James Edwards
Acting • Born 1918-03-06 – Died 1970-01-04
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
35 credits
The Killing
Movie • 1956
Track Parking Attendant
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie • 1962
Cpl. Allen Melvin
Patton
Movie • 1970
Sergeant William George Meeks
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Movie • 1960
Batt
Coogan's Bluff
Movie • 1968
Sgt. Jackson
The Phenix City Story
Movie • 1955
Zeke Ward
Pork Chop Hill
Movie • 1959
Cpl. Jurgens
Men in War
Movie • 1957
Sgt. Killian
The Set-Up
Movie • 1949
Luther Hawkins
The Steel Helmet
Movie • 1951
Corporal Thompson
Anatomy of a Crime
Movie • 1969
Lt. Wager
Battle Hymn
Movie • 1957
Lt. Maples
The Joe Louis Story
Movie • 1953
Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn
The Sandpiper
Movie • 1965
Larry Brant
Bright Victory
Movie • 1951
Joe Morgan
Legend of the Northwest
Movie • 1978
The Young Runaways
Movie • 1968
Sgt. Collyer
Fraulein
Movie • 1958
Cpl. Hanks
The Member of the Wedding
Movie • 1952
Honey Camden Brown
Home of the Brave
Movie • 1949
Private Peter Moss
The Caine Mutiny
Movie • 1954
Chief Steward Whittaker
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Movie • 1958
Futa
Seven Angry Men
Movie • 1955
Ned Green
Anna Lucasta
Movie • 1958
Eddie
Doomsday Voyage
Movie • 1972
Coast Guard Officer
Blood and Steel
Movie • 1959
George
Night of the Quarter Moon
Movie • 1959
Asa Tully / lawyer
African Manhunt
Movie • 1955
Native Guide
A Sound of Different Drummers
Movie • 1957
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Joe Smith
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Ed
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Convict
The Outsider
TV • 1968
Lt. Wagner
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Norton
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Sgt. Morgan