John Agar

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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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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1921-01-31
  • event Death Date 2002-04-07
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 5.7
  • info Birth Place Chicago, Illinois, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by John Agar

6.2

The Movie Orgy

1968-01-01

6.6

Shield for Murder

1954-08-27

5.2

Perfect Victims

1988-08-18

6.8

Big Jake

1971-05-26

6.1

Body Bags

1993-08-08

6.9

Miracle Mile

1988-05-19

6.5

Tarantula

1955-12-14

5.3

The Woman on Pier 13

1950-06-15

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The Vampire Hunters Club

2001-02-01

5.7

Revenge of the Creature

1955-05-13

6.9

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949-10-22

4

The Naked Monster

2005-04-22

5.1

The Mole People

1956-12-01

4

Zontar: The Thing from Venus

1967-12-01

4.8

Journey to the Seventh Planet

1962-03-10

6.3

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967-06-30

5

The Brain from Planet Arous

1957-10-01

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Breakthrough

1950-11-17

7.2

Along the Great Divide

1951-06-02

5

Attack of the Puppet People

1958-04-01

5.8

Mr. No Legs

1978-05-01

5.5

Bait

1954-02-24

6.8

Chisum

1970-07-23

6.4

Sands of Iwo Jima

1950-01-01

6.2

The Undefeated

1969-10-04

7

Horrible Horror

1986-01-01

6.3

Creepy Classics

1987-10-01

2.4

Curse of the Swamp Creature

1968-02-01

4.7

The Magic Carpet

1951-10-18

5

Invisible Invaders

1959-05-15

5.1

Jet Attack

1958-02-15

6.4

Johnny Reno

1966-03-09

4.1

Hand of Death

1962-03-01

2.8

Night Fright

1967-11-01

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Hell Raiders

1969-06-01

4.2

Destination Space

1959-01-01

4.6

Star in the Dust

1956-06-13

6.3

The Rocket Man

1954-04-01

5.7

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

1957-06-28

5.6

Young Fury

1964-11-01

6.1

Law of the Lawless

1964-05-13

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Divided We Fall

1982-01-01

4.8

Flesh and the Spur

1956-09-25

4.9

Adventure in Baltimore

1949-04-19

5.8

Joe Butterfly

1957-05-29

6.3

King Kong

1976-09-08

7

Fort Apache

1948-06-14

6.4

Waco

1966-09-01

3.7

Women of the Prehistoric Planet

1966-04-14

6

Stage to Thunder Rock

1964-11-11

5.9

The Perfect Bride

1991-06-26

6.3

Hold Back Tomorrow

1955-11-01

5

Of Love and Desire

1963-09-11

5

The Day of the Trumpet

1958-01-01

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Raymie

1960-07-05

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Fall Girl

1961-10-24

5.8

The Young and the Brave

1963-08-01

2

How's Your Love Life?

1971-08-13

5

The Golden Mistress

1954-10-29

4

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

2021-02-13

7.5

The Lonesome Trail

1955-07-01

2.7

Invasion of Privacy

1992-12-07

6.1

Fear

1990-07-15

6.4

Nightbreed

1990-02-16

4.5

Woman of the North Country

1952-07-23

6

Frontier Gun

1958-10-31

4

Monster Invaders from Space

2018-08-30

5

Man of Conflict

1953-11-04

6.9

A Century of Science Fiction

1996-01-01

6.2

Frank Capra's American Dream

1997-01-01

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Bielefeld Lichtwerk

1998-02-24

4

Ride a Violent Mile

1957-11-24

6.6

Family Affair

1966-09-12

7.7

The Twilight Zone

1985-09-27

7.5

Highway to Heaven

1984-09-19

6.7

Charlie's Angels

1976-09-22

7.6

Perry Mason

1957-09-21

5.5

General Electric Theater

1953-02-01

7

Rawhide

1959-01-09

6.5

The Virginian

1962-09-19

6.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951-10-05

2.7

Climax!

1954-10-07

6.2

Hondo

1967-09-08

6.4

Branded

1965-01-24

6.3

Bat Masterson

1958-10-08

5.8

Letter to Loretta

1953-09-20

6.8

The Name of the Game

1968-09-20