James Edwards
Mar 06, 1918 - Jan 04, 1970 (51 years old) 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.
Known For
The Fugitive
Joe Smith
Burke's Law
Norton
The Sandpiper
Larry Brant
Battle Hymn
Lt. Maples
Fraulein
Cpl. Hanks
Bright Victory
Joe Morgan
The Caine Mutiny
Chief Steward Whittaker
The Killing
Track Parking Attendant
African Manhunt
Native Guide
Credits
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★ 6 -
Doomsday Voyage 1972Coast Guard Officer★ NR -
Patton 1970Sergeant William George Meeks★ 7.5 -
Anatomy of a Crime 1969Lt. Wager★ 6 -
Coogan's Bluff 1968Sgt. Jackson★ 6.3 -
The Outsider 1968Lt. Wagner★ 5.2 -
The Young Runaways 1968Sgt. Collyer★ 6 -
The Sandpiper 1965Larry Brant★ 6.3 -
Burke's Law 1963Norton★ 6 -
The Fugitive 1963Joe Smith★ 7.2 -
Cpl. Allen Melvin★ 7.5 -
Batt★ NR -
Blood and Steel 1959George★ 4 -
Pork Chop Hill 1959Cpl. Jurgens★ 6.6 -
Asa Tully / lawyer★ 5.3 -
Anna Lucasta 1958Eddie★ 5.8 -
Futa★ 4.6 -
Fraulein 1958Cpl. Hanks★ 7 -
★ NR -
Men in War 1957Sgt. Killian★ 6.6 -
Battle Hymn 1957Lt. Maples★ 6.5 -
The Killing 1956Track Parking Attendant★ 7.6 -
Ed★ 7.8 -
Zeke Ward★ 6.6 -
Seven Angry Men 1955Ned Green★ 5.2 -
African Manhunt 1955Native Guide★ NR -
The Caine Mutiny 1954Chief Steward Whittaker★ 7.2 -
The Joe Louis Story 1953Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn★ 5.9 -
Honey Camden Brown★ 6.2 -
Bright Victory 1951Joe Morgan★ 6.9 -
The Steel Helmet 1951Corporal Thompson★ 7 -
Home of the Brave 1949Private Peter Moss★ 6.6 -
The Set-Up 1949Luther Hawkins★ 7.3