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James Edwards

Actor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born March 6, 1918Died January 4, 1970 (51 years)
James Johnson Edwards (March 6, 1918 – January 4, 1970) was an American actor in films and television. His most famous role was as Private Peter Moss in the 1949 film Home of the Brave, in which he portrayed an African American soldier experiencing racial prejudice while serving in the South Pacific during World War II.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Men in War
  • Death Valley Days
  • The Joe Louis Story
  • TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Known For
  • The Killing
  • Coogan's Bluff
  • The Steel Helmet
  • The Set-Up
  • Pork Chop Hill
  • The Sandpiper
  • Men in War
  • Home of the Brave
  • The Member of the Wedding
  • Battle Hymn
  • Anna Lucasta
  • The Joe Louis Story
  • Tarzan's Fight for Life
  • Fräulein
  • Doomsday Voyage

Filmography

2004
1978
1972
Doomsday Voyage · as Coast Guard Officer
1970
Patton · as Sergeant William George Meeks
1968
Coogan's Bluff · as Sgt. Jackson
1968
The Outcasts (TV Series) · as Taggert
1968
The Outsider (TV Series) · as Lt. Wagner
1968
The Young Runaways · as Sgt. Collyer
1967
Mannix (TV Series) · as Jerry
1967
Cowboy in Africa (TV Series) · as Shendi Suakin
1967
NBC Experiment in Television (TV Series) · as Wesley
1965
The Sandpiper · as Larry Brant
1964
Profiles in Courage (TV Series) · as Ruggles
1963
East Side/West Side (TV Series) · as Mr. Jackson
1963
Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Norton
1963
The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Joe Smith
1962
The Manchurian Candidate · as Cpl. Allen Melvin
1962
Going My Way (TV Series) · as Sgt. Fred Wilson
1962
The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Ettinger
1962
The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Mr. Hudson
1962
The Virginian (TV Series) · as Ben Harper
1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV Series) · as Byron
1961
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Dr. Lench
1961
The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series) · as Willy - Guard #1
1961
The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series) · as Vaughn
1960
1959
Blood and Steel · as George
1959
Pork Chop Hill · as Cpl. Jurgens
1959
Night of the Quarter Moon · as Asa Tully / Lawyer
1958
Anna Lucasta · as Eddie
1958
Peter Gunn (TV Series) · as Arnie Kelton
1958
1958
Fräulein · as Cpl. Hanks
1957
Meet McGraw (TV Series) · as Cast
1957
Battle Hymn · as Lt. Maples
1957
Men in War · as Sgt. Killian
1956
Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Sgt. Morgan
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Cast
1956
The Killing · as Track Parking Attendant
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Ed
1955
Navy Log (TV Series) · as Ens. Jesse Brown
1955
The Phenix City Story · as Zeke Ward
1955
Seven Angry Men · as Ned Green
1955
TV Reader's Digest (TV Series) · as Cast
1955
The Star and the Story (TV Series) · as Porter
1954
Disneyland (TV Series) · as Batt
1954
Climax! (TV Series) · as James Sullivan
1954
The Caine Mutiny · as Chief Steward Whittaker
1953
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Champ
1953
The Joe Louis Story · as Jack 'chappie' Blackburn
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Sgt. Davis
1952
Ramar of the Jungle (TV Series) · as Matuwa
1952
The Member of the Wedding · as Honey Camden Brown
1952
Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Ralph Bunche
1952
Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Scipio Gaines
1951
Bright Victory · as Joe Morgan
1951
The Steel Helmet · as Corporal Thompson
1949
Home of the Brave · as Private Peter Moss
1949
Manhandled · as Henry, Bennet's Butler
1949
Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast
1949
The Set-Up · as Luther Hawkins
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Audience Bow

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