James Edwards
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday6 March 1918
Died4 January 1970 (age 51)
Place of birthMuncie, Indiana, USA
Known credits35
Biography
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.
Legend of the Northwest
1978 · Jim Ryder
Doomsday Voyage
1972 · Coast Guard Officer
Patton
1969 · Sergeant William George Meeks
Anatomy of a Crime
1969 · Lt. Wager
Coogan's Bluff
1968 · Sgt. Jackson
The Outsider
1968 · Lt. Wagner
The Young Runaways
1968 · Sgt. Collyer
The Sandpiper
1965 · Larry Brant
Burke's Law
1963 · Norton
The Fugitive
1963 · Joe Smith
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 · Cpl. Allen Melvin
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
1960 · Batt
Blood and Steel
1959 · George
Law of the Plainsman
1959 · Writer
Pork Chop Hill
1959 · Cpl. Jurgens
Night of the Quarter Moon
1959 · Asa Tully / lawyer
Anna Lucasta
1958 · Eddie
Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958 · Futa
Fraulein
1958 · Cpl. Hanks
A Sound of Different Drummers
1957
Men in War
1957 · Sgt. Killian
Battle Hymn
1957 · Lt. Maples
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Sgt. Morgan
The Killing
1956 · Track Parking Attendant
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Ed
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Convict
The Phenix City Story
1955 · Zeke Ward
Seven Angry Men
1955 · Ned Green
African Manhunt
1955 · Native Guide
The Caine Mutiny
1954 · Chief Steward Whittaker
The Joe Louis Story
1953 · Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn
The Member of the Wedding
1952 · Honey Camden Brown
Bright Victory
1951 · Joe Morgan
The Steel Helmet
1951 · Corporal Thompson
Home of the Brave
1949 · Private Peter Moss
The Set-Up
1949 · Luther Hawkins
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