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John Agar
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Acting
Birthday
1921-01-31,Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender
Male
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Agar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

6.2

The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01

Shield for Murder

6.6

Shield for Murder
1954-08-27

Perfect Victims

5.2

Perfect Victims
1988-08-18

6.8

Big Jake
1971-05-26

6.1

Body Bags
1993-08-08

6.9

Miracle Mile
1988-05-19

6.5

Tarantula
1955-12-14

The Woman on Pier 13

5.3

The Woman on Pier 13
1950-06-15

The Vampire Hunters Club

0

The Vampire Hunters Club
2001-02-01

Revenge of the Creature

5.667

Revenge of the Creature
1955-05-13

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

6.836

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949-10-22

The Naked Monster

4

The Naked Monster
2005-04-22

The Mole People

5.1

The Mole People
1956-12-01

Zontar: The Thing from Venus

4

Zontar: The Thing from Venus
1967-12-01

Journey to the Seventh Planet

4.8

Journey to the Seventh Planet
1962-03-10

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

6.275

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967-06-30

The Brain from Planet Arous

5

The Brain from Planet Arous
1957-10-01

7

Breakthrough
1950-11-17

Along the Great Divide

7.2

Along the Great Divide
1951-06-02

Attack of the Puppet People

4.967

Attack of the Puppet People
1958-04-01

5.5

Bait
1954-02-24

5.8

Mr. No Legs
1978-05-01

6.7

Chisum
1970-07-23

Sands of Iwo Jima

6.381

Sands of Iwo Jima
1950-01-01

6.2

The Undefeated
1969-10-04

Horrible Horror

7

Horrible Horror
1986-01-01

Creepy Classics

6.3

Creepy Classics
1987-10-01

Curse of the Swamp Creature

2.4

Curse of the Swamp Creature
1968-02-01

The Magic Carpet

4.7

The Magic Carpet
1951-10-18

Invisible Invaders

5

Invisible Invaders
1959-05-15

5.1

Jet Attack
1958-02-15

6.4

Johnny Reno
1966-03-09

4.077

Hand of Death
1962-03-01

2.8

Night Fright
1967-11-01

3

Hell Raiders
1969-06-01

Destination Space

4.2

Destination Space
1959-01-01

Star in the Dust

4.6

Star in the Dust
1956-06-13

6.3

The Rocket Man
1954-04-01

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

5.7

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
1957-06-28

5.6

Young Fury
1964-11-01

Law of the Lawless

6.1

Law of the Lawless
1964-05-13

Divided We Fall

0

Divided We Fall
1982-01-01

Flesh and the Spur

4.8

Flesh and the Spur
1956-09-25

Adventure in Baltimore

4.9

Adventure in Baltimore
1949-04-19

5.8

Joe Butterfly
1957-05-29

6.224

King Kong
1976-09-08

7

Fort Apache
1948-06-14

6.4

Waco
1966-09-01

Women of the Prehistoric Planet

3.7

Women of the Prehistoric Planet
1966-04-14

Stage to Thunder Rock

6

Stage to Thunder Rock
1964-11-11

The Perfect Bride

5.9

The Perfect Bride
1991-06-26

Hold Back Tomorrow

6.3

Hold Back Tomorrow
1955-11-01

Of Love and Desire

5

Of Love and Desire
1963-09-11

The Day of the Trumpet

5

The Day of the Trumpet
1958-01-01

0

Raymie
1960-07-05

0

Fall Girl
1961-10-24

The Young and the Brave

5.8

The Young and the Brave
1963-08-01

How's Your Love Life?

2

How's Your Love Life?
1971-08-13

The Golden Mistress

5

The Golden Mistress
1954-10-29

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

4

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021-02-13

The Lonesome Trail

7.5

The Lonesome Trail
1955-07-01

Invasion of Privacy

2.7

Invasion of Privacy
1992-12-07

6.1

Fear
1990-07-15

6.4

Nightbreed
1990-02-16

Woman of the North Country

4.5

Woman of the North Country
1952-07-23

6

Frontier Gun
1958-10-31

Monster Invaders from Space

4

Monster Invaders from Space
2018-08-30

Man of Conflict

5

Man of Conflict
1953-11-04

A Century of Science Fiction

6.9

A Century of Science Fiction
1996-01-01

Frank Capra's American Dream

6.2

Frank Capra's American Dream
1997-01-01

Bielefeld Lichtwerk

0

Bielefeld Lichtwerk
1998-02-24

Ride a Violent Mile

4

Ride a Violent Mile
1957-11-24

6.6

Family Affair
1966-09-12

The Twilight Zone

7.7

The Twilight Zone
1985-09-27

Highway to Heaven

7.401

Highway to Heaven
1984-09-19

Charlie's Angels

6.646

Charlie's Angels
1976-09-22

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

General Electric Theater

5.5

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

7

Rawhide
1959-01-09

6.429

The Virginian
1962-09-19

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

6.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

2.7

Climax!
1954-10-07

6.2

Hondo
1967-09-08

6.4

Branded
1965-01-24

6.3

Bat Masterson
1958-10-08

Letter to Loretta

5.8

Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20

The Name of the Game

6.8

The Name of the Game
1968-09-20