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John Agar

American actor (1921-2002)

John Agar was an American film and television actor, best known for starring alongside John Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. In his later career he starred in B movies such as Tarantula!, The Mole People and Revenge of the Creature.

John Agar appears in 4 films in The Rerun, from 1949 to 1969. Most of that work is in war, western and horror. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: John Wayne (4), Ben Johnson (2).

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What movies and TV shows has John Agar been in?
John Agar appears in The Undefeated (1969), Tarantula (1955), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) on The Remote.
When was John Agar born?
John Agar was born on 31 January 1921.

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