Acting
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Agar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Film · 2021
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Film · 2021
Monster Invaders from Space
Film · 2018
The Naked Monster
Film · 2005
The Vampire Hunters Club
Film · 2001
Bielefeld Lichtwerk
Film · 1998
Frank Capra's American Dream
Film · 1997
A Century of Science Fiction
Film · 1996
Body Bags
Film · 1993
Invasion of Privacy
Film · 1992
The Perfect Bride
Film · 1991
Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Film · 1991
Fear
Film · 1990
Nightbreed
Film · 1990
Miracle Mile
Film · 1989
Perfect Victims
Film · 1988
Creepy Classics
Film · 1987
The Twilight Zone
Series · 1985
Highway to Heaven
Series · 1984
Divided We Fall
Film · 1982
Mr. No Legs
Film · 1978
King Kong
Film · 1976
Charlie's Angels
Series · 1976
Police Story
Series · 1973
Delphi Bureau
Series · 1972
Big Jake
Film · 1971
How's Your Love Life?
Film · 1971
Chisum
Film · 1970
The Undefeated
Film · 1969
Hell Raiders
Film · 1969
The Movie Orgy
Film · 1968
Curse of the Swamp Creature
Film · 1968
The Name of the Game
Series · 1968
Zontar: The Thing from Venus
Film · 1967
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Film · 1967
Night Fright
Film · 1967
Hondo
Series · 1967
Johnny Reno
Film · 1966
Waco
Film · 1966
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
Film · 1966
Family Affair
Series · 1966
Branded
Series · 1965
Young Fury
Film · 1964
Law of the Lawless
Film · 1964
Stage to Thunder Rock
Film · 1964
Of Love and Desire
Film · 1963
The Young and the Brave
Film · 1963
Journey to the Seventh Planet
Film · 1962
Hand of Death
Film · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
Fall Girl
Film · 1961
Raymie
Film · 1960
Invisible Invaders
Film · 1959
Destination Space
Film · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Attack of the Puppet People
Film · 1958
Jet Attack
Film · 1958
Cavalry Command
Film · 1958
Frontier Gun
Film · 1958
Bat Masterson
Series · 1958
The Brain from Planet Arous
Film · 1957
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
Film · 1957
Joe Butterfly
Film · 1957
Ride a Violent Mile
Film · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
The Mole People
Film · 1956
Star in the Dust
Film · 1956
Flesh and the Spur
Film · 1956
Tarantula
Film · 1955
Revenge of the Creature
Film · 1955
Hold Back Tomorrow
Film · 1955
The Lonesome Trail
Film · 1955
Shield for Murder
Film · 1954
Bait
Film · 1954
The Rocket Man
Film · 1954
The Golden Mistress
Film · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Man of Conflict
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Woman of the North Country
Film · 1952
Along the Great Divide
Film · 1951
The Magic Carpet
Film · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
The Woman on Pier 13
Film · 1950
Breakthrough
Film · 1950
Sands of Iwo Jima
Film · 1950
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Film · 1949
Adventure in Baltimore
Film · 1949
Fort Apache
Film · 1948