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John Agar‌

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Birthday

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John Agar

Chicago, Illinois, USA

John Agar

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1921-01-31

Popularity

star6.2

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.

Movie Credits

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy‌
star6.2
calendar 1968

Shield for Murder

Shield for Murder‌
star6.6
calendar 1954

Perfect Victims

Perfect Victims‌
star5.2
calendar 1988

Big Jake

Big Jake‌
star6.9
calendar 1971

Body Bags

Body Bags‌
star6.1
calendar 1993

Miracle Mile

Miracle Mile‌
star6.9
calendar 1988

Tarantula

Tarantula‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

The Woman on Pier 13

The Woman on Pier 13‌
star5.3
calendar 1950

The Vampire Hunters Club

The Vampire Hunters Club‌
star0.0
calendar 2001

Revenge of the Creature

Revenge of the Creature‌
star5.6
calendar 1955

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon‌
star6.9
calendar 1949

The Naked Monster

The Naked Monster‌
star4.0
calendar 2005

The Mole People

The Mole People‌
star5.1
calendar 1956

Zontar: The Thing from Venus

Zontar: The Thing from Venus‌
star4.0
calendar 1967

Journey to the Seventh Planet

Journey to the Seventh Planet‌
star4.9
calendar 1962

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre‌
star6.3
calendar 1967

The Brain from Planet Arous

The Brain from Planet Arous‌
star5.0
calendar 1957

Breakthrough

Breakthrough‌
star7.2
calendar 1950

Along the Great Divide

Along the Great Divide‌
star7.2
calendar 1951

Attack of the Puppet People

Attack of the Puppet People‌
star5.0
calendar 1958

Bait

Bait‌
star5.5
calendar 1954

Mr. No Legs

Mr. No Legs‌
star5.8
calendar 1978

Chisum

Chisum‌
star6.7
calendar 1970

Sands of Iwo Jima

Sands of Iwo Jima‌
star6.4
calendar 1950

The Undefeated

The Undefeated‌
star6.3
calendar 1969

Horrible Horror

Horrible Horror‌
star7.0
calendar 1986

Creepy Classics

Creepy Classics‌
star6.3
calendar 1987

Curse of the Swamp Creature

Curse of the Swamp Creature‌
star2.4
calendar 1968

The Magic Carpet

The Magic Carpet‌
star4.7
calendar 1951

Invisible Invaders

Invisible Invaders‌
star5.0
calendar 1959

Jet Attack

Jet Attack‌
star5.1
calendar 1958

Johnny Reno

Johnny Reno‌
star6.3
calendar 1966

Hand of Death

Hand of Death‌
star4.1
calendar 1962

Night Fright

Night Fright‌
star2.8
calendar 1967

Hell Raiders

Hell Raiders‌
star3.0
calendar 1969

Destination Space

Destination Space‌
star4.2
calendar 1959

Star in the Dust

Star in the Dust‌
star4.6
calendar 1956

The Rocket Man

The Rocket Man‌
star6.3
calendar 1954

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll‌
star5.7
calendar 1957

Young Fury

Young Fury‌
star5.6
calendar 1964

Law of the Lawless

Law of the Lawless‌
star6.1
calendar 1964

Divided We Fall

Divided We Fall‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Flesh and the Spur

Flesh and the Spur‌
star4.8
calendar 1956

Adventure in Baltimore

Adventure in Baltimore‌
star4.9
calendar 1949

Joe Butterfly

Joe Butterfly‌
star5.8
calendar 1957

King Kong

King Kong‌
star6.2
calendar 1976

Fort Apache

Fort Apache‌
star7.0
calendar 1948

Waco

Waco‌
star6.4
calendar 1966

Women of the Prehistoric Planet

Women of the Prehistoric Planet‌
star3.7
calendar 1966

Stage to Thunder Rock

Stage to Thunder Rock‌
star6.0
calendar 1964

The Perfect Bride

The Perfect Bride‌
star5.9
calendar 1991

Hold Back Tomorrow

Hold Back Tomorrow‌
star6.3
calendar 1955

Of Love and Desire

Of Love and Desire‌
star5.0
calendar 1963

The Day of the Trumpet

The Day of the Trumpet‌
star5.0
calendar 1958

Raymie

Raymie‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

Fall Girl

Fall Girl‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

The Young and the Brave

The Young and the Brave‌
star5.8
calendar 1963

How's Your Love Life?

How's Your Love Life?‌
star2.0
calendar 1971

The Golden Mistress

The Golden Mistress‌
star5.0
calendar 1954

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

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!‌
star4.0
calendar 2021

The Lonesome Trail

The Lonesome Trail‌
star7.5
calendar 1955

Invasion of Privacy

Invasion of Privacy‌
star2.7
calendar 1992

Fear

Fear‌
star6.1
calendar 1990

Nightbreed

Nightbreed‌
star6.4
calendar 1990

Woman of the North Country

Woman of the North Country‌
star4.5
calendar 1952

Frontier Gun

Frontier Gun‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

Monster Invaders from Space

Monster Invaders from Space‌
star4.0
calendar 2018

Man of Conflict

Man of Conflict‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

A Century of Science Fiction

A Century of Science Fiction‌
star6.9
calendar 1996

Frank Capra's American Dream

Frank Capra's American Dream‌
star6.2
calendar 1997

Bielefeld Lichtwerk

Bielefeld Lichtwerk‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

Ride a Violent Mile

Ride a Violent Mile‌
star4.0
calendar 1957

Tv Credits

Family Affair

Family Affair‌
star6.6
calendar 1966

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star7.7
calendar 1985

Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven‌
star7.4
calendar 1984

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Hondo

Hondo‌
star6.2
calendar 1967

Branded

Branded‌
star6.4
calendar 1965

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game‌
star6.8
calendar 1968