Biography

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

The Killing

Marvin Unger

How the West Was Won

Huggins (uncredited)

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court

Bend of the River

Jeremy Baile

Cat Ballou

Sheriff Cardigan

The Wild One

Sheriff Stew Singer

Winchester '73

Sergeant Wilkes

They Live by Night

Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield