James Edwards
Known for: Acting
Born: March 6, 1918
Died: January 4, 1970
Place of birth: Muncie, Indiana, USA
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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Filmography
29 movies · 6 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Legend of the Northwest
1978
10.0
Doomsday Voyage
1972
7.4
Patton
1970
6.5
Anatomy of a Crime
1969
6.3
Coogan's Bluff
1968
6.0
The Outsider
1968
7.0
The Young Runaways
1968
6.4
The Sandpiper
1965
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
7.3
The Fugitive
1963
7.5
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
8.0
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
1960
4.6
Blood and Steel
1959
7.3
Law of the Plainsman
1959
6.7
Pork Chop Hill
1959
6.0
Night of the Quarter Moon
1959
6.2
Anna Lucasta
1958
4.8
Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958
8.0
Fraulein
1958
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A Sound of Different Drummers
1957
6.6
Men in War
1957
6.7
Battle Hymn
1957
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
7.6
The Killing
1956
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
6.5
The Phenix City Story
1955
6.0
Seven Angry Men
1955
7.0
African Manhunt
1955
7.2
The Caine Mutiny
1954
6.4
The Joe Louis Story
1953
6.3
The Member of the Wedding
1952
7.1
Bright Victory
1951
7.0
The Steel Helmet
1951
6.7
Home of the Brave
1949
7.4
The Set-Up
1949