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.
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Filmography
all 33
Movies 28
TV Shows 5
Writer 1
Legend of the Northwest (1978)
Movie
Coast Guard Officer
Doomsday Voyage (1972)
Movie
Sergeant William George Meeks
Patton (1970)
Movie
4.33
Lt. Wager
Anatomy of a Crime (1969)
Movie
Sgt. Jackson
Coogan's Bluff (1968)
Movie
Lieutenant Wagner / Lt. Wagner
The Outsider (1968)
TV
Sgt. Collyer
The Young Runaways (1968)
Movie
Larry Brant
The Sandpiper (1965)
Movie
Joe Smith
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Cpl. Allen Melvin
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Movie
4
Batt
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge (1960)
Movie
George
Blood and Steel (1959)
Movie
Writer
Law of the Plainsman (1959)
TV
Cpl. Jurgens
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
Movie
Asa Tully / lawyer
Night of the Quarter Moon (1959)
Movie
Eddie
Anna Lucasta (1958)
Movie
Futa
Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
Movie
Cpl. Hanks
Fraulein (1958)
Movie
Sgt. Killian
Men in War (1957)
Movie
4
Lt. Maples
Battle Hymn (1957)
Movie
Track Parking Attendant
The Killing (1956)
Movie
4.33
Convict / Ed
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Zeke Ward
The Phenix City Story (1955)
Movie
Ned Green
Seven Angry Men (1955)
Movie
Native Guide
African Manhunt (1955)
Movie
Chief Steward Whittaker
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Movie
4.33
'Chappie' Blackburn
The Joe Louis Story (1953)
Movie
Honey Camden Brown
The Member of the Wedding (1952)
Movie
Joe Morgan
Bright Victory (1951)
Movie
Cpl. Thompson
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Movie
Private Peter Moss
Home of the Brave (1949)
Movie
Luther Hawkins
The Set-Up (1949)
Movie
4.75
Wesley
NBC Experiment in Television
TV
Ratings
Average 5.89
Based on 399 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1949
1955
1958
1958
1978
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1918-03-06
Deathday1970-01-04 (51 years old)
Birth PlaceMuncie, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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