Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/James_Westerfield> ?p ?o }
- James_Westerfield abstract "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. 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 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.".
- James_Westerfield activeYearsEndYear "1971".
- James_Westerfield activeYearsStartYear "1940".
- James_Westerfield birthDate "1913-03-22".
- James_Westerfield birthPlace Nashville,_Tennessee.
- James_Westerfield birthPlace Tennessee.
- James_Westerfield birthYear "1913".
- James_Westerfield deathCause Myocardial_infarction.
- James_Westerfield deathDate "1971-09-22".
- James_Westerfield deathPlace Los_Angeles.
- James_Westerfield deathPlace Woodland_Hills,_Los_Angeles.
- James_Westerfield deathYear "1971".
- James_Westerfield imdbId "0922599".
- James_Westerfield restingPlace Los_Angeles.
- James_Westerfield restingPlace San_Fernando_Mission_Cemetery.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageExternalLink fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6842832.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageID "2294959".
- James_Westerfield wikiPageLength "6639".
- James_Westerfield wikiPageOutDegree "99".
- James_Westerfield wikiPageRevisionID "705962758".
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink American_Broadcasting_Company.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Birdman_of_Alcatraz_(film).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Blue_(1968_film).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Broadway_theatre.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:1913_births.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:1971_deaths.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:20th-century_American_male_actors.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_male_film_actors.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_male_stage_actors.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_male_television_actors.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:Burials_at_San_Fernando_Mission_Cemetery.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:Male_actors_from_Los_Angeles,_California.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:Male_actors_from_New_York_City.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:Male_actors_from_Tennessee.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Nashville,_Tennessee.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Child_actor.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Cowboy_(1958_film).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Danbury,_Connecticut.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Daniel_Boone_(1964_TV_series).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Dead_Heat_on_a_Merry-Go-Round.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Decision_at_Sundown.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Detective_Story_(play).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Detroit.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Detroit_Civic_Light_Opera.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Film.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink George_Reeves.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Gilmor_Brown.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Going_My_Way_(TV_series).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Greek_Theatre_(Los_Angeles).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Gunsmoke.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Hang_Em_High.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Hazel_(TV_series).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Homicidal.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Kurt_Russell.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Lost_in_Space_episodes.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Lone_Ranger.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Los_Angeles.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Los_Angeles_Civic_Light_Opera.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Lost_in_Space.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Lucy_Gallant.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Mans_Favorite_Sport%3F.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Myocardial_infarction.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Nashville,_Tennessee.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink New_York.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink New_York_Drama_Critics_Circle.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink On_the_Waterfront.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Pasadena_Playhouse.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Perry_Mason.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Richard_Diamond,_Private_Detective.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Stroud.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink San_Fernando_Mission_Cemetery.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink San_Francisco_Civic_Light_Opera.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Smith!.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Son_of_Flubber.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Straightaway.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Tennessee.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink That_Funny_Feeling.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Absent-Minded_Professor.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Alaskans.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Andy_Griffith_Show.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Asphalt_Jungle_(TV_series).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Beverly_Hillbillies.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Californians_(TV_series).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Chase_(1946_film).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Gunfight_at_Dodge_City.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Hangman_(1959_film).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Madwoman_of_Chaillot.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Magnificent_Ambersons.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Magnificent_Ambersons_(film).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Plunderers.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Proud_Rebel.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Rebel_(TV_series).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Rifleman.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Shaggy_Dog_(1959_film).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Sons_of_Katie_Elder.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Travels_of_Jaimie_McPheeters_(TV_series).
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Violent_Men.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink The_Whistle_at_Eaton_Falls.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink Three_Hours_to_Kill.
- James_Westerfield wikiPageWikiLink True_Grit_(1969_film).