James Griffith was an American character actor, musician, and screenwriter.
Known For
Spartacus
(1960)
Otho (uncredited)
The Killing
(1956)
Mr. Grimes
The Night of the Hunter
(1955)
District Attorney
How the West Was Won
(1962)
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles
(1961)
Detective Briscoe (uncredited)
North to Alaska
(1960)
Salvation Army Leader
Raintree County
(1957)
Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)
Drum Beat
(1954)
Dragnet
(1954)
Jesse Quinn
Holiday Affair
(1949)
Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
(1966)
Mr. Stribling
Tribute to a Bad Man
(1956)
Barjak
Every Girl Should Be Married
(1948)
Insurance Salesman (uncredited)
Heaven with a Gun
(1969)
Abraham Murdock
Advance to the Rear
(1964)
Hugo Zattig
Rhubarb
(1951)
Ogelthorpe Meadows
Full Filmography
Acting
Blonde Ice
(1948)
Al Herrick
Every Girl Should Be Married
(1948)
Insurance Salesman (uncredited)
Search for Danger
(1949)
Lt. Cooper
Holiday Affair
(1949)
Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)
Daughter of the West
(1949)
Jed Morgan (as James J. Griffith)
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
(1949)
Joe, a Reporter
Alaska Patrol
(1949)
Operative Dale
Double Deal
(1950)
Walter Karnes
The Petty Girl
(1950)
Royal Roof Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
The Cariboo Trail
(1950)
Higgins
Indian Territory
(1950)
Apache Kid aka Johnny Corday
The Breaking Point
(1950)
Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)
Bright Leaf
(1950)
Ellery (uncredited)
Rhubarb
(1951)
Ogelthorpe Meadows
Apache Drums
(1951)
Lt. Glidden
The Lady Pays Off
(1951)
Ronald
Payment on Demand
(1951)
Arthur
The Blue Veil
(1951)
Joplin's Agent (Uncredited)
Chain of Circumstance
(1951)
Sid
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
(1951)
Slim Harris
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
(1951)
Red Skies of Montana
(1952)
Boise Peterson
Eight Iron Men
(1952)
Pvt. Ferguson
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
(1952)
Ollie
No Escape
(1953)
Peter Hayden
Kansas Pacific
(1953)
Joe Farley
I Beheld His Glory
(1953)
Caiaphas
Dragnet
(1954)
Jesse Quinn
The Black Dakotas
(1954)
Warren
Masterson of Kansas
(1954)
Doc Holliday
Rails Into Laramie
(1954)
Orrie Sommers
The Shanghai Story
(1954)
Carl Hoyt
Manhunt in Space
(1954)
Ken, Cassa 7 Air Controller
The Boy from Oklahoma
(1954)
Joe Downey
Day of Triumph
(1954)
Judas Iscariot
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
(1954)
Pat Garrett
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
(1954)
Bob Dalton
Drum Beat
(1954)
Count Three and Pray
(1955)
Swallow
Apache Ambush
(1955)
Abraham Lincoln
I Cover the Underworld
(1955)
Smiley Di Angelo
The Night of the Hunter
(1955)
District Attorney
At Gunpoint
(1955)
Alexander
The Killing
(1956)
Mr. Grimes
Tribute to a Bad Man
(1956)
Barjak
The First Texan
(1956)
Davy Crockett
Rebel in Town
(1956)
Marshal Adam Russell
Omar Khayyam
(1957)
Buzorg
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
(1957)
Kipper
The Vampire
(1957)
Henry Winston
Raintree County
(1957)
Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)
Domino Kid
(1957)
Bullwhip
(1958)
'Slow' Karp
Return to Warbow
(1958)
Frank Hollister
Man from God's Country
(1958)
Mark Faber
Seven Guns to Mesa
(1958)
Papa Clellan
Frontier Gun
(1958)
Cash Skelton
The Big Fisherman
(1959)
Beggar
The Amazing Transparent Man
(1960)
Major Paul Krenner
Spartacus
(1960)
Otho (uncredited)
North to Alaska
(1960)
Salvation Army Leader
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
(1961)
Detective Tom
Pocketful of Miracles
(1961)
Detective Briscoe (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
(1962)
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
The Storm
(1962)
Ed Brandies
Lorna
(1964)
The Man of God
Advance to the Rear
(1964)
Hugo Zattig
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
(1966)
Mr. Stribling
Seven in Darkness
(1969)
Harlan Cabot
Heaven with a Gun
(1969)
Abraham Murdock
Like It Is
(1970)
Father
Dial Hot Line
(1970)
Sam
Seven Alone
(1974)
Billy Shaw
Hitchhike!
(1974)
Sheriff Bentley
The Gift
(1977)
Tav
Flood!
(1977)
Charlie Davis
Speedtrap
(1977)
Wino
Desperate Women
(1978)
Jonas Scurlock
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
(1980)
Squire Van Tassel
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1981)
Uncle Silas
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)
Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)
Sound
Writing