James Westerfield Movies
Character actor
James Westerfield made comparatively few films, as his first love was the stage; he produced, directed and acted in a number of Broadway productions, and was the recipient of two New York Drama Critics awards. In films from 1941 (he's easily recognizable as a traffic cop in
Orson Welles'
The Magnificent Ambersons), he was generally cast as villains, notably as a recurring rapscallion on the 1963 TV series
The Travels of Jamie McPheeters. Disney fans will remember Westerfield as the flustered small-town police officer (variously named Hanson and Morrison) in such fanciful farces as The Shaggy Dog (1959),
The Absent Minded Professor (1960) and
Son of Flubber (1963). James Westerfield was married to actress
Fay Tracy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
