James Edwards
Actor
Born March 6, 1918 in Muncie, Indiana, USA
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.
Filmography
Legend of the Northwest
Jim Ryder
Doomsday Voyage
Coast Guard Officer
Patton
Sergeant William George Meeks
Anatomy of a Crime
Lt. Wager
Coogan's Bluff
Sgt. Jackson
The Outsider
Lt. Wagner
The Young Runaways
Sgt. Collyer
The Sandpiper
Larry Brant
Burke's Law
Norton
The Fugitive
Joe Smith
The Manchurian Candidate
Cpl. Allen Melvin
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Batt
Blood and Steel
George
Law of the Plainsman
Pork Chop Hill
Cpl. Jurgens
Night of the Quarter Moon
Asa Tully / lawyer
Anna Lucasta
Eddie
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Futa
Fraulein
Cpl. Hanks
A Sound of Different Drummers
Men in War
Sgt. Killian
Battle Hymn
Lt. Maples
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sgt. Morgan
The Killing
Track Parking Attendant
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ed
The Phenix City Story
Zeke Ward
Seven Angry Men
Ned Green
African Manhunt
Native Guide
The Caine Mutiny
Chief Steward Whittaker
The Joe Louis Story
Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn
The Member of the Wedding
Honey Camden Brown
Bright Victory
Joe Morgan
The Steel Helmet
Corporal Thompson
Home of the Brave
Private Peter Moss
The Set-Up
Luther Hawkins