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James Griffith

Acting

Born February 13, 1916 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died September 17, 1993

Also known as J.J. Griffith · James F. Griffith · James J. Griffith

Biography

James Griffith was an American character actor, musician, and screenwriter.

Filmography50+ titles

Special Agent

1949as Candy Vendor on Train (uncredited)

Daughter of the West

1949as Jed Morgan

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Dandy Davis

Emergency!

1972

The Night of the Hunter

1955as District Attorney

U.S. Marshall

as Deputy Tom Ferguson

Kung Fu

1972as Joe Purdy

Perry Mason

1957as Walter Hutchings

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003as Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974as Schwartz

Mission: Impossible

1966Writer

The Killing

1956as Mr. Grimes

Spartacus

1960as Otho (uncredited)

Bonanza

1959as Sam Pearson

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974as Will Long

Batman

1966as Trusty

The Fugitive

1963as Dispatcher

Pocketful of Miracles

1961as Detective Briscoe (uncredited)

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Kojak

1973as Mr. Swift

Rawhide

1959as Gurney

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966as Mr. Stribling

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Dr. Trebush

Rebel in Town

1956as Marshal Adam Russell

The Breaking Point

1950as Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)

Police Story

1973

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

Daniel Boone

1964as Coll

How the West Was Won

1962as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)

The Lawless Years

Hart to Hart

1979

Maverick

1957as John Wesley Hardin

Holiday Affair

1949as Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

Thriller

1960as Victor Harrod

Seven Guns to Mesa

1958as Papa Clellan

Gunsmoke

1955as Wade Lester

Lux Video Theatre

as Henry Jackson

Death Valley Days

1952as Aaron Winters

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

1951as Carl Gebhardt (uncredited)

Fantasy Island

1978as Hezekiah Pugh

North to Alaska

1960as Salvation Army Leader

Dragnet

1951

The Deputy

as Ballard

Raintree County

1957as Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)

The Cariboo Trail

1950as Higgins

Speedtrap

1977as Wino

F Troop

1965

Apache Drums

1951as Lt. Glidden

Seven Alone

1974as Billy Shaw