James Griffith

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1916-02-13

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

James Griffith

Biography

James Griffith was an American character actor, musician, and screenwriter.

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Known For

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Batman

Batman

Batman

Batman

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

Acting History

Los Angeles Plays Itself as Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Uncle Silas

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as Squire Van Tassel

B. J. and the Bear

Desperate Women as Jonas Scurlock

Fantasy Island as Hezekiah Pugh

Speedtrap as Wino

Flood! as Charlie Davis

Babe as Hospital Spokesman (uncredited)

Grizzly Adams as Watts

The Gift as Tav

Isis as Dr. Blandford

Seven Alone as Billy Shaw

Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Schwartz

Little House on the Prairie

Hitchhike! as Sheriff Bentley

The Six Million Dollar Man as Will Long

Kojak as Mr. Swift

Kung Fu as Joe Purdy

The Streets of San Francisco

Like It Is as Father

Dial Hot Line as Sam

Seven in Darkness as Harlan Cabot

Heaven with a Gun as Abraham Murdock

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Winchester '73 as Minister Riding on Horse

A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Mr. Stribling

Batman as Trusty

Honey West as Conrad Wycherly

The Big Valley as Clyde

Daniel Boone as Feathers

Daniel Boone as Coll

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Dr. Trebush

The Rogues as Bert

Lorna as The Man of God

Advance to the Rear as Hugo Zattig

The Great Adventure as Harry Young

The Fugitive as Dispatcher

The Fugitive as Seth

How the West Was Won as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)

General Electric True

The Storm as Ed Brandies

Pocketful of Miracles as Detective Briscoe (uncredited)

Dr. Kildare as Sims

Dr. Kildare as Harold Hutchinson

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery as Detective Tom

North to Alaska as Salvation Army Leader

Spartacus as Otho (uncredited)

Thriller as Ed Brandies

Thriller as Victor Harrod

The Amazing Transparent Man as Major Paul Krenner

Riverboat as Cpl. Sam Giler

The Deputy as Ballard

The Big Fisherman as Beggar

The Lawless Years

Rawhide as Tyree

Rawhide as White

Rawhide as Gurney

Frontier Gun as Cash Skelton

Bullwhip as 'Slow' Karp

Seven Guns to Mesa as Papa Clellan

Man from God's Country as Mark Faber

Return to Warbow as Frank Hollister

Raintree County as Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)

The Walter Winchell File

Maverick as John Wesley Hardin

Perry Mason as Arthur Dorian

Perry Mason as Jake Stearns

Perry Mason as Walter Hutchings

Perry Mason as Jack Randall

M Squad as James Keniton

Have Gun, Will Travel

Omar Khayyam as Buzorg

The Vampire as Henry Winston

The Guns of Fort Petticoat as Kipper

Official Detective

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Taggert

U.S. Marshall as Deputy Tom Ferguson

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Rebel in Town as Marshal Adam Russell

The First Texan as Davy Crockett

The Killing as Mr. Grimes

Tribute to a Bad Man as Barjak

At Gunpoint as Alexander

Matinee Theater

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Count Three and Pray as Swallow

Gunsmoke as Joe Kite

Gunsmoke as Joth Monger

Gunsmoke as Tillman

Gunsmoke as Bettis

Gunsmoke as Harford

Gunsmoke as Wade Lester

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Apache Ambush as Abraham Lincoln

The Night of the Hunter as District Attorney

I Cover the Underworld as Smiley Di Angelo

Buffalo Bill Jr.

The Millionaire as Allan Reese

Day of Triumph as Judas Iscariot

Masterson of Kansas as Doc Holliday

Drum Beat as Veteran One-Legged Soldier at White House Gate (uncredited)

Dragnet as Jesse Quinn

The Black Dakotas as Warren

The Shanghai Story as Carl Hoyt

The Law vs. Billy the Kid as Pat Garrett

Rails Into Laramie as Orrie Sommers

Jesse James vs. the Daltons as Bob Dalton

The Boy from Oklahoma as Joe Downey

Ride Clear of Diablo as Henry

Manhunt in Space as Ken, Cassa 7 Air Controller

No Escape as Peter Hayden

I Beheld His Glory as Caiaphas

Kansas Pacific as Joe Farley

Eight Iron Men as Pvt. Ferguson

Cavalcade of America as Abraham Lincoln

Cavalcade of America as Clay Doggett

Death Valley Days as Aaron Winters

Hopalong Cassidy

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie as Ollie

Red Skies of Montana as Boise Peterson

Dangerous Assignment

The Blue Veil as Joplin's Agent (Uncredited)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Raymond Andrews

The Lady Pays Off as Ronald

Rhubarb as Ogelthorpe Meadows

Chain of Circumstance as Sid

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison as Carl Gebhardt (uncredited)

Apache Drums as Lt. Glidden

Payment on Demand as Arthur

Al Jennings of Oklahoma as Slim Harris

Double Deal as Walter Karnes

The Breaking Point as Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)

Lux Video Theatre as Henry Jackson

Indian Territory as Apache Kid aka Johnny Corday

The Petty Girl as Royal Roof Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

The Cariboo Trail as Higgins

Bright Leaf as Ellery (uncredited)

Holiday Affair as Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)

Oh, You Beautiful Doll as Joe, a Reporter

Special Agent as Candy Vendor on Train (uncredited)

Search for Danger as Lt. Cooper

Alaska Patrol as Operative Dale

Daughter of the West as Jed Morgan

Every Girl Should Be Married as Insurance Salesman (uncredited)

Blonde Ice as Al Herrick