Jay C. Flippen

Born: 1899-03-05

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay C. Flippen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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How the West Was Won

as Huggins (uncredited)
Released: 1962-11-02

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to...

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The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
Released: 1965-04-09

From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is...

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The Far Country

as Rube
Released: 1954-02-12

During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner...

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The Wild One

as Sheriff Stew Singer
Released: 1953-12-30

The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to...

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They Live by Night

as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
Released: 1949-11-01

An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back...

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Brute Force

as Hodges (guard)
Released: 1947-07-16

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic,...

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The Killing

as Marvin Unger
Released: 1956-06-06

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a...

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Oklahoma!

as Skidmore
Released: 1955-10-10

In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a...

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Bend of the River

as Jeremy Baile
Released: 1952-01-23

Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of...

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Cat Ballou

as Sheriff Cardigan
Released: 1965-06-24

A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different...

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Night Passage

as Ben Kimball
Released: 1957-07-24

Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother,...

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Winchester '73

as Sergeant Wilkes
Released: 1950-07-12

Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting...

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Wild River

as Hamilton Garth
Released: 1960-05-26

A young bureaucrat for the Tennessee Valley Authority goes to rural Tennessee to oversee the...

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Hellfighters

as Jack Lomax
Released: 1968-11-27

The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who...

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Flying Leathernecks

as MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief
Released: 1951-08-28

Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go...

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Man Without a Star

as Strap Davis
Released: 1955-03-24

A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

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Firecreek

as Mr. Pittman
Released: 1968-01-24

A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang...

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The King and Four Queens

as Bartender
Released: 1956-12-21

Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws...

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The People Against O'Hara

as Sven Norson
Released: 1951-09-01

A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.

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It's Always Fair Weather

as Charles Z. Culloran
Released: 1955-08-30

Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war....

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Run of the Arrow

as Walking Coyote
Released: 1957-09-05

When the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a...

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Strategic Air Command

as Tom Doyle
Released: 1955-07-12

Air Force reservist Lt. Col. Robert "Dutch" Holland is recalled into active duty at the peak of...

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From Hell to Texas

as Jake Leffertfinger
Released: 1958-04-29

The naive cowboy Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of the powerful land baron Hunter Boyd....

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Two Flags West

as Sgt. Terrance Duey
Released: 1950-10-12

A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local...

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Jet Pilot

as Maj. Gen. Black
Released: 1957-10-11

John Wayne stars as U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon, who's tasked with escorting a Soviet...

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-11-22

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

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The Midnight Story

as Sgt. Jack Gillen
Released: 1957-06-04

Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few...

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Trapped

as Bartender (uncredited)
Released: 1949-09-27

Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if...

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The Seven Minutes

as Luther Yerkes
Released: 1971-07-23

To help with an upcoming election, a bookstore clerk is indicted for selling obscene material....

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Kismet

as Jawan
Released: 1955-10-08

A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" searches old Baghdad for a rich...

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The Deerslayer

as Old Tom Hutter
Released: 1957-09-10

After The Deerslayer, a white man reared by the Mohicans, and his blood brother Chingachgook, a...

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7th Cavalry

as Sgt. Bates
Released: 1956-12-01

An officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big...

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Buccaneer's Girl

as Jared Hawkins
Released: 1950-03-01

A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.

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A Woman's Secret

as Police Insp. Jim Fowler
Released: 1949-01-13

A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a...

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The Las Vegas Story

as Capt. H.A. Harris
Released: 1952-01-30

When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.

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Carnival Story

as Charley Grayson
Released: 1954-04-16

In search of a better life, a German girl named Willi joins an American carnival passing through...

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The Halliday Brand

as Chad Burris
Released: 1957-01-01

Sheriff Halliday doesn't approve of his children dating or marrying half-breeds and his blind...

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6 Bridges to Cross

as Vincent Concannon
Released: 1955-01-21

Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on...

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The Spirit Is Willing

as Mother
Released: 1967-07-07

When Ben and Kate Powell rent a haunted New England house by the sea, their son Steve gets...

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Devil's Canyon

as Jack Wells
Released: 1953-08-13

An outlaw woman helps one Arizona convict stop another with a Gatling gun.

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The Plunderers

as Sheriff McCauley
Released: 1960-11-05

Four young toughs have ridden into Trail City and claimed it as easy pickings for their bullying...

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East of Sumatra

as Mac
Released: 1953-09-23

Duke Mullane, manager of a Malayan tin mine, goes to a little-known island to open a new mine in...

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Studs Lonigan

as Father Gilhooey
Released: 1960-09-01

A young man tries to escape the South Side of 1920s Chicago.

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The Model and the Marriage Broker

as Dan Chancellor
Released: 1951-11-01

A marriage broker can't resist meddling in the life of a model, with disastrous results.

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Woman of the North Country

as Axel Nordlund
Released: 1952-07-23

In 1890 Minnesota Christine Powell is the scheming head of the Powell dynasty, the richest...

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The Lemon Drop Kid

as Straight Flush Tony
Released: 1951-04-02

When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the...

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Thunder Bay

as Kermit MacDonald
Released: 1953-05-21

Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig.

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The Restless Breed

as Marshal Steve Evans
Released: 1957-05-01

Texas-border gunrunners kill a federal agent, whose son comes looking for revenge.

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Hot Summer Night

as Oren Kobble
Released: 1957-02-15

An out-of-work reporter (Leslie Nielsen) seeks out a bank robber, and his bride (Colleen Miller)...

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Million Dollar Ransom

as Singer (Uncredited)
Released: 1934-09-01

To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in...

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Down to the Sea in Ships

as Luke Sewell
Released: 1949-02-15

During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore)...

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Public Pigeon No. 1

as Lt. Ross Qualen
Released: 1957-05-17

Swindlers con a lunchroom clerk into doing them a favor, supposedly on behalf of the FBI.

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Marie Galante

as Sailor in Bar
Released: 1934-10-25

On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo...

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Mooch Goes to Hollywood

as Jay C. Flippen - Party guest (uncredited)
Released: 1971-12-31

A dog tries to become a canine star with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor.

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Looking for Love

as Ralph Front
Released: 1964-08-05

An aspiring young singer unexpectedly gets her big break by inventing a specialized clothes rack.

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The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

as Pawnbroker
Released: 1970-10-13

Emile Pulska is visiting his old friend Abe Stillman. During the visit they are attacked and...

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Fame Is the Name of the Game

as Dizzy Shaner
Released: 1966-11-26

A brash, big-time investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her...

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No Time at All

as Happy Gallant
Released: 1958-02-13

An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears...

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The Sound of Anger

as Judge Prentiss
Released: 1968-12-10

Two teenagers who have been engaged in pre-marital sex become the prime suspects when the girl's...

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The Yellow Cab Man

as Hugo
Released: 1950-03-25

Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is...

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Escape from Red Rock

as Sheriff John Costaine
Released: 1957-12-01

Pursued by a posse, a rancher and a young woman, partners in crime, are chased into Indian country.

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The Lady from Texas

as Sheriff Mike McShane
Released: 1951-09-01

An eccentric Civil War widow is accused of being insane.

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Intrigue

as Mike, the bartender
Released: 1947-12-06

Dishonorably discharged from the Army Air Corps, Brad Dunham (George Raft) disconsolately...

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Oh, You Beautiful Doll

as Lippy Brannigan
Released: 1949-11-11

Period musical about a song plugger who vows to turn an opera composer's music into popular hits.

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Six Gun Law

as uncredited
Released: 1962-12-01

Re-edited version of two episodes from the Disney series "The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca"...

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Love That Brute

as Biff Sage
Released: 1950-06-06

The story of a crude gangster hopelessly falling for a sweet young city government employee.

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Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

as Sheriff Ben
Released: 1971-02-01

An alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get...

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The Ham What Am

as Himself
Released: 1928-06-30

In this Vitaphone short, Jay C. Flippen performs "Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs Off the Moon" and...

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Bonanza

as Barney Fuller
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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Ironside

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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The Virginian

as Pa Colby
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Virginian

as Asa Keogh
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Burke's Law

as Bill, the Desk Sergeant
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Burke's Law

as Lieutenant Grogan
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Climax!

as Joe
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Detective
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Ed Bagley
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Happy
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Chute Wilson
First aired: 1958-09-06

Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the...

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The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Happy Spangler
First aired: 1961-10-03

The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob...

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Rawhide

as Marshal Lindstrom
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Rawhide

as Bigger Seton
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Rawhide

as Sergeant Shaler
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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The Name of the Game

as Grover
First aired: 1968-09-20

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and...

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The Name of the Game

as Zack Witten
First aired: 1968-09-20

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and...

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Route 66

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Hugh Ramsey
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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Thriller

as Harry Gans
First aired: 1960-09-13

Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...

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Playhouse 90

as Happy Gallant
First aired: 1956-10-04

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to...

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That Girl

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-08

That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the...

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Johnny Ringo

as Jay C. Flippen
First aired: 1959-10-02

Johnny Ringo is an American Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from...

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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-06

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu...

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Gunsmoke

as Owney
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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Judd for the Defense

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases...

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Bus Stop

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-01

Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25,...

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Bracken's World

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-19

Behind the scenes at the fictitious Century Studios in Hollywood, headed by the (initially)...

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Ensign O'Toole

as Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson
First aired: 1962-09-23

Ensign O'Toole is a military comedy that aired on NBC from September 23, 1962, to May 5, 1963,...

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