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James Jeffrey Griffith was an American character actor, musician and screenwriter.
Birth Name
James Jeffrey Griffith
Born
Sunday, 13 February 1916
Died
Friday, 17 September 1993
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV's Western Heroes | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Jesse Quinn in Dragnet | 2003 |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Uncle Silas | 1981 |
| The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Squire Van Tassel | 1980 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Mr. Garrett | 1979 |
| Hart to Hart | Prospector | 1979 |
| Tom Edison: The Boy Who Lit Up the World | (as James Griffiths) | 1979 |
| B.J. and the Bear | Uncle Moss | 1978 |
| Dallas | Drunk in Bar | 1978 |
| Speedtrap | Wino | 1977 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV's Western Heroes | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Jesse Quinn in Dragnet | 2003 |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Uncle Silas | 1981 |
| The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Squire Van Tassel | 1980 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Mr. Garrett | 1979 |
| Hart to Hart | Prospector | 1979 |
| Tom Edison: The Boy Who Lit Up the World | (as James Griffiths) | 1979 |
| B.J. and the Bear | Uncle Moss | 1978 |
| Dallas | Drunk in Bar | 1978 |
| Speedtrap | Wino | 1977 |
| The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Watts | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Hezekiah Pugh | 1977 |
| The Gift | Tav | 1977 |
| Flood | Charlie Davis | 1976 |
| The Quest | Donkin | 1976 |
| Babe | Hospital Spokesman | 1975 |
| The Secrets of Isis | Dr. Blandford | 1975 |
| Barbary Coast | Eikel | 1975 |
| S.W.A.T. | Sgt. Reardon | 1975 |
| Seven Alone | Billy Shaw | 1974 |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Schwartz | 1974 |
| Run, Joe, Run | Jasper | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Preacher Bob / Dandy Davis | 1974 |
| Hitchhike! | Sheriff Bentley | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Will Long | 1974 |
| Kojak | Mr. Swift | 1973 |
| Police Story | Travis Caulder | 1973 |
| Hec Ramsey | John Simpson | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Hoby Shuttleworth / Roscoe Springer / T.J. | 1972 |
| Kung Fu | Joe Purdy | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Joe Hosmer / Lester Bowles | 1972 |
| The Bold Ones: The Senator | Channing | 1970 |
| Like It Is | Father | 1970 |
| Hail, Hero! | Painter #2 | 1969 |
| Seven in Darkness | Harlan Cabot | 1969 |
| Heaven with a Gun | Abraham Murdock | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Follit / Foreman / Leo Walding / Sergeant Welding | 1969 |
| Lancer | Constable Jasper Becket / Jeremy Hacket / Mooney | 1968 |
| Mod Squad | Bubba Johnson | 1968 |
| Day of the Evil Gun | Storekeeper | 1968 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | Major Cross | 1967 |
| Winchester 73 | Minister riding on horse | 1967 |
| Iron Horse | Howley / Pharaoh | 1966 |
| The Monkees | Marshall | 1966 |
| The Monroes | Henri 'Fox' Bonnard | 1966 |
| A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Mr. Stribling | 1966 |
| Batman | Trusty / Manx | 1966 |
| Honey West | Conrad Wycherly | 1965 |
| Laredo | Deke Pryor | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Clyde | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Smithy / Andy Andrews | 1965 |
| F Troop | Sergeant Crawford | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Coll / Feathers | 1964 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Dr. Trebush | 1964 |
| Slattery's People | Emmett Logan | 1964 |
| The Rogues | Bert | 1964 |
| Russ Meyer's Lorna | The Man of God | 1964 |
| Advance to the Rear | Hugo Zattig | 1964 |
| The Great Adventure | Harry Young | 1963 |
| The Littlest Hobo | Harry Kramer | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Dispatcher / Seth | 1963 |
| The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Snake / Gambler / Bagsley | 1963 |
| How the West Was Won | Poker Player with Cleve | 1962 |
| G.E. True | Stan Woolman / Brown | 1962 |
| Empire | Pete Stroud | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Sam Jacks / Kyle Spanner | 1962 |
| Pocketful of Miracles | Briscoe - Police Detective | 1961 |
| Shannon | Frank Sergio | 1961 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Kovacs | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | John Randall | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Harold Hutchinson | 1961 |
| Morgan keibu to nazô no otoko | 1961 | |
| North to Alaska | Salvation Army Leader | 1960 |
| Two Faces West | Les Hardy | 1960 |
| Spartacus | Otho | 1960 |
| Klondike | Clag Botser | 1960 |
| Stagecoach West | Cowboy | 1960 |
| Outlaws | Ephraim | 1960 |
| My Three Sons | Dr. Davis | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Harley 'Steamer' Russell | 1960 |
| Thriller | Victor Harrod / Ed Brandies | 1960 |
| The Tall Man | Clint Latimer / James Cutter | 1960 |
| The Amazing Transparent Man | Maj. Paul Krenner / Major Paul Krenner | 1960 |
| Philip Marlowe | David Jordan | 1959 |
| Wichita Town | Vic Parker | 1959 |
| Lock Up | Miles Turner / Roy Fuller | 1959 |
| Laramie | Charlie Frost / Gabe - Gang Member / Lieutenant | 1959 |
| Riverboat | Cpl. Sam Giler | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Sam Pearson / Preacher / Deputy Sheriff Gibbs | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Ballard | 1959 |
| The Big Fisherman | Beggar | 1959 |
| The Lawless Years | Jonathan Wills | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Monk Lyselle | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Gurney / Maury / Tyree / White | 1959 |
| Frontier Gun | Cash Skelton | 1958 |
| Cimarron City | Breen | 1958 |
| U.S. Marshal | Deputy Tom Ferguson / Tom Ferguson / Al West / Doc Andrews | 1958 |
| Lawman | Heracles Snead | 1958 |
| The Texan | Shawn O'Rourke / Morgan Lewis | 1958 |
| Bronco | Cpl. Fonda | 1958 |
| Rescue 8 | Ramases | 1958 |
| Steve Canyon | Capt. Joshua Smith / Bean N. Zook | 1958 |
| Frontier Justice | Taggert | 1958 |
| Buckskin | Logan Maxwell | 1958 |
| Bullwhip | 'Slow' Karp | 1958 |
| Jefferson Drum | Troy Bendick | 1958 |
| Seven Guns to Mesa | Papa Clellan | 1958 |
| Man from God's Country | Mark Faber | 1958 |
| Return to Warbow | Frank Hollister | 1958 |
| Raintree County | Mr. Gray's Searching Companion | 1957 |
| Man Without a Gun | Caleb Morgan | 1957 |
| Zorro | Lancer Romero | 1957 |
| Trackdown | Aaron Adams / Aaron / Felix / Thad Marple | 1957 |
| The Walter Winchell File | Watson | 1957 |
| The Gray Ghost | Buddy | 1957 |
| Domino Kid | Sam Beal | 1957 |
| The Californians | The Weasel | 1957 |
| The Restless Gun | Dr. Hallop | 1957 |
| Maverick | John Wesley Hardin | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Walter Hutchings / Jake Stearns / Jack Randall / Arthur Dorian | 1957 |
| M Squad | James Keniton | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Sterkel / Sailor Blaine / Phineas / Luke Stone / Lew Pumfret / Hotel Manager / Garrett / Dave Choate | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Dave Wilder / Elliott Spencer / Marauder | 1957 |
| Omar Khayyam | Buzorg | 1957 |
| The Vampire | Henry Winston | 1957 |
| Code 3 | Orville Greer / Steve Williams | 1957 |
| The Guns of Fort Petticoat | Kipper | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Roland Jensen / Tom Rankins | 1957 |
| Official Detective | Detective Ed Holly / Robbins | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Abel Pike / Taggert | 1956 |
| Broken Arrow | Barfly / Loggan | 1956 |
| The Sheriff of Cochise | Deputy Tom Ferguson | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Jud Cameron | 1956 |
| Rebel in Town | Marshal Adam Russell | 1956 |
| The First Texan | Davy Crockett | 1956 |
| The Killing | Mr. Grimes | 1956 |
| Tribute to a Bad Man | Barjak | 1956 |
| Anything Goes | Paul Holiday | 1956 |
| Manhunt in Space | Ken, Cassa 7 Air Controller / Ken - Cassa 7 Air Controller | 1956 |
| At Gunpoint | The Stranger (Bob Alexander) / Alexander | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Sheriff Walker / Sgt. Pickens | 1955 |
| Count Three and Pray | Swallow | 1955 |
| Frontier | Tod | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Gorrell / Joe Epic / Joe / Milt Krebs | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Bettis / Harford / Joe Kite / Joth Monger / Tillman / Wade Lester | 1955 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Tim Connell | 1955 |
| Apache Ambush | Abraham Lincoln / President Abraham Lincoln | 1955 |
| The Kentuckian | Riverboat Gambler | 1955 |
| The Night of the Hunter | District Attorney | 1955 |
| Son of Sinbad | Arab Guide | 1955 |
| Phantom of the Jungle | Dexter | 1955 |
| I Cover the Underworld | Smiley Di Angelo | 1955 |
| Buffalo Bill, Jr. | Kelso Dodge / Doc Holliday | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Allan Reese | 1955 |
| Day of Triumph | Judas Iscariot | 1954 |
| Masterson of Kansas | Doc Holliday | 1954 |
| Drum Beat | 1954 | |
| The Lineup | Charles Winters | 1954 |
| Lassie | Pa Slocum / Jim Brown | 1954 |
| Dragnet | Jesse Quinn | 1954 |
| The Black Dakotas | Warren | 1954 |
| The Shanghai Story | Carl Hoyt | 1954 |
| The Law vs. Billy the Kid | Pat Garrett | 1954 |
| Rails Into Laramie | Marshal Orrie Sommers / Orrie Sommers | 1954 |
| Jesse James vs. the Daltons | Bob Dalton | 1954 |
| The Boy from Oklahoma | Joe Downey | 1954 |
| Rocky Jones, Space Ranger | Ken / First Native | 1954 |
| Ride Clear of Diablo | Henry - Train Conductor | 1954 |
| Waterfront | Joe Swain / Ken | 1954 |
| Annie Oakley | George Martin / Mark Banning | 1954 |
| A Lion Is in the Streets | Mayor's Clerk | 1953 |
| City Detective | Harry | 1953 |
| No Escape | Peter Hayden | 1953 |
| The Kid from Left Field | Newsstand Proprietor | 1953 |
| Powder River | Mac - Hotel Clerk | 1953 |
| Ramar of the Jungle | Phillip Dexter / Charles Mitchell | 1953 |
| I Beheld His Glory | Pharisee / Caiaphas | 1953 |
| Kansas Pacific | Joe Farley | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Bill Green | 1953 |
| Eight Iron Men | Pvt. Ferguson | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Mr. Harris | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | Clay Doggett / Abraham Lincoln | 1952 |
| Hopalong Cassidy | Roscoe Hicks | 1952 |
| Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie | Ollie | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Solomon Ross / Aaron Winters | 1952 |
| Red Skies of Montana | Boise Peterson | 1952 |
| Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair | Medicine Man | 1952 |
| Dragnet | (as Jim Griffith) / Claude Stroup | 1951 |
| The Blue Veil | Joplin's Agent / Joplin's Agent (Uncredited) | 1951 |
| Drums in the Deep South | Union Officer Reporting to Denning | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Raymond Andrews / Walt Gregg | 1951 |
| The Lady Pays Off | Ronald | 1951 |
| Rhubarb | Ogelthorpe 'Oggie' Meadows / Ogelthorpe Meadows | 1951 |
| Chain of Circumstance | Sid | 1951 |
| As Young as You Feel | Cashier | 1951 |
| Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison | Carl Gebhardt | 1951 |
| The Range Rider | Starkey / Lawyer Steve Carson / Henchman Muley / Henchman Bandy / George Foreman / Charley Melton / Benson | 1951 |
| Apache Drums | Lt. Glidden | 1951 |
| Payment on Demand | Arthur | 1951 |
| The Great Missouri Raid | Jack Ladd | 1951 |
| Al Jennings of Oklahoma | Slim Harris | 1951 |
| The Living Christ Series | Herod's Servant / Pharisee | 1951 |
| Double Deal | Walter Karnes | 1950 |
| Stage to Tucson | Abraham Lincoln | 1950 |
| The Breaking Point | Charlie | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Henry Jackson | 1950 |
| Indian Territory | Apache Kid aka Johnny Corday | 1950 |
| The Petty Girl | Royal Roof Orchestra Leader | 1950 |
| The Cariboo Trail | Higgins | 1950 |
| The Gene Autry Show | Dude Devlin / Bill Hubbard | 1950 |
| Bright Leaf | Ellery | 1950 |
| Dangerous Assignment | Ravic | 1950 |
| Holiday Affair | Crowley's Floorwalker | 1949 |
| Oh, You Beautiful Doll | Joe - Reporter / Joe, a Reporter | 1949 |
| Fighting Man of the Plains | Quantrell | 1949 |
| The Lone Ranger | Flint Taylor / Hoaky Carter / Phil Beach / Rex Craig / Scrap / Sheriff Dick Sundell / The Durango Kid | 1949 |
| Special Agent | Candy Vendor on Train | 1949 |
| Search for Danger | Lt. Cooper / Police-Lt. Cooper | 1949 |
| Fireside Theatre | Ed Fallon | 1949 |
| Alaska Patrol | Operative Dale | 1949 |
| Daughter of the West | Jed Morgan (as James J. Griffith) / Jed Morgan | 1949 |
| Every Girl Should Be Married | Insurance Salesman | 1948 |
| Appointment with Murder | Detective | 1948 |
| Blonde Ice | Al Herrick | 1948 |
