James Edwards

Actor

Born: March 6, 1918
Died: January 4, 1970 (age 51)
From: Muncie, Indiana, USA

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.

Filmography (29)

Legend of the Northwest (1978)
Jim Ryder
Doomsday Voyage (1972)
Coast Guard Officer
Patton (1970)
Sergeant William George Meeks
Anatomy of a Crime (1969)
Lt. Wager
Coogan's Bluff (1968)
Sgt. Jackson
The Young Runaways (1968)
Sgt. Collyer
The Sandpiper (1965)
Larry Brant
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Cpl. Allen Melvin
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge (1960)
Batt
Blood and Steel (1959)
George
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
Cpl. Jurgens
Night of the Quarter Moon (1959)
Asa Tully / lawyer
Anna Lucasta (1958)
Eddie
Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
Futa
Fraulein (1958)
Cpl. Hanks
A Sound of Different Drummers (1957)
Men in War (1957)
Sgt. Killian
Battle Hymn (1957)
Lt. Maples
The Killing (1956)
Track Parking Attendant
The Phenix City Story (1955)
Zeke Ward
Seven Angry Men (1955)
Ned Green
African Manhunt (1955)
Native Guide
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Chief Steward Whittaker
The Joe Louis Story (1953)
Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn
The Member of the Wedding (1952)
Honey Camden Brown
Bright Victory (1951)
Joe Morgan
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Corporal Thompson
Home of the Brave (1949)
Private Peter Moss
The Set-Up (1949)
Luther Hawkins