
Birthday:
03-06-1918
Deathday:
01-04-1970 (51 years)
Birthplace:
Muncie, Indiana, USA
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.
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The Killing
Act like Track Parking Attendant
event1956 star_border 7.6
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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. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
The Manchurian Candidate
Act like Cpl. Allen Melvin
event1962 star_border 7.5
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Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
Patton
Act like Sergeant William George Meeks
event1970 star_border 7.5
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"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Act like Batt
event1960
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Texas John Slaughter is a peace-loving family man and successful rancher who values his friendship with the Apaches. But when a vengeful Geronimo initiates a violent campaign against the settlers, Slaughter himself must fight-- to maintain peace and honor among the warring groups.
Coogan's Bluff
Act like Sgt. Jackson
event1968 star_border 6.3
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Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.
The Phenix City Story
Act like Zeke Ward
event1955 star_border 6.6
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A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.
Pork Chop Hill
Act like Cpl. Jurgens
event1959 star_border 6.5
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Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.
Men in War
Act like Sgt. Killian
event1957 star_border 6.7
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In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding concern is caring for his catatonic colonel. Benson and Montana can't stand each other, but together they must get the survivors to Hill 465, where they hope the division is waiting. It's a long, harrowing march, fraught with all the dangers the elusive enemy can summon.
The Set-Up
Act like Luther Hawkins
event1949 star_border 7.3
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Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
The Steel Helmet
Act like Corporal Thompson
event1951 star_border 7
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A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.
Anatomy of a Crime
Act like Lt. Wager
event1969 star_border 6
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Private detective David Ross has two apparently unconnected cases to investigate in the same day. In the first he is hired by a millionaire who paid a large ransom for his kidnapped daughter twelve years before, but she was never seen again. Now a woman has come forward who claims the young girl she raised is the millionaire's missing daughter. Later, Ross is contacted by a retired burlesque dancer who's about to publish her memoirs and possibly reveal the secrets of some important people, but someone is determined to stop her.
Battle Hymn
Act like Lt. Maples
event1957 star_border 6.5
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Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure at preaching. Rejoined to train pilots early in the Korean War, he finds Korean orphans raiding the airbase garbage. With a pretty Korean teacher, he sets up an orphanage for them and others.
The Joe Louis Story
Act like Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn
event1953 star_border 5.9
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The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who held the title for 12 years--longer than any other boxer in history--and who had to not only battle opponents inside the ring and racism outside it.
The Sandpiper
Act like Larry Brant
event1965 star_border 6.4
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A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.
Bright Victory
Act like Joe Morgan
event1951 star_border 6.9
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A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.
Legend of the Northwest
event1978 star_border 6
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Set during the old west, Bearheart the dog witnesses his master, an old mountain man being murdered by bandits. Forced into the wilderness to survive on his own he meets a family who gives him friendship and a loving home.
The Young Runaways
Act like Sgt. Collyer
event1968 star_border 6
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Three unhappy teenagers run away from home, only to discover living on their own isn't as idyllic as they imagined.
Fraulein
Act like Cpl. Hanks
event1958 star_border 7
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A Nazi's fiancee helps an escaped U.S. soldier, then meets him in postwar Berlin.
The Member of the Wedding
Act like Honey Camden Brown
event1952 star_border 6.2
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Tomboy, Frances 'Frankie' Addams, dreams of running away with her brother and new fiancée away from the Deep South.
Home of the Brave
Act like Private Peter Moss
event1949 star_border 6.7
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A sensitive, educated black man's World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of his peace-time problems which are pointed up in a flashback of his life, and primarily of his war-time adventures with four white soldiers on a dangerous reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held island.
The Caine Mutiny
Act like Chief Steward Whittaker
event1954 star_border 7.1
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When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Act like Futa
event1958 star_border 4.6
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Dr. Sturdy is trying to establish a modern hospital in the jungle. His efforts are strongly opposed by Futa, the witch doctor, and Ramo, a native warrior.
Seven Angry Men
Act like Ned Green
event1955 star_border 5.2
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Rise, fall and execution of John Brown, fanatic abolitionist.
Anna Lucasta
Act like Eddie
event1958 star_border 6.2
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The estranged family of a reformed prostitute calls her back home to get her married to an affluent acquaintance out of greed.
Doomsday Voyage
Act like Coast Guard Officer
event1972
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A political extremist on the run after assassinating a corrupt politician, poses as a French sailor in hopes of fleeing the country.
Blood and Steel
Act like George
event1959 star_border 4
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Native girl helps US Seabees free her villagers from Japanese troops.
Night of the Quarter Moon
Act like Asa Tully / lawyer
event1959 star_border 5.3
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A POW marries a woman he meets in Mexico. Controversy erupts when people find out that she's one-quarter black.
African Manhunt
Act like Native Guide
event1955
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Kirby, Davis and Drover escort the wanted criminal Rene Carvel from central Africa to the coast, stopping every so often to watch wild animals attack one another.
The Fugitive
Act like Joe Smith (1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 7.2
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Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Act like Ed (1 ep.)
event1955 star_border 7.7
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A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
The Outsider
Act like Lt. Wagner (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 5.2
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The Outsider was the story of David Ross, a go-it-alone private investigator who's always where the action is. Darren McGavin played Ross, a man living in an off-beat, always-dangerous world. The series aired for one season on NBC and was a precursor of sorts to The Rockford Files in that it featured a loner private detective who had previously done time in prison for a crime he didn't commit and who never quite fit into a rapidly changing environment.
Burke's Law
Act like Norton (1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 6
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Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
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