric Theater

(Marvin Potter)

Rawhide

(Mike Anderson)

The Virginian

(Tom Anders)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

(Otis Tack)

Climax!

(Larry Dorrant)

Hondo

Branded

Bat Masterson

(Sam Phelps)

Letter to Loretta

(Lloyd)

The Name of the Game

(Bert Walker)