James Griffith

James Griffith

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

사망 : 1993-09-17

약력

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

프로필 사진

James Griffith

참여 작품

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.
캣로우
Writer
서부 무법자들의 액션이 장쾌하게 펼쳐진다. 야생마같은 사나이 캐틀로우, 그는 미국서부의 도처에서 소란을 피우고 다니는 무법자이다. 보안관 벤코완이 그를 체포하려 나서는데 공교롭게도 벤이 인디언의 습격을 받아 위기에 처했을 때 캐틀로우가 나타나 구해주게 된다.
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.
천국의 건맨
Abraham Murdock
서부 시대의 총잡이였던 짐 킬리언은 종교적 믿음 아래에서 새로운 삶을 살고자 한다. 죄인이었던 그는 목회자가 되어 천국의 길을 위해 노력하지만 매 순간 유혹과 폭력의 시험을 받는다. 결국 농장주 간의 전쟁의 중심이 된 마을사람들이 무법자들에게 공격당하는 것을 목격한 킬리언은 무고한 사람들을 보호하기 위해 폭력을 사용할 것인지 고민에 빠지게 된다. (채널 더 무비)
숀 코너리의 샬라코
Screenplay
1880년대 유럽의 귀족 일단이 '백인 사냥꾼'이란 별명을 가진 카우보이, 보스키 풀톤(스티븐 보이드 분)의 가이드 아래 뉴멕시코에서 사냥 여행을 시작한다. 영국 귀족 프레드릭(피터 반 에릭 분)의 청혼을 받고 있는 미모의 여인 이리나(브리짓 바르도 분)는 인디언 보호구역에 들어갔다가 아파치들에게 포위됐으나 샬라코(숀 코너리 분)의 도움으로 무사히 돌아온다. 샬라코는 프레드릭 일행에게 보호구역 밖으로 떠나라고 충고하지만 그들은 거절하는데. 결국 아파치가 이들의 캠프를 습격하고 안내인 풀톤(스테판 보이드 분)은 그 틈을 이용하여 재물과 탄약을 약탈하여 캠프를 떠난다. 프레드릭 일행의 위기를 알게 된 샬라코는 다시 캠프로 돌아와 일행을 안전한 고원 지대로 안내한다. 그러는 동안 샬라코와 이리나는 가까운 사이가 된다. 캠프를 떠났던 풀톤 일행은 아파치의 습격으로 전멸당하고 풀톤만 빠져 나와 샬라코에게 도움을 청한다. 고원 지대에 도착한 일행은 뒤쫓아 온 아파치와 치열한 전투를 버린다. 젊은 아파치 지도자 섀도우는 샬라코에게 1대 1 대결을 요구하고 그 결투에서 지자 샬라코 일행을 무사히 돌려보낸다.
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Mr. Stribling
A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose of settling with his wife and child in San Antonio.
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.
서부 개척사
Gambler (uncredited)
프레스코드 집안의 아들 제브는 어머니의 반대를 무릅 쓰고 북군에 지원한다. 그는 싸움터에서 남군의 탈주병을 알게 되지만 북군 사령관 샤만 장군은 탈주병이 저격하려 하기 때문에 부득이 대검으로 찌르고 마는데...
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.
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
Detective Tom
Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.
알래스카의 혼
Salvation Army Leader
알래스카에서 황금을 찾는 사나이들의 모험과 의리, 사랑을 그린 영화. 알래스카에서 금을 채굴하며 큰돈을 번 샘과 조지. 샘은 절친한 친구이자 동업자인 조지를 대신해 그가 3년이나 기다려온 약혼녀 제니를 데리러 시애틀 행 배를 탄다. 샘이 돌아올 동안 조지는 제니와 함께 묵을 신혼 집을 지을 작정이다. 샘은 조지가 말한 대로 제니를 찾아가지만 그녀는 조지를 잊고 이미 다른 남자와 결혼한 상태. 술집에서 ‘엔젤’이라는 이름을 가진 여인 미셸을 만난 조지는 미셸에게 함께 알래스카로 갈 것을 제안한다. 제니의 일로 상심한 조지에게 그녀를 소개시켜 위로해줄 생각이었던 것이다. 알래스카로 가는 날까지 즐거운 시간을 보낸 두 사람. 어느 새 미셸은 샘을 사랑하게 되지만 샘은 여자나 사랑 따위를 믿지 않는 남자이다. 두 사람은 알래스카에 도착하고, 제니의 소식을 들은 조지는 상심하지만 아름다운 미셸을 보고 마음을 돌린다. 그러나 그녀가 진정으로 사랑하는 사람이 샘이라는 것을 알게 된 조지는 두 사람의 사랑을 이루어주려 한다. 샘은 미셸을 사랑하면서도 계속 마음을 속이고, 사기꾼 프랭키는 음모를 꾸며 금광을 통째로 삼키려 하는데...
스팔타커스
Otho (uncredited)
트라키아 출신의 노예 스팔타커스(커크 더글러스)는 검투사를 훈련하는 바티아투스(피터 유스티노프)에게 팔려가게 된다. 경기장에서 훈련을 받던 스팔타커스는 동료 검투사를 이끌고 반란을 주도한다. 반란은 마을에서 마을로 퍼져가고 도망친 노예들이 합류하며 커다란 세력이 된다. 노예들은 스팔타커스를 따라 바다 건너 고향으로 돌아가기 위해 남하를 계속한다. 한편 수도 로마에서는 대립하는 두 원로원이 반란군을 각기 자신의 정치적인 입지를 강화하는 데 이용하려 한다.
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.
더 뱀파이어
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.
킬링
Mr. Grimes
전과자 자니 클레이는 샌프란시스코 경마장 강도 계획을 세우고 동료들을 모은다. 치밀한 준비 끝에 드디어 실행의 시간이 왔지만, 계획이 성공했다고 생각한 순간 예상하지 않았던 상황이 그들을 기다리고 있다. 라이오넬 화이트의 원작을 스탠리 큐브릭이 치밀하게 영화화한 걸작. 소설에서는 흔히 사용되어 왔던, 동시에 일어나는 사건을 시간을 반복해 순서대로 묘사하는 테크닉을 스크린에 옮겨 놓았으며, 범행 장면의 다이내믹한 연출 역시 놓칠 수 없는 부분이다.
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.
사냥꾼의 밤
District Attorney (uncredited)
해리는 감옥에서 알게 된 사형수 벤의 아들과 딸에게 돈이 있다는 사실을 알아내고 출소 후 벤의 집으로 향한다. 점잖은 전도사로 위장한 해리는 슬픔에 잠긴 벤의 부인에게 접근한다.
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.
브레이킹 포인트
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.
홀리데이 어페어
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.