Name
John Agar
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1921-01-31
Deathday
2002-04-07 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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).
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- 1968 The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- 1954 Shield for Murder as Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster
- 1988 Perfect Victims as Dog-Walking Neighbor
- 1971 Big Jake as Bert Ryan
- 1993 Body Bags as Dr. Lang
- 1989 Miracle Mile as Ivan Peters
- 1955 Tarantula as Dr. Matt Hastings
- 1950 The Woman on Pier 13 as Don Lowry
- 2001 The Vampire Hunters Club as Reggie
- 1955 Revenge of the Creature as Prof. Clete Ferguson
- 1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon as Lt. Flint Cohill
- 2005 The Naked Monster as Dr. Clete Ferguson
- 1956 The Mole People as Dr. Roger Bentley
- 1967 Zontar: The Thing from Venus as Dr. Curt Taylor
- 1962 Journey to the Seventh Planet as Capt. Don Graham
- 1967 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Dion O'Bannion
- 1957 The Brain from Planet Arous as Steve March
- 1950 Breakthrough as Lt. Joe Mallory
- 1951 Along the Great Divide as Billy Shear
- 1958 Attack of the Puppet People as Bob Westley
- 1978 Mr. No Legs as Police Capt. Hathaway
- 1954 Bait as Ray Brighton
- 1970 Chisum as Amos Patton
- 1950 Sands of Iwo Jima as PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway
- 1969 The Undefeated as Christian
- 1987 Creepy Classics as Bob Westley - (archive footage)
- 1968 Curse of the Swamp Creature as Barry Rogers
- 1951 The Magic Carpet as Ramoth
- 1959 Invisible Invaders as Maj. Bruce Jay
- 1958 Jet Attack as Capt. Tom Arnett
- 1966 Johnny Reno as Ed Tomkins
- 1962 Hand of Death as Alex Marsh
- 1967 Night Fright as Sheriff Clint Crawford
- 1969 Hell Raiders as Maj. Ronald Paxton
- 1959 Destination Space as Col. Matthews
- 1956 Star in the Dust as Sheriff Bill Jorden
- 1954 The Rocket Man as Tom Baxter
- 1957 Daughter of Dr. Jekyll as George Hastings
- 1964 Young Fury as Dawson
- 1964 Law of the Lawless as Pete Stone
- 1982 Divided We Fall as Yankee Officer
- 1956 Flesh and the Spur as Luke Random
- 1949 Adventure in Baltimore as Tom Wade
- 1957 Joe Butterfly as Sgt. Dick Mason
- 1976 King Kong as City Official
- 1948 Fort Apache as 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke
- 1966 Waco as George Gates
- 1966 Women of the Prehistoric Planet as Dr. Farrell
- 1964 Stage to Thunder Rock as Dan Carrouthers
- 1991 The Perfect Bride as Gramps
- 1955 Hold Back Tomorrow as Joe Cardos
- 1963 Of Love and Desire as Gus Cole
- 1958 Cavalry Command as Sgt. Judd Norcutt
- 1960 Raymie as Ike Burroughs
- 1961 Fall Girl as Joe McElroy
- 1963 The Young and the Brave as Intelligence Captain
- 1971 How's Your Love Life? as Police Lt. Rafferty
- 1954 The Golden Mistress as Bill Buchanan
- 2021 Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self (archive footage)
- 1955 The Lonesome Trail as Johnny Rush
- 1992 Invasion of Privacy as Old Convict
- 1990 Fear as Leonard Scott Levy
- 1990 Nightbreed as Gas Station Attendant / Victim
- 1952 Woman of the North Country as David Powell
- 1958 Frontier Gun as Sheriff Jim Crayle
- 2018 Monster Invaders from Space as Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage)
- 1953 Man of Conflict as Ray Compton
- 1996 A Century of Science Fiction as Self
- 1997 Frank Capra's American Dream as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 Bielefeld Lichtwerk
- 1957 Ride a Violent Mile as Jeff Donner
- 2021 Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 1991 Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy as Self
- 1966 Family Affair ( 1 episode )
- 1985 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
- 1984 Highway to Heaven ( 1 episode )
- 1976 Charlie's Angels ( 1 episode ) as Col. Blaylock
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Kenneth Baxter
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Marvin Potter
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Mike Anderson
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Tom Anders
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Otis Tack
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Larry Dorrant
- 1967 Hondo ( 1 episode )
- 1965 Branded ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Bat Masterson ( 1 episode ) as Sam Phelps
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Lloyd
- 1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Bert Walker
- 1972 Delphi Bureau ( 1 episode )
- 1973 Police Story ( 1 episode ) as Hammack
