James Westerfield

Personal Info

Birthday

March 22, 1913

Day of Death

1971-09-20

(58 years old)

Place of Birth

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Also Known As

James A. Westerfield

James Westerfield

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James 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.

Known For

Perry Mason

Bonanza

The Andy Griffith Show

The Twilight Zone

The Big Valley

The Philco Television Playhouse

Wanted: Dead or Alive

The Lucy Show

Filmography

1973
Set This Town on Fire
as Cark Rickter
1971
Dead Aim
as John Applebee
1970
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
as Sheriff Berry
1969
Bartleby
as The Lawyer
The Love God?
as Rev. Wilkerson
True Grit
as Judge Parker
Smith!
as Sheriff
1968
Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Capt. Boyle
Blue
as Abe Parker
Hang 'em High
as Prisoner
A Man Called Gannon
as Amos
1966
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Jack Balter
Scalplock
as Nehemiah
1965
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
as Charley Mardis
That Funny Feeling
as Officer Brokaw
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Mr. Vennar
1964
Bikini Beach
as Cop #2
Man's Favorite Sport?
as Policeman
1963
Son of Flubber
as Officer Hanson
1962
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Jess Younger
1961
Homicidal
as Alfred S. Adrims
The Absent-Minded Professor
as Officer Hanson
1960
The Plunderers
as Mike Baron
Wild River
as Cal Garth
1959
The Hangman
as Herb Loftus
The Gunfight at Dodge City
as Reverend Howard
The Shaggy Dog
as Officer Hanson
1958
Old Man
as Warden
The Proud Rebel
as Birm Bates
Cowboy
as Mike Adams
1957
Decision at Sundown
as Otis, the Bartender
Jungle Heat
as Harvey Mathews
The Helen Morgan Story
as Frank Piggin
1956
Three Brave Men
as Chief O'Reilly
1955
Man with the Gun
as Mr. Zender
Lucy Gallant
as Harry Wilson
The Scarlet Coat
as Col. Jameson
The Cobweb
as James Petlee
Chief Crazy Horse
as Caleb Mantz
The Violent Men
as Sheriff Magruder
1954
Three Hours to Kill
as Sam Minor
The Human Jungle
as Marty Harrison
On the Waterfront
as Big Mac
1953
The Bachelor Party
as Bookkeeper
1951
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
as Joe London
1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Harvey (Zoo Attendant) (uncredited)
Side Street
as Charlie (policeman)
1946
The Chase
as Job the Butler
Undercurrent
as Henry Gilson
1943
Around the World
as Bashful Marine
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
as Spectator (uncredited)
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
About Face
as Soldier with Daisy (uncredited)
1941
Highway West
as Swede, Trucker at Cafe
1940
The Howards of Virginia
as Backwoodsman