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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 6, 1918
Died
January 4, 1970
Place of Birth
Muncie, Indiana, USA
Also Known As
- James Johnson Edwards
James Edwards
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.0
Legend of the Northwest
1978
0.0
Coast Guard Officer
Doomsday Voyage
1972
7.5
Sergeant William George Meeks
Patton
1970
6.0
Lt. Wager
Anatomy of a Crime
1969
6.3
Sgt. Jackson
Coogan's Bluff
1968
5.2
Lt. Wagner
The Outsider
1968
6.0
Sgt. Collyer
The Young Runaways
1968
6.3
Larry Brant
The Sandpiper
1965
6.0
Norton
Burke's Law
1963
7.2
Joe Smith
The Fugitive
1963
Credits
Legend of the Northwest
1978
6.0
Doomsday Voyage
as Coast Guard Officer
1972
0.0
Patton
as Sergeant William George Meeks
1970
7.5
Anatomy of a Crime
as Lt. Wager
1969
6.0
Coogan's Bluff
as Sgt. Jackson
1968
6.3
The Outsider
as Lt. Wagner
1968
5.2
The Young Runaways
as Sgt. Collyer
1968
6.0
The Sandpiper
as Larry Brant
1965
6.3
Burke's Law
as Norton
1963
6.0
The Fugitive
as Joe Smith
1963
7.2
The Manchurian Candidate
as Cpl. Allen Melvin
1962
7.5
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
as Batt
1960
0.0
Blood and Steel
as George
1959
4.0
Pork Chop Hill
as Cpl. Jurgens
1959
6.6
Night of the Quarter Moon
as Asa Tully / lawyer
1959
5.3
Anna Lucasta
as Eddie
1958
5.8
Tarzan's Fight for Life
as Futa
1958
4.6
Fraulein
as Cpl. Hanks
1958
7.0
A Sound of Different Drummers
1957
0.0
Men in War
as Sgt. Killian
1957
6.6
Battle Hymn
as Lt. Maples
1957
6.5
The Killing
as Track Parking Attendant
1956
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ed
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Convict
1955
7.8
The Phenix City Story
as Zeke Ward
1955
6.6
Seven Angry Men
as Ned Green
1955
5.2
African Manhunt
as Native Guide
1955
0.0
The Caine Mutiny
as Chief Steward Whittaker
1954
7.2
The Joe Louis Story
as Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn
1953
5.9
The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Camden Brown
1952
6.2
Bright Victory
as Joe Morgan
1951
6.9
The Steel Helmet
as Corporal Thompson
1951
7.0
Home of the Brave
as Private Peter Moss
1949
6.6
The Set-Up
as Luther Hawkins
1949
7.3