James Westerfield actor
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJames A. Westerfield (22 March 1913 – 20 September 1971) was an American actor of stage, film, and television.Born in Nashville, Tennessee, to candy-maker Brasher Omier Westerfield and his wife Dora Elizabeth Bailey, he was raised in Detroit, Michigan. (A news story in the June 12, 1949, issue of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle calls the information in the preceding sentence into question. It describes Westerfield as the son of a famous producer-director and says that he was a youngster in Denver, Col.)He became interested in theatre as a young man and in the 1930s joined Gilmor Browns famed Pasadena Community Playhouse, appearing in dozens of plays. He played in numerous films following his debut in 1940, then went to New York City and appeared on Broadway, winning two New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for his supporting roles in The Madwoman of Chaillot and Detective Story. He then returned to Hollywood and made more than 40 more films. Westerfield maintained an interest in the theatre. He directed more than 50 musicals in a summer-musical tent he owned in Danbury, Connecticut, and was the original stage director and producer for the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. He directed three seasons of Theatre Under the Stars in Vancouver, British Columbia, and appeared in musical roles with the Detroit Civic Light Opera, the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, and the San Francisco Civic Light Opera.On film, Westerfield had roles in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), On The Waterfront (1954), Lucy Gallant (1955), the 1957 Budd Boetticher-directed Western Decision at Sundown starring Randolph Scott, Cowboy (1958), a repeating role in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and its sequel Son of Flubber (1963), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), Mans Favorite Sport (1964), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), Hang Em High (1968) and True Grit (1969).Westerfield had many roles on television, including seven episodes as John Murrel from 1963 to 1964 on ABCs The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, starring child actor Kurt Russell in the title role. He made two guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of Sheriff Bert Elmore in the 1957 episode, The Case of the Angry Mourner. He also appeared in an episode of The Lone Ranger in 1954 entitled Texas Draw.Westerfields other appearances were on such series as The Rifleman, The Californians, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, The Alaskans, The Rebel, Straightaway, Going My Way, The Asphalt Jungle, Hazel, The Andy Griffith Show, Daniel Boone, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Gunsmoke. He played the circus leader, Dr. Marvello, in an episode of Lost in Space Space Circus (1966).Westerfield as a young man was a roommate of fellow Pasadena Playhouse actor George Reeves. The two remained close friends until Reevess death in 1959.Westerfield was married to Alice G. Fay (an actress under the name Fay Tracey), who, along with his mother, survived him. Westerfield died from a heart attack in Woodlands Hills, California, at the age of fifty-eight.
Jess Younger
Película 1962
Big Mac
Película 1954
Job the Butler
Película 1946
Alfred S. Adrims
Película 1961
Bookkeeper
Película 1953
Henry Gilson
Película 1946
Harvey (Zoo Attendant) (uncredited)
Película 1950
Otis, the Bartender
Película 1957
Película 1956
Nehemiah
Película 1966
Swede, Trucker at Cafe
Película 1941
Jack Balter
Película 1966
Charley Mardis
Película 1965
Reverend Howard
Película 1959
John Applebee
Película 1971
Capt. Boyle
Película 1968
Mike Baron
Película 1960
Spectator (uncredited)
Película 1942
Harvey Mathews
Película 1957
Col. Jameson
Película 1955
Sheriff Magruder
Película 1955
Frank Piggin
Película 1957
Cark Rickter
Película 1973
Warden
Película 1958
Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Película 1942
Herb Loftus
Película 1959
Officer Brokaw
Película 1965
The Lawyer
Película 1969
Sheriff
Película 1969
Rev. Wilkerson
Película 1969
Soldier with Daisy (uncredited)
Película 1942
Joe London
Película 1951
Caleb Mantz
Película 1955
Bashful Marine
Película 1943
Sheriff Berry
Película 1970
Cop #2
Película 1964
Sheriff
Tv 1966
Uncle Ollie
Tv 1960
Attorney Thomas Green
Tv 1963
Tv 1957
Tv 1965
Tv 1960
Tv 1962
John Murrel
Tv 1963
Tv 1967
Dr. Marvello
Tv 1965
Rance Bradley
Tv 1955
Sheriff Elmore
Tv 1957
Captain James Reagan
Tv 1948
Tv 1964
Bartender
Tv 1953
Tv 1954
Anthony O'Toole
Tv 1959
Tv 1960
Commissioner Cummings
Tv 1955
Tv 1961
Tv 1962
Tv 1958
Matt Lucas
Tv 1959
Hand
Tv 1964
Tv 1968
Al Matthews
Tv 1960
McAllister
Tv 1957
Jeb Lassiter
Tv 1965
Tv 1955
Tv 1967
Sen. Samuel Pomeroy
Tv 1964
Tv 1956
Tv 1948
Tv 1959
Dr. Langland
Tv 1958
Tv 1958
Suee
Tv 1959
Tv 1963
Shapley Howell
Tv 1958
Joshua Jones
Tv 1959
Tv 1958
Bert Farrow
Tv 1956
Tv 1954
Aben Burke
Tv 1959
Tv 1959
Tv 1957
Tv 1956
Tv 1961
Tv 1957
Mort Henry
Tv 1959
Harry Duggan
Tv 1955
Cleed
Tv 1955
Franks
Tv 1955
The General
Tv 1953
Weitzman
Tv 1962
Sheriff Matson
Tv 1968
Simon Girty
Tv 1964
Roger Quigley
Tv 1957
Pops Lafferty
Tv 1955
Bilgeboy / Jimmy Scaggs
Tv 1948
H.T. Carmichael
Tv 1948
Tv 1951
McAvity
Tv 1965
Arthur Blackwell
Tv 1959
