Jay C. Flippen (March 6, 1899 — February 3, 1971) was an American character actor, who often played police officers or weary criminals in many movies of the 1940s and 50s.

KNOWN FOR

Bonanza
1963
Ironside
1967
Climax!
1955
The Virginian
1966
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1962
Rawhide
1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
The Name of the Game
1968
Route 66
1960
Burke's Law
1963
Gunsmoke
1964
That Girl
1967

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
101
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1971
The Seven Minutes
as Luther Yerkes
1971
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
as Sheriff Ben
1971
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)
1970
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Pawnbroker
1969
Judd, for the Defense
1969
Bracken's World
1969
The Name of the Game
as Zack Witten
1968
Firecreek
as Mr. Pittman
1968
Hellfighters
as Jack Lomax
1968
The Sound of Anger
as Judge Prentiss
1968
The Name of the Game
as Grover
1967
The Spirit Is Willing
as Mother
1967
That Girl
1967
Ironside
1967
The Virginian
as Asa Keogh
1966
Fame Is the Name of the Game
as Dizzy Shaner
1966
The Virginian
as Pa Colby
1965
Cat Ballou
as Sheriff Cardigan
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
1965
Vacation Playhouse
as Cappy Skidmore
1965
Rawhide
as Bigger Seton
1964
Looking for Love
as Ralph Front
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Hugh Ramsey
1964
Gunsmoke
as Owney
1964
Rawhide
as Sergeant Shaler
1964
Burke's Law
as Lieutenant Grogan
1963
Burke's Law
as Bill, the Desk Sergeant
1963
Bonanza
as Barney Fuller
1962
How the West Was Won
as Huggins (uncredited)
1962
Six Gun Law
1962
Bus Stop
1962
Ensign O'Toole
as Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson
1962
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Happy Spangler
1960
Wild River
as Hamilton Garth
1960
The Plunderers
as Sheriff McCauley
1960
Studs Lonigan
as Father Gilhooey
1960
Route 66
1960
Thriller
as Harry Gans
1960
Johnny Ringo
as Jay C. Flippen
1959
Rawhide
as Marshal Lindstrom
1958
From Hell to Texas
as Jake Leffertfinger
1958
No Time at All
as Happy Gallant
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Chute Wilson
1958
Playhouse 90
as Happy Gallant
1957
Night Passage
as Ben Kimball
1957
The Halliday Brand
as Chad Burris
1957
Run of the Arrow
as Walking Coyote
1957
Jet Pilot
as Maj. Gen. Black
1957
The Midnight Story
as Sgt. Jack Gillen
1957
Hot Summer Night
as Oren Kobble
1957
The Deerslayer
as Old Tom Hutter
1957
The Restless Breed
as Marshal Steve Evans
1957
Escape from Red Rock
as Sheriff John Costaine
1957
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Lt. Ross Qualen
1957
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1957
Climax!
as Ed Bagley
1957
Climax!
as Happy
1956
The Killing
as Marvin Unger
1956
7th Cavalry
as Sgt. Bates
1956
The King and Four Queens
as Bartender
1956
Climax!
as Detective
1955
Oklahoma!
as Skidmore
1955
Six Bridges to Cross
as Vincent Concannon
1955
Man Without a Star
as Strap Davis
1955
Strategic Air Command
as Tom Doyle
1955
It's Always Fair Weather
as Charles Z. Culloran
1955
Kismet
as Jawan
1955
Lux Video Theatre
as Mr. Lavery
1955
Climax!
as Joe
1954
Carnival Story
as Charley Grayson
1954
The Far Country
as Rube
1953
Thunder Bay
as Kermit MacDonald
1953
Devil's Canyon
as Jack Wells
1953
East of Sumatra
as Mac
1953
The Wild One
as Sheriff Stew Singer
1952
The Las Vegas Story
as Capt. H.A. Harris
1952
Bend of the River
as Jeremy Baile
1952
Woman of the North Country
as Axel Nordlund
1951
The Lemon Drop Kid
as Straight Flush Tony
1951
The People Against O'Hara
as Sven Norson
1951
Flying Leathernecks
as MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief
1951
The Lady from Texas
as Sheriff Mike McShane
1951
The Model and the Marriage Broker
as Dan Chancellor
1950
Winchester '73
as Sergeant Wilkes
1950
Love That Brute
as Biff Sage
1950
Buccaneer's Girl
as Jared Hawkins
1950
Two Flags West
as Terrance Duey
1950
The Yellow Cab Man
as Hugo
1949
They Live by Night
as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
1949
A Woman's Secret
as Police Insp. Jim Fowler
1949
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Luke Sewell
1949
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
as Lippy Brannigan
1949
Trapped
as Bartender (uncredited)
1947
Brute Force
as Hodges (guard)
1947
Intrigue
as Mike, the bartender
1936
Flippen's Frolics
1934
Marie Galante
as Sailor in Bar
1934
Million Dollar Ransom
as Singer (Uncredited)
1928
The Ham What Am
as Himself