John Agar

Movie Actor

John Agar was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States on January 31st, 1921 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 81, John Agar biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
January 31, 1921
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Death Date
Apr 7, 2002 (age 81)
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
Profession
Actor, Film Actor, Television Actor
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Shirley Temple, ​ ​(m. 1945; div. 1950)​, Loretta Combs, ​ ​(m. 1951; died 2000)​
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John Agar Life

John George Agar Jr. (January 31, 1921 – April 7, 2002) was an American film and television actor.

He is best known for his role in the films Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache, and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, as John Wayne.

In his later years, he appeared in B films, including Tarantula, The Mole People, The Brain from Planet Arous, Revenge of the Creature, Flesh, and the Spur and Hand of Death.

He was Shirley Temple's first husband. In the aftermath of his divorce, Agar's career suffered, but he did a good job in low-budget science fiction, Western, and horror films in the 1950s and 1960s.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, John Wayne performed many supporting roles.

In later years, he spent a lot of time in television.

Early life and military service

Agar was born in Chicago, Illinois, and the son of Lillian (née Rogers) and John George Agar, a meat packer. Edna Gladney, his great aunt, was his niece. He was educated at the Harvard School for Boys in Chicago and Lake Forest, Illinois. He graduated from Trinity-Pawling Preparatory School in Pawling, New York, but did not attend college. Following his father's death, he and his family migrated from Chicago to Los Angeles in 1942.

Agar, who served in Texas, received basic education in Texas, and was instructed in physical preparation at March Field in Riverside, California, in 1941. In 1943, he was medically discharged from the Navy due to an ear infection that affected his balance. He was enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps shortly after. At the time he left the AAF in 1946, he was a sergeant and a physical education instructor.

Personal life

Agar's sister was a schoolmate of Shirley Temple. In 1944, Agar carried Temple to a party ruled by her mother, David O. Selznick. In 1945, the two were married. Linda Susan Agar, born 1948 (who later became Susan Black) and Temple had a daughter together, Agar and Temple, along the surname of her stepfather, Charles Alden Black. However, the marriage was not confirmed in part because of Agar's inebriation (he had been jailed for impaired driving) and in part because of their public image. In 1949, a temple was suing for divorce on the grounds of mental cruelty. On December 7, 1950, the two were divorced. Agar had no contact with his daughter or Temple after his divorce.

Agar remarried in 1951 to model Loretta Barnett Combs (1922–2000). They attempted to elope but authorities refused to marry them for an hour because Agar had been inebriated. They were married for 49 years before her death in 2000. Martin Agar and John G. Agar III, III, had two sons, and John G. Agar III had two sons.

Agar was banned from dangerous driving in 1950. After 60 days in prison for illegal driving, he was sentenced to five months in prison for drinking alcohol and then released on probation. Agar was arrested for inebriated driving and sentenced to 120 days in jail in 1953. He was arrested again for impaired driving in 1960.

In the 1964 US presidential race, Agar endorsed Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan in 1980.

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John Agar Career

Career

When Agar was asked to accompany Shirley Temple in 1943, he attended a Hollywood ball.

David O. Selznick, the girl's boss at the time, and Agar's manager at the time, underwent a five-year acting apprenticeship starting at $150 a week. In Fort Apache (1948), a John Ford western starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda, Agar made his film debut as Temple's love interest in the temple. It was a critical and financial success.

Agar was back in Baltimore for his second film, a suffragette romance in 1949, as well as RKO's huge flop.

In The Woman on Pier 13 (1950), an anti-commist drama starring Howard Hughes, RKO used him. It was Agar's first movie without Temple, and he was billed after Robert Ryan and Laraine Day. It was another flop.

A reunion with Wayne and Ford, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), in which Agar played the romantic lead, was more fruitful. It was a huge success and has been regarded as a masterpiece. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), which Agar praised John Wayne, was much more popular. It was a huge success, earning Wayne an Oscar nomination and getting Agar some good feedback. Agar blamed John Wayne for his addiction to cigarettes and alcohol, which would later ruin his life.

Warner Bros. starred Agar in a war film, Breakthrough (1950), which heavily relied on pre-existing war footage. It was a good success at the box office.

Warner Bros used him in Along the Great Divide (1951), helping Kirk Douglas. Sam Katzman made a low budget Arabian Knights film for him with Lucille Ball of The Magic Carpet (1951).

Selznick fired Agar in 1952 for driving under the influence of alcohol, which hampered his work with Hollywood's major studios.

Agar was third inducted into Woman of the North Country (1952), a Western for the Republic, and he appeared in Man of War (1953), an independent drama with Edward Arnold.

Agar appeared in Bait (1954), a Hugo Haas drama starring Lenny Bruce; and Shield for Murder (1954), a Charles Coburn comedy co-written by Lenny Bruce; and Shield for Murder (1954), a film noir starring and co-directed by Edmond O'Brien.

In The Golden Mistress (1954), an adventure film directed by Abner Biberman, Agar reprised his leading roles.

Agar began a seven-year contract with Universal in 1954. He began his friendship with Revenge of the Creature (1955), the first sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954); it was produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold. He was loaned by Lippert Pictures for The Lonesome Trail (1955), and then made a second film for Haas, The Hold Back Tomorrow (1955).

Tarantula, Agar's second science fiction film, was released by the filmmaker. (55), made by Alland and Arnold, a popular and cult favorite.

Universal starred him in a Western, Star in the Dust (1956), starring Mamie Van Doren and Richard Boone and Albert Zugsmith and produced by Albert Zugsmith. With Marla English and Mike Connors, a new group, American International Pictures, borrowed Agar for a Western, Flesh, and Spur (1956). Then he returned to Universal for The Mole People (1956), a Alland product.

When he complained that he was bored of only doing science fiction roles, Agar's deal with Universal came to an end. Joe Murphy's last film for the studio was supporting Universal's Western star Audie Murphy in a comedic comedy Joe Butterfly (1957).

Agar's low budget science fiction, horror, and Western films remained in demand. He appeared in The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957) for Edgar G. Ulmer (1957) for Allied Artists, later made The Brain from Planet Arous (1957) for Howco International.

At Fox, Ride a Violent Mile (1958) and Frontier Gun (1958), Agar appeared in several low budget Westerns for Lippert's low budget Regal Films. He went to the Philippines to make Cavalry Command (1958) and two for AIP, Jet Attack (1958) and Attack of the Puppet People (1958). In 1958, he shot a television pilot who was released as a feature film Destination Space (1959).

The Invisible Invaders (1958) by Agar for director Edward L. Cahn, who had made the Jet Attack.

In Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962) and Of Love and Desire (1963), Agar could be seen. He appeared in several low budget films for producer A.C. Lyles (1963), including Dale Robertson and William Bendix (1965), Young and The Brave (1964) starring Barry Sullivan and Jane Russell (1966) and Waco (1966) with Howard Keel, Jane Russell and Brian Donlevy; The Young and The Brave (1963) with Rory Calhoun (1964) with Rory Calhoun (1966) with Rory Calhoun (1965) starring Dana

Larry Buchanan (1966), Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966), and Hell Raiders (1968). Agar made some films for Larry Buchanan at AIP that were originally intended as made-for-television films. He dominated Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966) and Night Fright (1967).

Agar appeared in small films, including Jason Robards Jr. and Ralph Meeker (1967), and three more images in a row with John Wayne: The Undocumented (1969), Chisum (1970), and Big Jake (1971).

Agar's last notable roles included small parts in King Kong (1976), Miracle Mile (1988) and Nightbreed (1990).

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