Don Haggerty
Date of birth: 1914-07-03
Place of birth: Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Donald Francis Haggerty
Biography
Don 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.
Movie Credits
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981-07-09
The escapades of Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, and the runaway slave, Jim, drifting down the Mississippi on
The Night of the Grizzly
1966-04-20
Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle o
Armored Car Robbery
1950-06-08
While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phil
The Killers
1964-07-07
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not
Hell Is for Heroes
1962-06-26
World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliatio
King of the Rocket Men
1949-06-08
Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the sci
Loophole
1954-03-28
Bank teller Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan) takes the first step on the road to Perdition when he fail
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
1960-03-04
Texas John Slaughter is a peace-loving family man and successful rancher who values his friendship w
Naked Alibi
1954-10-01
Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners,
I Cover the Underworld
1955-05-19
Gunner O'Hara is about to be released from prison after serving a five-year sentence, and receives a
Cry Vengeance
1954-11-24
Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, fra
Cause for Alarm!
1951-03-30
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outline
The Crooked Way
1949-04-22
A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital
Back Door to Heaven
1939-04-19
The life of a young kid, who starts stealing small things to fit in with the "cool crowd".
Chain of Evidence
1957-01-06
A police lieutenant fights to prove a boy's innocence after he's accused of murder. The fourth of fi
Calling Homicide
1956-09-30
Cop Andy Doyle investigates a car-bombing murder and the killing of a sleazy modeling agency owner.
Footsteps in the Night
1957-04-14
Two detectives investigate the strangulation murder of a man whom everyone seemed to like.
Gambling House
1950-12-27
A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.
The Man Who Died Twice
1958-06-06
An innocent nightclub singer becomes mixed up in illegal drug dealings shortly after witnessing her
The Stooge
1951-11-15
Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act
Take the High Ground!
1953-10-30
Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to n
Go for Broke!
1951-05-04
A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with J
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960-09-25
A Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy
The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959-05-01
Fleeing to Dodge City after killing a man in self defence Masterson finds his brother Ed (Harry Laut
Sailor Beware
1952-02-08
Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enl
The Private War of Major Benson
1955-08-02
A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of t
Lost Planet Airmen
1951-07-25
Feature version of the 1949 serial, KING OF THE ROCKETMEN: Young member of scientific group uses ne
Spoilers of the Plains
1951-02-02
An experimental weather satellite and a missile base are at stake when Roy discovers foreign agents
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965-04-25
Colonel Custer, an outspoken believer in fair treatment for the Indians, is ousted from his post and
The Rocket Man
1954-04-01
After procuring a special ray gun, a precocious orphan helps his community by exposing the shady doi
Back from the Dead
1957-08-12
A woman is possessed by the spirt of her husband's deceased first wife, turning her into a cold, sch
Air Strike
1955-05-06
Tasked with training a group of untested new recruits, a no-nonsense Navy commander faces a host of
Crashing Las Vegas
1956-04-27
An electric shock enables Sach to predict numbers, so the Bowery Boys are off to Las Vegas to win en
Storm Over Wyoming
1950-04-22
Dave Saunders and his sidekick Chito, cowhands looking for work, arrive in Sundown Valley, Wyoming j
Cattle Empire
1958-04-01
After serving a five year prison sentence for allowing his men to destroy a town in a drunken spree,
The Crooked Circle
1957-11-11
A young prizefighter finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight.
Dynamite Pass
1950-03-23
A cowhand becomes involved in a war between a road construction crew and the greedy toll-owner hopin
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
1971-11-30
A U.S. Senator is spirited away to a secret New Mexico medical lab after a serious car crash. His in
Bronco Buster
1952-05-01
A veteran rodeo rider takes on a young apprentice in order to "teach him the ropes", and winds up co
Gundown at Sandoval
1959-01-01
In this exciting western, cowpoke Texas John Slaughter rides out for revenge against the man who kil
Combat Squad
1953-10-01
A tough sergeant helps a raw recruit find courage under fire during the Korean War.
An Annapolis Story
1955-04-10
Two brothers, both cadets at Annapolis, fall in love with the same girl.
The Asphalt Jungle
1950-05-12
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emme
Canadian Pacific
1949-05-19
A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the
Vigilante Hideout
1950-08-06
Cattle detective, Rocky Lane, arrives in town to investigate cattle disappearances only to realize j
That Lady in Ermine
1948-08-24
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hun
Callaway Went Thataway
1951-11-15
Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on t
Dirty Harry
1971-12-23
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for
The Solid Gold Girl
1964-02-14
While searching for the man who framed him for a crime he didn't commit, Harrison Destry (John Gavin
Denver and Rio Grande
1952-05-16
Jim Vesser and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass, while a
Blood Arrow
1958-03-31
Phyllis Coates, TV's erstwhile Lois Lane, essays one of her largest film roles in Blood Arrow. Coate
Fight for the Title
1957-03-17
An champion light-heavyweight boxer batters a young challenger so severely that the youthful pugilis
Gun Smugglers
1948-12-28
A young boy threatens to follow in his outlaw brother's footsteps.
False Paradise
1948-09-10
A banker is trying to cheat people out of their silver-rich land. Hoppy learns that the banker is in
Return from the Sea
1954-07-28
A hardened career navel officer must come to terms with adapting to civilian life with the help of a
Rustlers
1949-03-03
A group of Arizona ranchers, trying to learn the identities of the Salt River Gang and prevent any f
The Dead Don't Dream
1948-04-30
Hoppy, California and Lucky arrive at a remote inn, where Lucky expects to be married - but finds th
Borrowed Trouble
1948-07-23
Finishing a trail drive, Hoppy and the boys head to town and immediately get caught up in the confli
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956-07-04
The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Angels in the Outfield
1951-10-19
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine as
Phantom Stallion
1954-02-10
Ex-cavalry buddies, Rex and Slim, band together to capture a wild stallion, solve a murder and thwar
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950-01-01
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as
Angel in Exile
1948-10-20
An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted when
Cowboy and the Prizefighter
1949-12-14
Red Ryder KO's a fight racket with sidekick Little Beaver (Little Brown Jug) and a new friend.
The Sundowners
1950-02-02
Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of fueding ranchers in the old west.
Sinister Journey
1948-06-11
Lee Garvin has eloped with the daughter of a railroad man who didn't approve of the marriage. Hoppy
USS VD: Ship of Shame
1942-01-02
This film was made by the U.S. government during World War II to show its young servicemen the resul
Wild Stallion
1952-04-27
A young orphan grows into adulthood, all the while searhing for his beloved white horse that disappe
Spoilers of the Forest
1957-04-04
Vera Ralston plays Joan Milna, who shares several thousand acres of valuable Montana timberland with
Silent Conflict
1948-03-19
One of Hoppy's Bar 20 ranch hands is tricked into participating in nefarious activities after being
Quebec
1951-03-15
Story of a revolt against England in 1830s Canada.
The Vanishing Westerner
1950-03-31
Posing as wanted men, Chris and Waldorf get hired by Sanderson. He sends them to kill the Sheriff bu
South of Rio
1949-07-29
The town of Rio Blanco is the center of a fight over the statehood issue and is a perfect setup for
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953-07-13
Professional killer Bus Crow is hired by cattlemen to eliminate squatters. When Marshal Sam Rochelle
Texas Lady
1955-11-23
Claudette Colbert plays Prudence Webb, who arrives in the wide-open town of Fort Ralston, Texas, to
Day of the Badman
1958-01-29
Judge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and h
California Gold Rush
1981-07-30
Author Bret Harte relates the story of the discovery of gold in California at Sutter's Mill, and how
The Narrow Margin
1952-05-03
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago
Some Came Running
1958-12-25
A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the ch
Pitfall
1948-08-11
An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned
The Kid from Texas
1950-03-01
Billy the Kid becomes embroiled in Lincoln County, NM, land wars. When rancher who gave him a break
The Desperate Hours
1955-10-05
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
Rhubarb
1951-08-29
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. The
Roar of the Crowd
1953-05-31
Johnny Tracy, son of veteran race driver Pop Tracy, is working his way up on the racing circuit, but
Problem Drinkers
1946-06-14
This edition of the March of Time series (Volume 12, Number 11) deals with the growing problem of al
The Loved One
1965-10-11
Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment
Mobs, Inc.
1956-03-21
Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them
Starbird and Sweet William
1973-03-21
A plane crash survivor draws upon the sensibilities of his Native American ancestry in order to stay
The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
1977-12-17
An old man observes a boy bullying his playmates and treats him to a morality lesson. The man tells
The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948-09-09
Security guard, wounded in a robbery of furs, arouses the suspicions of an insurance investigator.
That's My Boy
1951-05-31
Jack Jackson, the greatest football player in Ridgefield College history, is disappointed that his o
Act of Violence
1949-01-22
A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has