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