James Edwards
ActorWriterSoundtrack
- Born
- March 6, 1918
- Died
- January 4, 1970
Pioneering actor who was among Hollywood's first - years ahead of Sidney Poitier - to crush the Stepin Fetchit stereotype of black males as shiftless illiterates. Although in some pictures Edwards would portray subservient characters (e.g. "General" George C. Scott's valet in Patton (1970)), he…
Writer
| Law of the Plainsman(1959) |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse(1958) |
| Fireside Theatre(1949) |
Actor
| Legend of the Northwest(1978)as Jim Ryder |
| Doomsday Voyage(1972)as Coast Guard Officer |
| Patton(1970)as Sergeant William George Meeks |
| Mannix(1967)as Jerry Volks |
| NBC Experiment in Television(1967)as Wesley |
Soundtrack
| Battle Hymn(1957) |
Self
| This Is Your Life(1950)as Self |
| The Ed Sullivan Show(1948)as Audience Bow, Self - Actor |
Archive Footage
| Number One on the Call Sheet(2025)as Self |
| Classified X(2007)as Self |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years(2004) |
| Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood(1998)as Self |
| Anatomy of a Crime(1969)as Lt. Wager |
Credit Score: James Edwards
| # | Name | Score | Year | Win | Nom | Known | ★ | Wins | Noms | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patton | 20.00 | 1970 | • | 7.9 | 7 | 10 | 114413 | ||
| 2 | The Fugitive | 20.00 | 1963 | • | 8.1 | 1 | 5 | 5223 | ||
| 3 | The Sandpiper | 5.00 | 1965 | • | 6.3 | 1 | 1 | 4258 | ||
| 4 | The Manchurian Candidate | 5.00 | 1962 | • | 7.9 | 0 | 2 | 84676 | ||
| 5 | The Killing | 5.00 | 1956 | • | 7.9 | 0 | 1 | 105630 | ||
| 6 | The Steel Helmet | 4.88 | 1951 | • | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 5164 | ||
| 7 | Men in War | 3.75 | 1957 | • | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 3452 | ||
| 8 | The Caine Mutiny | 3.00 | 1954 | 7.7 | 0 | 7 | 32173 | |||
| 9 | Coogan's Bluff | 2.50 | 1968 | • | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 20846 | ||
| 10 | The Member of the Wedding | 2.50 | 1953 | • | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 1688 |