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Jay C. Flippen (March 6, 1899 – February 3, 1971) was an American character actor who often played police officers or weary criminals in many films of the 1940s and 1950s.〔 ==Biography== Born on March 6, 1899 in Little Rock, Arkansas, Flippen was an established and respected vaudeville singer and stage actor before his film career. He had been discovered by famed African-American comedian Bert Williams in the 1920s. He called himself "The Ham What Am," and performed occasionally in blackface. Flippen attained the most coveted booking in vaudeville, headlining at the Palace Theatre in New York six times between March 1926 and February 1931.〔''The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville'', Anthony Slide, p. 186〕 At one time he was also a radio announcer for New York Yankees games and was one of the first game show announcers. Between 1924 and 1929, Flippen recorded more than thirty songs for Columbia, Perfect and Brunswick. His first film, the 1928 Warner Bros. short subject "The Ham What Am", captures his vaudeville performance, and there are other shorts in the 1930s, but his film career started in earnest in 1947. Some of Flippen's most noteworthy film work came in support of James Stewart in five of the films the two made under the direction of Anthony Mann during the 1950s. He also appeared on television, including a 1960 guest-starring role as Gabe Jethrow in the episode "Four Came Quietly" on the CBS western series ''Johnny Ringo'', starring Don Durant. In 1962, he guest starred on the ABC drama series ''Bus Stop'' as Mike Carmody in "Verdict of 12" and ''Follow the Sun'' as Fallon in "The Last of the Big Spenders." He also appeared on ABC's ''The Untouchables'' as Al Morrisey in "You Can't Pick the Number" (1959) and as Big Joe Holvak in "Fall Guy" (1962). In the 1962-63 season, Flippen was cast as Chief Petty Officer Homer Nelson on the NBC sitcom ''Ensign O'Toole'', with Dean Jones in the starring role. He also guest starred on CBS' ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' in its first season, playing Rob Petrie's former mentor Happy Spangler. In 1964, he appeared as Owney in an episode of CBS' ''Gunsmoke'' with James Arness. In 1963, he guest starred on ''Bonanza''. He appeared four times on NBC's ''The Virginian'' in the 1960s; in 1966, he appeared on the ABC comedy western ''The Rounders''. In 1967, he and Tom Tryon guest starred in the episode "Charade of Justice" of the NBC western series ''The Road West''. Later in life, Flippen continued acting although he used a wheelchair after an amputation like in ''Ironside'' (Season 1 "A Very Cool Hot Car"). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jay C. Flippen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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