Dean Jagger was born in Lima, Ohio, on November 7, 1903. He dropped out of high school twice before finally graduating from Wabash College. Working first as a school teacher, he soon became interested in acting and enrolled at Chicago's "Lyceum Art Conservatory". Mr. Jagger made his first movie and only silent film, The Woman from Hell in 1929, starring Mary Astor. During 1929 he also appeared in the film Handcuffed. He quickly found his niche as a character actor and the highlight of his career was winning an Oscar for "Best Supporting Actor," in the 1949 movie _Twelve O'clock High (1949)_ . Dean played Principal Albert Vane on TV for the 1963-1964 season of Mr. Novak. Dean Jagger died in Santa Monica, California, on February 5, 1991.


Spoke with a pronounced "lisp" in real life, every -day speech. This speech characteristic only disappeared in front of the camera.