Acting

James Edwards

Born 1918-03-06 · Muncie, Indiana, USA

Died 1970-01-04

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.

Credits

Newest first

Legend of the Northwest
as Jim Ryder
1978
Doomsday Voyage
as Coast Guard Officer
1972
Patton
as Sergeant William George Meeks
1970
Anatomy of a Crime
as Lt. Wager
1969
Coogan's Bluff
as Sgt. Jackson
1968
The Outsider
as Lt. Wagner
1968
The Young Runaways
as Sgt. Collyer
1968
The Sandpiper
as Larry Brant
1965
Burke's Law
as Norton
1963
The Fugitive
as Joe Smith
1963
The Manchurian Candidate
as Cpl. Allen Melvin
1962
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
as Batt
1960
Blood and Steel
as George
1959
Law of the Plainsman
Writer
1959
Pork Chop Hill
as Cpl. Jurgens
1959
Night of the Quarter Moon
as Asa Tully / lawyer
1959
Anna Lucasta
as Eddie
1958
Tarzan's Fight for Life
as Futa
1958
Fraulein
as Cpl. Hanks
1958
A Sound of Different Drummers
1957
Men in War
as Sgt. Killian
1957
Battle Hymn
as Lt. Maples
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sgt. Morgan
1956
The Killing
as Track Parking Attendant
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ed
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Convict
1955
The Phenix City Story
as Zeke Ward
1955
Seven Angry Men
as Ned Green
1955
African Manhunt
as Native Guide
1955
The Caine Mutiny
as Chief Steward Whittaker
1954
The Joe Louis Story
as Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn
1953
The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Camden Brown
1952
Bright Victory
as Joe Morgan
1951
The Steel Helmet
as Corporal Thompson
1951
Home of the Brave
as Private Peter Moss
1949
The Set-Up
as Luther Hawkins
1949