James Edwards
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 6, 1918, Muncie, Indiana, USA
- Died
- January 4, 1970
- Movies
- 29
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1978 | Legend of the Northwest | Jim Ryder |
| 1972 | Doomsday Voyage | Coast Guard Officer |
| 1970 | Patton | Sergeant William George Meeks |
| 1969 | Anatomy of a Crime | Lt. Wager |
| 1968 | Coogan's Bluff | Sgt. Jackson |
| 1968 | The Young Runaways | Sgt. Collyer |
| 1965 | The Sandpiper | Larry Brant |
| 1962 | The Manchurian Candidate | Cpl. Allen Melvin |
| 1960 | Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge | Batt |
| 1959 | Blood and Steel | George |
| 1959 | Pork Chop Hill | Cpl. Jurgens |
| 1959 | Night of the Quarter Moon | Asa Tully / lawyer |
| 1958 | Anna Lucasta | Eddie |
| 1958 | Tarzan's Fight for Life | Futa |
| 1958 | Fraulein | Cpl. Hanks |
| 1957 | A Sound of Different Drummers | |
| 1957 | Men in War | Sgt. Killian |
| 1957 | Battle Hymn | Lt. Maples |
| 1956 | The Killing | Track Parking Attendant |
| 1955 | The Phenix City Story | Zeke Ward |
| 1955 | Seven Angry Men | Ned Green |
| 1955 | African Manhunt | Native Guide |
| 1954 | The Caine Mutiny | Chief Steward Whittaker |
| 1953 | The Joe Louis Story | Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn |
| 1952 | The Member of the Wedding | Honey Camden Brown |
| 1951 | Bright Victory | Joe Morgan |
| 1951 | The Steel Helmet | Corporal Thompson |
| 1949 | Home of the Brave | Private Peter Moss |
| 1949 | The Set-Up | Luther Hawkins |
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