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James Westerfield
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Birthday
1913-03-22,Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Gender
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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.

Filmography

Birdman of Alcatraz

7.5

Birdman of Alcatraz
1962-07-04

On the Waterfront

7.851

On the Waterfront
1954-06-22

6.869

Hang 'em High
1968-04-12

Man with the Gun

6.136

Man with the Gun
1955-10-06

6.229

The Chase
1946-11-16

6.449

Homicidal
1961-07-26

The Bachelor Party

0

The Bachelor Party
1953-10-11

The Human Jungle

5.625

The Human Jungle
1954-10-03

5.943

Undercurrent
1946-11-11

The Sons of Katie Elder

7

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965-06-24

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

6.571

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950-04-01

Decision at Sundown

6.3

Decision at Sundown
1957-11-10

7.332

True Grit
1969-06-11

5.292

Away All Boats
1956-08-16

Man's Favorite Sport?

7

Man's Favorite Sport?
1964-01-31

6.833

Scalplock
1966-04-10

6.6

Highway West
1941-08-07

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

5.6

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966-10-12

A Man Called Gannon

4.9

A Man Called Gannon
1968-03-08

7.231

Wild River
1960-05-26

The Further Adventures of Gallegher

0

The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965-09-26

5.681

The Cobweb
1955-06-07

The Gunfight at Dodge City

5.7

The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959-05-01

The Proud Rebel

6.029

The Proud Rebel
1958-07-01

3.6

Dead Aim
1975-10-16

Now You See It, Now You Don't

7

Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968-11-11

6.313

The Plunderers
1960-11-05

The Pride of the Yankees

7.3

The Pride of the Yankees
1942-07-14

5.5

Jungle Heat
1957-07-22

The Scarlet Coat

6.6

The Scarlet Coat
1955-07-29

Three Brave Men

6.3

Three Brave Men
1956-12-01

6.522

Side Street
1950-03-23

The Violent Men

6.5

The Violent Men
1955-01-26

5.932

Blue
1968-05-09

The Helen Morgan Story

0

The Helen Morgan Story
1957-05-16

Set This Town on Fire

7

Set This Town on Fire
1973-01-08

6.25

The Shaggy Dog
1959-03-19

0

Old Man
1958-11-20

6.453

Cowboy
1958-01-23

The Magnificent Ambersons

7.3

The Magnificent Ambersons
1942-07-10

6.5

The Hangman
1959-06-17

The Absent-Minded Professor

6.556

The Absent-Minded Professor
1961-01-20

The Howards of Virginia

6.7

The Howards of Virginia
1940-09-19

6.056

Son of Flubber
1963-01-16

Three Hours to Kill

5.1

Three Hours to Kill
1954-11-04

That Funny Feeling

6.3

That Funny Feeling
1965-08-14

0

Bartleby
1969-10-10

5.8

Smith!
1969-03-21

5.952

The Love God?
1969-08-01

6.6

About Face
1942-04-16

The Whistle at Eaton Falls

6.8

The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951-08-02

Chief Crazy Horse

5.6

Chief Crazy Horse
1955-04-01

Around the World

6.333

Around the World
1943-11-27

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

4

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970-09-20

7

Lucy Gallant
1955-10-20

5.583

Bikini Beach
1964-07-22

Alcatraz Express

7

Alcatraz Express
1961-01-05

The Time Tunnel

7.641

The Time Tunnel
1966-09-09

The Andy Griffith Show

7.631

The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03

The Great Adventure

10

The Great Adventure
1963-09-27

6.875

Trackdown
1957-10-04

7.181

Green Acres
1965-09-15

6.598

My Three Sons
1960-09-29

The Beverly Hillbillies

6.888

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-09-26

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

6.25

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963-09-29

6.839

Mannix
1967-09-16

7.255

Lost in Space
1965-09-15

6.706

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

7.705

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

5.385

Studio One
1948-11-07

7.845

Bewitched
1964-09-17

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

6.295

Lassie
1954-09-12

The Twilight Zone

8.507

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

6.857

The Tall Man
1960-09-10

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.774

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

9

Straightaway
1961-10-06

5.8

Going My Way
1962-10-03

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

6.333

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06

7.245

Rawhide
1959-01-09

7.029

Daniel Boone
1964-09-24

6.5

The Outcasts
1968-09-23

6.675

Thriller
1960-09-13

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

6.8

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957-07-01

6.186

The Big Valley
1965-09-15

Judd, for the Defense

7.7

Judd, for the Defense
1967-09-08

Profiles in Courage

7.5

Profiles in Courage
1964-11-08

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

5.333

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956-09-07

The Philco Television Playhouse

6.625

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03

6.667

The Alaskans
1959-10-04

Wanted: Dead or Alive

7.041

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958-09-06

5.091

The Rebel
1959-10-04

7.093

The Rifleman
1958-09-30

6.5

The Dakotas
1963-01-07

6.375

Bat Masterson
1958-10-08

Law of the Plainsman

7.333

Law of the Plainsman
1959-10-01

6

The Texan
1958-09-29

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

6.2

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

8

Inner Sanctum
1954-01-09

5.875

Johnny Ringo
1959-10-02

6.3

Tightrope
1959-09-08

The Walter Winchell File

7.5

The Walter Winchell File
1957-10-02

5.714

State Trooper
1956-09-25

The Asphalt Jungle

5

The Asphalt Jungle
1961-04-02

6.988

Maverick
1957-09-22

7.245

Rawhide
1959-01-09

6.706

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.706

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.706

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

7.066

The Lucy Show
1962-10-01

Mayberry R.F.D.

6.2

Mayberry R.F.D.
1968-09-23

7.029

Daniel Boone
1964-09-24

7.705

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.774

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

5.385

Studio One
1948-11-07

The Philco Television Playhouse

6.625

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03

Casey, Crime Photographer

7

Casey, Crime Photographer
1951-04-19

The Wild Wild West

7.564

The Wild Wild West
1965-09-17

7.538

Bonanza
1959-09-12

The 20th Century Fox Hour

6

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955-10-05