John Agar
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).
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Perry Mason
Kenneth Baxter
Charlie's Angels
Col. Blaylock
The Twilight Zone
(segment "A Day in Beaumont")
The Name of the Game
Bert Walker
Highway to Heaven
Climax!
Larry Dorrant
The Virginian
Tom Anders
Rawhide
Mike Anderson
Bat Masterson
Sam Phelps
Family Affair
Letter to Loretta
Lloyd
Branded
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Otis Tack
General Electric Theater
Marvin Potter
Hondo
Miracle Mile
Ivan Peters
Nightbreed
Gas Station Attendant / Victim
Big Jake
Bert Ryan
Chisum
Amos Patton
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Dion O'Bannion
Fort Apache
2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Body Bags
Dr. Lang
Curse of the Swamp Creature
Barry Rogers
The Day of the Trumpet
Sgt. Judd Norcutt
Revenge of the Creature
Prof. Clete Ferguson
King Kong
City Official
Tarantula
Dr. Matt Hastings
Along the Great Divide
Billy Shear
The Mole People
Dr. Roger Bentley
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self (archive footage)
Sands of Iwo Jima
PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway
Shield for Murder
Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster
Fear
Leonard Scott Levy
Star in the Dust
Sheriff Bill Jorden
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
Journey to the Seventh Planet
Capt. Don Graham
Zontar: The Thing from Venus
Dr. Curt Taylor
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Lt. Flint Cohill
The Rocket Man
Tom Baxter
The Undefeated
Christian
Creepy Classics
Bob Westley - (archive footage)
The Perfect Bride
Gramps
Invisible Invaders
Maj. Bruce Jay
A Century of Science Fiction
Self
Destination Space
Col. Matthews
The Magic Carpet
Ramoth
Hand of Death
Alex Marsh
Attack of the Puppet People
Bob Westley
Night Fright
Sheriff Clint Crawford
Law of the Lawless
Pete Stone
Breakthrough
Lt. Joe Mallory
Perfect Victims
Dog-Walking Neighbor
Jet Attack
Capt. Tom Arnett
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
Dr. Farrell
The Vampire Hunters Club
Reggie
Waco
George Gates
The Woman on Pier 13
Don Lowry
Invasion of Privacy
Old Convict
Stage to Thunder Rock
Dan Carrouthers
Frontier Gun
Sheriff Jim Crayle
Joe Butterfly
Sgt. Dick Mason
Young Fury
Dawson
Adventure in Baltimore
Tom Wade
The Naked Monster
Dr. Clete Ferguson
The Brain from Planet Arous
Steve March
The Young and the Brave
Intelligence Captain
Mr. No Legs
Police Captain
Raymie
Ike Burroughs
Bait
Ray Brighton
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
George Hastings
Woman of the North Country
David Powell
Flesh and the Spur
Luke Random
The Lonesome Trail
Johnny Rush
Hold Back Tomorrow
Joe Cardos
Ride a Violent Mile
Jeff Donner
Man of Conflict
Ray Compton
Johnny Reno
Ed Tomkins
Hell Raiders
Maj. Ronald Paxton
Of Love and Desire
Gus Cole
The Golden Mistress
Bill Buchanan
How's Your Love Life?
Police Lt. Rafferty
Monster Invaders from Space
Dr. Curt Taylor (archive footage)
Fall Girl
Joe McElroy
Bielefeld Lichtwerk
Divided We Fall
Yankee Officer