James Gregory Biography (1911-2002)

Born December 23, 1911, in the Bronx, NY; son of James Gillen (a railroad engineer) and Axennia Theresa (Ekdahl) Gregory; married Ann Catherine Miltner, May 25, 1944.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Birth Details
December 23, 1911
Bronx, New York, United States
Death Details
September 16, 2002
Sedona, Arizona

Famous Works

  • Credits; Stage Appearances
  • Jerry, Key Largo, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1939.
  • Festus, Journey to Jerusalem, National Theatre, New York City, 1940.
  • Officer Hanan, Glamour Preferred, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1940.
  • Dillan, In Time to Come, Mansfield Theatre, New York City, 1941.
  • Frank, Autumn Hill, Booth Theatre, 1942.
  • Policeman, Dream Girl, Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 1945.
  • George Deever, All My Sons, Coronet Theatre, 1947.
  • Biff, Death of a Salesman, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1949.
  • Charlie, Dinosaur Wharf, National Theatre, 1951.
  • Glenway Trent, Collector's Item, Booth Theatre, 1952.
  • Lieutenant Monahan, Dead Pigeon, Vanderbilt Theatre, New York City, 1953.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Clyde Bartlett, Fragile Fox, Belasco Theatre, New YorkCity, 1954.
  • Jesse Bard, The Desperate Hours, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1955.
  • Appeared in summer stock productions, including Deer Lake, PA, 1936, 1937, and 1939; Playhouse Theatre, Millbrook, NY, 1938; Mountain Theatre, Braddock Heights, MD, 1940; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA, 1941; and Ivy Tower Playhouse, Spring Lake, NJ, 1951.
  • Credits; Film Appearances
  • Patrolman Albert Hicks, The Naked City, Universal, 1948.
  • Chief Petty Officer Lane, The Frogmen, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951.
  • Ralph, The Scarlet Hour, Paramount, 1956.
  • Sergeant Shipley, The Young Stranger, Universal, 1957.
  • Grimsell, Gun Glory, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1957.
  • Ben Fraser, Nightfall, Columbia, 1957.
  • Flood, The Big Caper, United Artists, 1957.
  • Commander William Arnold, Underwater Warrior, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958.
  • "Skipper," Onionhead, Warner Bros., 1958.
  • Schaefer, Al Capone Story, Allied Artists, 1959.
  • Torn Deparma, X-15, United Artists, 1961.
  • Brad Byrd, Two Weeks in Another Town, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962.
  • Senator John Iselin, The Manchurian Candidate, United Artists, 1962.
  • Norris Bixby, Twilight of Honor (also known as The Charge Is Murder), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963.
  • Commander C. R. Ritchie, PT-109, Warner Bros., 1963.
  • Vice Admiral, Quick, Before It Melts, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964.
  • General Quait, A Distant Trumpet, Warner Bros., 1964.
  • Colonel Edgar Pyser, Captain Newman, M.D., Universal, 1964.
  • Morgan Hastings, The Sons of Katie Elder, Paramount, 1965.
  • Dr. O'Brien, A Rage to Live, United Artists, 1965.
  • MacDonald, Murderers' Row, Columbia, 1966.
  • MacDonald, The Silencers, Columbia, 1966.
  • Duster Hayward, Clambake, United Artists, 1967.
  • MacDonald, The Ambushers, Columbia, 1968.
  • General Prentiss, The Secret War of Harry Frigg, Universal, 1968.
  • Darrell Evans Hughes, The Love God?, Universal, 1969.
  • Dr. Whipple Sr., The Hawaiians (also known as Master of the Islands), United Artists, 1970.
  • Sam Foley, Shoot Out, Universal, 1971.
  • Ursus, Beneath the Planet of the Apes (also known as Planet of the Apes Revisited and Planet of the Men), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971.
  • Rutledge, $1,000,000 Duck (also known as Million Dollar Duck), Buena Vista, 1971.
  • Sam Burns, The Late Liz, Gateway, 1971.
  • Chief Blair, The Strongest Man in the World, Buena Vista, 1974.
  • Leo Gough, The Main Event, Warner Bros., 1979.
  • Voice of Carolinus, Flight of Dragons (animated), Warner Home Video, 1982.
  • Credits; Film Work
  • Producer and editor, Off the Wall, Gregory, 1977.
  • Credits; Television Appearances; Series
  • Barney Ruditsky, The Lawless Years, NBC, 1959, and 1961.
  • President Ulysses S. Grant, The Wild, Wild West, CBS, 1965-69.
  • T. R. Scott, The Paul Lynde Show, ABC, 1972-73.
  • Inspector Frank Luger, Barney Miller (also known as The Life and Times ofCaptain Barney Miller), ABC, 1975-82.
  • Nick Hannigan, Detective School, ABC, 1979.
  • Credits; Television Appearances; Movies
  • The Weekend Nun, 1972.
  • A Very Missing Person, ABC, 1972.
  • District attorney, Miracle on 34th Street, CBS, 1973.
  • Pete Haggerty, The Abduction of Saint Anne, ABC, 1975.
  • James Donovan, Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident, NBC, 1976.
  • Scotty, The Comeback Kid, ABC, 1980.
  • General Caribou, Gridlock (also known as The Great American Traffic Jam),NBC, 1980.
  • Leo Hackett, Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood, NBC, 1981.
  • Dan Peters, Wait Til Your Mother Gets Home, NBC, 1983.
  • Credits; Television Appearances; Episodic
  • "All the Way to the Moon," The Web, CBS, 1951.
  • "Detective Sgt. Martin Stephens," Police Story, CBS, 1952.
  • "Lapse," Short, Short Drama, NBC, 1953.
  • "Memory," Short, Short Drama, NBC, 1953.
  • "My Brother's Keeper," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1953.
  • "Transfusion," Armstrong Circle Theater, NBC, 1953.
  • "Last Stop before Albany," Danger, CBS, 1953.
  • "Surface Treason," Danger, CBS, 1953.
  • "The Dark Room," Campbell Television Soundstage, NBC, 1953.
  • "Alias Jimmy Balentine," Kraft Television Theatre, ABC, 1953.
  • "The Old Man's Gold," Armstrong Circle Theater, NBC, 1954.
  • "Hotel Murder," The Mask, ABC, 1954.
  • "The Cleveland Story," Man behind the Badge, CBS, 1954.
  • "Fall Guy," Danger, CBS, 1954.
  • "Timmy," Love Story, The Du Mont Network, 1954.
  • The Big Story, NBC, 1954.
  • "Outlaw's Boots," Danger, CBS, 1954.
  • "For All We Know," Love Story, The Du Mont Network, 1954.
  • "The Long Road Home," Kraft Television Theatre, ABC, 1954.
  • "Hour of Darkness," Inner Sanctum, syndicated, 1954.
  • "The Hero," Studio One, CBS, 1954.
  • "The Deserter," Studio One, CBS, 1954.
  • "Knife in the Dark," Danger, CBS, 1954.
  • "The First Flight of the Wright Brothers," You Are There, CBS, 1955.
  • Roy, "Five in Judgment," Appointment with Adventure, CBS, 1955.
  • "The Haunted," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1955.
  • "Trucks Welcome," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1955.
  • "The Heart's a Forgotten Hotel," Playwrights '56, NBC, 1955.
  • "The Big Frame," Justice, NBC, 1955.
  • "Thunder in Washington," Alcoa Hour, NBC, 1955.
  • "Nightmare by Day," Star Tonight, ABC, 1955.
  • "Anna Santonello," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1956.
  • "Island in the City," Climax, CBS, 1956.
  • "The Jameson Case," On Trial, NBC, 1956.
  • Wayne Campbell, "The Cream of the Jest," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CBS,1957.
  • "The Staring Match," Studio One, CBS, 1957.
  • "The Long Flight," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1957.
  • John Gregory, "The Perfect Crime," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CBS, 1957.
  • "Marcia Akers," Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1957.
  • "Polka," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1957.
  • "Presence of the Enemy," Studio One, CBS, 1958.
  • Mr. Westcott, "Post Mortem," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CBS, 1958.
  • "You'll Have to Die Now," Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, CBS, 1958.
  • "The House at Malibu," Pursuit, CBS, 1958.
  • "The Day the Town Stood Up," Desilu Playhouse, CBS, 1959.
  • General, "Where Is Everybody?," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1959.
  • "Man of God," Laramie, NBC, 1959.
  • "Head to Head," Alcoa Theatre, CBS, 1960.
  • Ricky Bell, "The Ricky and Laura Bell Story," Wagon Train, NBC, 1960.
  • "The Third Party," Moment of Fear, NBC, 1960.
  • "I Hit and Run," The June Allyson Show, CBS, 1960.
  • "Hour of Execution," Checkmate, CBS, 1961.
  • "The Meriwether File," Thriller, NBC, 1961.
  • "Those at the Top," The Loretta Young Show, NBC, 1961.
  • "The Depths of Fear," Frontier Circus, CBS, 1961.
  • Sergeant, "The Passerby," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1961.
  • "Prime Target," The New Breed, ABC, 1961.
  • "People Need People," Alcoa Premiere, ABC, 1961.
  • "Jigsaw," The Untouchables, ABC, 1961.
  • "The Malignant Hearts," Target: The Corruptors, ABC, 1962.
  • "Fifty Days to Moose Jaw," The Virginian, NBC, 1962.
  • "When the Gods Laugh," Empire, NBC, 1962.
  • "Incident at Crooked Hat," Rawhide, CBS, 1963.
  • "The Sometime Gambler," Laramie, NBC, 1963.
  • "Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows," Sam Benedict, NBC, 1963.
  • "Try and Keep Alive until Next Tuesday," Eleventh Hour, NBC, 1963.
  • "A Very Private Affair," Lieutenant, NBC, 1963.
  • "The Dividing Wall," The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, NBC, 1963.
  • "All the Silent Voices," The Defenders, CBS, 1964.
  • "There Once Was a Man in the Land of Uz," Ben Casey, ABC, 1964.
  • "Capp's Lady," Lieutenant, NBC, 1964.
  • "Glass Flowers Never Drop Petals," Breaking Point, ABC, 1964.
  • "Incident of the Peyote Cup," Rawhide, CBS, 1964.
  • "The Day They Gave Diamonds Away," The Rogues, NBC, 1964.
  • "One Tiger to a Hill," Kraft Suspense Theatre, NBC, 1964.
  • "A Man to Admire," Bonanza, NBC, 1964.
  • John Scanlon, "The New Society," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1965.
  • "Six Weeks to Bent Fork," Rawhide, CBS, 1965.
  • "To Free My Enemy," The FBI, ABC, 1965.
  • "Judge Calvin Storm," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1965.
  • "The Lost Diablo," A Man Called Shenandoah, ABC, 1966.
  • General Biedenbender, "Hogan Gives a Birthday Party," Hogan's Heroes, 1966.
  • "A Question of Guilt," The Loner, CBS, 1966.
  • "Lieutenant O'Rourke, Front and Center," F Troop, ABC, 1966.
  • Simon Carter, "Pursuit," The Big Valley, ABC, 1966.
  • "Wine Is a Traitor," The Fugitive, ABC, 1966.
  • Dr. Tristan Adams, "Dagger of the Mind," Star Trek, NBC, 1966.
  • "Without Mercy," The Virginian, NBC, 1967.
  • "Carpetbagging, Anyone?," F Troop, ABC, 1967.
  • "Man Killer," Tarzan, NBC, 1967.
  • "So Long, Charley, Hello," My Three Sons, CBS, 1967.
  • "Message from Beyond," Ironside, NBC, 1967.
  • "Second Chance," Bonanza, NBC, 1967.
  • Simon Carter, "Ambush," The Big Valley, ABC, 1967.
  • "The Hunted," Cimarron Strip, CBS, 1967.
  • "Fang and Claw," Cowboy in Africa, ABC, 1967.
  • "The Value of a King," Daniel Boone, NBC, 1967.
  • "The Victim," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1968.
  • "The Hair Hunter," High Chaparral, NBC, 1968.
  • Senator Bannard, "The Challenge," The Big Valley, ABC, 1968.
  • "Three Ways to Die," Outcasts, ABC, 1968.
  • "The Lawman," Lancer, CBS, 1968.
  • "The Death Farm," Judd, for the Defense, ABC, 1968.
  • "A Quiet Weekend in the Country," Mod Squad, ABC, 1968.
  • "Rundown on a Bum Rap," Ironside, NBC, 1969.
  • Sergeant Russell, "Company of Forgotten Men," Bonanza, NBC, 1969.
  • "The Price of Love," The Virginian, NBC, 1969.
  • "A Lot of Muscle," Outsider, NBC, 1969.
  • Harry Bodine, "The Other Face of Justice," The Big Valley, ABC, 1969.
  • My World ... and Welcome to It, NBC, 1969.
  • Good Guys, CBS, 1969.
  • Mike Finney, "All the King's Horses," Hawaii Five-O, CBS, 1969.
  • "Man of the People," The Name of the Game, NBC, 1970.
  • "Day for Night," Bracken's World, NBC, 1970.
  • "So Long, Baby, and Amen," The Name of the Game, NBC, 1970.
  • Headmaster, CBS, 1970.
  • "Super Don," That Girl, ABC, 1970.
  • "Soot Yourself," That Girl, ABC, 1971.
  • "Crisscross," Cade's County, CBS, 1971.
  • Joe Corvin, "The Bride," Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1972.
  • "Short Fuse," Columbo, NBC, 1972.
  • Sergeant Stanley Beverlow, "Stop Killing Me," Night Gallery, NBC, 1972.
  • "Programmed for Panic," Ironside, NBC, 1972.
  • "Edith Flips Her Wig," All in the Family, CBS, 1972.
  • "Operation Iceman," Search, NBC, 1972.
  • "The Bradley Affair," Jigsaw, ABC, 1972.
  • "The Most Crucial Game," Columbo, NBC, 1972.
  • Escape, NBC, 1973.
  • Love, American Style, ABC, 1973.
  • Joe Shay, "For the Love of God," The Streets of San Francisco, ABC, 1973.
  • "The Hidden Man," Ironside, NBC, 1973.
  • "Cowboy in Paradise," McCloud, NBC, 1974.
  • "Danny Drops Out," Partridge Family, ABC, 1974.
  • "Fingerprint," Police Story, NBC, 1974.
  • "Vendetta," The F.B.I., ABC, 1974.
  • "U.F.O.," The Night Stalker (also known as Kolchak: The Night Stalker), ABC, 1974.
  • "Iron Guts Kelly," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1974.
  • Emergency, NBC, 1975.
  • "The Witness," Police Story, NBC, 1975.
  • "Bless the Big Fish," McCoy, NBC, 1975.
  • "The Man Who Died Twice," Cannon, CBS, 1975.
  • "The Cut Man Caper," Police Story, NBC, 1975.
  • All's Fair, CBS, 1977.
  • "Death Casts a Vote," Quincy, M.E., NBC, 1977.
  • "A Hairy Yak Plays," Flying High, CBS, 1978.
  • The Love Boat, ABC, 1980.
  • Aloha Paradise, ABC, 1981.
  • "The Last of Leadbottom," Quincy, M.E., NBC, 1982.
  • "Grandpa," Mr. Belvedere, ABC, 1986.
  • Credits; Television Appearances; Miniseries
  • Will Campbell, The Bastard (also known as The Kent Family Chronicles), Operation Prime Time, 1978.
  • Credits; Television Appearances; Pilots
  • Happily Ever After, NBC, 1961.
  • Call to Danger, CBS, 1968.
  • The Flim-Flam Man, NBC, 1969.
  • Stop the Presses, CBS, 1977.
  • Credits; Television Work; Series
  • Series school advisor, The Great Depression (historical documentary), PBS, 1993.
  • Segment academic advisor, "We Have a Plan," "To Be Somebody," and "Arsenal of Democracy," The Great Depression (historical documentary), PBS, 1993.