James Westerfield
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James A. Westerfield (22 March 1913 – 20 September 1971) was an American actor of stage, film, and television. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, to candy-maker Brasher Omier Westerfield and his wife Dora Elizabeth Bailey, he was raised in Detroit, Michigan. (A news story in the June 12, 1949, issue of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle calls the information in the preceding sentence into question. It describes Westerfield as "the son of a famous producer-director" and says that he was "a youngster in Denver, Col.") He became interested in theatre as a young man and in the 1930s joined Gilmor Brown's famed Pasadena Community Playhouse, appearing in dozens of plays. He played in numerous films following his debut in 1940, then went to New York City and appeared on Broadway, winning two New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards for his supporting roles in The Madwoman of Chaillot and Detective Story. He then returned to Hollywood and made more than 40 more films. Westerfield maintained an interest in the theatre. He directed more than 50 musicals in a summer-musical tent he owned in Danbury, Connecticut, and was the original stage director and producer for the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. He directed three seasons of "Theatre Under the Stars" in Vancouver, British Columbia, and appeared in musical roles with the Detroit Civic Light Opera, the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, and the San Francisco Civic Light Opera. On film, Westerfield had roles in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), On The Waterfront (1954), Lucy Gallant (1955), the 1957 Budd Boetticher-directed Western Decision at Sundown starring Randolph Scott, Cowboy (1958), a repeating role in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and its sequel Son of Flubber (1963), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), Man's Favorite Sport (1964), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), Hang 'Em High (1968) and True Grit (1969). Westerfield had many roles on television, including seven episodes as John Murrel from 1963 to 1964 on ABC's The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, starring child actor Kurt Russell in the title role. He made two guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of Sheriff Bert Elmore in the 1957 episode, "The Case of the Angry Mourner." He also appeared in an episode of The Lone Ranger in 1954 entitled "Texas Draw." Westerfield's other appearances were on such series as The Rifleman, The Californians, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, The Alaskans, The Rebel, Straightaway, Going My Way, The Asphalt Jungle, Hazel, The Andy Griffith Show, Daniel Boone, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Gunsmoke. He played the circus leader, Dr. Marvello, in an episode of Lost in Space "Space Circus" (1966). Westerfield as a young man was a roommate of fellow Pasadena Playhouse actor George Reeves. The two remained close friends until Reeves's death in 1959. Westerfield was married to Alice G. Fay (an actress under the name Fay Tracey), who, along with his mother, survived him. Westerfield died from a heart attack in Woodlands Hills, California, at the age of fifty-eight.
Hang 'em High
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True Grit
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On the Waterfront
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The Absent-Minded Professor
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The Sons of Katie Elder
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The Magnificent Ambersons
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Man's Favorite Sport?
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Decision at Sundown
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The Pride of the Yankees
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Birdman of Alcatraz
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The Violent Men
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Cowboy
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The Chase
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Away All Boats
as uncreditedThe story of USS 'Belinda', a U.S. naval ship, and its crew during the battle of the Pacific...
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The Shaggy Dog
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Son of Flubber
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The Hangman
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Lucy Gallant
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as uncreditedThe Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas...
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The Beverly Hillbillies
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as WeitzmanThe Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...
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as HandDaniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel...
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The Wild Wild West
as McAvityThe Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television...
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The Big Valley
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The Texan
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Studio One
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Thriller
as Al MatthewsThriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...
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Rawhide
as Matt LucasThe tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...
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as Mort HenryThe tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...
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The Adventures of Jim Bowie
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State Trooper
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Judd for the Defense
as uncreditedHigh-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases...
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The Time Tunnel
as SheriffThe Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of...
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Gunsmoke
as Rance BradleyGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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as Harry DugganGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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as CleedGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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as FranksGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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as Attorney Thomas GreenThe Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964...
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The 20th Century Fox Hour
as uncreditedThe 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...
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The Dakotas
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The Rebel
as SueeThe Rebel is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on...
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Law of the Plainsman
as Joshua JonesLaw of the Plainsman is a Western television series starring Michael Ansara that aired on the...
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The Tall Man
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The Alaskans
as uncreditedThe Alaskans is a 1959-1960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late...
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as uncreditedWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu...
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Commissioner CummingsA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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as Pops LaffertyA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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as uncreditedTrackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS...
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The Outcasts
as uncreditedThe Outcasts is an American Western genre television series, appearing on ABC in the 1968-69...
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Tightrope
as uncreditedTightrope is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September...
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Going My Way
as uncreditedGoing My Way is an American comedy-drama series
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Crime Photographer
as uncredited"The Morning Express" photographer hangs out at New York's Blue Note Cafe and tells bartender...
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The Walter Winchell File
as uncreditedThe Walter Winchell File is the title of a television crime drama series that initially aired...
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Straightaway
as uncreditedStraightaway is a 26-week half-hour adventure/drama television series which aired on ABC during...
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The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
as John MurrelThe Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is an American western television series based on the Pulitzer...
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The Asphalt Jungle
as uncreditedPolice adventure series set in a modern American metropolis, concerning the problems of a...
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as The GeneralGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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