James Griffith
James Griffith
Sharp-featured character actor James Griffith set out in life to be a professional musician. He eased into acting instead, working the little-theatre route in his hometown of Los Angeles. In 1939, Griffith appeared in his first professional production, They Can't Get You Down. Following World War II service, he made his first film, Black Ice (1946). Steadily employed in westerns, James Griffith was generally cast as an outlaw, save for a few comparative good-guy assignments such as Sheriff Pat Garrett in The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of James Griffith:
- The Vampire with Coleen Gray , Raymond Greenleaf , Dabbs Greer , Anne O'Neal , Kenneth Tobey , Herb Vigran , John Beal
- Spartacus with Kirk Douglas , Laurence Olivier , Jean Simmons , Charles Laughton , Peter Ustinov , Tony Curtis , John Gavin , Nina Foch , Herbert Lom , John Ireland , John Dall , Joanna Barnes , Harold J. Stone , Woody Strode , Peter Brocco , Robert J. Wilke , John Hoyt , Paul E. Burns , Ted DeCorsia , Saul Gorss , Charles Frank Horvath , Cliff Lyons , Charles McGraw , Eddie Parker , Gil Perkins , Chuck Roberson , Dale vanSickel , Frederic Worlock , Carleton G. Young , Anthony Hopkins
- Seven Alone with Dewey Martin , Aldo Ray
- North to Alaska with John Wayne , Stewart Granger , Ernie Kovacs , Fabian , Capucine , Mickey Shaughnessy , Karl Swenson , Kathleen Freeman , John Qualen , Douglas Dick , Frank Faylen , Fred Graham , Alan Carney , Rayford Barnes , Esther Dale , Richard Deacon , Paul Maxey , Kermit Maynard , Joseph Sawyer
- How the West Was Won with James Stewart , Henry Fonda , Gregory Peck , Debbie Reynolds , Richard Widmark , George Peppard , Karl Malden , John Wayne , Carolyn Jones , Robert Preston , Eli Wallach , Carroll Baker , Lee J. Cobb , Walter Brennan , David Brian , Andy Devine , Raymond Massey , Agnes Moorehead , Thelma Ritter , Mickey Shaughnessy , Russ Tamblyn , Rodolpho Acosta , Willis B. Bouchey , Paul Bryar , Walter Burke , Lee VanCleef , Ken Curtis , Jay C. Flippen , Saul Gorss , William Henry , Jack Lambert , John Larch , Boyd "Red" Morgan , Gil Perkins , Walter Reed , Chuck Roberson , Gene Roth , Harry Dean Stanton , Clinton Sundberg , Karl Swenson , Spencer Tracy , Carleton G. Young , Jack Pennick , Joseph Sawyer





