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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Agar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Credits
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King KongasCity Official
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Big JakeasBert Ryan
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ChisumasAmos Patton
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Fort Apacheas2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke
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Miracle MileasIvan Peters
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NightbreedasGas Station Attendant / Victim
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The UndefeatedasChristian
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She Wore a Yellow RibbonasLt. Flint Cohill
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TarantulaasDr. Matt Hastings
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Body BagsasDr. Lang
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The St. Valentine's Day MassacreasDion O'Bannion
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WacoasGeorge Gates
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Revenge of the CreatureasProf. Clete Ferguson
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Sands of Iwo JimaasPFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway
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Law of the LawlessasPete Stone
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The Mole PeopleasDr. Roger Bentley
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Johnny RenoasEd Tomkins
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Along the Great DivideasBilly Shear
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Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!asSelf (archive footage)
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The Movie OrgyasSelf (archive footage)
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FearasLeonard Scott Levy
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Attack of the Puppet PeopleasBob Westley
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Adventure in BaltimoreasTom Wade
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Women of the Prehistoric PlanetasDr. Farrell
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Journey to the Seventh PlanetasCapt. Don Graham
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Of Love and DesireasGus Cole
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The Woman on Pier 13asDon Lowry
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Curse of the Swamp CreatureasBarry Rogers
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Creepy ClassicsasBob Westley - (archive footage)
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BreakthroughasLt. Joe Mallory
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BaitasRay Brighton
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The Perfect BrideasGramps
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Frank Capra's American DreamasSelf (archive footage)
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Invisible InvadersasMaj. Bruce Jay
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Invasion of PrivacyasOld Convict
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Jet AttackasCapt. Tom Arnett
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Stage to Thunder RockasDan Carrouthers
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The Brain from Planet ArousasSteve March
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Young FuryasDawson
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A Century of Science FictionasSelf
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Daughter of Dr. JekyllasGeorge Hastings
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Zontar: The Thing from VenusasDr. Curt Taylor
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The Naked MonsterasDr. Clete Ferguson
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The Rocket ManasTom Baxter
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Shield for MurderasDet. Sgt. Mark Brewster
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Perfect VictimsasDog-Walking Neighbor
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RaymieasIke Burroughs
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Night FrightasSheriff Clint Crawford
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Destination SpaceasCol. Matthews
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Joe ButterflyasSgt. Dick Mason
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Flesh and the SpurasLuke Random
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The Magic CarpetasRamoth
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The Golden MistressasBill Buchanan
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Frontier GunasSheriff Jim Crayle
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Mr. No LegsasPolice Captain
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Star in the DustasSheriff Bill Jorden
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Hold Back TomorrowasJoe Cardos
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Woman of the North CountryasDavid Powell
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Man of ConflictasRay Compton
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Hand of DeathasAlex Marsh
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Fall GirlasJoe McElroy
The Vampire Hunters ClubasReggie
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The Lonesome TrailasJohnny Rush
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The Day of the TrumpetasSgt. Judd Norcutt
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The Young and the BraveasIntelligence Captain
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Hell RaidersasMaj. Ronald Paxton
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How's Your Love Life?asPolice Lt. Rafferty
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Ride a Violent MileasJeff Donner
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Monster Invaders from SpaceasDr. Curt Taylor (archive footage)
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Bielefeld Lichtwerkas
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Divided We FallasYankee Officer