
John Agar
Acting
1921-01-31 - Present
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).
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Credits

King KongasCity Official

Big JakeasBert Ryan

ChisumasAmos Patton

Fort Apacheas2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke

Miracle MileasIvan Peters

NightbreedasGas Station Attendant / Victim

The UndefeatedasChristian

She Wore a Yellow RibbonasLt. Flint Cohill

TarantulaasDr. Matt Hastings

Body BagsasDr. Lang

The St. Valentine's Day MassacreasDion O'Bannion

WacoasGeorge Gates

Revenge of the CreatureasProf. Clete Ferguson

Sands of Iwo JimaasPFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway

Law of the LawlessasPete Stone

The Mole PeopleasDr. Roger Bentley

Johnny RenoasEd Tomkins

Along the Great DivideasBilly Shear

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!asSelf (archive footage)

The Movie OrgyasSelf (archive footage)

FearasLeonard Scott Levy

Attack of the Puppet PeopleasBob Westley

Adventure in BaltimoreasTom Wade

Women of the Prehistoric PlanetasDr. Farrell

Journey to the Seventh PlanetasCapt. Don Graham

Of Love and DesireasGus Cole

The Woman on Pier 13asDon Lowry

Curse of the Swamp CreatureasBarry Rogers

Creepy ClassicsasBob Westley - (archive footage)

BreakthroughasLt. Joe Mallory

BaitasRay Brighton

The Perfect BrideasGramps

Frank Capra's American DreamasSelf (archive footage)

Invisible InvadersasMaj. Bruce Jay

Invasion of PrivacyasOld Convict

Jet AttackasCapt. Tom Arnett

Stage to Thunder RockasDan Carrouthers

The Brain from Planet ArousasSteve March

Young FuryasDawson

A Century of Science FictionasSelf

Daughter of Dr. JekyllasGeorge Hastings

Zontar: The Thing from VenusasDr. Curt Taylor

The Naked MonsterasDr. Clete Ferguson

The Rocket ManasTom Baxter

Shield for MurderasDet. Sgt. Mark Brewster

Perfect VictimsasDog-Walking Neighbor

RaymieasIke Burroughs

Night FrightasSheriff Clint Crawford

Destination SpaceasCol. Matthews

Joe ButterflyasSgt. Dick Mason

Flesh and the SpurasLuke Random

The Magic CarpetasRamoth

The Golden MistressasBill Buchanan

Frontier GunasSheriff Jim Crayle

Mr. No LegsasPolice Captain

Star in the DustasSheriff Bill Jorden

Hold Back TomorrowasJoe Cardos

Woman of the North CountryasDavid Powell

Man of ConflictasRay Compton

Hand of DeathasAlex Marsh

Fall GirlasJoe McElroy
The Vampire Hunters ClubasReggie

The Lonesome TrailasJohnny Rush

The Day of the TrumpetasSgt. Judd Norcutt

The Young and the BraveasIntelligence Captain

Hell RaidersasMaj. Ronald Paxton

How's Your Love Life?asPolice Lt. Rafferty

Ride a Violent MileasJeff Donner

Monster Invaders from SpaceasDr. Curt Taylor (archive footage)

Bielefeld Lichtwerkas

Divided We FallasYankee Officer