Dean Jagger was an actor who earned a supporting actor oscar for 1949's Twelve O'Clock High. He was in The Woman from Hell (1929) with Mary Astor, played Brigham Young (1940), and was in The Robe, White Christmas, Bad Day at Black Rock, and King Creole. He earned 2 Emmy nominations for his TV role in Mr. Novak, and won an Emmy for a guest appearance in the religious series This Is the Life. He played Caine's grandfather in an early episode of Kung Fu.