"Bangaru Papa," directed by B N Reddy, released in 1955, was the first breakthrough film for Jaggayya. He was distinguished for his booming voice and contributed as a voice artist for more than hundred feature films. He dubbed in Telugu language for veteran Sivaji Ganesan. He was the narrator, and dubbing artist for internationally recognized works such as Maa Bhoomi, and Richard Attenborough's character of John Hammond in the Telugu-dubbed version of the Hollywood film "Jurassic Park". He acted in almost 100 films as a lead, 100 more as a co-lead and almost 200 films as a character artist. He was a part of almost every film of VB Rajendra Parasad's "Jagapathi Pictures," K B Tilak's "Anupama Pictures" and "Ramavijeta Films" owned by brothers Prabhakar and Baburao. His last film as an actor was "Kunthi Putrudu," which starred Mohan Babu as lead and was directed by Dasari Narayana Rao.