
James Edwards
Acting
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.
TV Shows(5)
Movies(29)

Legend of the Northwest
1978

Doomsday Voyage
Coast Guard Officer
1972

Patton
Sergeant William George Meeks
1970

Anatomy of a Crime
Lt. Wager
1969

Coogan's Bluff
Sgt. Jackson
1968

The Young Runaways
Sgt. Collyer
1968

The Sandpiper
Larry Brant
1965

The Manchurian Candidate
Cpl. Allen Melvin
1962

Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Batt
1960

Blood and Steel
George
1959

Pork Chop Hill
Cpl. Jurgens
1959

Night of the Quarter Moon
Asa Tully / lawyer
1959

Anna Lucasta
Eddie
1958

Tarzan's Fight for Life
Futa
1958

Fraulein
Cpl. Hanks
1958

A Sound of Different Drummers
1957

Men in War
Sgt. Killian
1957

Battle Hymn
Lt. Maples
1957

The Killing
Track Parking Attendant
1956

The Phenix City Story
Zeke Ward
1955

Seven Angry Men
Ned Green
1955

African Manhunt
Native Guide
1955

The Caine Mutiny
Chief Steward Whittaker
1954

The Joe Louis Story
Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn
1953

The Member of the Wedding
Honey Camden Brown
1952

Bright Victory
Joe Morgan
1951

The Steel Helmet
Corporal Thompson
1951

Home of the Brave
Private Peter Moss
1949

The Set-Up
Luther Hawkins
1949




