James Griffith

Acting · Writing

Born February 13, 1916, Los Angeles, California, USA

James Griffith was an American character actor, musician, and screenwriter.

Filmography

• 1981The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Uncle Silas
• 1980The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — Squire Van Tassel
• B. J. and the Bear
• Hart to Hart
• 1978Desperate Women — Jonas Scurlock
• Fantasy Island — Hezekiah Pugh
• 1977Babe — Hospital Spokesman (uncredited)
• 1977Flood! — Charlie Davis
• Grizzly Adams — Watts
• 1977Speedtrap — Wino
• 1977The Gift — Tav
• Isis — Dr. Blandford
• 1974Hitchhike! — Sheriff Bentley
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker — Schwartz
• Little House on the Prairie — Dandy Davis
• Run, Joe, Run
• 1974Seven Alone — Billy Shaw
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Will Long
• Kojak — Mr. Swift
• Police Story
• Emergency! — Joe Hosmer
• Kung Fu — Joe Purdy
• The Streets of San Francisco — T.J.
• 1971Catlow — Writer
• 1970Dial Hot Line — Sam
• 1970Like It Is — Father
• 1969Heaven with a Gun — Abraham Murdock
• Medical Center
• 1969Seven in Darkness — Harlan Cabot
• 1968Day of the Evil Gun — Storekeeper
• Lancer
• 1968Shalako — Screenplay
• The Mod Squad
• The Guns of Will Sonnett
• 1967Winchester '73 — Minister Riding on Horse
• 1966A Big Hand for the Little Lady — Mr. Stribling
• Batman — Trusty, Manx
• Mission: Impossible — Writer
• The Monkees — Marshall
• The Monroes
• F Troop
• Honey West — Conrad Wycherly
• Laredo
• 1965Motorpsycho! — Original Story
• The Big Valley — Clyde
• 1964Advance to the Rear — Hugo Zattig
• Daniel Boone — Feathers, Coll
• 1964Lorna — The Man of God, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Dr. Trebush
• The Rogues — Bert
• The Fugitive — Dispatcher, Seth
• The Great Adventure — Harry Young
• General Electric True
• 1962How the West Was Won — Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
• 1962The Storm — Ed Brandies
• Ben Casey
• Dr. Kildare — Sims, Harold Hutchinson
• 1961Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery — Detective Tom
• 1961Pocketful of Miracles — Detective Briscoe (uncredited)
• 1960North to Alaska — Salvation Army Leader
• Outlaws
• 1960Spartacus — Otho (uncredited)
• 1960The Amazing Transparent Man — Major Paul Krenner
• The Tall Man
• Thriller — Ed Brandies, Victor Harrod
• Bonanza — Sam Pearson
• Lock-Up
• Rawhide — Tyree, White, Gurney
• Riverboat — Cpl. Sam Giler
• 1959The Big Fisherman — Beggar
• The Deputy — Ballard
• The Lawless Years
• Wichita Town
• Bronco
• 1958Bullwhip — 'Slow' Karp
• 1958Frontier Gun — Cash Skelton
• 1958Man from God's Country — Mark Faber
• 1958Return to Warbow — Frank Hollister
• 1958Seven Guns to Mesa — Papa Clellan
• The Texan
• 1957Domino Kid
• Have Gun, Will Travel
• M Squad — James Keniton
• Maverick — John Wesley Hardin
• Official Detective
• 1957Omar Khayyam — Buzorg
• Perry Mason — Arthur Dorian, Jake Stearns, Walter Hutchings, Jack Randall
• 1957Raintree County — Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)
• 1957The Guns of Fort Petticoat — Kipper
• 1957The Vampire — Henry Winston
• The Walter Winchell File
• Trackdown
• 1956Anything Goes — Paul Holiday
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Taggert
• 1956Rebel in Town — Marshal Adam Russell
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie
• 1956The First Texan — Davy Crockett
• 1956The Killing — Mr. Grimes
• 1956Tribute to a Bad Man — Barjak
• 1955Apache Ambush — Abraham Lincoln
• 1955At Gunpoint — Alexander
• Buffalo Bill Jr.
• Cheyenne — Gorrell
• 1955Count Three and Pray — Swallow
• Frontier
• Gunsmoke — Joe Kite, Joth Monger, Tillman, Bettis, Harford, Wade Lester
• 1955I Cover the Underworld — Smiley Di Angelo
• Matinee Theater
• The 20th Century Fox Hour
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
• The Millionaire — Allan Reese
• 1955The Night of the Hunter — District Attorney
• 1954Day of Triumph — Judas Iscariot
• 1954Dragnet — Jesse Quinn
• 1954Drum Beat — Veteran One-Legged Soldier at White House Gate (uncredited)
• 1954Jesse James vs. the Daltons — Bob Dalton
• Lassie
• 1954Manhunt in Space — Ken, Cassa 7 Air Controller
• 1954Masterson of Kansas — Doc Holliday
• 1954Rails Into Laramie — Orrie Sommers
• 1954Ride Clear of Diablo — Henry
• 1954The Black Dakotas — Warren
• 1954The Boy from Oklahoma — Joe Downey
• 1954The Law vs. Billy the Kid — Pat Garrett
• 1954The Shanghai Story — Carl Hoyt
• City Detective
• 1953I Beheld His Glory — Caiaphas
• 1953Kansas Pacific — Joe Farley
• 1953No Escape — Peter Hayden
• Cavalcade of America — Abraham Lincoln, Clay Doggett
• Dangerous Assignment
• Death Valley Days — Aaron Winters
• 1952Eight Iron Men — Pvt. Ferguson
• Hopalong Cassidy
• 1952Red Skies of Montana — Boise Peterson
• 1952Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie — Ollie
• 1951Al Jennings of Oklahoma — Slim Harris
• 1951Apache Drums — Lt. Glidden
• 1951Chain of Circumstance — Sid
• Dragnet
• 1951Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison — Carl Gebhardt (uncredited)
• 1951Payment on Demand — Arthur
• 1951Rhubarb — Ogelthorpe Meadows
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Raymond Andrews
• 1951The Blue Veil — Joplin's Agent (Uncredited)
• 1951The Lady Pays Off — Ronald
• 1950Bright Leaf — Ellery (uncredited)
• 1950Double Deal — Walter Karnes
• 1950Indian Territory — Apache Kid aka Johnny Corday
• Lux Video Theatre — Henry Jackson
• 1950The Breaking Point — Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)
• 1950The Cariboo Trail — Higgins
• 1950The Petty Girl — Royal Roof Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
• 1949Alaska Patrol — Operative Dale
• 1949Daughter of the West — Jed Morgan
• 1949Holiday Affair — Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)
• 1949Oh, You Beautiful Doll — Joe, a Reporter
• 1949Search for Danger — Lt. Cooper
• 1949Special Agent — Candy Vendor on Train (uncredited)
• 1948Blonde Ice — Al Herrick
• 1948Every Girl Should Be Married — Insurance Salesman (uncredited)