James Edwards

James Edwards

Born: March 6, 1918
Died: January 4, 1970
in Muncie, Indiana, USA
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.

Movies for James Edwards...

Legend of the Northwest
Title: Legend of the Northwest
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Set during the old west, Bearheart the dog witnesses his master, an old mountain man being murdered by bandits. Forced into the wilderness to survive on his own he meets a family who gives him friendship and a loving home.
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Doomsday Voyage
Title: Doomsday Voyage
Character: Coast Guard Officer
Released: February 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A political extremist on the run after assassinating a corrupt politician, poses as a French sailor in hopes of fleeing the country.
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Patton
Title: Patton
Character: Sergeant William George Meeks
Released: January 25, 1970
Type: Movie
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.
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Anatomy of a Crime
Title: Anatomy of a Crime
Character: Lt. Wager
Released: June 13, 1969
Type: Movie
Private detective David Ross has two apparently unconnected cases to investigate in the same day. In the first he is hired by a millionaire who paid a large ransom for his kidnapped daughter twelve years before, but she was never seen again. Now a woman has come forward who claims the young girl she raised is the millionaire's missing daughter. Later, Ross is contacted by a retired burlesque dancer who's about to publish her memoirs and possibly reveal the secrets of some important people, but someone is determined to stop her.
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Coogan's Bluff
Title: Coogan's Bluff
Character: Sgt. Jackson
Released: October 2, 1968
Type: Movie
Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.
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The Young Runaways
Title: The Young Runaways
Character: Sgt. Collyer
Released: September 11, 1968
Type: Movie
Three unhappy teenagers run away from home, only to discover living on their own isn't as idyllic as they imagined.
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The Sandpiper
Title: The Sandpiper
Character: Larry Brant
Released: June 23, 1965
Type: Movie
A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.
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Title: The Fugitive
Character: Joe Smith
Released: September 17, 1963
Type: TV
Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.
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The Manchurian Candidate
Title: The Manchurian Candidate
Character: Cpl. Allen Melvin
Released: October 24, 1962
Type: Movie
Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
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Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Title: Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Character: Batt
Released: March 4, 1960
Type: Movie
Texas John Slaughter is a peace-loving family man and successful rancher who values his friendship with the Apaches. But when a vengeful Geronimo initiates a violent campaign against the settlers, Slaughter himself must fight-- to maintain peace and honor among the warring groups.
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Blood and Steel
Title: Blood and Steel
Character: George
Released: December 4, 1959
Type: Movie
Native girl helps US Seabees free her villagers from Japanese troops.
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Pork Chop Hill
Title: Pork Chop Hill
Character: Cpl. Jurgens
Released: May 29, 1959
Type: Movie
Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.
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Night of the Quarter Moon
Title: Night of the Quarter Moon
Character: Asa Tully / lawyer
Released: March 4, 1959
Type: Movie
A POW marries a woman he meets in Mexico. Controversy erupts when people find out that she's one-quarter black.
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Anna Lucasta
Title: Anna Lucasta
Character: Eddie
Released: November 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Anna Lucasta has been walking the streets in San Diego since being thrown out of home, at 19, by her alcoholic father, Joe. She's estranged from her family, but when her father and brother-in-law see greedy potential in an arranged marriage to affluent Rudolph, Anna is called back home. Old wounds have hardly healed, though. Just as Anna starts to feel for Rudolph, Danny, an old friend, returns to make life difficult.
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Tarzan's Fight for Life
Title: Tarzan's Fight for Life
Character: Futa
Released: August 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Dr. Sturdy is trying to establish a modern hospital in the jungle. His efforts are strongly opposed by Futa, the witch doctor, and Ramo, a native warrior.
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Fraulein
Title: Fraulein
Character: Cpl. Hanks
Released: June 8, 1958
Type: Movie
In melodramatic fashion, the film tells the tale of a young German woman who finds herself alone in the world when the rest of her family is killed in a WWII air raid. Helping an American military man escape the Gestapo, she finds herself on the run from the Russian Army. Escaping to the American (and safe) side of Berlin, she registers herself as a prostitute (unknowingly) and finds herself caught between the German officer who thinks she is for sale and the American officer who she saved and is now in love with her.
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Men in War
Title: Men in War
Character: Sgt. Killian
Released: June 7, 1957
Type: Movie
In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding concern is caring for his catatonic colonel. Benson and Montana can't stand each other, but together they must get the survivors to Hill 465, where they hope the division is waiting. It's a long, harrowing march, fraught with all the dangers the elusive enemy can summon.
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Battle Hymn
Title: Battle Hymn
Character: Lt. Maples
Released: February 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure at preaching. Rejoined to train pilots early in the Korean War, he finds Korean orphans raiding the airbase garbage. With a pretty Korean teacher, he sets up an orphanage for them and others.
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The Killing
Title: The Killing
Character: Track Parking Attendant
Released: June 6, 1956
Type: Movie
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Ed
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Convict
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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The Phenix City Story
Title: The Phenix City Story
Character: Zeke Ward
Released: July 19, 1955
Type: Movie
A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.
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Seven Angry Men
Title: Seven Angry Men
Character: Ned Green
Released: March 27, 1955
Type: Movie
Rise, fall and execution of John Brown, fanatic abolitionist.
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African Manhunt
Title: African Manhunt
Character: Native Guide
Released: January 5, 1955
Type: Movie
Kirby, Davis and Drover escort the wanted criminal Rene Carvel from central Africa to the coast, stopping every so often to watch wild animals attack one another.
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The Caine Mutiny
Title: The Caine Mutiny
Character: Chief Steward Whittaker
Released: June 24, 1954
Type: Movie
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
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The Joe Louis Story
Title: The Joe Louis Story
Character: Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn
Released: September 18, 1953
Type: Movie
The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who held the title for 12 years--longer than any other boxer in history--and who had to not only battle opponents inside the ring and racism outside it.
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The Member of the Wedding
Title: The Member of the Wedding
Character: Honey Camden Brown
Released: December 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Tomboy, Frances 'Frankie' Addams, dreams of running away with her brother and new fiancée away from the Deep South.
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Bright Victory
Title: Bright Victory
Character: Joe Morgan
Released: August 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.
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The Steel Helmet
Title: The Steel Helmet
Character: Corporal Thompson
Released: January 24, 1951
Type: Movie
A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.
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Home of the Brave
Title: Home of the Brave
Character: Private Peter Moss
Released: May 12, 1949
Type: Movie
A sensitive, educated black man's World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of his peace-time problems which are pointed up in a flashback of his life, and primarily of his war-time adventures with four white soldiers on a dangerous reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held island.
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The Set-Up
Title: The Set-Up
Character: Luther Hawkins
Released: March 29, 1949
Type: Movie
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.