JG
James Gregory
Actor
Born December 23, 1911Died September 16, 2002 (90 years)
James Gregory (December 23, 1911 – September 16, 2002) was an American actor. His best-known roles include Schaffer in Al Capone (1959), the McCarthy-like Sen. John Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate (1962), General Ursus in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), and Inspector Frank Luger in the television sitcom Barney Miller (1975–1982). Gregory grew up in New Rochelle, NY. In high school, he was elected president of the Drama Club. He went to work on Wall Street as a runner shortly after the 1929 crash. Gregory performed in drama groups and achieved pro status as a summer stock player in 1935. He performed in plays throughout New York, New Jersey and Maryland. His troupe of performers toured small towns in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, towing a trailer full of theatre props; they performed in school gyms, churches and YMCAs, earning $25 for a week of one-night stands. In 1939, Gregory made his Broadway debut in a production of "Key Largo". Over the next 16 years, he performed in approximately 25 Broadway productions. His career was interrupted by WWII; he served for 3 years in the Navy and Marine Corps. His tour of duty took him to the Pacific where he spent 83 days on Okinawa. He married Anne Miltner in 1944; they were married for 58 years (until his death). During his Broadway career, Gregory earned consistently favorable reviews by drama critics from the New York Press, Boston Globe, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Gregory did a few TV spots as early as 1951, and in 1955 he made the transition from the Broadway stage to live television. The following year, after a couple of earlier uncredited movie appearances, he would also begin his movie career in earnest. He worked steadily throughout the early years of TV, working for major live television productions from New York to Hollywood. In 1959, Gregory made television history by costarring in the pilot episode of the The Twilight Zone (1959); the episode "Where Is Everybody?" concerning the relevant topic of the USA winning the space race by sending a manned spaceship to the moon sold the series. Gregory would play Dean Martin's exasperated boss MacDonald in the first 3 of the Matt Helm movies: The Silencers (1966), Murderers' Row (1966) and The Ambushers (1967). One of his final roles, perhaps his most acclaimed, was as Inspector Frank Luger for the entire run of Barney Miller (1975 - 1982). As the Inspector, he would be lovable, irritating, ingratiating, exasperating, and humorous, sometimes all at the same time. Gregory retired from acting in 1983, with over 100 TV and movie credits.
Known For
James Gregory Filmography
| 1985 | Mr. Belvedere (TV Series) · as Mr. Sparks |
| 1983 | Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home! · as Dan Peters |
| 1982 | The Atomic Cafe · as Soldier |
| 1982 | The Flight of Dragons · as Bryagh / Smrgol (voice) |
| 1981 | Aloha Paradise (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1981 | Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood · as Leo Hackett |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 | The Comeback Kid · as Scotty |
| 1979 | The Main Event · as Gough |
| 1979 | Supertrain (TV Series) · as Griswald |
| 1978 | Flying High (TV Series) |
| 1978 | The Bastard (TV Series) · as Will Campbell |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Milton Benson |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) · as Tony Gordon |
| 1976 | Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident · as James Donovan |
| 1976 | All's Fair (TV Series) |
| 1975 | McCoy (TV Series) · as Admiral Stemlock |
| 1975 | The Strongest Man in the World · as Chief Blair |
| 1975 | Barney Miller (TV Series) · as Inspector Frank Luger |
| 1975 | The Abduction of Saint Anne · as Pete Haggerty |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series) · as Captain Quill |
| 1973 | Miracle on 34th Street · as District Attorney |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Weekend Nun · as Sid Richardson |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H (TV Series) · as General Kelly |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Paul Lynde Show (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Search (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Temperatures Rising (TV Series) · as James Jerome |
| 1972 | A Very Missing Person · as Oscar Piper |
| 1972 | Emergency! (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Don Rickles Show (TV Series) · as Clay Carraway |
| 1971 | The Marshal of Madrid · as Oil Tycoon |
| 1971 | Cade's County (TV Series) · as Taylor Hargutt |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as David Buckner |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) |
| 1971 | The Late Liz · as Sam Burns |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | The Million Dollar Duck · as Rutledge |
| 1971 | All in the Family (TV Series) · as William R. Kirkwood |
| 1970 | The Hawaiians · as Dr. Whipple Sr. (uncredited) |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family (TV Series) · as Claude Tubbles |
| 1970 | Headmaster (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Beneath the Planet of the Apes · as Ursus |
| 1970 | McCloud (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Marty (segment: Love And The Plane Fantasy) |
| 1969 | Bracken's World (TV Series) · as Leeson Fowler |
| 1969 | My World and Welcome to It (TV Series) |
| 1969 | The Love God? · as Darrell Evans Hughes |
| 1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) · as Col. Whittendale |
| 1968 | The Good Guys (TV Series) · as Chief Andrews |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Lancer (TV Series) |
| 1968 | The Outcasts (TV Series) |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Senator Tucker |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Jonathan Kaye |
| 1968 | The Outsider (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Premiere (TV Series) |
| 1968 | The Secret War of Harry Frigg · as Gen. Homer Prentiss |
| 1967 | The Ambushers · as Macdonald |
| 1967 | Clambake · as Duster Heyward |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Tv Presenter |
| 1967 | Cowboy in Africa (TV Series) · as Blue Eyes |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral (TV Series) · as Jake Stoner |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Murderers' Row · as Macdonald |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Tarzan (1966) (TV Series) |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Star Trek (TV Series) · as Dr. Tristan Adams |
| 1966 | The Silencers · as Macdonald |
| 1965 | A Rage to Live · as Dr. O'brien |
| 1965 | The Loner (TV Series) |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Hogan's Heroes (TV Series) · as General Biedenbender |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Bert Anslem |
| 1965 | The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Simon Carter |
| 1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah (TV Series) · as Jake Roberts |
| 1965 | F Troop (TV Series) |
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder · as Morgan Hastings |
| 1964 | Quick, Before It Melts · as Vice Admiral |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Captain Asa Webb |
| 1964 | The Rogues (TV Series) · as Augustus Lineen |
| 1964 | A Distant Trumpet · as Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint |
| 1963 | Captain Newman, M.D. · as Col. Edgar Pyser |
| 1963 | Twilight of Honor · as Norris Bixby |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Wade |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Pete Crandall |
| 1963 | Breaking Point (TV Series) · as Malcolm |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant (TV Series) |
| 1963 | PT 109 · as Commander C.r. Ritchie |
| 1962 | The Manchurian Candidate · as Sen. John Yerkes Iselin |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Eddie Forman |
| 1962 | Empire (TV Series) · as Theron Haskell |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Fred Kruger |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Cal Young |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Two Weeks in Another Town · as Brad Byrd |
| 1961 | X-15 · as Tom Deparma |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Driscoll |
| 1961 | Frontier Circus (TV Series) · as Jacob Carno |
| 1961 | The New Breed (TV Series) · as Father Al |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Lt. Walsh |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Paul Tasso |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Eddie |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Judge Ralph Addison |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Howard Yates |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Confederate Sergeant |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show (TV Series) · as John Kramer |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Hey Boy! Hey Girl! · as Father Burton |
| 1959 | The Lawless Years (TV Series) · as Barney Ruditsky |
| 1959 | Al Capone · as Schaefler (narrator) |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Walter Trager |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Mister Brothers |
| 1958 | Onionhead · as Lt. Cmdr. Fox Aka The Skipper |
| 1958 | Pursuit (TV Series) · as Lt. Wilenski |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Underwater Warrior · as Lt. William Arnold |
| 1957 | The Big Caper · as Flood |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) · as Charlie Hanes |
| 1957 | Goodyear Theatre (TV Series) · as Charlie Hanes |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as Morton Noble |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Ricky Bell |
| 1957 | Gun Glory · as Grimsell |
| 1957 | The Young Stranger · as Sergeant Shipley |
| 1956 | Nightfall · as Ben Fraser |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Chief Leo Fuller |
| 1956 | The Scarlet Hour · as Ralph Nevins |
| 1955 | Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Martin Hobbes |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as John Gregory |
| 1955 | The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV Series) · as Commander Andrew Jameson |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Judge Calvin Strom |
| 1955 | Star Tonight (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Sheriff Dodds |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Joe Mccarthy |
| 1954 | The Inner Sanctum (TV Series) |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Tommy Grant |
| 1953 | Ponds Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | The Man Behind the Badge (TV Series) · as Detective John Masterson |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Jim Patton |
| 1953 | You Are There (TV Series) · as Polycrates |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Sandy Green |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Philip Woodruff |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Morgan |
| 1951 | The Frogmen · as Chief Petty Officer Lane |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Mr. Randolph |
| 1950 | Danger (TV Series) · as Willie |
| 1950 | Treasury Men in Action (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Web (1950) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Dr. Lang |
| 1950 | |
| 1949 | The Big Story (TV Series) · as Chet Holcombe |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Jerry |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Mr. Black |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Angus |
| 1948 | The Naked City · as Patrolman Albert Hicks (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Steve |
| 2003 | 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 1965 | The Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |