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.
Filmography
all 33
Movies 28
TV Shows 5
Writer 1
Jim Ryder
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
Lt. Wagner
The Outsider (1968)
TV
Sgt. Joe 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
Cpl. Jurgens
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
Movie
Asa Tully / lawyer
Night of the Quarter Moon (1959)
Movie
Cpl. S. 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
Ed / Convict
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
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1918-03-06
Deathday1970-01-04 (51 years old)
Birth PlaceMuncie, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsJames Johnson Edwards
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