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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. During World War II he served in the Army Air Corps, and he was a sergeant at the time he left the army in 1946.
He was Shirley Temple's first husband (1945–1950), and they worked together in Fort Apache. His marriage to Temple lasted five years and they had one daughter together, Linda Susan Agar, who was later known as Susan Black, taking the surname of her stepfather Charles Alden Black. Following his divorce from Temple, Agar was married in 1951 to model Loretta Barnett Combs (1922–2000). They remained married until her death in 2000. They had two sons, Martin Agar and John G. Agar III. Agar died on April 7, 2002 at Burbank, California of complications from emphysema. He was buried beside his wife at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.
Agar made six movies with John Wayne: Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima, Big Jake, Chisum, The Undefeated and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. He also made two movies with Shirley Temple, Fort Apache and Adventure in Baltimore, also starring Robert Young.
He is mentioned in the Frank Zappa song "The Radio is Broken" from the album The Man From Utopia (1983).
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Filmography
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Movies 77
TV Shows 15
self 5

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! (2021)

Monster Invaders from Space (2018)

John Ford & Monument Valley (2013)

The Naked Monster (2005)

Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)

Body Bags (1993)

Invasion of Privacy (1992)

Fear (1990)

Nightbreed (1990)

Perfect Victims (1988)

Miracle Mile (1988)

Creepy Classics (1987)

Horrible Horror (1986)

Divided We Fall (1982)

Coming Soon (1982)

Mr. No Legs (1978)

The Man with No Name (1977)

Charlie's Angels (1976)

King Kong (1976)

How's Your Love Life? (1971)

Big Jake (1971)

Chisum (1970)

The Undefeated (1969)

Hell Raiders (1969)

The Name of the Game (1968)

Curse of the Swamp Creature (1968)

The Movie Orgy (1968)

Zontar: The Thing from Venus (1967)

Night Fright (1967)

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)

Waco (1966)

Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966)

Johnny Reno (1966)

Stage to Thunder Rock (1964)

Young Fury (1964)

Law of the Lawless (1964)

Of Love and Desire (1963)

The Young and the Brave (1963)

The Virginian (1962)

Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)

Hand of Death (1962)

Fall Girl (1961)

Invisible Invaders (1959)

Rawhide (1959)

Destination Space (1959)

Frontier Gun (1958)

Bat Masterson (1958)

Attack of the Puppet People (1958)

Jet Attack (1958)

The Day of the Trumpet (1958)

Ride a Violent Mile (1957)

The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)

Perry Mason (1957)

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)

Joe Butterfly (1957)

The Mole People (1956)

Flesh and the Spur (1956)

Star in the Dust (1956)

Tarantula (1955)

Hold Back Tomorrow (1955)

The Lonesome Trail (1955)

Revenge of the Creature (1955)

The Golden Mistress (1954)

Climax! (1954)

Shield for Murder (1954)

The Rocket Man (1954)

Bait (1954)

Man of Conflict (1953)

General Electric Theater (1953)

Woman of the North Country (1952)

The Magic Carpet (1951)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)

Along the Great Divide (1951)

Breakthrough (1950)

The Woman on Pier 13 (1950)

Sands of Iwo Jima (1950)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

Fort Apache (1948)

The Year of Living Locked Up
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1921-01-31
Deathday2002-04-07 (81 years old)
Birth NameJohn George Agar
Birth PlaceChicago, United States
RelationshipsShirley Temple (1945 - 1950)
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsJohn George Agar Jr.
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