
Acting
James Edwards
Acting · Born 1918-03-06 · 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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FilmLegend of the Northwest
1978 · Jim Ryder
FilmDoomsday Voyage
1972 · Coast Guard Officer
FilmPatton
1970 · Sergeant William George Meeks
FilmAnatomy of a Crime
1969 · Lt. Wager
FilmCoogan's Bluff
1968 · Sgt. Jackson

The Outsider
1968 · Lt. Wagner
FilmThe Young Runaways
1968 · Sgt. Collyer
FilmThe Sandpiper
1965 · Larry Brant

Burke's Law
1963 · Norton

The Fugitive
1963 · Joe Smith
FilmThe Manchurian Candidate
1962 · Cpl. Allen Melvin
FilmTexas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
1960 · Batt
FilmBlood and Steel
1959 · George

Law of the Plainsman
1959 · Writer
FilmPork Chop Hill
1959 · Cpl. Jurgens
FilmNight of the Quarter Moon
1959 · Asa Tully / lawyer
FilmAnna Lucasta
1958 · Eddie
FilmTarzan's Fight for Life
1958 · Futa
FilmFraulein
1958 · Cpl. Hanks
FilmMen in War
1957 · Sgt. Killian
FilmBattle Hymn
1957 · Lt. Maples

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Sgt. Morgan
FilmThe Killing
1956 · Track Parking Attendant

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Ed
FilmThe Phenix City Story
1955 · Zeke Ward
FilmSeven Angry Men
1955 · Ned Green
FilmAfrican Manhunt
1955 · Native Guide
FilmThe Caine Mutiny
1954 · Chief Steward Whittaker
FilmThe Joe Louis Story
1953 · Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn
FilmThe Member of the Wedding
1952 · Honey Camden Brown
FilmBright Victory
1951 · Joe Morgan
FilmThe Steel Helmet
1951 · Corporal Thompson
FilmHome of the Brave
1949 · Private Peter Moss
FilmThe Set-Up
1949 · Luther Hawkins