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Jay C. Flippen (March 6, 1899 in Little Rock, Arkansas – February 3, 1971 in Los Angeles, California) was an American character actor who often played police officers or weary criminals in many films of the 1940s and 1950s.Flippen was an established and respected vaudeville singer and stage actor before his film career. He had been discovered by famed African-American comedian Bert Williams in the 1920's. He called himself "The Ham What Am," and performed occasionally in blackface. Flippen attained the most coveted booking in vaudeville, headlining at the Palace Theatre in New York six times between March 1926 and February 1931.At one time he was also a radio announcer for New York Yankees games and was one of the first game show announcers. Between 1924 and 1929, Flippen recorded more than thirty songs for Columbia, Perfect and Brunswick.His first film, the 1928 Warner Bros. short subject "The Ham What Am", captures his vaudeville performance, and there are other shorts in the 1930s, but his film career started in earnest in 1947.Flippen also appeared on television, including a 1960 guest-starring role as Gabe Jethrow in the episode "Four Came Quietly" on the CBS western series Johnny Ringo, starring Don Durant. In 1962, he guest starred on the ABC drama series Bus Stop as Mike Carmody in "Verdict of 12" and Follow the Sun as Fallon in "The Last of the Big Spenders." He also appeared on ABC's The Untouchables as Al Morrisey in "You Can't Pick the Number" (1959) and as Big Joe Holvak in "Fall Guy" (1962).In the 1962-63 season, Flippen was cast as Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson on the NBC sitcom Ensign O'Toole, with Dean Jones in the starring role. He also guest starred on CBS' The Dick Van Dyke Show in its first season, playing Rob Petrie's former mentor Happy Spangler. In 1964, he appeared as Owney in an episode of CBS' Gunsmoke with James Arness. In 1963, he guest starred on Bonanza. He appeared four times on NBC's The Virginian in the 1960's; in 1966, he appeared on the ABC comedy western The Rounders. In 1967, he and Tom Tryon guest starred in the episode "Charade of Justice" of the NBC western series The Road West.Later in life, Flippen continued acting although he used a wheelchair after an amputation like in Ironside (Season 1 "A Very Cool Hot Car"). He was married for 25 years to screenwriter Ruth Brooks Flippen.Flippen died February 3, 1971 during surgery from an aneurysm caused by a swollen artery, one month before his 72nd birthday. He was interred in a crypt in the Corridor of Memories section at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles near the grave of Marilyn Monroe.
Full Name
JayC Food Stores
Net Worth
$12 Million
Date Of Birth
March 6, 1899
Died
1971-02-03
Death Cause
Complications from surgery to repair aneurysm
Place Of Birth
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Height
6' (1.83 m)
Occupation
Actor
Profession
Actor, Soundtrack, Writer
Spouse
Ruth Brooks Flippen
Nicknames
Jay C. Flippen, Flippen, Jay C.
IMDB
Star Sign
Pisces
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Fact
1
The actor lost a leg to diabetes in the late 60's.
2
Can be seen in his wheelchair, minus his right leg, in the party scene at Jim Backus' house in the movie Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971) , which was filmed shortly before his death. The great character actor is having a good time in his brief cameo, and obviously is beloved by the other guests.
3
Entombed at Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, California - Corridor of Memories (Five crypts to the right of Marilyn Monroe)
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Woman of the North Country
1952
Axel Nordlund
The Las Vegas Story
1952
Capt. H.A. Harris
Bend of the River
1952
Jeremy Baile
The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951
Dan Chancellor
The Lady from Texas
1951
Sheriff Mike McShane
The People Against O'Hara
1951
Sven Norson
Flying Leathernecks
1951
MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951
Straight Flush Tony
Two Flags West
1950
Sgt. Terrance Duey
Winchester '73
1950
Sgt. Wilkes
Love That Brute
1950
Biff Sage
The Yellow Cab Man
1950
Hugo
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
Jared Hawkins
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
1949
Lippy Brannigan
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
Luke Sewell
A Woman's Secret
1949
Fowler
They Live by Night
1948
T-Dub
Intrigue
1947
Mike, the bartender (as J.C. Flippen)
Brute Force
1947
Hodges
Salt Shakers
1938
Short
Master of Ceremonies (as J.C. Flippen)
That's Pictures
1936
Short
Colonel Flippen (as J. C. Flippen)
Flippen's Frolics
1936
Short
Colonel Flippen - Master of Ceremonies (as J.C.Flippen)
