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Feb 5, 1971 · LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4—Jay C. Flippen, the comedian and character actor whose career spanned more than a halfcentury, died early yesterday in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital at the age of 70.
Jun 16, 2023 · Jay C. Flippen was a versatile entertainer whose career spanned more than six decades and multiple show business genres, from minstrelsy to motion pictures. Flippen became an iconic Hollywood character actor during the 1950s and 1960s.
Jay C. Flippen (born March 6, 1899, Little Rock, Arkansas – February 3, 1971, Los Angeles, California) is an American character actor who often played police officers or weary criminals in many movies of the 1940s/'50s.
Jay C. (sometimes J.C., and “Flip” to his friends) Flippen cut a broad swath across 20th-century American culture. At the peak of his Hollywood career, his face was a fixture of mid-century horse operas and urban thrillers, and so it’s baffling that his glories aren’t better remembered today.
TCM Emails. The grizzled face of character actor Jay C. Flippen was familiar to audiences of Hollywood's Golden Age as he appeared in more than 60 films in a career that spanned more than 40 years. With his bulldog jowls and arching eyebrows, he was often cast in roles as gruff or even villainous...
Mar 6, 1899 Birth Place: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. Biography. The grizzled face of character actor Jay C. Flippen was familiar to audiences of Hollywood's Golden Age as he appeared in more than 60 films in a career that spanned more than 40 years.
Active - 1934 - 1971 | Born - Mar 6, 1898 | Died - Feb 3, 1970 | Genres - Drama, Western, Action. Overview. Filmography. Other Appearances. Share on. facebook. twitter. Biography by AllMovie [+] Discovered by famed African-American comedian Bert Williams, actor Jay C. Flippen attained his first Broadway stage role in 1920's Broadway Brevities.
