1921-01-31 Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies | Self - (archive footage) | 2021-09-28 |
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Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! | Self (archive footage) | 2021-02-13 |
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Monster Invaders from Space | Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage) | 2018-08-30 |
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The Naked Monster | Dr. Clete Ferguson | 2005-04-22 |
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The Vampire Hunters Club | Reggie | 2001-02-01 |
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Bielefeld Lichtwerk | 1998-02-24 | |
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Frank Capra's American Dream | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-01 |
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A Century of Science Fiction | Self | 1996-01-01 |
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Body Bags | Dr. Lang | 1993-08-08 |
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Invasion of Privacy | Old Convict | 1992-12-07 |
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The Perfect Bride | Gramps | 1991-06-26 |
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Fear | Leonard Scott Levy | 1990-07-15 |
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Nightbreed | Gas Station Attendant / Victim | 1990-02-16 |
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Miracle Mile | Ivan Peters | 1989-05-19 |
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Perfect Victims | Dog-Walking Neighbor | 1988-08-18 |
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Creepy Classics | Bob Westley - (archive footage) | 1987-10-01 |
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Divided We Fall | Yankee Officer | 1982-01-01 |
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Mr. No Legs | Police Captain | 1978-05-01 |
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King Kong | City Official | 1976-09-08 |
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How's Your Love Life? | Police Lt. Rafferty | 1971-08-13 |
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Big Jake | Bert Ryan | 1971-05-26 |
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Chisum | Amos Patton | 1970-07-23 |
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The Undefeated | Christian | 1969-10-04 |
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Hell Raiders | Maj. Ronald Paxton | 1969-06-01 |
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Curse of the Swamp Creature | Barry Rogers | 1968-02-01 |
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The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Dion O'Bannion | 1967-06-30 |
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Zontar: The Thing from Venus | Dr. Curt Taylor | 1967-12-01 |
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Night Fright | Sheriff Clint Crawford | 1967-11-01 |
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Women of the Prehistoric Planet | Dr. Farrell | 1966-04-14 |
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Johnny Reno | Ed Tomkins | 1966-03-09 |
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Waco | George Gates | 1966-09-01 |
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Young Fury | Dawson | 1964-11-01 |
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Law of the Lawless | Pete Stone | 1964-05-13 |
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Stage to Thunder Rock | Dan Carrouthers | 1964-11-11 |
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Of Love and Desire | Gus Cole | 1963-09-11 |
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The Young and the Brave | Intelligence Captain | 1963-08-01 |
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Journey to the Seventh Planet | Capt. Don Graham | 1962-03-10 |
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Hand of Death | Alex Marsh | 1962-03-01 |
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Fall Girl | Joe McElroy | 1961-10-24 |
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Raymie | Ike Burroughs | 1960-07-05 |
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Destination Space | Col. Matthews | 1959-01-01 |
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Invisible Invaders | Maj. Bruce Jay | 1959-05-15 |
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The Day of the Trumpet | Sgt. Judd Norcutt | 1958-01-01 |
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Jet Attack | Capt. Tom Arnett | 1958-02-15 |
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Frontier Gun | Sheriff Jim Crayle | 1958-10-31 |
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Attack of the Puppet People | Bob Westley | 1958-04-01 |
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Daughter of Dr. Jekyll | George Hastings | 1957-06-28 |
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Ride a Violent Mile | Jeff Donner | 1957-11-24 |
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The Brain from Planet Arous | Steve March | 1957-10-01 |
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Joe Butterfly | Sgt. Dick Mason | 1957-05-29 |
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Star in the Dust | Sheriff Bill Jorden | 1956-06-13 |
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The Mole People | Dr. Roger Bentley | 1956-12-01 |
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Flesh and the Spur | Luke Random | 1956-09-25 |
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Hold Back Tomorrow | Joe Cardos | 1955-11-01 |
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Tarantula | Dr. Matt Hastings | 1955-12-14 |
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Revenge of the Creature | Prof. Clete Ferguson | 1955-01-17 |
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The Lonesome Trail | Johnny Rush | 1955-07-01 |
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Shield for Murder | Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster | 1954-08-27 |
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Bait | Ray Brighton | 1954-02-24 |
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The Rocket Man | Tom Baxter | 1954-04-01 |
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The Golden Mistress | Bill Buchanan | 1954-10-29 |
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Man of Conflict | Ray Compton | 1953-11-04 |
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Woman of the North Country | David Powell | 1952-07-23 |
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The Magic Carpet | Ramoth | 1951-10-18 |
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Along the Great Divide | Billy Shear | 1951-06-02 |
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The Woman on Pier 13 | Don Lowry | 1950-06-15 |
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Breakthrough | Lt. Joe Mallory | 1950-11-17 |
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Sands of Iwo Jima | PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway | 1950-01-01 |
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Adventure in Baltimore | Tom Wade | 1949-04-19 |
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Lt. Flint Cohill | 1949-10-22 |
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Fort Apache | 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke | 1948-05-21 |
