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Actor Born: November 7, 1903 in Lima, OH Death: February 5, 1991 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA Biography:An Ohio farm boy, "Dean Jagger" dropped out of school several times before attending Wabash College. He was a schoolteacher for several years before opting to study acting at Chicago's Lyceum Art Conservatory. By the time he made his first film in 1929, Jagger had worked in stock, vaudeville and radio. At first, Hollywood attempted to turn Jagger into a standard leading man, fitting the prematurely balding actor with a lavish wig and changing his name to Jeffrey Dean. It wasn't long before the studios realized that Jagger's true calling was as a character actor. One of his few starring roles after 1940 was as the title character in "Brigham Young, Frontiersman"--though top billing went to "Tyrone Power", cast as a fictional Mormon follower. Jagger won an Academy Award for his sensitive performance in "Twelve O'Clock High" (1949) as one of General "Gregory Peck"'s officers (and the film's narrator).... Full Biography
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