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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.