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.

Known For

The Fugitive

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Burke's Law

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Outsider

The Killing

Patton

All Movies (29)

• Legend of the Northwest1978
• Doomsday Voyage1972 · as Coast Guard Officer
• Patton1970 · as Sergeant William George Meeks
• Anatomy of a Crime1969 · as Lt. Wager
• Coogan's Bluff1968 · as Sgt. Jackson
• The Young Runaways1968 · as Sgt. Collyer
• The Sandpiper1965 · as Larry Brant
• The Manchurian Candidate1962 · as Cpl. Allen Melvin
• Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge1960 · as Batt
• Blood and Steel1959 · as George
• Pork Chop Hill1959 · as Cpl. Jurgens
• Night of the Quarter Moon1959 · as Asa Tully / lawyer
• Anna Lucasta1958 · as Eddie
• Tarzan's Fight for Life1958 · as Futa
• Fraulein1958 · as Cpl. Hanks
• A Sound of Different Drummers1957
• Men in War1957 · as Sgt. Killian
• Battle Hymn1957 · as Lt. Maples
• The Killing1956 · as Track Parking Attendant
• The Phenix City Story1955 · as Zeke Ward
• Seven Angry Men1955 · as Ned Green
• African Manhunt1955 · as Native Guide
• The Caine Mutiny1954 · as Chief Steward Whittaker
• The Joe Louis Story1953 · as Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn
• The Member of the Wedding1952 · as Honey Camden Brown
• Bright Victory1951 · as Joe Morgan
• The Steel Helmet1951 · as Corporal Thompson
• Home of the Brave1949 · as Private Peter Moss
• The Set-Up1949 · as Luther Hawkins

All TV Shows (6)

• The Outsider1968 · as Lt. Wagner
• Burke's Law1963 · as Norton
• The Fugitive1963 · as Joe Smith
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Sgt. Morgan
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Ed
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Convict