James Westerfield
Known for Acting · 111 credits
- Born
- 1913-03-22
- Died
- 1971-09-20
- Place of birth
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Also known as
- James A. Westerfield
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James A. Westerfield (22 March 1913 – 20 September 1971) was an American actor of stage, film, and television.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, to candy-maker Brasher Omier Westerfield and his wife Dora Elizabeth Bailey, he was raised in Detroit, Michigan. (A news story in the June 12, 1949, issue of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle calls the information in the preceding sentence into question. It describes Westerfield as "the son of a famous producer-director" and says that he was "a youngster in Denver, Col.")
He became interested in theatre as a young man and in the 1930s joined Gilmor Brown's famed Pasadena Community Playhouse, appearing in dozens of plays. He played in numerous films following his debut in 1940, then went to New York City and appeared on Broadway, winning two New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards for his supporting roles in The Madwoman of Chaillot and Detective Story. He then returned to Hollywood and made more than 40 more films. Westerfield maintained an interest in the theatre. He directed more than 50 musicals in a summer-musical tent he owned in Danbury, Connecticut, and was the original stage director and producer for the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. He directed three seasons of "Theatre Under the Stars" in Vancouver, British Columbia, and appeared in musical roles with the Detroit Civic Light Opera, the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, and the San Francisco Civic Light Opera.
On film, Westerfield had roles in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), On The Waterfront (1954), Lucy Gallant (1955), the 1957 Budd Boetticher-directed Western Decision at Sundown starring Randolph Scott, Cowboy (1958), a repeating role in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and its sequel Son of Flubber (1963), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), Man's Favorite Sport (1964), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), Hang 'Em High (1968) and True Grit (1969).
Known For
TV Shows (54)
Perry Mason
1957
as Sheriff Elmore / Roger Quigley
Bonanza
1959
as Arthur Blackwell
Mannix
1967
Lassie
1954
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Uncle Ollie
Bewitched
1964
The Rifleman
1958
Maverick
1957
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Anthony O'Toole
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as H.T. Carmichael
Green Acres
1965
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
My Three Sons
1960
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Bert Farrow
The Wild Wild West
1965
as McAvity
Daniel Boone
1964
as Hand / Simon Girty
Studio One
1948
as Captain James Reagan / Bilgeboy / Jimmy Scaggs
Rawhide
1959
as Matt Lucas / Mort Henry
The Lucy Show
1962
as Weitzman
The Big Valley
1965
as Jeb Lassiter
Lost in Space
1965
as Dr. Marvello
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Dr. Langland
Gunsmoke
1955
as Rance Bradley / Harry Duggan / Cleed / Franks
Bat Masterson
1958
as Shapley Howell
Thriller
1960
as Al Matthews
The Rebel
1959
as Suee
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as McAllister
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Commissioner Cummings / Pops Lafferty
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Mapes
The Texan
1958
Trackdown
1957
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Sheriff
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
as Sheriff Matson
Judd, for the Defense
1967
State Trooper
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Tall Man
1960
Tightrope
1959
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Aben Burke
Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Joshua Jones
The Great Adventure
1963
as Attorney Thomas Green
The Alaskans
1959
The Dakotas
1963
Going My Way
1962
Inner Sanctum
1954
The Outcasts
1968
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Sen. Samuel Pomeroy
The Walter Winchell File
1957
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963
as John Murrel
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
General Electric Theater
1953
as Bartender / The General
Straightaway
1961
Casey, Crime Photographer
1951
Movies (57)
On the Waterfront
1954
as Big Mac
True Grit
1969
as Judge Parker
Hang 'em High
1968
as Prisoner
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
as Jess Younger
Cowboy
1958
as Mike Adams
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Mr. Vennar
Undercurrent
1946
as Henry Gilson
Wild River
1960
as Cal Garth
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
as Officer Hanson
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
The Hangman
1959
as Herb Loftus
Bikini Beach
1964
as Cop #2
Blue
1968
as Abe Parker
The Violent Men
1955
as Sheriff Magruder
Decision at Sundown
1957
as Otis, the Bartender
Side Street
1950
as Charlie (policeman)
The Shaggy Dog
1959
as Officer Hanson
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
as Policeman
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Spectator (uncredited)
Chief Crazy Horse
1955
as Caleb Mantz
The Proud Rebel
1958
as Birm Bates
The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959
as Reverend Howard
The Love God?
1969
as Rev. Wilkerson
The Scarlet Coat
1955
as Col. Jameson
Homicidal
1961
as Alfred S. Adrims
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966
as Jack Balter
Man with the Gun
1955
as Mr. Zender
Son of Flubber
1963
as Officer Hanson
The Howards of Virginia
1940
as Backwoodsman
The Cobweb
1955
as James Petlee
Away All Boats
1956
Smith!
1969
as Sheriff
About Face
1942
as Soldier with Daisy (uncredited)
Old Man
1958
as Warden
Lucy Gallant
1955
as Harry Wilson
The Chase
1946
as Job the Butler
The Human Jungle
1954
as Marty Harrison
Scalplock
1966
as Nehemiah
A Man Called Gannon
1968
as Amos
Three Brave Men
1956
as Chief O'Reilly
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951
as Joe London
The Plunderers
1960
as Mike Baron
Set This Town on Fire
1973
as Cark Rickter
Three Hours to Kill
1954
as Sam Minor
That Funny Feeling
1965
as Officer Brokaw
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970
as Sheriff Berry
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
as Harvey (Zoo Attendant) (uncredited)
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965
as Charley Mardis
Highway West
1941
as Swede, Trucker at Cafe
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Frank Piggin
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968
as Capt. Boyle
The Bachelor Party
1953
as Bookkeeper
Around the World
1943
as Bashful Marine
Jungle Heat
1957
as Harvey Mathews
Bartleby
1969
as The Lawyer
Alcatraz Express
1961
Dead Aim
1971
as John Applebee
About James Westerfield
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James A. Westerfield (22 March 1913 – 20 September 1971) was an American actor of stage, film, and television. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, to candy-maker Brasher Omier Westerfield and his wife Dora Elizabeth Bailey, he was raised in Detroit, Michigan. (A news story in the June 12, 1949, issue of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle calls the information in the preceding sentence into question. It describes Westerfield as "the son of a famous producer-director" and says that he was "a youngster in Denver, Col.") He b… With 111 credits spanning from 1940 to 1973, James Westerfield has appeared in 57 films and 54 TV shows.
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- On the Waterfront (1954) — as Big Mac
- True Grit (1969) — as Judge Parker
- Hang 'em High (1968) — as Prisoner
- Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) — as Jess Younger
- Cowboy (1958) — as Mike Adams
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