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James Westerfield‌

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James Westerfield

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

James Westerfield

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1913-03-22

Popularity

star4.4

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Birdman of Alcatraz

Birdman of Alcatraz‌
star7.5
calendar 1962

On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront‌
star7.9
calendar 1954

Hang 'em High

Hang 'em High‌
star6.8
calendar 1968

Man with the Gun

Man with the Gun‌
star6.2
calendar 1955

The Chase

The Chase‌
star6.2
calendar 1946

Homicidal

Homicidal‌
star6.5
calendar 1961

The Bachelor Party

The Bachelor Party‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

The Human Jungle

The Human Jungle‌
star5.3
calendar 1954

Undercurrent

Undercurrent‌
star5.8
calendar 1946

The Sons of Katie Elder

The Sons of Katie Elder‌
star7.0
calendar 1965

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town‌
star6.1
calendar 1950

Decision at Sundown

Decision at Sundown‌
star6.3
calendar 1957

True Grit

True Grit‌
star7.4
calendar 1969

Man's Favorite Sport?

Man's Favorite Sport?‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

Away All Boats

Away All Boats‌
star5.1
calendar 1956

Scalplock

Scalplock‌
star6.5
calendar 1966

Highway West

Highway West‌
star5.8
calendar 1941

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round‌
star5.1
calendar 1966

A Man Called Gannon

A Man Called Gannon‌
star4.5
calendar 1968

Wild River

Wild River‌
star7.3
calendar 1960

The Further Adventures of Gallegher

The Further Adventures of Gallegher‌
star0.0
calendar 1965

The Cobweb

The Cobweb‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

The Gunfight at Dodge City

The Gunfight at Dodge City‌
star5.6
calendar 1959

The Proud Rebel

The Proud Rebel‌
star5.9
calendar 1958

Dead Aim

Dead Aim‌
star3.2
calendar 1971

Now You See It, Now You Don't

Now You See It, Now You Don't‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

The Plunderers

The Plunderers‌
star5.8
calendar 1960

The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees‌
star7.4
calendar 1942

Jungle Heat

Jungle Heat‌
star4.3
calendar 1957

The Scarlet Coat

The Scarlet Coat‌
star6.3
calendar 1955

Three Brave Men

Three Brave Men‌
star4.8
calendar 1956

The Violent Men

The Violent Men‌
star6.4
calendar 1955

Side Street

Side Street‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

Blue

Blue‌
star5.2
calendar 1968

The Helen Morgan Story

The Helen Morgan Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Set This Town on Fire

Set This Town on Fire‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

The Shaggy Dog

The Shaggy Dog‌
star6.1
calendar 1959

Old Man

Old Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Cowboy

Cowboy‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons‌
star7.3
calendar 1942

The Hangman

The Hangman‌
star6.1
calendar 1959

The Absent-Minded Professor

The Absent-Minded Professor‌
star6.4
calendar 1961

The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia‌
star6.3
calendar 1940

Son of Flubber

Son of Flubber‌
star5.9
calendar 1963

Three Hours to Kill

Three Hours to Kill‌
star4.9
calendar 1954

That Funny Feeling

That Funny Feeling‌
star5.9
calendar 1965

Bartleby

Bartleby‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Smith!

Smith!‌
star5.6
calendar 1969

The Love God?

The Love God?‌
star6.0
calendar 1969

About Face

About Face‌
star5.0
calendar 1942

The Whistle at Eaton Falls

The Whistle at Eaton Falls‌
star6.2
calendar 1951

Chief Crazy Horse

Chief Crazy Horse‌
star5.6
calendar 1955

Around the World

Around the World‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

Lucy Gallant

Lucy Gallant‌
star7.0
calendar 1955

Bikini Beach

Bikini Beach‌
star5.7
calendar 1964

Tv Credits

The Time Tunnel

The Time Tunnel‌
star7.6
calendar 1966

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show‌
star7.6
calendar 1960

The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Trackdown

Trackdown‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

Green Acres

Green Acres‌
star7.3
calendar 1965

My Three Sons

My Three Sons‌
star6.5
calendar 1960

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies‌
star6.9
calendar 1962

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters‌
star5.3
calendar 1963

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

Lost in Space

Lost in Space‌
star7.1
calendar 1965

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Bewitched

Bewitched‌
star7.9
calendar 1964

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Lassie

Lassie‌
star6.1
calendar 1954

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star8.4
calendar 1959

The Tall Man

The Tall Man‌
star6.3
calendar 1960

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Straightaway

Straightaway‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

Going My Way

Going My Way‌
star5.0
calendar 1962

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse‌
star4.3
calendar 1958

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

The Outcasts

The Outcasts‌
star5.3
calendar 1968

Thriller

Thriller‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Richard Diamond, Private Detective‌
star6.2
calendar 1957

The Big Valley

The Big Valley‌
star6.0
calendar 1965

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour‌
star4.2
calendar 1955

Judd for the Defense

Judd for the Defense‌
star7.5
calendar 1967

Profiles in Courage

Profiles in Courage‌
star5.0
calendar 1964

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Adventures of Jim Bowie‌
star3.7
calendar 1956

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse‌
star5.6
calendar 1948

The Alaskans

The Alaskans‌
star5.5
calendar 1959

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive‌
star6.9
calendar 1958

The Rifleman

The Rifleman‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

The Rebel

The Rebel‌
star5.3
calendar 1959

The Dakotas

The Dakotas‌
star5.7
calendar 1963

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Law of the Plainsman

Law of the Plainsman‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

The Texan

The Texan‌
star5.5
calendar 1958

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Inner Sanctum

Inner Sanctum‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Johnny Ringo

Johnny Ringo‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

Tightrope

Tightrope‌
star5.5
calendar 1959

The Walter Winchell File

The Walter Winchell File‌
star5.0
calendar 1957

State Trooper

State Trooper‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle‌
star5.0
calendar 1961

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show‌
star7.1
calendar 1962

Mayberry R.F.D.

Mayberry R.F.D.‌
star5.7
calendar 1968

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse‌
star5.6
calendar 1948

Crime Photographer

Crime Photographer‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

The Wild Wild West

The Wild Wild West‌
star7.5
calendar 1965

Bonanza

Bonanza‌
star7.5
calendar 1959