James Griffith

ActorWriterComposer Feb 13 (died age 77) Los Angeles, California, USA 1948–2004 (56 year career)

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Biography

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

Known For

Film

The Night of the Hunter

District Attorney

Film

Spartacus

Otho (uncredited)

Film

The Killing

Mr. Grimes

Film

How the West Was Won

Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)

Film

Mission: Impossible

Writer

Film

Pocketful of Miracles

Detective Briscoe (uncredited)

Film

The Breaking Point

Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)

Film

North to Alaska

Salvation Army Leader

Filmography

Acting (157)

Movies (85)

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)

7.6

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1981

as Uncle Silas

6.0

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

as Squire Van Tassel

Desperate Women

as Jonas Scurlock

The Gift

as Tav

Flood!

as Charlie Davis

Speedtrap

as Wino

Babe

as Hospital Spokesman (uncredited)

Seven Alone

as Billy Shaw

Hitchhike!

as Sheriff Bentley

Dial Hot Line

as Sam

Like It Is

as Father

Seven in Darkness

as Harlan Cabot

Heaven with a Gun

as Abraham Murdock

Winchester '73

as Minister Riding on Horse

6.4

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

as Mr. Stribling

Lorna

as The Man of God

Advance to the Rear

as Hugo Zattig

How the West Was Won

as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)

7.0

The Storm

1962

as Ed Brandies

Pocketful of Miracles

1961

as Detective Briscoe (uncredited)

7.3

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery

1961

as Detective Tom

Spartacus

1960

as Otho (uncredited)

7.5

North to Alaska

1960

as Salvation Army Leader

6.5

The Amazing Transparent Man

1960

as Major Paul Krenner

The Big Fisherman

as Beggar

Seven Guns to Mesa

as Papa Clellan

Bullwhip

as 'Slow' Karp

Return to Warbow

as Frank Hollister

Man from God's Country

as Mark Faber

Frontier Gun

as Cash Skelton

Omar Khayyam

as Buzorg

Raintree County

as Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)

The Vampire

as Henry Winston

Domino Kid

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

as Kipper

The Killing

as Mr. Grimes

Tribute to a Bad Man

as Barjak

The First Texan

as Davy Crockett

Rebel in Town

as Marshal Adam Russell

7.0

Count Three and Pray

1955

as Swallow

4.5

The Night of the Hunter

1955

as District Attorney

7.9

I Cover the Underworld

as Smiley Di Angelo

At Gunpoint

as Alexander

Apache Ambush

as Abraham Lincoln

Day of Triumph

as Judas Iscariot

The Black Dakotas

as Warren

Dragnet

as Jesse Quinn

Masterson of Kansas

as Doc Holliday

Ride Clear of Diablo

as Henry

Drum Beat

as Veteran One-Legged Soldier at White House Gate (uncredited)

6.0

Manhunt in Space

1954

as Ken, Cassa 7 Air Controller

2.8

The Law vs. Billy the Kid

as Pat Garrett

Rails Into Laramie

as Orrie Sommers

The Shanghai Story

as Carl Hoyt

The Boy from Oklahoma

1954

as Joe Downey

5.2

Jesse James vs. the Daltons

1954

as Bob Dalton

5.5

I Beheld His Glory

1953

as Caiaphas

Kansas Pacific

as Joe Farley

No Escape

as Peter Hayden

Red Skies of Montana

as Boise Peterson

Eight Iron Men

as Pvt. Ferguson

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

1952

as Ollie

5.4

Chain of Circumstance

1951

as Sid

The Lady Pays Off

1951

as Ronald

6.7

The Blue Veil

1951

as Joplin's Agent (Uncredited)

6.6

Al Jennings of Oklahoma

as Slim Harris

Payment on Demand

as Arthur

Apache Drums

as Lt. Glidden

Rhubarb

as Ogelthorpe Meadows

5.3

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

1951

as Carl Gebhardt (uncredited)

6.4

Bright Leaf

1950

as Ellery (uncredited)

5.7

The Breaking Point

1950

as Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)

Double Deal

as Walter Karnes

The Cariboo Trail

as Higgins

Indian Territory

as Apache Kid aka Johnny Corday

2.0

The Petty Girl

1950

as Royal Roof Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

3.6

Special Agent

1949

as Candy Vendor on Train (uncredited)

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

1949

as Joe, a Reporter

4.7

Holiday Affair

1949

as Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)

6.8

Alaska Patrol

1949

as Operative Dale

Search for Danger

1949

as Lt. Cooper

Daughter of the West

1949

as Jed Morgan

Blonde Ice

1948

as Al Herrick

5.7

Every Girl Should Be Married

1948

as Insurance Salesman (uncredited)

5.9

Television (72)

Hart to Hart

B. J. and the Bear

Fantasy Island

as Hezekiah Pugh

Grizzly Adams

as Watts

Isis

as Dr. Blandford

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974

as Will Long

7.3

Little House on the Prairie

1974

7.9

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Schwartz

Run, Joe, Run

Kojak

as Mr. Swift

Police Story

Emergency!

The Streets of San Francisco

Kung Fu

as Joe Purdy

Medical Center

Lancer

The Mod Squad

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Batman

as Trusty

The Monkees

as Marshall

The Monroes

The Big Valley

as Clyde

F Troop

Laredo

Honey West

as Conrad Wycherly

Daniel Boone

as Feathers

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Dr. Trebush

The Rogues

as Bert

The Fugitive

as Seth

The Great Adventure

as Harry Young

General Electric True

Dr. Kildare

as Sims

Ben Casey

Thriller

as Victor Harrod

The Tall Man

Outlaws

Bonanza

as Sam Pearson

Rawhide

as Tyree

Lock-Up

The Deputy

as Ballard

Riverboat

as Cpl. Sam Giler

The Lawless Years

Wichita Town

Bronco

The Texan

Perry Mason

as Arthur Dorian

Maverick

as John Wesley Hardin

6.9

Have Gun, Will Travel

Trackdown

M Squad

as James Keniton

The Walter Winchell File

Official Detective

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Taggert

6.0

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

5.0

U.S. Marshall

1956

as Deputy Tom Ferguson

Cheyenne

Matinee Theater

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Millionaire

as Allan Reese

Gunsmoke

as Joe Kite

Frontier

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Buffalo Bill Jr.

Lassie

City Detective

Cavalcade of America

as Abraham Lincoln

Hopalong Cassidy

Death Valley Days

as Aaron Winters

Dangerous Assignment

Dragnet

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Raymond Andrews

Lux Video Theatre

as Henry Jackson

Crew (6)

Movies (5)

Catlow

Writer

Shalako

Screenplay

Motorpsycho!

Original Story

Lorna

Original Music Composer

5.5

Lorna

1964

Screenplay

5.5

Television (1)

Mission: Impossible

1966

Writer

7.6