James Edwards

Birthday: 6 March 1918, Muncie, Indiana, USA

Birth Name: James Johnson Edwards

Height: 185 cm

Pioneering actor who was among Hollywood's first - years ahead of Sidney Poitier - to crush the Stepin Fetchit stereotype of black males as shiftless illiterates. Although in some pictures Edwards would portray subservient characters (e.g. "General" George C. Scott's valet in Patton (1970)), he delivered true dignity in his perf... Show more »

Pioneering actor who was among Hollywood's first - years ahead of Sidney Poitier - to crush the Stepin Fetchit stereotype of black males as shiftless illiterates. Although in some pictures Edwards would portray subservient characters (e.g. "General" George C. Scott's valet in Patton (1970)), he delivered true dignity in his performances. He is especially remembered for his leading role in Home of the Brave (1949). Show less «

James Edwards's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (45)

Mannix - Season 1

The Manchurian Candidate

Mannix - Season 8

Mannix - Season 7

Mannix - Season 6

Mannix - Season 5

Mannix - Season 4

Mannix - Season 3

Mannix - Season 2

The Fugitive - Season 2 (1963)

The Virginian - Season 5

The Virginian - Season 6

The Fugitive - Season 4 (1963)

The Fugitive - Season 3 (1963)

The Virginian - Season 4

Burkes Law - Season 3

The Virginian - Season 3

Burkes Law - Season 2

The Fugitive - Season 1 (1963)

The Virginian - Season 2

Burkes Law - Season 1

The Virginian - Season 1

Peter Gunn - Season 3

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 5

Peter Gunn - Season 2

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 4

Peter Gunn - Season 1

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 3

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 2

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 1

The Phenix City Story

The Caine Mutiny

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