JAMES GRIFFITH BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
James Griffith was born in Los Angeles, California on February 13th, 1916. Throughout his career in the industry he never limited himself to portraying one type of character and would appear in all types of films.
At one point in his career he performed as a musician with Spike Jones and His City Slickers. His career in entertainment began in the music industry with no intention to ever pursue, however, over time he began working in local theaters and began to develop an interest in acting.
He first began to earn a name for himself in the industry when he appeared in the stage production, "They Can't Get You Down" (1939), however before continuing to increase his success as an actor, he took a break from pursuing his career to serve in the United States military during World War II.
Upon completing his service, Griffith returned to his acting career and this time decided to turn his focus from the stage to film. It was just a matter of time before he began adding such credits to his resume as, "Blonde Ice" (1948) starring Leslie Brooks, Robert Paige and Emory Parnell, "Al Jennings of Oklahoma" (1951) starring Dan Duryea, Gale Storm, Dick Foran and Gloria Henry, "The Great Missouri Raid" (1951) Wendell Corey, Macdonald Carey, Ellen Drew, Ward Bond, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams, Anne Revere, Edgar Buchanan, Tom Tyler, Guy Wilkerson, Louis Jean Heydt and James Millican, "Chain of Circumstance" (1951) starring Richard Grayson, Margaret Field and Marta Mitrovich, "Drums in the Deep South" (1951) co-starring James Craig, Barbara Payton, Guy Madison, Barton MacLane, Louis Jean Heydt and Craig Stevens, "No Escape" (1953) starring with Lew Ayres, Sonny Tufts and Marjorie Steele, "Dragnet" (1954) Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Richard Boone, Ann Robinson, Stacy Harris and Virginia Gregg, "Apache Ambush" (1955) starring alongside Richard Jaeckel, Alex Montoya, Movita, Adelle August, Tex Ritter, and Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, George Chandler, "Rebel in Town" (1956) co-starring John Payne, Ruth Roman, J. Carrol Naish and Ben Cooper, "The Vampire" (1957) starring John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey and Lydia Reed, "Man from God's Country" (1958) co-starring George Montgomery, Randy Stuart and Gregg Barton and "Lorna" (1964) starring Lorna Maitland and written by James Griffith in just four days.
Along with his film career he added over seventy television appearances to his resume with such series credits as, "The Lone Ranger", "Gunsmoke", "Zane Grey Theatre", "Perry Mason", "Cavalcade of America", "City Detectives", "Waterfront", "Dragnet", 'Frontier", "Zorro", "Code 3", "M Squad", "Trackdown", "Annie Oakley", "The Gene Autry Show" and "Cimarron City" among many others.
Some of his final acting roles were on the series, "Shotgun Slade", "The Lawless Years", "Wagon Train", "Buffalo Bill Jr.", "Bonanza", "The Deputy", "Lock Up", "Checkmate", "Sheriff of Cochise", "The Range Rider", "The Adventures of Jim Bowie", "Ramar of the Jungle", "Little House on the Prairie" (1975-1982), "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger" and "Trapper John, M.D." (1984). He then retired from the industry and lived in Avila Beach, California up until his death on September 17th, 1993 at the age of seventy seven.
Filmography
1984 Trapper John, M.D.
1982 Dallas
1975-1982 Little House on the Prairie
1981 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981 Hart to Hart
1980 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1979 B.J. and the Bear
1978 Desperate Women
1978 Fantasy Island
1977 Speedtrap
1977 The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
1973-1977 Emergency!
1977 Police Story
1977 The Gift
1976 Flood!
1974-1976 The Streets of San Francisco
1976 The Quest
1976 Isis
1976 Law of the Land
1975 Barbary Coast
1975 Kojak
1975 Babe
1975 S.W.A.T.
1975 The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 Seven Alone
1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1971-1974 Medical Center
1974 Hitchhike!
1972 Hec Ramsey
1972 Kung Fu
1971 The Bold Ones: The Senator
1970 Like It Is
1970 Dial Hot Line
1968-1969 Lancer
1969 The Mod Squad
1969 Hail, Hero!
1969 Seven in Darkness
1969 Heaven with a Gun
1968-1969 The Virginia
1969 The Guns of Will Sonnett
1968 Day of the Evil Gun
1955-1968 Gunsmoke
1966-1967 Batman
1967 The Monkees
1967 Iron Horse
1960-1967 Bonanza
1964-1967 Daniel Boone
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 The Monroes
1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1957-1966 Perry Mason
1966 F Troop
1965-1966 A Man Called Shenandoah
1966 Honey West
1966 The Big Valley
1965 Laredo
1964-1965 The Fugitive
1965 The Rogues
1964 The Littlest Hobo
1957-1964 Wagon Train
1964 Slattery's People
1964 Lorna
1964 Advance to the Rear
1964 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1962-1964 Dr. Kildare
1964 The Richard Boone Show
1964 The Great Adventure
1964 The Dog Troop
1960-1963 Rawhide
1963 The Untouchables
1963 Alcoa Premiere
1962-1963 Have Gun - Will Travel
1963 Ben Casey
1962-1963 G.E. True
1957-1962 Cheyenne
1959-1962 Laramie
1962 How the West Was Won
1962 Empire
1962 Lawman
1957-1962 Tales of Wells Fargo
1961-1962 The Tall Man
1962 Shannon
1962 Bronco
1961-1962 Thriller
1961 Pocketful of Miracles
1961 The Lawless Years
1961 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1961 Checkmate
1961 Stagecoach West
1956-1961 Lassie
1961 Two Faces West
1961 Outlaws
1961 Klondike
1961 Shotgun Slade
1960 Riverboat
1959-1960 Lock Up
1960 North to Alaska
1960 Spartacus
1960 The Amazing Transparent Man
1959-1960 U.S. Marshal
1959-1960 The Texan
1959 Wichita Town
1959 The Deputy
1959 The Big Fisherman
1958-1959 The Lineup
1959 Steve Canyon
1959 Buckskin
1959 The Restless Gun
1959 Rescue 8
1959 Maverick
1958-1959 The Millionaire
1958 Cimarron City
1958 Frontier Gun
1958 Jefferson Drum
1957-1958 Trackdown
1958 The Walter Winchell File
1958 Bullwhip
1958 Seven Guns to Mesa
1957-1958 Official Detective
1958 Man Without a Gun
1958 Man from God's Country
1958 M Squad
1958 Return to Warbow
1957 Zorro
1957 Code 3
1957 Domino Kid
1957 Raintree County
1957 Omar Khayyam
1957 The Vampire
1957 The Ford Television Theatre
1957 The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1956-1957 The 20th Century-Fox Hour
1957 The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1957 Zane Grey Theatre
1950-1957 The Lone Ranger
1956-1957 Sheriff of Cochise
1957 The Gray Ghost
1956 Rebel in Town
1956 The First Texan
1956 The Killing
1956 Anything Goes
1955-1956 Frontier
1956 Tribute to a Bad Man
1956 Chevron Hall of Stars
1955 Matinee Theatre
1955 At Gunpoint
1955 Count Three and Pray
1955 Apache Ambush
1955 The Night of the Hunter
1955 The Kentuckian
1955 Son of Sinbad
1955 Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955 Annie Oakley
1955 I Cover the Underworld
1953-1955 Dragnet
1954 Day of Triumph
1954 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
1954 Masterson of Kansas
1954 Drum Beat
1954 The Black Dakotas
1954 Waterfront
1954 Dragnet
1954 The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954 The Shanghai Story
1954 Rails Into Laramie
1954 Jesse James vs. the Daltons
1954 Lux Video Theatre
1954 The Boy from Oklahoma
1954 Schlitz Playhouse
1954 Ride Clear of Diablo
1954 Fireside Theatre
1953-1954 Ramar of the Jungle
1954 City Detective
1952-1953 Death Valley Days
1953 A Lion Is in the Streets
1953 No Escape
1953 The Kid from Left Field
1953 Powder River
1953 Kansas Pacific
1953 Cavalcade of America
1953 Family Theatre
1952 Eight Iron Men
1952 Your Jeweler's Showcase
1952 Hopalong Cassidy
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952 Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952 Red Skies of Montana
1952 Dangerous Assignment
1951-1952 The Range Rider
1951 The Lady Pays Off
1951 The Blue Vei
1951 Drums in the Deep South
1951 Rhubarb
1951 Chain of Circumstance
1951 As Young as You Feel
1951 Goodbye, My Fancy
1951 Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951 Apache Drums
1951 The Great Missouri Raid
1951 Payment on Demand
1951 Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951 The Living Christ Series
1950 Stage to Tucson
1950 Double Deal
1950 The Gene Autry Show
1950 Indian Territory
1950 The Breaking Point
1950 The Petty Girl
1950 The Cariboo Trail
1950 Bright Leaf
1949 Holiday Affair
1949 Fighting Man of the Plains
1949 Oh, You Beautiful Doll
1949 Special Agent
1949 Search for Danger
1949 Daughter of the West
1949 Alaska Patrol
1948 Every Girl Should Be Married
1948 Appointment with Murder
1948 Blonde Ice
