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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 13, 1916
Died
September 17, 1993
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- J.J. Griffith
- James F. Griffith
- James J. Griffith
- James W. Griffith
- Jimmy Griffith
- Jim Griffith
- James Jeffrey Griffith
James Griffith
0.8 Popularity
Biography
James Griffith was an American character actor, musician, and screenwriter.
Known For
7.6
Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
6.0
Uncle Silas
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981
6.8
Squire Van Tassel
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1980
6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
5.5
B. J. and the Bear
1979
1.0
Jonas Scurlock
Desperate Women
1978
6.4
Hezekiah Pugh
Fantasy Island
1978
5.5
Wino
Speedtrap
1977
4.9
Charlie Davis
Flood!
1977
5.5
Hospital Spokesman (uncredited)
Babe
1977
Credits
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)
2004
7.6
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Uncle Silas
1981
6.0
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Squire Van Tassel
1980
6.8
Hart to Hart
1979
6.9
B. J. and the Bear
1979
5.5
Desperate Women
as Jonas Scurlock
1978
1.0
Fantasy Island
as Hezekiah Pugh
1978
6.4
Speedtrap
as Wino
1977
5.5
Flood!
as Charlie Davis
1977
4.9
Babe
as Hospital Spokesman (uncredited)
1977
5.5
Grizzly Adams
as Watts
1977
7.1
The Gift
as Tav
1977
9.0
Isis
as Dr. Blandford
1975
6.3
Seven Alone
as Billy Shaw
1974
6.1
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Schwartz
1974
7.6
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
Run, Joe, Run
1974
6.3
Hitchhike!
as Sheriff Bentley
1974
8.0
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Will Long
1974
7.3
Kojak
as Mr. Swift
1973
7.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
Kung Fu
as Joe Purdy
1972
7.7
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
Emergency!
1972
7.8
Like It Is
as Father
1970
2.0
Dial Hot Line
as Sam
1970
0.0
Medical Center
1969
6.1
Seven in Darkness
as Harlan Cabot
1969
6.8
Heaven with a Gun
as Abraham Murdock
1969
5.4
The Mod Squad
1968
6.2
Lancer
1968
4.7
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
6.2
Winchester '73
as Minister Riding on Horse
1967
6.4
The Monkees
1966
6.5
The Monroes
1966
5.7
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
as Mr. Stribling
1966
7.1
Batman
as Trusty
1966
7.3
Batman
as Manx
1966
7.3
Honey West
as Conrad Wycherly
1965
7.0
Laredo
1965
6.3
The Big Valley
as Clyde
1965
6.1
F Troop
1965
6.2
Daniel Boone
as Feathers
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Coll
1964
7.0
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Dr. Trebush
1964
7.1
The Rogues
as Bert
1964
7.2
Lorna
as The Man of God
1964
5.5
Advance to the Rear
as Hugo Zattig
1964
5.0
The Great Adventure
as Harry Young
1963
0.0
The Fugitive
as Dispatcher
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Seth
1963
7.2
How the West Was Won
as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
1962
7.0
General Electric True
1962
0.0
The Storm
as Ed Brandies
1962
0.0
Pocketful of Miracles
as Detective Briscoe (uncredited)
1961
7.3
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Dr. Kildare
as Sims
1961
5.5
Dr. Kildare
as Harold Hutchinson
1961
5.5
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
as Detective Tom
1961
0.0
North to Alaska
as Salvation Army Leader
1960
6.5
Spartacus
as Otho (uncredited)
1960
7.5
Outlaws
1960
6.2
Thriller
as Ed Brandies
1960
6.6
Thriller
as Victor Harrod
1960
6.6
The Tall Man
1960
6.3
The Amazing Transparent Man
as Major Paul Krenner
1960
3.8
Wichita Town
1959
4.2
Lock-Up
1959
6.2
Riverboat
as Cpl. Sam Giler
1959
6.2
The Deputy
as Ballard
1959
6.2
The Big Fisherman
as Beggar
1959
4.6
The Lawless Years
1959
7.0
Rawhide
as Tyree
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as White
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Gurney
1959
7.2
Frontier Gun
as Cash Skelton
1958
6.0
The Texan
1958
5.5
Bronco
1958
5.9
Bullwhip
as 'Slow' Karp
1958
4.4
Seven Guns to Mesa
as Papa Clellan
1958
5.0
Man from God's Country
as Mark Faber
1958
4.8
Return to Warbow
as Frank Hollister
1958
5.8
Raintree County
as Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)
1957
6.4
Trackdown
1957
6.4
The Walter Winchell File
1957
5.0
Domino Kid
1957
5.7
Maverick
as John Wesley Hardin
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Arthur Dorian
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Jake Stearns
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Walter Hutchings
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Jack Randall
1957
7.7
M Squad
as James Keniton
1957
5.2
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Omar Khayyam
as Buzorg
1957
5.0
The Vampire
as Henry Winston
1957
6.2
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Kipper
1957
6.3
🎬
Official Detective
1957
7.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Taggert
1956
6.0
U.S. Marshall
as Deputy Tom Ferguson
1956
7.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.0
Rebel in Town
as Marshal Adam Russell
1956
7.0
The First Texan
as Davy Crockett
1956
6.3
The Killing
as Mr. Grimes
1956
7.7
Tribute to a Bad Man
as Barjak
1956
7.0
At Gunpoint
as Alexander
1955
6.3
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
Count Three and Pray
as Swallow
1955
4.5
Frontier
1955
5.0
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
Gunsmoke
as Joe Kite
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Joth Monger
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Tillman
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Bettis
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Harford
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Wade Lester
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
Apache Ambush
as Abraham Lincoln
1955
6.0
The Night of the Hunter
as District Attorney
1955
7.9
I Cover the Underworld
as Smiley Di Angelo
1955
6.0
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
5.0
The Millionaire
as Allan Reese
1955
5.0
Day of Triumph
as Judas Iscariot
1954
0.0
Masterson of Kansas
as Doc Holliday
1954
5.8
Drum Beat
as Veteran One-Legged Soldier at White House Gate (uncredited)
1954
6.0
Lassie
1954
6.1
Dragnet
as Jesse Quinn
1954
6.1
The Black Dakotas
as Warren
1954
5.1
The Shanghai Story
as Carl Hoyt
1954
4.8
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
as Pat Garrett
1954
4.0
Rails Into Laramie
as Orrie Sommers
1954
6.3
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
as Bob Dalton
1954
5.5
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Joe Downey
1954
5.2
Ride Clear of Diablo
as Henry
1954
5.8
Manhunt in Space
as Ken, Cassa 7 Air Controller
1954
2.5
City Detective
1953
7.0
No Escape
as Peter Hayden
1953
4.5
I Beheld His Glory
as Caiaphas
1953
0.0
Kansas Pacific
as Joe Farley
1953
4.8
Eight Iron Men
as Pvt. Ferguson
1952
6.5
Cavalcade of America
as Abraham Lincoln
1952
3.5
Cavalcade of America
as Clay Doggett
1952
3.5
Death Valley Days
as Aaron Winters
1952
6.4
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
5.1
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
as Ollie
1952
5.4
Red Skies of Montana
as Boise Peterson
1952
5.2
Dangerous Assignment
1952
3.5
Dragnet
1951
6.4
The Blue Veil
as Joplin's Agent (Uncredited)
1951
6.6
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Raymond Andrews
1951
7.2
The Lady Pays Off
as Ronald
1951
6.7
Rhubarb
as Ogelthorpe Meadows
1951
5.3
Chain of Circumstance
as Sid
1951
0.0
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
as Carl Gebhardt (uncredited)
1951
6.4
Apache Drums
as Lt. Glidden
1951
6.3
Payment on Demand
as Arthur
1951
6.0
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Slim Harris
1951
5.0
Double Deal
as Walter Karnes
1950
6.2
The Breaking Point
as Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)
1950
7.1
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Henry Jackson
1950
6.3
Indian Territory
as Apache Kid aka Johnny Corday
1950
2.0
The Petty Girl
as Royal Roof Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
1950
3.6
The Cariboo Trail
as Higgins
1950
6.4
Bright Leaf
as Ellery (uncredited)
1950
5.7
Holiday Affair
as Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)
1949
6.8
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
as Joe, a Reporter
1949
4.7
Special Agent
as Candy Vendor on Train (uncredited)
1949
0.0
Search for Danger
as Lt. Cooper
1949
0.0
Alaska Patrol
as Operative Dale
1949
0.0
Daughter of the West
as Jed Morgan
1949
0.0
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Insurance Salesman (uncredited)
1948
6.1
Blonde Ice
as Al Herrick
1948
5.7