John Agar

John Agar

Biography: 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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: January 31, 1921

Deathday: April 07, 2002

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Known For

The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy

1968-01-01

Shield for Murder
Shield for Murder

1954-08-27

Perfect Victims
Perfect Victims

1988-08-18

Big Jake
Big Jake

1971-05-26

Body Bags
Body Bags

1993-08-08

Miracle Mile
Miracle Mile

1988-05-19

Tarantula
Tarantula

1955-12-14

The Woman on Pier 13
The Woman on Pier 13

1950-06-15

The Vampire Hunters Club
The Vampire Hunters Club

2001-02-01

Revenge of the Creature
Revenge of the Creature

1955-05-13

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949-10-22

The Naked Monster
The Naked Monster

2005-04-22

The Mole People
The Mole People

1956-12-01

Zontar: The Thing from Venus
Zontar: The Thing from Venus

1967-12-01

Journey to the Seventh Planet
Journey to the Seventh Planet

1962-03-10

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967-06-30

The Brain from Planet Arous
The Brain from Planet Arous

1957-10-01

Breakthrough
Breakthrough

1950-11-17

Along the Great Divide
Along the Great Divide

1951-06-02

Attack of the Puppet People
Attack of the Puppet People

1958-04-01

Bait
Bait

1954-02-24

Mr. No Legs
Mr. No Legs

1978-05-01

Chisum
Chisum

1970-07-23

Sands of Iwo Jima
Sands of Iwo Jima

1950-01-01

The Undefeated
The Undefeated

1969-10-04

Creepy Classics
Creepy Classics

1987-10-01

Curse of the Swamp Creature
Curse of the Swamp Creature

1968-02-01

The Magic Carpet
The Magic Carpet

1951-10-18

Invisible Invaders
Invisible Invaders

1959-05-15

Jet Attack
Jet Attack

1958-02-15

Johnny Reno
Johnny Reno

1966-03-09

Hand of Death
Hand of Death

1962-03-01

Night Fright
Night Fright

1967-11-01

Hell Raiders
Hell Raiders

1969-06-01

Destination Space
Destination Space

1959-01-01

Star in the Dust
Star in the Dust

1956-06-13

The Rocket Man
The Rocket Man

1954-04-01

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

1957-06-28

Young Fury
Young Fury

1964-11-01

Law of the Lawless
Law of the Lawless

1964-05-13

Divided We Fall
Divided We Fall

1982-01-01

Flesh and the Spur
Flesh and the Spur

1956-09-25

Adventure in Baltimore
Adventure in Baltimore

1949-04-19

Joe Butterfly
Joe Butterfly

1957-05-29

King Kong
King Kong

1976-09-08

Fort Apache
Fort Apache

1948-06-14

Waco
Waco

1966-09-01

Women of the Prehistoric Planet
Women of the Prehistoric Planet

1966-04-14

Stage to Thunder Rock
Stage to Thunder Rock

1964-11-11

The Perfect Bride
The Perfect Bride

1991-06-26

Hold Back Tomorrow
Hold Back Tomorrow

1955-11-01

Of Love and Desire
Of Love and Desire

1963-09-11

The Day of the Trumpet
The Day of the Trumpet

1958-01-01

Raymie
Raymie

1960-07-05

Fall Girl
Fall Girl

1961-10-24

The Young and the Brave
The Young and the Brave

1963-08-01

How's Your Love Life?
How's Your Love Life?

1971-08-13

The Golden Mistress
The Golden Mistress

1954-10-29

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

2021-02-13

The Lonesome Trail
The Lonesome Trail

1955-07-01

Invasion of Privacy
Invasion of Privacy

1992-12-07

Fear
Fear

1990-07-15

Nightbreed
Nightbreed

1990-02-16

Woman of the North Country
Woman of the North Country

1952-07-23

Frontier Gun
Frontier Gun

1958-10-31

Monster Invaders from Space
Monster Invaders from Space

2018-08-30

Man of Conflict
Man of Conflict

1953-11-04

A Century of Science Fiction
A Century of Science Fiction

1996-01-01

Frank Capra's American Dream
Frank Capra's American Dream

1997-01-01

Bielefeld Lichtwerk
Bielefeld Lichtwerk

1998-02-24

Ride a Violent Mile
Ride a Violent Mile

1957-11-24