James Johnson Edwards (March 6, 1918 – January 4, 1970) was an American actor in films and television. His most famous role was as Private Peter Moss in the 1949 film Home of the Brave, in which he portrayed an African American soldier experiencing racial prejudice while serving in the South Pacific during World War II.

KNOWN FOR

The Fugitive
1963
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1959
Burke's Law
1966
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1956
Law of the Plainsman
1960
The Killing
1956
The Outsider
1968
Patton
1970
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
Coogan's Bluff
1968
The Caine Mutiny
1954
The Sandpiper
1965

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
35
Writing
1
1978
Legend of the Northwest
as Jim Ryder
1972
Doomsday Voyage
as Coast Guard Officer
1970
Patton
as Sergeant William George Meeks
1969
Anatomy of a Crime
as Lt. Wager
1968
Coogan's Bluff
as Sgt. Jackson
1968
The Young Runaways
as Sgt. Collyer
1968
The Outsider
as Lt. Wagner
1966
Burke's Law
as Norton
1965
The Sandpiper
as Larry Brant
1963
The Fugitive
as Joe Smith
1962
The Manchurian Candidate
as Cpl. Allen Melvin
1960
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
as Batt
1959
Pork Chop Hill
as Cpl. Jurgens
1959
Blood and Steel
as George
1959
Night of the Quarter Moon
as Asa Tully / lawyer
1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sgt. Morgan
1958
Fraulein
as Cpl. Hanks
1958
Tarzan's Fight for Life
as Futa
1958
Anna Lucasta
as Eddie
1957
Men in War
as Sgt. Killian
1957
Battle Hymn
as Lt. Maples
1957
A Sound of Different Drummers
1956
The Killing
as Track Parking Attendant
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ed
1955
The Phenix City Story
as Zeke Ward
1955
Seven Angry Men
as Ned Green
1955
African Manhunt
as Native Guide
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Convict
1954
The Caine Mutiny
as Chief Steward Whittaker
1953
The Joe Louis Story
as Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn
1952
The Member of the Wedding
as Honey Camden Brown
1951
The Steel Helmet
as Corporal Thompson
1951
Bright Victory
as Joe Morgan
1949
The Set-Up
as Luther Hawkins
1949
Home of the Brave
as Private Peter Moss