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James Edwards

James Edwards

Actor · 1918–1970 · Muncie, Indiana, USA

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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.

Acted in 34

1970s

  1. 1978

    Legend of the Northwest

    Jim Ryder

  2. 1972

    Doomsday Voyage

    Coast Guard Officer

  3. 1970

1960s

  1. 1969

    Anatomy of a Crime

    Lt. Wager

  2. 1968
  3. The Young Runaways

    Sgt. Collyer

  4. 1965
  5. 1963
  6. 1962
  7. 1960

    Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge

    Batt

1950s

  1. 1959

    Blood and Steel

    George

  2. Night of the Quarter Moon

    Asa Tully / lawyer

  3. 1958

    Anna Lucasta

    Eddie

  4. Tarzan's Fight for Life

    Futa

  5. Fraulein

    Cpl. Hanks

  6. 1957

    A Sound of Different Drummers

    Movie

  7. Battle Hymn

    Lt. Maples

  8. 1956
  9. 1955
  10. Seven Angry Men

    Ned Green

  11. 1954
  12. 1953

    The Joe Louis Story

    Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn

  13. 1952

    The Member of the Wedding

    Honey Camden Brown

  14. 1951

    Bright Victory

    Joe Morgan

  15. The Steel Helmet

    Corporal Thompson

1940s

  1. 1949

    Home of the Brave

    Private Peter Moss

Wrote 1