Personal Info
Birth date
1916-02-13 (109 Years)
Day of death
1993-09-17
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as
J.J. Griffith
James F. Griffith
James J. Griffith
James W. Griffith
Jimmy Griffith
Jim Griffith
James Jeffrey Griffith
James Griffith
Biography
James Griffith was an American character actor, musician, and screenwriter.
Filmography
Lassie
6.1
Overview:
Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.Matinee Theater
5
Overview:
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.Have Gun, Will Travel
7.4
Overview:
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.5
Overview:
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.The Six Million Dollar Man
7.2
Overview:
Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.Little House on the Prairie
7.937
Overview:
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.Perry Mason
7.7
Overview:
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.Dragnet
6.4
Overview:
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
6.579
Overview:
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.Dr. Kildare
5.5
Overview:
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.The Big Valley
6.1
Overview:
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.Medical Center
6.1
Overview:
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.Hart to Hart
6.831
Overview:
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.Ben Casey
5.6
Overview:
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may have influenced the personality of the title character.Maverick
6.8
Overview:
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.Daniel Boone
6.9
Overview:
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.The Adventures of Jim Bowie
4.5
Overview:
The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.Thriller
6.417
Overview:
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.The Fugitive
7.2
Overview:
Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.Mission: Impossible
7.6
Overview:
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.Rawhide
7.2
Overview:
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.Cheyenne
5.8
Overview:
Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.M Squad
5.2
Overview:
Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption in America's Second City, Chicago.Fantasy Island
6.4
Overview:
A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons in their pursuit of fulfilling their dreams. Not all dreams are fulfilled as expected.Batman
7.3
Overview:
Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.The Mod Squad
6.3
Overview:
The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochren, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas. The iconic counter-culture police series earned six Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one Directors Guild of America award, and four Logies. In 1997 the episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.The Deputy
6.2
Overview:
The Deputy is an American western series that aired on NBC from September 1959, to July 1961. The series stars Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.Acting
2004Los Angeles Plays Itself as Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)
1981The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Uncle Silas
1980The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as Squire Van Tassel
1979Hart to Hart (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979B. J. and the Bear (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1978Desperate Women as Jonas Scurlock
1978Fantasy Island (1 Episode) as Hezekiah Pugh
1977Speedtrap as Wino
1977Flood! as Charlie Davis
1977The Gift as Tav
1975Isis (1 Episode) as Dr. Blandford
1974Seven Alone as Billy Shaw
1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1 Episode) as Schwartz
1974Little House on the Prairie (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1974Run, Joe, Run (1 Episode) as Unknown
1974Hitchhike! as Sheriff Bentley
1974The Six Million Dollar Man (1 Episode) as Will Long
1973Kojak (1 Episode) as Mr. Swift
1973Police Story (1 Episode) as Unknown
1972Kung Fu (1 Episode) as Joe Purdy
1972The Streets of San Francisco (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1972Emergency! (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1970Like It Is as Father
1970Dial Hot Line as Sam
1969Medical Center (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969Seven in Darkness as Harlan Cabot
1969Heaven with a Gun as Abraham Murdock
1968The Mod Squad (1 Episode) as Unknown
1968Lancer (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967Winchester '73 as Minister Riding on Horse
1966The Monkees (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966The Monroes (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Mr. Stribling
1966Batman (2, 1 Episode) as Trusty, Manx
1965Honey West (1 Episode) as Conrad Wycherly
1965Laredo (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965The Big Valley (1 Episode) as Clyde
1965F Troop (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964Daniel Boone (1, 3 Episode) as Feathers, Coll
1964The Rogues (1 Episode) as Bert
1964Lorna as The Man of God
1964Advance to the Rear as Hugo Zattig
1963The Great Adventure (1 Episode) as Harry Young
1963The Fugitive (1, 1 Episode) as Dispatcher, Seth
1962How the West Was Won as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
1962General Electric True (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1962The Storm as Ed Brandies
1961Pocketful of Miracles as Detective Briscoe (uncredited)
1961Ben Casey (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Dr. Kildare (1, 1 Episode) as Sims, Harold Hutchinson
1961Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery as Detective Tom
1960North to Alaska as Salvation Army Leader
1960Spartacus as Otho (uncredited)
1960Outlaws (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Thriller (1, 1 Episode) as Ed Brandies, Victor Harrod
1960The Tall Man (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1960The Amazing Transparent Man as Major Paul Krenner
1959Wichita Town (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Lock-Up (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1959Riverboat (1 Episode) as Cpl. Sam Giler
1959The Deputy (1 Episode) as Ballard
1959The Big Fisherman as Beggar
1959The Lawless Years (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Rawhide (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Tyree, White, Gurney
1958Frontier Gun as Cash Skelton
1958The Texan (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Bronco (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Bullwhip as 'Slow' Karp
1958Seven Guns to Mesa as Papa Clellan
1958Man from God's Country as Mark Faber
1958Return to Warbow as Frank Hollister
1957Raintree County as Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)
1957Trackdown (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1957The Walter Winchell File (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957Domino Kid as Unknown
1957Maverick (1 Episode) as John Wesley Hardin
1957Perry Mason (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Arthur Dorian, Jake Stearns, Walter Hutchings, Jack Randall
1957M Squad (1 Episode) as James Keniton
1957Have Gun, Will Travel (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1957Omar Khayyam as Buzorg
1957The Vampire as Henry Winston
1957The Guns of Fort Petticoat as Kipper
1957Official Detective (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1 Episode) as Taggert
1956U.S. Marshall (1 Episode) as Deputy Tom Ferguson
1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1956Rebel in Town as Marshal Adam Russell
1956The First Texan as Davy Crockett
1956The Killing as Mr. Grimes
1956Tribute to a Bad Man as Barjak
1955At Gunpoint as Alexander
1955Matinee Theater (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955The 20th Century Fox Hour (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1955Count Three and Pray as Swallow
1955Frontier (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Cheyenne (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1955Gunsmoke (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Joe Kite, Joth Monger, Tillman, Bettis, Harford, Wade Lester
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Apache Ambush as Abraham Lincoln
1955The Night of the Hunter as District Attorney
1955I Cover the Underworld as Smiley Di Angelo
1955Buffalo Bill Jr. (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1955The Millionaire (1 Episode) as Allan Reese
1954Day of Triumph as Judas Iscariot
1954Masterson of Kansas as Doc Holliday
1954Drum Beat as Unknown
1954Lassie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1954Dragnet as Jesse Quinn
1954The Black Dakotas as Warren
1954The Shanghai Story as Carl Hoyt
1954The Law vs. Billy the Kid as Pat Garrett
1954Rails Into Laramie as Orrie Sommers
1954Jesse James vs. the Daltons as Bob Dalton
1954The Boy from Oklahoma as Joe Downey
1954Manhunt in Space as Ken, Cassa 7 Air Controller
1953City Detective (1 Episode) as Unknown
1953No Escape as Peter Hayden
1953I Beheld His Glory as Caiaphas
1953Kansas Pacific as Joe Farley
1952Eight Iron Men as Pvt. Ferguson
1952Cavalcade of America (1, 1 Episode) as Abraham Lincoln, Clay Doggett
1952Hopalong Cassidy (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie as Ollie
1952Red Skies of Montana as Boise Peterson
1952Dangerous Assignment (1 Episode) as Unknown
1951Dragnet (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1951The Blue Veil as Joplin's Agent (Uncredited)
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 Episode) as Raymond Andrews
1951The Lady Pays Off as Ronald
1951Rhubarb as Ogelthorpe Meadows
1951Chain of Circumstance as Sid
1951Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison as Unknown
1951Apache Drums as Lt. Glidden
1951Payment on Demand as Arthur
1951Al Jennings of Oklahoma as Slim Harris
1950Double Deal as Walter Karnes
1950The Breaking Point as Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)
1950Lux Video Theatre (1 Episode) as Henry Jackson
1950Indian Territory as Apache Kid aka Johnny Corday
1950The Petty Girl as Royal Roof Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
1950The Cariboo Trail as Higgins
1950Bright Leaf as Ellery (uncredited)
1949Holiday Affair as Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)
1949Oh, You Beautiful Doll as Joe, a Reporter
1949Special Agent as Candy Vendor on Train (uncredited)
1949Search for Danger as Lt. Cooper
1949Alaska Patrol as Operative Dale
1949Daughter of the West as Jed Morgan (as James J. Griffith)
1948Every Girl Should Be Married as Insurance Salesman (uncredited)
1948Blonde Ice as Al Herrick
Writing
1971Catlow ... Writer
1968Shalako ... Screenplay
1966Mission: Impossible (1 Episode) ... Writer
1965Motorpsycho! ... Original Story
1964Lorna ... Screenplay
Sound
1964Lorna ... Original Music Composer