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James Edwards is a Actor American born on 6 march 1918 at Muncie (USA)
James 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 racist prejudice while serving in the South Pacific during World War II.
À la télévision, James Edwards apparaît dans vingt-neuf séries, entre 1953 et 1969, ainsi que dans un téléfilm (1969).
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James Edwards
Birth name James Johnson Edwards
Nationality USA
Birth 6 march 1918 at Muncie (USA)
Death 4 january 1970 (at 51 years) at San Diego (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 6 march 1918 at Muncie (USA)
Death 4 january 1970 (at 51 years) at San Diego (USA)
Biography
James Edwards débute au cinéma en 1949, d'une part dans le film de boxe Nous avons gagné ce soir (avec Robert Ryan), d'autre part dans le film de guerre La Demeure des braves (avec Lloyd Bridges), où il est le soldat Peter Moss, un de ses rôles les plus connus. En 1953, il participe à un autre film de boxe, The Joe Louis Story , biographie consacrée à Joe Louis. Il tourne également plusieurs autres films de guerre, dont Patton (avec George C. Scott dans le rôle-titre), son avant-dernier film, sorti en 1970, un mois exactement après son décès prématuré. En tout, il contribue à vingt-six films américains, le dernier sorti en 1972.À la télévision, James Edwards apparaît dans vingt-neuf séries, entre 1953 et 1969, ainsi que dans un téléfilm (1969).
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Look Both Ways (2005)
, 1h40Directed by Sarah Watt
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors William McInnes, Justine Clarke, Anthony Hayes, Lisa Flanagan, Andrew Gilbert, Maggie Dence
Roles Waiter
Rating69%
The film charts the stories of several people over a hot summer weekend in Adelaide. Photojournalist Nick (William McInnes) discovers he has testicular cancer that has spread to his lungs. On his way home he goes to the site of a train accident to report on it, and meets Meryl (Justine Clarke) an emotionally vulnerable artist, who has witnessed a man get run over by a train. Over the course of the weekend, their relationship develops sexually as another chance encounter allows them to discover more about each other; the two gradually allow themselves to let go of their fears and form a meaningful relationship.
Patton (1970)
, 2h52Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Children's films
Actors George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, Karl Michael Vogler, Stephen Young, Carey Loftin
Roles Sergeant William George Meeks
Rating78%
The film's beginning has General George S. Patton (George C. Scott) giving a speech to an unseen audience of American troops (based on his speech to the Third Army), with a huge American flag in the background. The scene then shifts to North Africa at the start of 1943, where Patton takes charge of the demoralized American II Corps in North Africa after the humiliating defeat at the Battle of the Kasserine Pass. After instilling discipline in his soldiers, he leads them to victory at the Battle of El Guettar, the first American victory over the Axis, though he is bitterly disappointed to learn afterward that Erwin Rommel (Karl Michael Vogler), whom he respects greatly as a general, was not his opponent. Patton's aide, Captain Jenson, is killed in the battle. Shortly after the battle, a new member of his staff, Lieutenant Colonel Codman assures Patton that, though Rommel was absent, that if Patton defeated Rommel's plan, then he had defeated Rommel.
The Young Runaways (1968)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Brooke Bundy, Lloyd Bochner, Patty McCormack, Lynn Bari, Norman Fell, Quentin Dean
Roles Sgt. Collyer
Rating53%
The film begins with Shelley Morrison (Brooke Bundy) packing to run away from home because she feels she is not loved by her widowed father (Lloyd Bochner). She tells their maid (future The Jeffersons star Isabel Sanford) that to her father she is not his daughter,but a product. She has overheard him telling columnist Army Archerd that he is testing some of his psychological theories about teenagers on his own daughter.
Coogan's Bluff (1968)
, 1h33Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Motocyclette, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, Don Stroud, Betty Field, Tom Tully
Roles Sgt. Jackson
Rating63%
Arizona deputy sheriff Walt Coogan is sent to New York City to extradite escaped killer James Ringerman. Detective Lieutenant McElroy informs him that Ringerman is recovering from an overdose of LSD, cannot be moved until the doctors release him, and that Coogan needs to get extradition papers from the New York State Supreme Court.
The Sandpiper (1965)
, 1h58Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Peinture
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint, Charles Bronson, Robert Webber, Tom Drake
Roles Larry Brant
Rating62%
Laura Reynolds (Taylor) is a free-spirited, unwed single mother living with her young son Danny (Morgan Mason) in an isolated California beach house. She makes a modest living as an artist and home-schools her son out of concern that he will be compelled to follow stifling conventional social norms in a regular school. Danny has gotten into some trouble with the law through two minor incidents, which are in his mother's eyes innocent expressions of his natural curiosity and conscience rather than delinquency. Now with a third incident a judge (Torin Thatcher) orders her to send the boy to an Episcopal boarding school where Dr. Edward Hewitt (Burton) is headmaster, and his wife Claire (Eva Marie Saint) teaches. Edward and Claire are happily married with two young sons, but their life has become routine and their youthful idealism has been tamed by the need to raise funds for the school and please wealthy benefactors.
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
, 2h3Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir
Themes Films about altered memories, Assassinat, Spy films, Films about families, Politique, Films about sexuality, Political films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory
Roles Cpl. Allen Melvin
Rating78%
During the Korean War, the Soviets capture a U.S. platoon and take them to Manchuria in Communist China. Some days later, all but two of the soldiers return to U.S. lines and Staff Sergeant Raymond Shaw is credited with saving their lives in combat. Upon the recommendation of the platoon's commander, Captain Bennett Marco, Raymond is awarded the Medal of Honor for his reported heroism. When asked to describe him, Marco and the other soldiers automatically respond, "Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life." Deep down, however, they know that Shaw is a cold, sad, unsympathetic loner.
Night of the Quarter Moon (1959)
, 1h36Directed by Hugo Haas
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about racism
Actors Julie London, John Drew Barrymore, Anna Kashfi, Dean Jones, Agnes Moorehead, Nat King Cole
Roles Asa Tully / lawyer
Rating62%
A young man returns home with a new bride, but his family objects when they learn she is of mixed race.
Blood and Steel (1959)
, 1h3Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors John Rollin Lupton, James Edwards, Brett Halsey, Clarence Lung, James Hong
Roles George
Rating42%
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
, 1h37Directed by Lewis Milestone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Gregory Peck, Rip Torn, George Peppard, Woody Strode, James Edwards, Harry Guardino
Roles Cpl. Jurgens
Rating70%
In April 1953, during the Korean War, a company of American infantry, led by Lieutenant Joe Clemons (Gregory Peck) are to recapture Pork Chop Hill from a larger Communist Chinese army force; they recapture the hill, but are depleted, only 25 of a 135-man unit are left. They prepare for a large-scale Chinese counter-attack which they know will overwhelm and kill them in vicious fire fights and hand-to-hand fighting while the Panmunjeom cease-fire negotiations continue.
Fraulein (1958)
, 1h35Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Dana Wynter, Mel Ferrer, Dolores Michaels, Margaret Hayes, Theodore Bikel, Luis van Rooten
Roles Cpl. Hanks
Rating64%
In Berlin near the end of World War II, American prisoner of war Foster MacLain (Mel Ferrer) escapes and is sheltered by Professor Julius Angermann (Ivan Triesault). Angermann's daughter Erika (Dana Wynter) is not so welcoming, but hides the American from the soldiers looking for him. MacLain leaves when it is safe.
Anna Lucasta (1958)
, 1h37Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., Frederick O'Neal, Rex Ingram, Alvin Childress, James Edwards
Roles Eddie
Rating67%
At the family home in Los Angeles, patriarch Joe Lucasta learns that his friend Otis has sold a farm, distributing the proceeds to his children. Otis' son Rudolph is bringing his share to California, where Otis hopes that Joe can find a wife for Rudolph. Joe's son Stanley and son-in-law Frank hope to get the money by being the ones to find Rudolph a wife. Though uninterested in the money, Joe's wife Theresa suggests youngest daughter Anna, whom Joe put out of the house some time earlier. Theresa believes Anna is good and sees a chance for her to get a fresh start. Stanley, Frank and Frank's wife Stella regard Anna as a "slut", but will try to make her seem respectable to deceive Rudolph. Joe objects to their designs on Rudolph's money and to Anna returning, as he also holds her in low regard. Eventually, Frank browbeats Joe into going to Anna's last known whereabouts, a dockside cafe in San Diego, to bring her home.
Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
, 1h26Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Tarzan films
Actors Gordon Scott, Eve Brent, Woody Strode, James Edwards, Carl Benton Reid, Harry Lauter
Roles Futa
Rating52%
Jungle medics Dr. Sturdy (Carl Benton Reid) and his daughter Anne (Jil Jarmyn) are opposed by witch doctor Futa (James Edwards) of the Nagasu tribe, who regards their work as a threat to his own livelihood. Futa incites the tribe to waylay Anne's fiance Dr. Ken Warwick (Harry Lauter), who is saved by Tarzan (Gordon Scott). Later Tarzan and his adopted son Tartu (Rickie Sorensen) enlist the doctors' services on behalf of Jane (Eve Brent), suffering from appendicitis. Futa hypnotizes Moto (Nick Stewart), a native assistant of Sturdy, to murder Jane, but Tarzan thwarts the plot. Learning that the young Nagasu chief (Roy Glenn) is sick, Tarzan attempts to persuade them to let Sturdy treat them. Seizing his chance, Futa has the ape man taken captive and condemned to death. To restore his own credentials, the witch doctor then undertakes to cure the chief himself, hedging his bets by having his henchman Ramo (Woody Strode) steal medicine from Sturdy. Unfortunately, Ramo purloins a poison by mistake. Freeing himself, Tarzan intervenes and prevents the administration of the poison to the chief; Futa then swallows it himself to demonstrate that there is no harm in it — and dies. Dr. Sturdy is consequently called in, successfully curing the chief.
Battle Hymn (1957)
, 1h48Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography
Themes Films about children, Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore, Martha Hyer, Richard Loo
Roles Lt. Maples
Rating62%
Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dean Hess (Rock Hudson) was a minister in Ohio. The attack prompts him to become a fighter pilot. Hess had accidentally dropped a bomb on an orphanage in Germany during World War II, killing 37 orphans. At the start of the Korean War, Hess volunteers to return to the cockpit and is assigned as the senior USAF advisor/Instructor Pilot to the Republic of Korea Air Force, flying F-51D Mustangs.
Men in War (1957)
, 1h42Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Nehemiah Persoff, Philip Pine, Vic Morrow
Roles Sgt. Killian
Rating70%
On 6 September 1950, an isolated and exhausted platoon of the 24th Infantry Division is cut off. In addition to losing radio contact, the platoon is harassed by unseen North Korean infiltrators who silently kill the Americans and take their weapons. Platoon commander Lieutenant Benson (Robert Ryan) has only vague instructions to reach a certain hill to link up with American forces.
The Killing (1956)
, 1h20Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Elisha Cook, Jr., Marie Windsor
Roles Track Parking Attendant
Rating78%
Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) is a veteran criminal planning one last heist before settling down and marrying Fay (Coleen Gray). He plans to steal $2 million from the money-counting room of a racetrack during a featured race. He assembles a team consisting of a corrupt cop (Ted de Corsia), a betting window teller (Elisha Cook Jr.) to gain access to the backroom, a sharpshooter (Timothy Carey) to shoot the favorite horse during the race to distract the crowd, a wrestler (Kola Kwariani) to provide another distraction by provoking a fight at the track bar, and a track bartender (Joe Sawyer).