Actor
James 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 s ...

Known For
Acting
1973 -- Set This Town on Fire | Cark Rickter
1971 -- Dead Aim | John Applebee
1970 -- The Boy Who Stole the Elephant | Sheriff Berry
1969 -- Bartleby | The Lawyer
1969 -- The Love God? | Rev. Wilkerson
1969 -- True Grit | Judge Parker
1969 -- Smith! | Sheriff
1968 -- Now You See It, Now You Don't | Capt. Boyle
1968 -- Blue | Abe Parker
1968 -- Hang 'em High | Prisoner
1968 -- A Man Called Gannon | Amos
1966 -- Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round | Jack Balter
1966 -- Scalplock | Nehemiah
1965 -- The Further Adventures of Gallegher | Charley Mardis
1965 -- That Funny Feeling | Officer Brokaw
1965 -- The Sons of Katie Elder | Mr. Vennar
1964 -- Bikini Beach | Cop #2
1964 -- Man's Favorite Sport? | Policeman
1963 -- Son of Flubber | Officer Hanson
1962 -- Birdman of Alcatraz | Jess Younger
1961 -- Homicidal | Alfred S. Adrims
1961 -- The Absent-Minded Professor | Officer Hanson
1960 -- The Plunderers | Mike Baron
1960 -- Wild River | Cal Garth
1959 -- The Hangman | Herb Loftus
1959 -- The Gunfight at Dodge City | Reverend Howard
1959 -- The Shaggy Dog | Officer Hanson
1958 -- Old Man | Warden
1958 -- The Proud Rebel | Birm Bates
1958 -- Cowboy | Mike Adams
1957 -- Decision at Sundown | Otis, the Bartender
1957 -- Jungle Heat | Harvey Mathews
1957 -- The Helen Morgan Story | Frank Piggin
1956 -- Three Brave Men | Chief O'Reilly
1956 -- Away All Boats |
1955 -- Man with the Gun | Mr. Zender
1955 -- Lucy Gallant | Harry Wilson
1955 -- The Scarlet Coat | Col. Jameson
1955 -- The Cobweb | James Petlee
1955 -- Chief Crazy Horse | Caleb Mantz
1955 -- The Violent Men | Sheriff Magruder
1954 -- Three Hours to Kill | Sam Minor
1954 -- The Human Jungle | Marty Harrison
1954 -- On the Waterfront | Big Mac
1953 -- The Bachelor Party | Bookkeeper
1951 -- The Whistle at Eaton Falls | Joe London
1950 -- Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Harvey (Zoo Attendant) (uncredited)
1950 -- Side Street | Charlie (policeman)
1946 -- The Chase | Job the Butler
1946 -- Undercurrent | Henry Gilson
1943 -- Around the World | Bashful Marine
1942 -- The Pride of the Yankees | Spectator (uncredited)
1942 -- The Magnificent Ambersons | Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
1942 -- About Face | Soldier with Daisy (uncredited)
1941 -- Highway West | Swede, Trucker at Cafe
1940 -- The Howards of Virginia | Backwoodsman
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