James Griffith

Biography

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

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

158

Birth Date

1916-02-13 00:00:00

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For

• 

  The Gift
• 

  Like It Is
• 

  Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
• 

  Day of Triumph
• 

  The Storm
• 

  The Amazing Transparent Man

Credits

• actors (152 credits)

  • Los Angeles Plays Itself

    Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Uncle Silas

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    Squire Van Tassel

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Hart to Hart

    - Murder in the Saddle (1981) ... actor actors
    1979
  • B. J. and the Bear

    - A Coffin with a View (1979) ... actor actors

    - Odyssey of the Shady Truth (1979) ... actor actors
    1979
  • Desperate Women

    Jonas Scurlock

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Speedtrap

    Wino

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Flood!

    Charlie Davis

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Babe

    Hospital Spokesman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Gift

    Tav

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Isis

    - Seeing Eye Horse (1976) ... Dr. Blandford actor actors
    1975
  • S.W.A.T.

    - delete () ... actor actors
    1975
  • Seven Alone

    Billy Shaw

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Hitchhike!

    Sheriff Bentley

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Little House on the Prairie

    - A Faraway Cry (1982) ... actor actors

    - To See The World (1975) ... actor actors
    1974
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker

    - Bad Medicine (1974) ... Schwartz actor actors
    1974
  • Run, Joe, Run

    - Bounty Hunter (1974) ... actor actors
    1974
  • Police Story

    - Nightmare on a Sunday Morning (1977) ... actor actors
    1973
  • Kojak

    - How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars (1975) ... Mr. Swift actor actors
    1973
  • Emergency!

    - All Night Long (1977) ... actor actors

    - Understanding (1973) ... actor actors
    1972
  • The Streets of San Francisco

    - The Drop (1976) ... actor actors

    - Alien Country (1976) ... actor actors

    - Jacob's Boy (1974) ... actor actors
    1972
  • Kung Fu

    - Dark Angel (1972) ... actor actors
    1972
  • Like It Is

    Father

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Dial Hot Line

    Sam

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Seven in Darkness

    Harlan Cabot

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Heaven with a Gun

    Abraham Murdock

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Medical Center

    - Heel of the Tyrant (1974) ... actor actors
    1969
  • Day of the Evil Gun

    Storekeeper

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Lancer

    - A Scarecrow at Hacket's (1969) ... actor actors

    - Jelly Hoskins' American Dream (1969) ... actor actors

    - The Heart of Pony Alice (1968) ... actor actors
    1968
  • The Mod Squad

    - The Death of Bill Hannachek (1969) ... actor actors
    1968
  • Winchester '73

    Minister Riding on Horse

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Guns of Will Sonnett

    - Time Is the Rider (1969) ... actor actors
    1967
  • A Big Hand for the Little Lady

    Mr. Stribling

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Batman

    - Catwoman's Dressed to Kill (1967) ... Manx actor actors

    - Ma Parker (1966) ... Trusty actor actors

    - The Greatest Mother of Them All (1966) ... Trusty actor actors
    1966
  • The Monkees

    - Monkees in Texas (1967) ... actor actors
    1966
  • The Monroes

    - Court Martial (1966) ... actor actors
    1966
  • F Troop

    - Johnny Eagle Eye (1966) ... actor actors
    1965
  • Honey West

    - It's Earlier Than You Think (1966) ... Conrad Wycherly actor actors
    1965
  • The Big Valley

    - A Time to Kill (1966) ... Clyde actor actors
    1965
  • Laredo

    - Pride of the Rangers (1965) ... actor actors
    1965
  • Lorna

    The Man of God

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Advance to the Rear

    Hugo Zattig

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Daniel Boone

    - The Necklace (1967) ... Coll actor actors

    - The Matchmaker (1966) ... Coll actor actors

    - The Tortoise and the Hare (1965) ... Coll actor actors

    - Lac Duquesne (1964) ... Feathers actor actors
    1964
  • The Rogues

    - Bow to a Master (1965) ... Bert actor actors
    1964
  • The Fugitive

    - Corner of Hell (1965) ... Dispatcher actor actors

    - The Homecoming (1964) ... Seth actor actors
    1963
  • The Great Adventure

    - Wild Bill Hickok - the Legend and the Man (1964) ... Harry Young actor actors
    1963
  • How the West Was Won

    Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Storm

    Ed Brandies

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • General Electric True

    - The Moonshiners (1963) ... actor actors

    - Mile Long Shot to Kill (1962) ... actor actors
    1962
  • Pocketful of Miracles

    Detective Briscoe (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery

    Detective Tom

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Dr. Kildare

    - To Walk in Grace (1964) ... Harold Hutchinson actor actors

    - The Burning Sky (1962) ... Sims actor actors
    1961
  • Ben Casey

    - Suffer the Little Children (1963) ... actor actors
    1961
  • North to Alaska

    Salvation Army Leader

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Spartacus

    Otho (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Amazing Transparent Man

    Major Paul Krenner

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Tall Man

    - Trial by Fury (1962) ... actor actors

    - A Kind of Courage (1961) ... actor actors
    1960
  • Thriller

    - The Storm (1962) ... Ed Brandies actor actors

    - Parasite Mansion (1961) ... Victor Harrod actor actors
    1960
  • Outlaws

    - Culley (1961) ... actor actors
    1960
  • The Big Fisherman

    Beggar

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Rawhide

    - Incident of the Prophecy (1963) ... Gurney actor actors

    - Incident of the Four Horsemen (1962) ... White actor actors

    - Incident in the Middle of Nowhere (1961) ... Tyree actor actors
    1959
  • The Lawless Years

    - The Jonathan Wills Story (1961) ... actor actors
    1959
  • Riverboat

    - The Quota (1960) ... Cpl. Sam Giler actor actors
    1959
  • Lock-Up

    - The Sisters (1961) ... actor actors

    - Music to Murder By (1959) ... actor actors
    1959
  • Wichita Town

    - Bullet for a Friend (1959) ... actor actors
    1959
  • Frontier Gun

    Cash Skelton

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Bullwhip

    'Slow' Karp

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Seven Guns to Mesa

    Papa Clellan

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Man from God's Country

    Mark Faber

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Return to Warbow

    Frank Hollister

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Bronco

    - Trail of Hatred (1962) ... actor actors
    1958
  • The Texan

    - The Taming of Rio Nada (1960) ... actor actors

    - No Way Out (1959) ... actor actors
    1958
  • Raintree County

    Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Domino Kid

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Vampire

    Henry Winston

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Guns of Fort Petticoat

    Kipper

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Perry Mason

    - The Case of the Misguided Model (1966) ... Jake Stearns actor actors

    - The Case of the Fatal Fetish (1965) ... Jack Randall actor actors

    - The Case of the Posthumous Painter (1961) ... Walter Hutchings actor actors

    - The Case of the Negligent Nymph (1957) ... Arthur Dorian actor actors
    1957
  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    - The Savages (1963) ... actor actors

    - The Waiting Room (1962) ... actor actors
    1957
  • Maverick

    - Duel at Sundown (1959) ... John Wesley Hardin actor actors
    1957
  • The Walter Winchell File

    - A Thing of Beauty () ... actor actors
    1957
  • Trackdown

    - The Set-Up (1958) ... actor actors

    - Outlaw's Wife (1958) ... actor actors

    - The Jailbreak (1958) ... actor actors

    - The Deal (1958) ... actor actors

    - The Mistake (1958) ... actor actors
    1957
  • Official Detective

    - The Taxi Killers () ... actor actors

    - Body in the Trunk (1957) ... actor actors
    1957
  • M Squad

    - Blue Indigo (1958) ... James Keniton actor actors
    1957
  • Rebel in Town

    Marshal Adam Russell

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The First Texan

    Davy Crockett

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Killing

    Mr. Grimes

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Anything Goes

    Paul Holiday

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Tribute to a Bad Man

    Barjak

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie

    - An Eye for an Eye (1957) ... actor actors
    1956
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    - The Necessary Breed (1957) ... Taggert actor actors
    1956
  • At Gunpoint

    Alexander

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Count Three and Pray

    Swallow

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Apache Ambush

    Abraham Lincoln

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Night of the Hunter

    District Attorney

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • I Cover the Underworld

    Smiley Di Angelo

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Gunsmoke

    - The Gunrunners (1968) ... Wade Lester actor actors

    - The Bassops (1964) ... Harford actor actors

    - Quint's Indian (1963) ... Bettis actor actors

    - Milly (1961) ... Tillman actor actors

    - Twelfth Night (1957) ... Joth Monger actor actors
    1955
  • Cheyenne

    - Showdown at Oxbend (1962) ... actor actors

    - The Frightened Town (1961) ... actor actors

    - Land Beyond the Law (1957) ... actor actors
    1955
  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

    - Hiding Behind a Star (1961) ... actor actors
    1955
  • The Millionaire

    - The Irene Marshall Story (1959) ... Allan Reese actor actors
    1955
  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    - The Still Trumpet (1957) ... actor actors

    - Overnight Haul (1956) ... actor actors
    1955
  • Matinee Theater

    - The Shot (1955) ... actor actors
    1955
  • Buffalo Bill Jr.

    - First Posse (1955) ... actor actors

    - Runaway Renegade (1955) ... actor actors
    1955
  • Frontier

    - A Stillness In Wyoming (1955) ... actor actors
    1955
  • Day of Triumph

    Judas Iscariot

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Masterson of Kansas

    Doc Holliday

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Drum Beat

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

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Dragnet

    Jesse Quinn

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Black Dakotas

    Warren

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Shanghai Story

    Carl Hoyt

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Law vs. Billy the Kid

    Pat Garrett

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Rails Into Laramie

    Orrie Sommers

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Jesse James vs. the Daltons

    Bob Dalton

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Boy from Oklahoma

    Joe Downey

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Ride Clear of Diablo

    Henry

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Manhunt in Space

    Ken, Cassa 7 Air Controller

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Lassie

    - War Dog (1956) ... actor actors
    1954
  • No Escape

    Peter Hayden

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • I Beheld His Glory

    Caiaphas

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Kansas Pacific

    Joe Farley

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • City Detective

    - Cargo of the Midnight () ... actor actors
    1953
  • Eight Iron Men

    Pvt. Ferguson

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

    Ollie

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Red Skies of Montana

    Boise Peterson

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Cavalcade of America

    - Stay On, Stranger! (1955) ... Clay Doggett actor actors

    - New Salem Story (1953) ... Abraham Lincoln actor actors
    1952
  • Dangerous Assignment

    - The Black Stocking Story () ... actor actors
    1952
  • Hopalong Cassidy

    - Alien Range (1952) ... actor actors
    1952
  • Death Valley Days

    - She Burns Green (1952) ... Aaron Winters actor actors
    1952
  • The Blue Veil

    Joplin's Agent (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Lady Pays Off

    Ronald

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Rhubarb

    Ogelthorpe Meadows

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Chain of Circumstance

    Sid

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

    Carl Gebhardt (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Apache Drums

    Lt. Glidden

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Payment on Demand

    Arthur

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Al Jennings of Oklahoma

    Slim Harris

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Dragnet

    - The Big Gone (1955) ... actor actors

    - The Big Little Jesus (1953) ... actor actors

    - The Big Guilt (1953) ... actor actors

    - The Big Bull (1953) ... actor actors
    1951
  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    - Man from Outside (1954) ... Raymond Andrews actor actors
    1951
  • Double Deal

    Walter Karnes

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Breaking Point

    Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Indian Territory

    Apache Kid aka Johnny Corday

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Petty Girl

    Royal Roof Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Cariboo Trail

    Higgins

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Bright Leaf

    Ellery (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Lux Video Theatre

    - Call Me Mrs. (1954) ... Henry Jackson actor actors
    1950
  • Holiday Affair

    Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Oh, You Beautiful Doll

    Joe, a Reporter

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Special Agent

    Candy Vendor on Train (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Search for Danger

    Lt. Cooper

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Alaska Patrol

    Operative Dale

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Daughter of the West

    Jed Morgan

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Every Girl Should Be Married

    Insurance Salesman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Blonde Ice

    Al Herrick

    actor

    actors
    1948

• writing (5 credits)

  • Catlow

    writer

    writing
    1971
  • Shalako

    screenplay

    writing
    1968
  • Mission: Impossible

    - The Astrologer (1967) ... writer writing
    1966
  • Motorpsycho!

    original story

    writing
    1965
  • Lorna

    screenplay

    writing
    1964

• sound (1 credits)

  • Lorna

    original music composer

    sound
    1964