James Edwards
Born: 1918-03-06 in Muncie, Indiana, USA
Died: 1970-01-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1972
- Doomsday Voyage as Coast Guard Officer
1970
- Patton as Sergeant William George Meeks
1969
- Anatomy of a Crime as Lt. Wager
1968
- The Outsider as Lt. Wagner
- Coogan's Bluff as Sgt. Jackson
- The Young Runaways as Sgt. Collyer
1965
- The Sandpiper as Larry Brant
1963
- The Fugitive as Joe Smith
- Burke's Law as Norton
1962
- The Manchurian Candidate as Cpl. Allen Melvin
1960
1959
- Law of the Plainsman ... (Writer)
- Pork Chop Hill as Cpl. Jurgens
- Night of the Quarter Moon as Asa Tully / lawyer
- Blood and Steel as George
1958
- Fraulein as Cpl. Hanks
- Anna Lucasta as Eddie
- Tarzan's Fight for Life as Futa
1957
- Men in War as Sgt. Killian
- Battle Hymn as Lt. Maples
- A Sound of Different Drummers
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sgt. Morgan
- The Killing as Track Parking Attendant
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Ed
- The Phenix City Story as Zeke Ward
- Seven Angry Men as Ned Green
- African Manhunt as Native Guide
1954
- The Caine Mutiny as Chief Steward Whittaker
1953
- The Joe Louis Story as Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn
1952
- The Member of the Wedding as Honey Camden Brown
1951
- The Steel Helmet as Corporal Thompson
- Bright Victory as Joe Morgan
1949
- The Set-Up as Luther Hawkins
- Home of the Brave as Private Peter Moss