Biography
James Jeter (September 15, 1921 – March 4, 2007) was an American character actor from Texas who began his career on stage at Houston's Alley Theatre. Over three decades in film and television he appeared in The Sand Pebbles, Cool Hand Luke, Assault on Precinct 13, Bound for Glory, F.I.S.T., The Border, Brian De Palma's Blow Out and Clint Eastwood's A Perfect World, his final film. On television he played the blacksmith Hans Dorfler on Little House on the Prairie.
Acted in 49
1980s
- 1989
Cohen and Tate
Trooper #1
- 1985
- 1984
- 1982
The Border
Frank
- 1981
- 1980
A Change of Seasons
Truck Driver
The Jayne Mansfield Story
Middle-Aged Man
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Martin Bormann (uncredited)
1970s
- 1979
The French Atlantic Affair
Al · 3 episodes
The Last Word
Desk Sergeant
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
Movie
Fast Break
Officer Hedgewood
- 1978
A Woman Called Moses
Bowers · 2 episodes
F.I.S.T.
Mike Quinn
- 1977
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
Lew
Black Sunday
Watchman
- 1976
Bound for Glory
Crippled Whitey
Big John, Little John
Mr. Boswell · 1 episode
- 1975
Katherine
Fireman
Death Scream
Bus Driver
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
Second Guard
- 1974
The Family Kovack
Albert
- 1971
The Christian Licorice Store
Texas Man
- 1970
The Young Country
Stagecoach Driver
1960s
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1964
1950s
- 1955
