James Gregory

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-12-23 (91 years old)

Deathday

2002-09-16

Place of Birth

Bronx, New York, USA

James Gregory

Biography

One of the most beloved actors of all, James Gregory was born December 23, 1911, in the Bronx and 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. James 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,...

Acting

1962

The Manchurian Candidate

as Sen. John Yerkes Iselin

1951

The Frogmen

as Chief Petty Officer Lane

1966

The Silencers

as MacDonald

1978

The Bastard

as Will Campbell

1968

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

as Gen. Homer Prentiss

1963

Captain Newman, M.D.

as Col. Edgar Pyser

1982

The Flight of Dragons

as Bryagh / Smrgol (voice)

1963

PT 109

as Commander C.R. Ritchie

1956

Nightfall

as Ben Fraser

1979

1966

Murderers' Row

as MacDonald

1967

The Ambushers

as MacDonald

1959

Al Capone

as Schaefler (narrator)

1965

The Sons of Katie Elder

as Morgan Hastings

1964

A Distant Trumpet

as Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint

1957

1956

The Scarlet Hour

as Ralph Nevins

1971

Shoot Out

as Sam Foley

1965

A Rage to Live

as Dr. O'Brien

1957

The Young Stranger

as Sergeant Shipley

1957

Gun Glory

as Grimsell

1965

Quick, Before It Melts

as Vice Admiral

1963

Twilight of Honor

as Norris Bixby

1972

The Weekend Nun

as Sid Richardson

1959

Hey Boy! Hey Girl!

as Father Burton

1958

Underwater Warrior

as Lt. William Arnold

1967

The Hunted

as Buckman

1961

X-15

as Tom Deparma

1973

Miracle on 34th Street

as District Attorney

1970

The Hawaiians

as Dr. Whipple Sr. (uncredited)

1980

1980

Gridlock

as Gen. Caribou Caruthers

1967

Clambake

as Duster Heyward

1958

Onionhead

as Lt. Cmdr. Fox aka The Skipper

1971

The Late Liz

as Sam Burns

1954

At This Moment

as Bill Ritter

1969

The Love God?

as Darrell Evans Hughes

1972

A Very Missing Person

as Oscar Piper

1975

1948

The Naked City

as Patrolman Albert Hicks (uncredited)

1968

Cocoon

as Jonathan Kaye

1972

Production

1977

Off the Wall

as Producer

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