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James Johnson Edwards 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.
Birth Name
James Johnson Edwards
Born
Wednesday, 06 March 1918
Died
Sunday, 04 January 1970
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| Legend of the Northwest | Jim Ryder | 1978 |
| Doomsday Voyage | Coast Guard Officer | 1972 |
| Patton | Sergeant William George Meeks | 1970 |
| Coogan's Bluff | Sgt. Jackson | 1968 |
| The Outcasts | Taggert | 1968 |
| The Outsider | Lt. Wagner / Lieutenant Wagner | 1968 |
| The Young Runaways | Sgt. Joe Collyer / Sgt. Collyer | 1968 |
| Mannix | Jerry | 1967 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| Legend of the Northwest | Jim Ryder | 1978 |
| Doomsday Voyage | Coast Guard Officer | 1972 |
| Patton | Sergeant William George Meeks | 1970 |
| Coogan's Bluff | Sgt. Jackson | 1968 |
| The Outcasts | Taggert | 1968 |
| The Outsider | Lt. Wagner / Lieutenant Wagner | 1968 |
| The Young Runaways | Sgt. Joe Collyer / Sgt. Collyer | 1968 |
| Mannix | Jerry | 1967 |
| Cowboy in Africa | Shendi Suakin | 1967 |
| NBC Experiment in Television | Wesley | 1967 |
| The Sandpiper | Larry Brant | 1965 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Private Peter Moss (clip from Home of the Brave (1949)) | 1963 |
| East Side/West Side | Mr. Jackson | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Norton | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Joe Smith | 1963 |
| The Manchurian Candidate | Corporal Allen Melvin / Cpl. Allen Melvin | 1962 |
| Going My Way | Sgt. Fred Wilson | 1962 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Ettinger | 1962 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Mr. Hudson | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Ben Harper | 1962 |
| The Lloyd Bridges Show | Byron | 1962 |
| Dr. Kildare | Dr. Lench | 1961 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Willy - Guard #1 | 1961 |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | Vaughn | 1961 |
| Blood and Steel | George | 1959 |
| Pork Chop Hill | Cpl. Jurgens | 1959 |
| Night of the Quarter Moon | Asa Tully / lawyer | 1959 |
| Anna Lucasta | Eddie | 1958 |
| Peter Gunn | Arnie Kelton | 1958 |
| Tarzan's Fight for Life | Futa | 1958 |
| Fräulein | Cpl. S. Hanks / Cpl. Hanks | 1958 |
| Battle Hymn | Lt. Maples | 1957 |
| Men in War | Sgt. Killian | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Sgt. Morgan | 1956 |
| The Killing | Track Parking Attendant | 1956 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Convict / Ed | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Ens. Jesse Brown | 1955 |
| The Phenix City Story | Zeke Ward | 1955 |
| Thunder Over Sangoland | (archive footage) | 1955 |
| Seven Angry Men | Ned Green | 1955 |
| The Star and the Story | Porter | 1955 |
| African Manhunt | Native Guide | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Batt | 1954 |
| Climax! | James Sullivan | 1954 |
| The Caine Mutiny | Whittaker | 1954 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Champ | 1953 |
| The Joe Louis Story | Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn / 'Chappie' Blackburn | 1953 |
| Ramar of the Jungle | Matuwa / Chief Mucumba | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Sgt. Davis | 1953 |
| The Member of the Wedding | Honey Camden Brown | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | Ralph Bunche | 1952 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Scipio Gaines | 1952 |
| Bright Victory | Joe Morgan | 1951 |
| The Steel Helmet | Cpl. Thompson / Corporal Thompson | 1951 |
| Manhandled | Henry, Bennet's Butler | 1949 |
| Home of the Brave | Private Peter Moss / Pvt. Peter Moss | 1949 |
| The Set-Up | Luther Hawkins | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Audience Bow / Self - Actor | 1948 |
