Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

166

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-02-13

Deathday

1993-09-17 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

J.J. Griffith
James F. Griffith
James J. Griffith
James W. Griffith
Jimmy Griffith
Jim Griffith
James Jeffrey Griffith

James Griffith

Biography

James Griffith was an American character actor, musician, and screenwriter.

Known For

7.5%

Spartacus

Oct 13, 1960

7.9%

The Night of the Hunter

Jul 27, 1955

7.7%

The Killing

Jun 6, 1956

7.9%

Little House on the Prairie

Sep 11, 1974

7.3%

Batman

Jan 12, 1966

7.3%

Batman

Jan 12, 1966

7.0%

How the West Was Won

Nov 2, 1962

7.2%

The Six Million Dollar Man

Jan 18, 1974

7.6%

Kung Fu

Oct 14, 1972

7.3%

Pocketful of Miracles

Dec 18, 1961

7.7%

Perry Mason

Sep 21, 1957

7.7%

Perry Mason

Sep 21, 1957

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Acting

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself as Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)

1981

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Uncle Silas

1980

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as Squire Van Tassel

1979		Hart to Hart
1979		B. J. and the Bear

1978		Desperate Women as Jonas Scurlock
1978		Fantasy Island as Hezekiah Pugh

1977		Speedtrap as Wino
1977		Flood! as Charlie Davis
1977		The Gift as Tav

1975

Isis as Dr. Blandford

1974		Seven Alone as Billy Shaw
1974		Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Schwartz
1974		Little House on the Prairie
1974		Run, Joe, Run
1974		Hitchhike! as Sheriff Bentley
1974		The Six Million Dollar Man as Will Long

1973		Kojak as Mr. Swift
1973		Police Story

1972		Kung Fu
1972		The Streets of San Francisco
1972		Emergency!

1970		Like It Is as Father
1970		Dial Hot Line as Sam

1969		Medical Center
1969		Seven in Darkness as Harlan Cabot
1969		Heaven with a Gun as Abraham Murdock

1968		The Mod Squad
1968		Lancer

1967

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1966		The Monkees
1966		The Monroes
1966		A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Mr. Stribling
1966		Batman as Trusty
1966		Batman as Manx

1965		Honey West as Conrad Wycherly
1965		Laredo
1965		The Big Valley as Clyde
1965		F Troop

1964		Daniel Boone as Feathers
1964		Daniel Boone as Coll
1964		The Rogues as Bert
1964		Lorna as The Man of God
1964		Advance to the Rear as Hugo Zattig

1963		The Great Adventure as Harry Young
1963		The Fugitive as Dispatcher
1963		The Fugitive as Seth

1962		How the West Was Won as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
1962		General Electric True
1962		The Storm as Ed Brandies

1961		Pocketful of Miracles as Detective Briscoe (uncredited)
1961		Ben Casey
1961		Dr. Kildare as Sims
1961		Dr. Kildare as Harold Hutchinson
1961		Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery as Detective Tom

1960		North to Alaska as Salvation Army Leader
1960		Spartacus as Otho (uncredited)
1960		Outlaws
1960		Thriller as Ed Brandies
1960		Thriller as Victor Harrod
1960		The Tall Man
1960		The Amazing Transparent Man as Major Paul Krenner

1959		Wichita Town
1959		Lock-Up
1959		Riverboat as Cpl. Sam Giler
1959		The Deputy as Ballard
1959		The Big Fisherman as Beggar
1959		The Lawless Years
1959		Rawhide as Tyree
1959		Rawhide as White
1959		Rawhide as Gurney

1958		Frontier Gun as Cash Skelton
1958		The Texan
1958		Bronco
1958		Bullwhip as 'Slow' Karp
1958		Seven Guns to Mesa as Papa Clellan
1958		Man from God's Country as Mark Faber
1958		Return to Warbow as Frank Hollister

1957		Raintree County as Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)
1957		Trackdown
1957		The Walter Winchell File
1957		Domino Kid
1957		Maverick as John Wesley Hardin
1957		Perry Mason as Arthur Dorian
1957		Perry Mason as Jake Stearns
1957		Perry Mason as Walter Hutchings
1957		Perry Mason as Jack Randall
1957		M Squad as James Keniton
1957		Have Gun, Will Travel
1957		Omar Khayyam as Buzorg
1957		The Vampire as Henry Winston
1957		The Guns of Fort Petticoat as Kipper
1957		Official Detective

1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Taggert
1956		U.S. Marshall as Deputy Tom Ferguson
1956		The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956		Rebel in Town as Marshal Adam Russell
1956		The First Texan as Davy Crockett
1956		The Killing as Mr. Grimes
1956		Tribute to a Bad Man as Barjak

1955		At Gunpoint as Alexander
1955		Matinee Theater
1955		The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955		Count Three and Pray as Swallow
1955		Frontier
1955		Cheyenne
1955		Gunsmoke as Joe Kite
1955		Gunsmoke as Joth Monger
1955		Gunsmoke as Tillman
1955		Gunsmoke as Bettis
1955		Gunsmoke as Harford
1955		Gunsmoke as Wade Lester
1955		The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955		Apache Ambush as Abraham Lincoln
1955		The Night of the Hunter as District Attorney
1955		I Cover the Underworld as Smiley Di Angelo
1955		Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955		The Millionaire as Allan Reese

1954		Day of Triumph as Judas Iscariot
1954		Masterson of Kansas as Doc Holliday
1954		Drum Beat
1954		Lassie
1954		Dragnet as Jesse Quinn
1954		The Black Dakotas as Warren
1954		The Shanghai Story as Carl Hoyt
1954		The Law vs. Billy the Kid as Pat Garrett
1954		Rails Into Laramie as Orrie Sommers
1954		Jesse James vs. the Daltons as Bob Dalton
1954		The Boy from Oklahoma as Joe Downey
1954		Manhunt in Space as Ken, Cassa 7 Air Controller

1953		City Detective
1953		No Escape as Peter Hayden
1953		I Beheld His Glory as Caiaphas
1953		Kansas Pacific as Joe Farley

1952		Eight Iron Men as Pvt. Ferguson
1952		Cavalcade of America as Abraham Lincoln
1952		Cavalcade of America as Clay Doggett
1952		Hopalong Cassidy
1952		Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie as Ollie
1952		Red Skies of Montana as Boise Peterson
1952		Dangerous Assignment

1951		Dragnet
1951		The Blue Veil as Joplin's Agent (Uncredited)
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Raymond Andrews
1951		The Lady Pays Off as Ronald
1951		Rhubarb as Ogelthorpe Meadows
1951		Chain of Circumstance as Sid
1951		Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951		Apache Drums as Lt. Glidden
1951		Payment on Demand as Arthur
1951		Al Jennings of Oklahoma as Slim Harris

1950		Double Deal as Walter Karnes
1950		The Breaking Point as Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)
1950		Lux Video Theatre as Henry Jackson
1950		Indian Territory as Apache Kid aka Johnny Corday
1950		The Petty Girl as Royal Roof Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
1950		The Cariboo Trail as Higgins
1950		Bright Leaf as Ellery (uncredited)

1949		Holiday Affair as Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)
1949		Oh, You Beautiful Doll as Joe, a Reporter
1949		Special Agent as Candy Vendor on Train (uncredited)
1949		Search for Danger as Lt. Cooper
1949		Alaska Patrol as Operative Dale
1949		Daughter of the West as Jed Morgan (as James J. Griffith)

1948		Every Girl Should Be Married as Insurance Salesman (uncredited)
1948		Blonde Ice as Al Herrick

Sound

1964

Lorna as Original Music Composer

Writing

1971

Catlow as Writer

1968

Shalako as Screenplay

1966

Mission: Impossible as Writer

1965

Motorpsycho! as Original Story

1964

Lorna as Screenplay