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Don Haggerty
Known for: ActingDon Haggerty (b. July 3, 1914, Poughkeepsie, New York – d. August 19, 1988, Cocoa Beach, Florida) was an American film actor appearing in films in the 1940s and 1950s. Before entering films in 1947, Haggerty was a Brown University athlete and served in the US military. Usually cast as tough policemen or cowboys, he appeared in a number of memorable films including Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), The Asphalt Jungle (1951), Angels in the Outfield (1951) and The Narrow Margin. The B-movie actor continued to appear in films until the early 1980s. In the 1955-1956 season, he appeared as the outlaw Sam Bass in an episode of Jim Davis's syndicated Stories of the Century. In 1956-1957, Haggerty appeared as Sheriff Elder in Rod Cameron's syndicated western-themed crime drama, State Trooper. He appeared at this time in three episodes of the syndicated western 26 Men about the Arizona Rangers. In 1959, he guest starred in Bruce Gordon's docudrama about the Cold War, Behind Closed Doors. In 1960, Haggerty guest starred on the NBC crime drama Dan Raven starring Skip Homeier. He also appeared as Joe Wine in the 1961 episode "Alien Entry" of the syndicated series The Blue Angels. About this time, he also appeared in the episode "The Green Gamblers" of the crime drama The Brothers Brannagan.
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Angels in the Outfield
as Rube Ronson 
Hell Is for Heroes
as Capt. Mace 
The Killers
as Mail Truck Driver 
Pitfall
as District Attorney's Man 
Naked Alibi
as Matt Matthews 
Seven Ways from Sundown
as Durton 
The Night of the Grizzly
as Sam Podds 
The Great Sioux Massacre
as Senator Blaine 
The Kid from Texas
as Morgan 
Sailor Beware
as Lt. Connors (uncredited) 
Day of the Badman
as Deputy Floyd 
The Gunfight at Dodge City
as Sheriff Jim Regan 
The Narrow Margin
as Det. Wilson (uncredited) 
Armored Car Robbery
as Detective Driving Final Pursuit Car 
Cause for Alarm!
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as Mr. Russell 
Denver and Rio Grande
as Bob Nelson 
Back from the Dead
as John Mitchell 
King of the Rocket Men
as Tony Dirken 
Canadian Pacific
as Cagle 
That Funny Feeling
as Policeman 
The Crooked Way
as Hood 
The Sundowners
as Sheriff Elmer Gall 
Quebec
as Col. Jean Durossac 
Go for Broke!
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as Wilson Culley 
The Private War of Major Benson
as Harold Hibler 
Loophole
as Neil Sanford 
USS VD: Ship of Shame
as Ship Officer (uncredited) 
Spoilers of the Plains
as Ben Rix 
Starbird and Sweet William
as Hunter 
Cowboy and the Prizefighter
as Steve Stevenson 
Crashing Las Vegas
as Henchman Tony Murlock