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John Agar

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1921-01-31

Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Century of Science Fiction

A Century of Science Fiction

1996

6.9

Movie
Adventure in Baltimore

Adventure in Baltimore

1949

4.9

Movie
Along the Great Divide

Along the Great Divide

1951

7.2

Movie
Attack of the Puppet People

Attack of the Puppet People

1958

5.0

Movie
Bait

Bait

1954

5.5

Movie
poster

Bat Masterson

1958

6.1

TV
Bielefeld Lichtwerk

Bielefeld Lichtwerk

1998

0.0

Movie
Big Jake

Big Jake

1971

6.9

Movie
Body Bags

Body Bags

1993

6.1

Movie
poster

Branded

1965

6.4

TV
Breakthrough

Breakthrough

1950

7.0

Movie
poster

Charlie's Angels

1976

6.7

TV
Chisum

Chisum

1970

6.7

Movie
poster

Climax!

1954

3.0

TV
Creepy Classics

Creepy Classics

1987

6.3

Movie
Curse of the Swamp Creature

Curse of the Swamp Creature

1968

2.4

Movie
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

1957

5.7

Movie
Destination Space

Destination Space

1959

4.2

Movie
Divided We Fall

Divided We Fall

1982

0.0

Movie
Fall Girl

Fall Girl

1961

0.0

Movie
poster

Family Affair

1966

6.6

TV
Fear

Fear

1990

6.1

Movie
Flesh and the Spur

Flesh and the Spur

1956

4.8

Movie
Fort Apache

Fort Apache

1948

7.0

Movie
Frank Capra's American Dream

Frank Capra's American Dream

1997

6.2

Movie
Frontier Gun

Frontier Gun

1958

6.0

Movie
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

6.0

TV
Hand of Death

Hand of Death

1962

4.1

Movie
Hell Raiders

Hell Raiders

1969

3.0

Movie
poster

Highway to Heaven

1984

7.4

TV
Hold Back Tomorrow

Hold Back Tomorrow

1955

6.3

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

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

2021

4.0

Movie
poster

Hondo

1967

6.5

TV
How's Your Love Life?

How's Your Love Life?

1971

2.0

Movie
Invasion of Privacy

Invasion of Privacy

1992

2.7

Movie
Invisible Invaders

Invisible Invaders

1959

5.0

Movie
Jet Attack

Jet Attack

1958

5.1

Movie
Joe Butterfly

Joe Butterfly

1957

5.8

Movie
Johnny Reno

Johnny Reno

1966

6.3

Movie
Journey to the Seventh Planet

Journey to the Seventh Planet

1962

4.8

Movie
King Kong

King Kong

1976

6.2

Movie
Law of the Lawless

Law of the Lawless

1964

6.1

Movie
poster

Letter to Loretta

1953

6.2

TV
Man of Conflict

Man of Conflict

1953

5.0

Movie
Miracle Mile

Miracle Mile

1989

7.0

Movie
Monster Invaders from Space

Monster Invaders from Space

2018

4.0

Movie
Mr. No Legs

Mr. No Legs

1978

5.8

Movie
Night Fright

Night Fright

1967

2.7

Movie
Nightbreed

Nightbreed

1990

6.4

Movie
Of Love and Desire

Of Love and Desire

1963

5.0

Movie
Perfect Victims

Perfect Victims

1988

5.2

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
poster

Rawhide

1959

7.2

TV
Raymie

Raymie

1960

0.0

Movie
Revenge of the Creature

Revenge of the Creature

1955

5.7

Movie
Ride a Violent Mile

Ride a Violent Mile

1957

4.0

Movie
Sands of Iwo Jima

Sands of Iwo Jima

1950

6.3

Movie
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.0

TV
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949

6.9

Movie
Shield for Murder

Shield for Murder

1954

6.6

Movie
Stage to Thunder Rock

Stage to Thunder Rock

1964

6.0

Movie
Star in the Dust

Star in the Dust

1956

4.5

Movie
Tarantula

Tarantula

1955

6.5

Movie
The Brain from Planet Arous

The Brain from Planet Arous

1957

5.0

Movie
The Day of the Trumpet

The Day of the Trumpet

1958

5.0

Movie
The Golden Mistress

The Golden Mistress

1954

5.0

Movie
The Lonesome Trail

The Lonesome Trail

1955

7.5

Movie
The Magic Carpet

The Magic Carpet

1951

4.7

Movie
The Mole People

The Mole People

1956

5.1

Movie
The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy

1968

6.5

Movie
The Naked Monster

The Naked Monster

2005

4.0

Movie
poster

The Name of the Game

1968

6.8

TV
The Perfect Bride

The Perfect Bride

1991

5.9

Movie
The Rocket Man

The Rocket Man

1954

6.3

Movie
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967

6.3

Movie
poster

The Twilight Zone

1985

7.7

TV
The Undefeated

The Undefeated

1969

6.2

Movie
The Vampire Hunters Club

The Vampire Hunters Club

2001

0.0

Movie
poster

The Virginian

1962

6.4

TV
The Woman on Pier 13

The Woman on Pier 13

1950

5.3

Movie
The Young and the Brave

The Young and the Brave

1963

5.9

Movie
Waco

Waco

1966

6.4

Movie
Woman of the North Country

Woman of the North Country

1952

4.5

Movie
Women of the Prehistoric Planet

Women of the Prehistoric Planet

1966

3.7

Movie
Young Fury

Young Fury

1964

5.4

Movie
Zontar: The Thing from Venus

Zontar: The Thing from Venus

1967

4.1

Movie