--- name: "James Westerfield" canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-westerfield" fi1m_id: "james-westerfield" imdb_id: "nm0922599" tmdb_id: 9866 wikidata_id: "Q3161480" roles: ["Actor"] born: "22 March 1913" died: "20 September 1971" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T00:38:51.165167+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # James Westerfield ## Identity James Westerfield - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-westerfield - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** james-westerfield - **IMDb ID:** nm0922599 - **TMDB ID:** 9866 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3161480 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Westerfield, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161480, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922599/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9866 Actor. Born 22 March 1913 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Died 20 September 1971. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 22 March 1913, Nashville, Tennessee, USA - **Died:** 20 September 1971 - **Also known as:** James A. Westerfield - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 89 (1), 1950s 89 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Westerfield, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161480, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922599/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9866 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*On the Waterfront*](https://film.one/film/on-the-waterfront.md) (89) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography James A. Westerfield (22 March 1913 – 20 September 1971) was an American character actor of stage, film and television. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, he began his career in the 1930s at the Pasadena Community Playhouse and made his screen debut in 1940. He appeared on Broadway, winning New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards for supporting roles in *The Madwoman of Chaillot* and *Detective Story*. Westerfield returned to Hollywood and took roles in more than 40 films, including *On the Waterfront* (1954) as Big Mac, *Birdman of Alcatraz* (1962), *The Sons of Katie Elder* (1965), *Hang 'em High* (1968) and *True Grit* (1969). He also appeared in numerous television series such as *The Twilight Zone*, *Bonanza*, *Bewitched* and *Alfred Hitchcock Presents*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these - *On the Waterfront* (1954), Fi1m 89, as Big Mac — [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-waterfront.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *The Magnificent Ambersons* (1942), Fi1m 89, as Policeman at Accident (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-ambersons.md) ## Complete filmography (111) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Dead Aim* (1975), as John Applebee - *Set This Town on Fire* (1973), as Cark Rickter - *The Boy Who Stole the Elephant* (1970), as Sheriff Berry - *Bartleby* (1969), as The Lawyer - *The Love God?* (1969), as Rev. Wilkerson - *True Grit* (1969), as Judge Parker - *Smith!* (1969), as Sheriff - *Now You See It, Now You Don't* (1968), as Capt. Boyle - *Mayberry R.F.D.* (1968), series, as Sheriff Matson - *The Outcasts* (1968), series, Actor - *Blue* (1968), as Abe Parker - *Hang 'em High* (1968), as Prisoner - *A Man Called Gannon* (1968), as Amos - *Mannix* (1967), series, Actor - *Judd, for the Defense* (1967), series, Actor - *Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round* (1966), as Jack Balter - *The Time Tunnel* (1966), series, as Sheriff - *Scalplock* (1966), as Nehemiah - *The Further Adventures of Gallegher* (1965), as Charley Mardis - *The Wild Wild West* (1965), series, as McAvity - *Lost in Space* (1965), series, as Dr. Marvello - *Green Acres* (1965), series, Actor - *The Big Valley* (1965), series, as Jeb Lassiter - *That Funny Feeling* (1965), as Officer Brokaw - *The Sons of Katie Elder* (1965), as Mr. Vennar - *Profiles in Courage* (1964), series, as Sen. Samuel Pomeroy - *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Hand, Simon Girty - *Bewitched* (1964), series, Actor - *Bikini Beach* (1964), as Cop #2 - *Man's Favorite Sport?* (1964), as Policeman - *The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters* (1963), series, as John Murrel - *The Great Adventure* (1963), series, as Attorney Thomas Green - *Son of Flubber* (1963), as Officer Hanson - *The Dakotas* (1963), series, Actor - *Going My Way* (1962), series, Actor - *The Lucy Show* (1962), series, as Weitzman - *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, Actor - *Birdman of Alcatraz* (1962), as Jess Younger - *Straightaway* (1961), series, Actor - *Homicidal* (1961), as Alfred S. Adrims - *The Asphalt Jungle* (1961), series, Actor - *The Absent-Minded Professor* (1961), as Officer Hanson - *Alcatraz Express* (1961), Actor - *The Plunderers* (1960), as Mike Baron - *The Andy Griffith Show* (1960), series, as Uncle Ollie - *My Three Sons* (1960), series, Actor - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Al Matthews - *The Tall Man* (1960), series, Actor - *Wild River* (1960), as Cal Garth - *The Rebel* (1959), series, as Suee - *The Alaskans* (1959), series, Actor - *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Anthony O'Toole — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) - *Johnny Ringo* (1959), series, as Aben Burke - *Law of the Plainsman* (1959), series, as Joshua Jones - *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Arthur Blackwell - *Tightrope* (1959), series, Actor - *The Hangman* (1959), as Herb Loftus - *The Gunfight at Dodge City* (1959), as Reverend Howard - *The Shaggy Dog* (1959), as Officer Hanson - *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Matt Lucas, Mort Henry - *Old Man* (1958), as Warden - *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Shapley Howell - *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, Actor - *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Actor - *The Texan* (1958), series, Actor - *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1958), series, as Dr. Langland - *The Proud Rebel* (1958), as Birm Bates - *Cowboy* (1958), as Mike Adams - *Decision at Sundown* (1957), as Otis, the Bartender - *Trackdown* (1957), series, Actor - *The Walter Winchell File* (1957), series, Actor - *Maverick* (1957), series, Actor - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Sheriff Elmore, Roger Quigley - *Jungle Heat* (1957), as Harvey Mathews - *Richard Diamond, Private Detective* (1957), series, as McAllister - *The Helen Morgan Story* (1957), as Frank Piggin - *Three Brave Men* (1956), as Chief O'Reilly - *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Bert Farrow - *State Trooper* (1956), series, Actor - *The Adventures of Jim Bowie* (1956), series, Actor - *Away All Boats* (1956), Actor - *Lucy Gallant* (1955), as Harry Wilson - *Man with the Gun* (1955), as Mr. Zender - *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, as Mapes - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Commissioner Cummings, Pops Lafferty - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Rance Bradley, Harry Duggan, Cleed, Franks - *The Scarlet Coat* (1955), as Col. Jameson - *The Cobweb* (1955), as James Petlee - *Chief Crazy Horse* (1955), as Caleb Mantz - *The Violent Men* (1955), as Sheriff Magruder - *Three Hours to Kill* (1954), as Sam Minor - *The Human Jungle* (1954), as Marty Harrison - *Lassie* (1954), series, Actor - *On the Waterfront* (1954), as Big Mac — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-waterfront.md) - *Inner Sanctum* (1954), series, Actor - *The Bachelor Party* (1953), as Bookkeeper - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Bartender, The General - *The Whistle at Eaton Falls* (1951), as Joe London - *Casey, Crime Photographer* (1951), series, Actor - *Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town* (1950), as Harvey (Zoo Attendant) (uncredited) - *Side Street* (1950), as Charlie (policeman) - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Captain James Reagan, Bilgeboy / Jimmy Scaggs - *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as H.T. Carmichael - *The Chase* (1946), as Job the Butler - *Undercurrent* (1946), as Henry Gilson - *Around the World* (1943), as Bashful Marine - *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), as Spectator (uncredited) — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md) - *The Magnificent Ambersons* (1942), as Policeman at Accident (uncredited) — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-ambersons.md) - *About Face* (1942), as Soldier with Daisy (uncredited) - *Highway West* (1941), as Swede, Trucker at Cafe - *The Howards of Virginia* (1940), as Backwoodsman ## Gallery - ![James Westerfield](https://film.one/media/person/59324/gallery-f424f1650fe6.jpg) James Westerfield — film screenshot (United Artists), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/James_Westerfield_in_The_Chase.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Public domain film The Chase (1946) - cropped screenshot.](https://film.one/media/person/59324/gallery-fcea5cb43c00.jpg) Public domain film The Chase (1946) - cropped screenshot. — film screenshot (United Artists), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/The_Chase_film.jpg/1280px-The_Chase_film.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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