Actor
James Edwards
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. ...

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