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James Edwards
Highest Rated: 100% Bright Victory (1951)
Lowest Rated: 21% The Sandpiper (1965)
Birthday: Mar 6, 1918
Birthplace: Muncie, Indiana, USA
With roles in everything from Stanley Kubrick's crime caper "The Killing" to the political psychodrama "The Manchurian Candidate," James Edwards helped pave the way for African-American actors in Hollywood. His prolific career spanned over 20 years in both film and television, and even included several stints as a staff writer on popular TV anthologies such as "Fireside Theater." One of Edwards' earliest roles as young WWII soldier Peter Moss in the 1949 drama "Home of the Brave" became his most enduring; other notable performances came in the critically acclaimed biopic "Patton," and the Korean War drama "The Steel Helmet."
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doomsday Voyage | Coast Guard Officer (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 91% | 93% | Patton | Sergeant William G. Meeks (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 21% | 45% | The Sandpiper | Larry Brant (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 97% | 90% | The Manchurian Candidate | Corporal Allen Melvin (Character) | $1.9M | 1962 |
| 86% | 71% | Pork Chop Hill | Cpl. Jurgens (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blood and Steel | George (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fraulein | Cpl. S. Hanks (Character) | - | 1958 |
| 44% | 82% | Anna Lucasta | Eddie (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tarzan's Fight for Life | Futa (Character) | - | 1958 |
| 90% | 75% | Men in War | Sgt. Killian (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | Battle Hymn | Lt. Maples (Character) | - | 1957 |
| 100% | 75% | The Phenix City Story | Zeke Ward (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | The Joe Louis Story | Jack "Chappie" Blackburn (Character) | - | 1953 |
| 86% | 55% | The Member of the Wedding | Honey Camden Brown (Character) | - | 1952 |
| 100% | 85% | The Steel Helmet | Cpl. Thompson (Character) | - | 1951 |
| 100% | 82% | Bright Victory | Joe Morgan (Character) | - | 1951 |
| 85% | 88% | The Set-Up | Luther Hawkins (Character) | - | 1949 |
| 98% | 65% | Home of the Brave | Private Peter Moss (Character) | - | 1949 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Jerry (Guest Star) | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Lench (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | East Side/West Side | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Joe Smith (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lloyd Bridges Show | Byron (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theater | Unknown (Character) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Convict (Character) | 1955-1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Star and the Story | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |