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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Set This Town on Fire
Character:Cark Rickter
Release Date:08/01/1973
Dead Aim
Character:John Applebee
Release Date:01/01/1971
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Character:Sheriff Berry
Release Date:20/09/1970
Bartleby
Character:The Lawyer
Release Date:10/10/1969
The Love God?
Character:Rev. Wilkerson
Release Date:01/08/1969
True Grit
Character:Judge Parker
Release Date:11/06/1969
Smith!
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:21/03/1969
Now You See It, Now You Don't
Character:Capt. Boyle
Release Date:11/11/1968
Blue
Character:Abe Parker
Release Date:09/05/1968
Hang 'em High
Character:Prisoner
Release Date:12/04/1968
A Man Called Gannon
Character:Amos
Release Date:08/03/1968
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Character:Jack Balter
Release Date:12/10/1966
Scalplock
Character:Nehemiah
Release Date:10/04/1966
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Character:Charley Mardis
Release Date:26/09/1965
That Funny Feeling
Character:Officer Brokaw
Release Date:14/08/1965
The Sons of Katie Elder
Character:Mr. Vennar
Release Date:23/06/1965
Bikini Beach
Character:Cop #2
Release Date:22/07/1964
Man's Favorite Sport?
Character:Policeman
Release Date:31/01/1964
Son of Flubber
Character:Officer Hanson
Release Date:16/01/1963
Birdman of Alcatraz
Character:Jess Younger
Release Date:04/07/1962
Homicidal
Character:Alfred S. Adrims
Release Date:26/07/1961
The Absent-Minded Professor
Character:Officer Hanson
Release Date:20/01/1961
The Plunderers
Character:Mike Baron
Release Date:05/11/1960
Wild River
Character:Cal Garth
Release Date:26/05/1960
The Hangman
Character:Herb Loftus
Release Date:17/06/1959
The Gunfight at Dodge City
Character:Reverend Howard
Release Date:01/05/1959
The Shaggy Dog
Character:Officer Hanson
Release Date:19/03/1959
Old Man
Character:Warden
Release Date:20/11/1958
The Proud Rebel
Character:Birm Bates
Release Date:01/07/1958
Cowboy
Character:Mike Adams
Release Date:23/01/1958
Decision at Sundown
Character:Otis, the Bartender
Release Date:10/11/1957
Jungle Heat
Character:Harvey Mathews
Release Date:22/07/1957
The Helen Morgan Story
Character:Frank Piggin
Release Date:16/05/1957
Three Brave Men
Character:Chief O'Reilly
Release Date:01/12/1956
Away All Boats
Character:
Release Date:16/08/1956
Man with the Gun
Character:Mr. Zender
Release Date:05/11/1955
Lucy Gallant
Character:Harry Wilson
Release Date:20/10/1955
The Scarlet Coat
Character:Col. Jameson
Release Date:29/07/1955
The Cobweb
Character:James Petlee
Release Date:07/06/1955
Chief Crazy Horse
Character:Caleb Mantz
Release Date:01/04/1955
The Violent Men
Character:Sheriff Magruder
Release Date:26/01/1955
Three Hours to Kill
Character:Sam Minor
Release Date:04/11/1954
The Human Jungle
Character:Marty Harrison
Release Date:03/10/1954
On the Waterfront
Character:Big Mac
Release Date:22/06/1954
The Bachelor Party
Character:Bookkeeper
Release Date:11/10/1953
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
Character:Joe London
Release Date:02/08/1951
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Character:Harvey (Zoo Attendant) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/04/1950
Side Street
Character:Charlie (policeman)
Release Date:23/03/1950
The Chase
Character:Job the Butler
Release Date:16/11/1946
Undercurrent
Character:Henry Gilson
Release Date:11/11/1946
Around the World
Character:Bashful Marine
Release Date:27/11/1943
The Pride of the Yankees
Character:Spectator (uncredited)
Release Date:14/07/1942
The Magnificent Ambersons
Character:Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Release Date:10/07/1942
About Face
Character:Soldier with Daisy (uncredited)
Release Date:16/04/1942
Highway West
Character:Swede, Trucker at Cafe
Release Date:07/08/1941
The Howards of Virginia
Character:Backwoodsman
Release Date:19/09/1940
Television Appearances
The Outcasts
Character:
Mayberry R.F.D.
Character:Sheriff Matson
Mannix
Character:
Judd for the Defense
Character:
The Time Tunnel
Character:Sheriff
The Wild Wild West
Character:McAvity
Green Acres
Character:
Lost in Space
Character:Dr. Marvello
The Big Valley
Character:Jeb Lassiter
Profiles in Courage
Character:Sen. Samuel Pomeroy
Daniel Boone
Character:Hand
Daniel Boone
Character:Simon Girty
Bewitched
Character:
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Character:John Murrel
The Great Adventure
Character:Attorney Thomas Green
The Dakotas
Character:
Going My Way
Character:
The Lucy Show
Character:Weitzman
The Beverly Hillbillies
Character:
Straightaway
Character:
The Asphalt Jungle
Character:
The Andy Griffith Show
Character:Uncle Ollie
My Three Sons
Character:
Thriller
Character:Al Matthews
The Tall Man
Character:
The Alaskans
Character:
The Rebel
Character:Suee
The Twilight Zone
Character:Anthony O'Toole
Johnny Ringo
Character:Aben Burke
Law of the Plainsman
Character:Joshua Jones
Bonanza
Character:Arthur Blackwell
Tightrope
Character:
Rawhide
Character:Matt Lucas
Rawhide
Character:Mort Henry
Bat Masterson
Character:Shapley Howell
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Character:
The Rifleman
Character:
The Texan
Character:
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Character:Dr. Langland
Trackdown
Character:
The Walter Winchell File
Character:
Maverick
Character:
Perry Mason
Character:Sheriff Elmore
Perry Mason
Character:Roger Quigley
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Character:McAllister
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Bert Farrow
State Trooper
Character:
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Character:
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Commissioner Cummings
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Pops Lafferty
Gunsmoke
Character:Rance Bradley
Gunsmoke
Character:Harry Duggan
Gunsmoke
Character:Cleed
Gunsmoke
Character:Franks
Lassie
Character:
Inner Sanctum
Character:
General Electric Theater
Character:Bartender
General Electric Theater
Character:The General
Casey, Crime Photographer
Character:
Studio One
Character:Captain James Reagan
Studio One
Character:Bilgeboy / Jimmy Scaggs
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:H.T. Carmichael
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