Actor
John Agar
January 31, 1921 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Notable work
6.3King Kong (1976)
as City Official
6.4Nightbreed (1990)
as Gas Station Attendant / Victim
7Fort Apache (1948)
as 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke
6.9She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
as Lt. Flint Cohill
6.2Body Bags (1993)
as Dr. Lang
6.9Miracle Mile (1989)
as Ivan Peters
6.5Tarantula (1955)
as Dr. Matt Hastings
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