Dean Jagger

American actor

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Oscar for best supporting actor, 1949

    “Twelve O’Clock High”

    • scene from Twelve O'Clock High
      In Twelve O’Clock High

      …attorney Harvey Stovall (played by Dean Jagger) is a tourist in London in 1949 when he happens upon an old Toby jug (a beer jug in the shape of a man) in an antique shop. The jug reminds him of his days in England during World War II, and he…

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