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James Griffith

Actor / Screenwriter / Musician | * 02/13/1916 († 77, 09/17/1993) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
James Jeffrey Griffith (February 13, 1916 – September 17, 1993) was an American character actor, musician and screenwriter. ()

James Griffith was an American character actor, musician, and screenwriter.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Western | Crime

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Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. B ...

The Killing

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1956 | 3.8/5 | 1h 25min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder. ...

Dragnet

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1954 | 3.2/5 | 1h 28min
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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An ex-major forces a scientist to develop a invisibility formula, with which he plans to create an invisible army and sell it to the highest bidder. However there are side effects to the formula. ...

The Amazing Transparent Man

Certification unknown

1960 | 1.8/5 | 57min
Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror
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Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible M ...

Mission: Impossible

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1966 | 3.8/5 | 1h per episode
Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Movies with James Griffith as Actor(75)

as Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Uncle Silas1981 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Squire Van Tassel1980 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Jonas Scurlock1978 Desperate Women
as Charlie Davis1977 Flood!
as Tav1977 The Gift
as Wino1977 Speedtrap
as Billy Shaw1974 Seven Alone
as Sheriff Bentley1974 Hitchhike!
as Sam1970 Dial Hot Line
as Father1970 Like It Is
as Harlan Cabot1969 Seven in Darkness
as Abraham Murdock1969 Heaven with a Gun
as Mr. Stribling1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady
as Hugo Zattig1964 Advance to the Rear
as The Man of God1964 Lorna
as Gambler (uncredited)1962 How the West Was Won
as Ed Brandies1962 The Storm
as Detective Tom1961 Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
as Salvation Army Leader1960 North to Alaska
as Major Paul Krenner1960 The Amazing Transparent Man
as Otho (uncredited)1960 Spartacus
as Beggar1959 The Big Fisherman
as Frank Hollister1958 Return to Warbow
as Cash Skelton1958 Frontier Gun
as Mark Faber1958 Man from God's Country
as 'Slow' Karp1958 Bullwhip
as Papa Clellan1958 Seven Guns to Mesa
as Kipper1957 The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Buzorg1957 Omar Khayyam
as Henry Winston1957 The Vampire
as Ken, Cassa 7 Air Controller1956 Manhunt in Space
as Mr. Grimes1956 The Killing
as Davy Crockett1956 The First Texan
as Marshal Adam Russell1956 Rebel in Town
as Barjak1956 Tribute to a Bad Man
as Swallow1955 Count Three and Pray
as District Attorney (uncredited)1955 The Night of the Hunter
as Abraham Lincoln1955 Apache Ambush
as Smiley Di Angelo1955 I Cover the Underworld
as Alexander1955 At Gunpoint
as Warren1954 The Black Dakotas
as Carl Hoyt1954 The Shanghai Story
as Doc Holliday1954 Masterson of Kansas
as Orrie Sommers1954 Rails Into Laramie
as Pat Garrett1954 The Law vs. Billy the Kid
as Joe Downey1954 The Boy from Oklahoma
as Bob Dalton1954 Jesse James vs. the Daltons
as Jesse Quinn1954 Dragnet
as Judas Iscariot1954 Day of Triumph
as Peter Hayden1953 No Escape
as Joe Farley1953 Kansas Pacific
as Caiaphas1953 I Beheld His Glory
as Boise Peterson1952 Red Skies of Montana
as Pvt. Ferguson1952 Eight Iron Men
as Lt. Glidden1951 Apache Drums
as Slim Harris1951 Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Ogelthorpe Meadows1951 Rhubarb
as Joplin's Agent (Uncredited)1951 The Blue Veil
as Arthur1951 Payment on Demand
as Ronald1951 The Lady Pays Off
as Sid1951 Chain of Circumstance
as Royal Roof Orchestra Leader (uncredited)1950 The Petty Girl
as Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)1950 The Breaking Point
as Higgins1950 The Cariboo Trail
as Walter Karnes1950 Double Deal
as Ellery (uncredited)1950 Bright Leaf
as Apache Kid aka Johnny Corday1950 Indian Territory
as Operative Dale1949 Alaska Patrol
as Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)1949 Holiday Affair
as Jed Morgan (as James J. Griffith)1949 Daughter of the West
as Joe, a Reporter1949 Oh, You Beautiful Doll
as Lt. Cooper1949 Search for Danger
as Insurance Salesman (uncredited)1948 Every Girl Should Be Married
as Al Herrick1948 Blonde Ice

TV Shows/Series with James Griffith as Actor(78)

1979 B. J. and the Bear
1979 Hart to Hart
1975 S.W.A.T.
as Schwartz1974 The Night Stalker
1974 Little House on the Prairie
1974 Run, Joe, Run
1973 Police Story
as Mr. Swift1973 Kojak
1972 The Streets of San Francisco
1972 Kung Fu
1972 Emergency!
1969 Medical Center
1968 Lancer
1968 The Mod Squad
1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Trusty1966 Batman
as Manx1966 Batman
1966 The Monkees
1966 The Monroes
1965 Laredo
as Clyde1965 The Big Valley
1965 F Troop
as Conrad Wycherly1965 Honey West
as Bert1964 The Rogues
as Feathers1964 Daniel Boone
as Coll1964 Daniel Boone
as Harry Young1963 The Great Adventure
as Dispatcher1963 The Fugitive
as Seth1963 The Fugitive
as Sims1961 Dr. Kildare
as Harold Hutchinson1961 Dr. Kildare
1961 Ben Casey
as Ed Brandies1960 Thriller
as Victor Harrod1960 Thriller
1960 The Tall Man
1960 Outlaws
1959 The Lawless Years
as Tyree1959 Rawhide
as White1959 Rawhide
as Gurney1959 Rawhide
as Cpl. Sam Giler1959 Riverboat
1959 Lock Up
1959 Wichita Town
1958 The Texan
1958 Bronco
1957 The Walter Winchell File
1957 Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 Official Detective
as Arthur Dorian1957 Perry Mason
as Jake Stearns1957 Perry Mason
as Walter Hutchings1957 Perry Mason
as Jack Randall1957 Perry Mason
as John Wesley Hardin1957 Maverick
1957 Trackdown
as James Keniton1957 M Squad
1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as Taggert1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Allan Reese1955 The Millionaire
as Joe Kite1955 Gunsmoke
as Joth Monger1955 Gunsmoke
as Tillman1955 Gunsmoke
as Bettis1955 Gunsmoke
as Harford1955 Gunsmoke
as Wade Lester1955 Gunsmoke
1955 Cheyenne
1955 Matinee Theater
1955 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 Frontier
1955 Buffalo Bill Jr.
1954 Lassie
1953 City Detective
1952 Hopalong Cassidy
as Abraham Lincoln1952 Cavalcade of America
as Clay Doggett1952 Cavalcade of America
1951 Dragnet
as Raymond Andrews1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Henry Jackson1950 Lux Video Theatre

Movies with James Griffith as Crew(5)

Writing/Writer1971 Catlow
Writing/Screenplay1968 Shalako
Writing/Story1965 Motor Psycho
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Lorna
Writing/Screenplay1964 Lorna

TV Shows/Series with James Griffith as Crew(1)

Writing/Writer1966 Mission: Impossible

Full Name: James Griffith
Born: Sunday, 02/13 1916 (February) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 09/17 1993 (September) in Avila Beach (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of California, Los Angeles
Other names for James Griffith (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"J.J. Griffith"
"James F. Griffith"
"James J. Griffith"
"James W. Griffith"
"Jimmy Griffith"
"Jim Griffith"
James Griffith frequently works together with these people:
Denver Pyle (53x, Actor)
Claude Akins (48x, Actor)
Harry Lauter (46x, Actor)
J. Pat O'Malley (43x, Actor)
Harry Harvey (43x, Actor)
Robert Karnes (42x, Actor)
Virginia Gregg (42x, Actress)
Karl Swenson (41x, Actor)
John Dehner (41x, Actor)
John Pickard (41x, Actor)
John Anderson (41x, Actor)
Russ Meyer (10x, Crew)
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