James Griffith

James Griffith

出生 : 1916-02-13, Los Angeles, California, USA

死亡 : 1993-09-17

略歴

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

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Uncle Silas
The escapades of Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, and the runaway slave, Jim, drifting down the Mississippi on a homemade raft, and their encounter with the Duke and his cohort, Dauphin.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Squire Van Tassel
A TV adaptation of Washington Irving's classic ghost story. Humor is the drawing card in this version, with Jeff Goldblum a nerdish Ichabod Crane, Dick Butkus an appropriately nasty Brom Bones, and Meg Foster as spirited Katrina van Tassel. Angered that Katrina has grown fond of schoolmaster Crane, Brom Bones determines to scare off the interloper by filling his head with spooky tales of a Headless Horseman. Crane pooh-poohs the legends, until one fateful ride home in the dark of night.
Desperate Women
Jonas Scurlock
Three unjustly convicted female prisoners are being transported to prison. Their guards die of water poisoning and a former contract killer helps them survive.
Speedtrap
Wino
After a wave of unsolved car thefts, an insurance company calls in a private investigator to solve the case. While the chief of police isn't thrilled about having an outsider come and show up his men, one of the officers is a former girlfriend who's more than willing to help him out in any way she can.
Flood!
Charlie Davis
Two helicopter pilots rush aid to a small town devastated by a flood following the collapse of an aging dam.
The Gift
Tav
On a cold winter morning Tav wakes his son Samuel at 4 A.M. to help with chores on the family farm. He sternly comments on Sam's work, such as napping while milking, or spilling a little milk, causing Sam to tell his mother how hard it is to please his father. She explains that Tav is just teaching him traits he will need as a man, and although his father loves him very much he finds it hard to express this in words. Sam admits to having the same problem. She says that there are unspoken ways to communicate love, and Sam volunteers, "Like Christmas presents ?" She agrees, but will not tell him how to select a special gift for his father. On Christmas morning Sam goes out to the barn alone (except for the cows, pigs, and chickens) to deliver his special gift in a setting very similar to where the very first Christmas gifts were bestowed.
Seven Alone
Billy Shaw
A fictionalized account of the real-life adventure of the Sager family. Travelling with a wagon train from Missouri to Oregon, things are going well for the Sagers, until father Sager dies from blood poisoning following an Indian attack, and mother Sager dies soon afterward from pneumonia. The leaders of the wagon train decide to send the children back, but the oldest, John (who had been described by all the adults as lazy and worthless), decides to lead his siblings through the wilderness to complete the journey their parents started.
Hitchhike!
Sheriff Bentley
A Los Angeles woman, on her way to visit her sister in San Fransisco, picks up a hitchhiker who has just killed his stepmother. Charmed by him, she fails to notice his strange behavior until it is too late.
Catlow
Writer
Catlow is a 1971 western based on a story by Louis L'Amour. It stars Yul Brynner as a outlaw determined to pull off a gold robbery and co-stars Richard Crenna and Leonard Nimoy.
Like It Is
Father
A young teenage girl is jealous of her father's new wife, and when one day she discovers the two of them having sex, she freaks out and starts hanging out with the "wrong crowd" at school. Next thing you know, she's smoking pot and having sex with long-haired hippies. From there it's all downhill.
Dial Hot Line
Sam
The head of a psychiatric telephone hotline inspires his associates to get out of the office and into the streets to help people with psychiatric problems.
Seven in Darkness
Harlan Cabot
A plane carrying seven blind people to a convention for the blind in Seattle crashes in the mountains due to severe weather. Only the blind survive the crash and they must make their way back through the wilderness to civilization.
Heaven with a Gun
Abraham Murdock
Jim Killian arrives in a small Arizona town hoping to establish a peaceful life as the local preacher, but he soon finds himself in the middle of a feud between sheep ranchers and cattlemen. Leloopa, a young Native American woman, pleads for Killian's help after her shepherd father is hung by Coke Beck, the vicious son of the head cattle rancher. Killian must weigh his actions carefully lest he perpetuate the cycle of retribution and revenge.
シャラコ
Screenplay
ショーン・コネリーとブリジッド・バルドーら豪華スターの共演による異色西部劇。白人による土地の侵略に激怒した先住民・アパッチ族は、美しい未亡人・イリナを襲う。彼女は白人と先住民の混血児・シャラコに助けられて……。
テキサスの五人の仲間
Mr. Stribling
西部に名を轟かせるギャンブラー5人が年に1度のポーカー大会をテキサスで開催していた。そこへポーカー好きの男とその妻がゲームに参加する。2転3転するストーリーが見ものの詐欺師ムービー。
Motor Psycho
Story
A biker gang, led by a Vietnam veteran, rapes a veterinarian's wife. When the man decides to seek revenge and hunt down the perpetrators himself, he ends up joining forces with a Cajun woman whose husband they killed.
Lorna
The Man of God
Lorna has been married to Jim for a year, but still hasn't been satisfied sexually. While Jim is working at the salt mine, she is raped by an escaped convict, but falls in lust with him. Meanwhile Jim's buddies are giving him a hard time about Lorna's supposed infidelity, not realizing how close to the mark they really are. Trouble starts when Jim gets home early from work because it's their anniversary.
Lorna
Original Music Composer
Lorna has been married to Jim for a year, but still hasn't been satisfied sexually. While Jim is working at the salt mine, she is raped by an escaped convict, but falls in lust with him. Meanwhile Jim's buddies are giving him a hard time about Lorna's supposed infidelity, not realizing how close to the mark they really are. Trouble starts when Jim gets home early from work because it's their anniversary.
Lorna
Screenplay
Lorna has been married to Jim for a year, but still hasn't been satisfied sexually. While Jim is working at the salt mine, she is raped by an escaped convict, but falls in lust with him. Meanwhile Jim's buddies are giving him a hard time about Lorna's supposed infidelity, not realizing how close to the mark they really are. Trouble starts when Jim gets home early from work because it's their anniversary.
西部開拓史
Gambler (uncredited)
ジョン・フォードら3人の監督によるオムニバス形式の壮大な歴史絵巻。アメリカ西部開拓時代の50年間を、三代にわたる開拓一家の視点から壮大なスケールで描く。ジョン・ウェイン、グレゴリー・ペックら豪華なキャストにも注目。
The Storm
Ed Brandies
A newlywed woman is alone in her home during a devastating storm. As she waits for her husband to return, she is besieged by menacing sounds throughout the house, power outages, a jumpy pet black cat, and a creepy cabbie. After much deliberation, she decides to investigate a strange disturbance in the storm cellar.
モーガン警部と謎の男
Detective Tom
Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.
アラスカ魂
Salvation Army Leader
舞台はゴールド・ラッシュににぎわう1900年のアラスカ。金鉱を掘りあてたサムは、相棒の婚約者を迎えるためにシアトルへ向かうが……。西部劇の王者ジョン・ウェインがコメディ・タッチの西部劇に挑戦したことでも話題に。
スパルタカス
Otho (uncredited)
奴隷のスパルタカスは奴隷商人バタイアタスに買われ、剣闘士となり、剣闘士としての訓練を受けていた。ある日、ローマの偉大な将軍クラサスが訪れ、剣闘士の真剣勝負を要請した。スパルタカスを含め4人の奴隷が選ばれた。スパルタカスと黒人のドラバが戦い、スパルタカスを仕留める寸前にトラバはクラサスに向かって槍を投げつけたためその場で処刑される……。
The Amazing Transparent Man
Major Paul Krenner
An ex-major forces a scientist to develop a invisibility formula, with which he plans to create an invisible army and sell it to the highest bidder. However there are side effects to the formula.
The Big Fisherman
Beggar
Drama that focuses on the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus.
Frontier Gun
Cash Skelton
Small-town sheriff discovers that gun-fighting is the only way to clean up the town.
Bullwhip
'Slow' Karp
In order to avoid the hangman's noose, a cowboy agrees to marry a beautiful but fiery redhead.
Seven Guns to Mesa
Papa Clellan
A band of outlaws, led by "Papa" Clellan, hold up in a ghost town as they plan an attack on a wagon train loaded with gold. The unexpected arrival of a stagecoach forces the gang to hold the passengers and driver as hostages. The later arrival of a wanderer, John Trey, sets in motion events not in "Papa" Clellan's original plan.
Man from God's Country
Mark Faber
Dan Beattie gives up his lawman job to move further west and rejoin his old war buddy Curt Warren in the town of Sundown. At first mistaken for a railroad agent by Beau Santee, a Sundown businessman who wants to keep the railroad away from his town, Dan is nearly killed by Santee's henchman, Mark Faber. Dan discovers that his old pal Curt works for Santee. Even after learning Dan's true identity, Santee considers him trouble and plots to get rid of him. With the help of Curt's son Stony, Dan tries to get Curt to take a stand on the right side of the law.
Return to Warbow
Frank Hollister
Three escaped prisoners return to the site of a robbery to find the stolen money that was never recovered. Western.
Omar Khayyam
Buzorg
Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they are still popular the world over. The details of his life are unknown, so this movie invents a biography for him and includes in it his real achievements - the invention of a new calendar and the penning of those epigrammatic poems. This film has him romancing a sultan's bride and foiling the assassin sect's plot to kill the sultan's son.
The Vampire
Henry Winston
A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats which transforms the kindly medic into a bloodthirsty monster.
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Kipper
Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe them out, Lt. Frank Hewitt leaves his post and heads home to Texas. He knows that the attack will send all of the tribes on the warpath and he wants to forewarn everyone. He gets a chilly reception back home however. With most of the men away having enlisted in the Confederate army Frank, a Union officer, is seen by the local women as a traitor. He convinces them of the danger that lies ahead and trains them to repel the attack that will eventually come.
Rebel in Town
Marshal Adam Russell
Ex-Confederate Bedloe Mason and his four sons ride into a small Western town with robbery in mind. Hearing a suspicious "click," Wes Mason whirls and shoots dead a boy playing with a cap pistol. The Mason clan then flees but Gray Mason, feeling remorse, decides to return to the town. He winds up at the home of John and Nora Willoughby who, unknown to him, are parents of the dead boy. Nora recognizes him as one of the Confederates but keeps quiet, wishing to avoid more violence. However, when John learns of Gray's true identity, he determines to avenge his son's death
The First Texan
Davy Crockett
After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any political intrigue. However, when President Jackson personally orders him to lead the fight for Texan independence, he overcomes his reluctance to become involved and leads his compatriots to a string of victories over the Mexican army.
現金に体を張れ
Mr. Grimes
ジョニーは出所したばかりにも関わらず、競馬場の売上金強奪を企み仲間を集める。周到な準備の末、いよいよ決行の時が来るが、計画が成功したかに思えた瞬間、思わぬ展開がジョニーたちを待っていた……。
Tribute to a Bad Man
Barjak
Jeremy Rodock is a tough horse rancher who strings up rustlers soon as look at them. Fresh out of Pennsylvania, Steve Miller finds it hard to get used to Rodock's ways, although he takes an immediate shine to his Greek girl Jocasta.
Manhunt in Space
Ken, Cassa 7 Air Controller
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger fights space pirates over an invisible spaceship.
At Gunpoint
Alexander
A general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.
Count Three and Pray
Swallow
A pastor with a shady past moves into a rural town just after the Civil War.
狩人の夜
District Attorney (uncredited)
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Apache Ambush
Abraham Lincoln
Two former enemies find themselves together on a cattle drive and fighting marauding Apaches and Mexican bandits.
I Cover the Underworld
Smiley Di Angelo
Gunner O'Hara is about to be released from prison after serving a five-year sentence, and receives a visit from his twin brother John, a divinity student soon to be ordained as a priest. Aware that Gunner plans to resume his criminal career, John decides to stop him.
Day of Triumph
Judas Iscariot
A film about the last days of Jesus Christ.
Masterson of Kansas
Doc Holliday
Western lawman Bat Masterson sets out to prove a man standing trial for murder is innocent.
Dragnet
Jesse Quinn
Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.
The Black Dakotas
Warren
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln sends an emissary with a peace treaty to the Sioux Indians. He also sends a gift of $130,000 in gold. This attracts the attention of Brock Marsh, the secret leader of a Confederate spy ring, who wants to keep the treaty from being signed and to also get his hands on the gold. Ruth Lawrence and Mike Daugherty work together against the machinations of Marsh
The Shanghai Story
Carl Hoyt
Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel by the communist authorities in order to find the spy hiding among them.
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett
Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his old friend Pat Garrett.
The Boy from Oklahoma
Joe Downey
A town despot makes a guileless patsy the sheriff, lives to regret it.
Rails Into Laramie
Orrie Sommers
A federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the construction of a new railroad track.
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
Bob Dalton
Joe Branch, reputed to be the son of Jesse James, comes riding into Coffeyville Kansas, looking for proof one way or the other regarding the question of who his father was.
No Escape
Peter Hayden
A woman and a songwriter suspected of murder join forces to crack the case.
I Beheld His Glory
Caiaphas
Cornelius is a Roman Centurion who, upon orders from the Apostle Thomas, is sent to proclaim the glories of Christ. Cornelius recounts Jesus' Entry in Jerusalem, the Last Supper, Crucifixion, and His appearance before Mary Magdalene.
Kansas Pacific
Joe Farley
Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out to oppose them. As the tracks push westward, Nelson must contend with increasingly violent sabotage, while trying to romance the foreman's pretty daughter Barbara.
Eight Iron Men
Pvt. Ferguson
During the World War II in Italy, Sergeant Joe Mooney is leading his small squad on the front-lines but is ordered to avoid rescuing a soldier trapped in no man's land.
Red Skies of Montana
Boise Peterson
When a large forest fire breaks out in the mountains of Montana, a squad of 'Smoke Jumpers', the paratroop-corps of fire-fighters in the U. S. Forest Service, is flown to the scene from their regional headquarters in Missoula, Montana. The Forest Rangers, under Cliff Mason, put out the blaze, but several of the fire-fighters are killed. Ed Miller, son of one of the dead rangers, thinks he died because Mason was a coward, and sets out to prove it.
The Blue Veil
Joplin's Agent (Uncredited)
A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.
The Lady Pays Off
Ronald
The naive Evelyn Warren, elected school teacher of the year by Time Magazine, goes to Las Vegas, where she loses a lot of money. In order to pay her debts, casino manager Matt Braddock asks her to take care of his sad little daughter Diana.
Rhubarb
Ogelthorpe Meadows
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them Rhubarb is good luck. But Eric's fiancée Polly seems to be allergic to cats, and the team's success may mean new hazards for Rhubarb.
Chain of Circumstance
Sid
A childless couple adopts a baby girl, but a crime committed by the husband's secretary could cause them to lose custody of the infant.
Apache Drums
Lt. Glidden
A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.
Payment on Demand
Arthur
David gives his wife, Joyce, an unexpected—and unpleasant—surprise when he suddenly demands a divorce. When she then learns that David has taken up with a younger woman, Joyce decides to make the most of this separation by taking a solo trip to the Caribbean. However, just before diving into a vacation fling, she runs into Emily, an old chum whose own divorce has left her embittered. Joyce then debates giving married life one last chance.
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Slim Harris
Bank robber serves his time in prison, tries to go straight.
Double Deal
Walter Karnes
An oil engineer surrounded by foul play helps an heiress bring in a well.
The Breaking Point
Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)
A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.
Indian Territory
Apache Kid aka Johnny Corday
Columbia's final release for 1950 was the Gene Autry western Indian Territory. Set during the Reconstruction Era, the story finds Autry working as an undercover agent for the U.S. cavalry. His mission: to neutralize a former Austrian army officer named Curt Raidler (Phil Van Zandt), who is leading a group of renegade Indians on a series of destructive raids.
The Petty Girl
Royal Roof Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his arwork. She declines his offer, but he's determined not to take no for an answer.
The Cariboo Trail
Higgins
A cattleman fights to establish a ranch in the middle of gold country.
Bright Leaf
Ellery (uncredited)
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
Holiday Affair
Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)
Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Joe, a Reporter
Period musical about a song plugger who vows to turn an opera composer's music into popular hits.
Search for Danger
Lt. Cooper
The murders of a suspected thief and a rival private eye draw the attention of The Falcon.
Alaska Patrol
Operative Dale
Spotted after he microfilms secret U.S. Navy documents, foreign agent Rattick is killed when he tries to make a getaway. Naval Intelligence officer Captain Wright and Operative Dale are assigned to investigate and determine who is behind the spy syndicate for which Rattick worked. They bring in the services of Agent Tom Norman, who bears a strong resemblance to Rattick.
Daughter of the West
Jed Morgan (as James J. Griffith)
A convent-raised woman (Martha Vickers) learns of her American Indian heritage through romance with an educated Navajo (Philip Reed) during the 1880s.
Every Girl Should Be Married
Insurance Salesman (uncredited)
Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. She then prepares an elaborate scheme to trap him into marriage
Blonde Ice
Al Herrick
A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.