James Griffith

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-02-13 (77 years old)

Deathday

1993-09-17

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

James Griffith

Biography

James Griffith was an American character actor, musician, and screenwriter.

Acting

1956

The Killing

as Mr. Grimes

1964

Lorna

as The Man of God

1960

The Amazing Transparent Man

as Major Paul Krenner

1948

Blonde Ice

as Al Herrick

1951

Rhubarb

as Ogelthorpe Meadows

1950

Double Deal

as Walter Karnes

1954

Dragnet

as Jesse Quinn

1969

Heaven with a Gun

as Abraham Murdock

1961

Pocketful of Miracles

as Detective Briscoe (uncredited)

1949

Search for Danger

as Lt. Cooper

1953

No Escape

as Peter Hayden

1955

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)

1951

Apache Drums

as Lt. Glidden

1958

Bullwhip

as 'Slow' Karp

1952

Red Skies of Montana

as Boise Peterson

1966

1950

The Petty Girl

as Royal Roof Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

1954

1958

Return to Warbow

as Frank Hollister

1954

Masterson of Kansas

as Doc Holliday

1950

1954

Rails Into Laramie

as Orrie Sommers

1954

1954

The Shanghai Story

as Carl Hoyt

1955

Apache Ambush

as Abraham Lincoln

1949

Holiday Affair

as Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)

1951

1957

Omar Khayyam

as Buzorg

1969

Seven in Darkness

as Harlan Cabot

1954

Manhunt in Space

as Ken, Cassa 7 Air Controller

1949

Alaska Patrol

as Operative Dale

1964

Advance to the Rear

as Hugo Zattig

1952

Eight Iron Men

as Pvt. Ferguson

1954

1953

Kansas Pacific

as Joe Farley

1957

Raintree County

as Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)

1955

I Cover the Underworld

as Smiley Di Angelo

1977

Speedtrap

as Wino

1977

The Gift

as Tav

1960

Spartacus

as Otho (uncredited)

1948

Every Girl Should Be Married

as Insurance Salesman (uncredited)

1954

Day of Triumph

as Judas Iscariot

1949

Special Agent

as Candy Vendor on Train (uncredited)

1958

1958

Seven Guns to Mesa

as Papa Clellan

1957

The Vampire

as Henry Winston

1974

Seven Alone

as Billy Shaw

1949

Daughter of the West

as Jed Morgan (as James J. Griffith)

1951

1950

Indian Territory

as Apache Kid aka Johnny Corday

1980

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

as Squire Van Tassel

1956

The First Texan

as Davy Crockett

1958

Frontier Gun

as Cash Skelton

1960

North to Alaska

as Salvation Army Leader

1962

How the West Was Won

as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)

1951

1959

1955

The Night of the Hunter

as District Attorney

1974

Hitchhike!

as Sheriff Bentley

1970

Like It Is

as Father

1950

The Breaking Point

as Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)

1950

Bright Leaf

as Ellery (uncredited)

1949

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

as Joe, a Reporter

1951

The Blue Veil

as Joplin's Agent (Uncredited)

1978

Desperate Women

as Jonas Scurlock

1962

The Storm

as Ed Brandies

1955

At Gunpoint

as Alexander

1956

Rebel in Town

as Marshal Adam Russell

1970

1977

Flood!

as Charlie Davis

1953

1967

Winchester '73

as Minister Riding on Horse

Production

1964

Lorna

as Screenplay

1964

Lorna

as Original Music Composer

1968

Shalako

as Screenplay

1971

Catlow

as Writer

1965

Motorpsycho!

as Original Story

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