James Edwards
March 6, 1918 (106 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
Credits
- 1978 · Legend of the Northwest as
- 1972 · Doomsday Voyage as Coast Guard Officer
- 1970 · Patton as Sergeant William George Meeks
- 1969 · Anatomy of a Crime as Lt. Wager
- 1968 · Coogan's Bluff as Sgt. Jackson
- 1968 · The Outsider as Lt. Wagner
- 1968 · The Young Runaways as Sgt. Collyer
- 1965 · The Sandpiper as Larry Brant
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Joe Smith
- 1962 · The Manchurian Candidate as Cpl. Allen Melvin
- 1960 · Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge as Batt
- 1959 · Blood and Steel as George
- 1959 · Pork Chop Hill as Cpl. Jurgens
- 1959 · Night of the Quarter Moon as Asa Tully / lawyer
- 1958 · Anna Lucasta as Eddie
- 1958 · Tarzan's Fight for Life as Futa
- 1958 · Fraulein as Cpl. Hanks
- 1957 · Men in War as Sgt. Killian
- 1957 · Battle Hymn as Lt. Maples
- 1956 · The Killing as Track Parking Attendant
- 1955 · 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
- 1954 · The Caine Mutiny as Chief Steward Whittaker
- 1953 · The Joe Louis Story as Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn
- 1952 · The Member of the Wedding as Honey Camden Brown
- 1951 · Bright Victory as Joe Morgan
- 1951 · The Steel Helmet as Corporal Thompson
- 1949 · Home of the Brave as Private Peter Moss
- 1949 · The Set-Up as Luther Hawkins