Personal Info
Birth date
1913-08-07 (111 Years)
Day of death
1960-05-20
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Also known as
John Authur James
John James
Biography
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Filmography
Stage Door Canteen
5.8
Overview:
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romanceHomesteaders of Paradise Valley
3.667
Overview:
Red Ryder convinces homesteaders to settle in Paradise Valley. Business men in nearby Central City want control of the valley and water supply and propose to build a dam for half interest in the land. They use Red to generate interest in the dam but when the dam is completed, they rig the stockholder's meeting so Central City will get the water.Anchors Aweigh
6.8
Overview:
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.Tap Roots
6.4
Overview:
Set at the beginning of the Civil War, Tap Roots is all about a county in Mississippi which chooses to secede from the state rather than enter the conflict. The county is protected from the Confederacy by an abolitionist and a Native American gentleman. The abolitionist's daughter is courted by a powerful newspaper publisher when her fiance, a confederate officer, elopes with the girl's sister. The daughter at first resists the publisher's attentions, but turns to him for aid when her ex-fiance plans to capture the seceding county on behalf of the South.Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
6.6
Overview:
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.Bombardier
5.5
Overview:
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular sequence.The Fighting Seabees
6.2
Overview:
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.Flying Tigers
6.1
Overview:
Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into World War II. Gordon must send his outnumbered band of fighter pilots out against overwhelming odds while juggling the disparate personalities and problems of his fellow flyers.Corvette K-225
6.1
Overview:
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.I'll Be Seeing You
7.068
Overview:
Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough from prison to visit her closest relatives, her uncle and his family in a small Midwestern town. On the train she meets Zach Morgan, a troubled army sergeant on leave for the holidays from a military hospital. Although his physical wounds have healed, he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and is subject to panic attacks. The pair are attracted to one another and in the warm atmosphere of the Christmas season friendship blossoms into romance, but Mary is reluctant to tell him of her past and that she must shortly return to prison to serve the remainder of her sentence.My Favorite Spy
5.2
Overview:
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).Murder by Invitation
5.6
Overview:
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
6.1
Overview:
When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.Spy Smasher
5.8
Overview:
Prior to the United States' involvement in World War II, the masked vigilante Spy Smasher fights Nazi agents operating within the US, led by the treacherous sabotage leader codenamed The Mask.Over 21
5.25
Overview:
A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.Her Favorite Patient
5.667
Overview:
A beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle, who is the town's doctor, wants her to stay and help him, and he and a macho test pilot who's fallen for her come up with a plan that involves the pilot faking an illness and being treated by her, with her uncle's "help".Renegades of the Rio Grande
NYR
Overview:
A cowboy who was trying to return the loot from a robbery finds hmself suspected of the crime.Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
5.7
Overview:
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.Lonesome Trail
4
Overview:
Jimmy and partner Dusty have bought a ghost town in the Cherokee strip. When they arrive they find their other partner Lasses has sold 51% to four crooks.Topeka
5
Overview:
Bill Elliot emulates his idol William S. Hart in the superior western Topeka. Elliot plays the archetypal Good Bad Man, hired to kick the crooked element out of a small town. A hard-drinking, hard-living man, Elliot entertains thoughts of taking over the town himself for the benefit of his own gang. After several reels of soul-searching, Elliot decides to honor his promise to clean up the town for its decent citizens. Evidently director Thomas Carr rented a camera crane for this Allied Artists production, since the camera performs remarkable calisthenics, the kind not normally seen in a medium-budget western.The Valiant Hombre
NYR
Overview:
The Cisco Kid and Pancho set off to find the missing owner of a devoted little dog in this western adventure. From the vanished man's sister, the heroes learn that her brother disappeared soon after striking a major gold vein in his mine. In the end Cisco accosts the villain, saves the kidnapped miner and reunites him with his dog.Vigilante Terror
5
Overview:
Vigilante Terror was one of the last of the "Wild Bill" Elliot westerns for Columbia. This time, Elliot comes to rescue an imperiled storekeeper. A band of masked vigilantes is laying waste to the countryside, and the storekeeper is blamed. Wild Bill saves the day by going undercover -- or under hood, as it wereHidden Valley Outlaws
NYR
Overview:
Lawyer Leland is using land rights to kick the ranchers off their land. When Wild Bill and Gabby arrive to help the ranchers, he has actor Percel frame them for murder and then incites the townsmen to lynch them.Spy Smasher Returns
8
Overview:
Edited version of the 1942 Republic serial "Spy Smasher," cut down to one hour and sold for TV release in 1966 in a syndication package with other truncated Republic serials.The Laramie Trail
NYR
Overview:
A cowbody acquires a ranch whose previous owner is believed to be dead.The Countess of Monte Cristo
5
Overview:
This musical tells the tales of two movie extras who abscond to an expensive resort with their costumes and pretend to be aristocrats. Included in the film are ice skating numbers and songs.The Man from Thunder River
5
Overview:
In this western, a cowboy and his pals must stop outlaws from stealing a cache of gold ore. Action ensues, and they succeed.Son of the Navy
5.5
Overview:
A runaway boy pretends to be the son of a Navy man, only to turn both their lives upside down.Gun Law Justice
NYR
Overview:
Jimmy Wakely befriends Hank Carrdigan, a former outlaw who has served his sentence and wants to go straight. Jimmy, after clearing Hank of a wrongful shooting charge, helps him get a job as an express messenger. Hank drives off some bandits in an attempted hold-up, but recognizes his son Tom as one of the bandits. A later robbery is blamed on Hank but Jimmy and his sidekick Cannonball Taylor bring in the real culprits and clear Hank's name.Acting
1966Spy Smasher Returns as Steve
1953Vigilante Terror as Jed
1953Topeka as Marv Ronsom
1950Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town as Roberts (Masterson's Chauffeur) (uncredited)
1949Son of Billy the Kid as Colt Thorn
1949Gun Law Justice as Tom Cardigan
1948The Valiant Hombre as Paul Mason
1948The Countess of Monte Cristo as Freddie
1948Outlaw Brand as Lannigan - Card Sharp
1948Tap Roots as (uncredited)
1948Range Renegades as Kern
1947Ridin' Down the Trail as Dakota - Henchman
1947The Wild Frontier as Jimmy Lane
1947Song of the Wasteland as Lance Bennett
1947Homesteaders of Paradise Valley as Steve Hill
1947Shoot to Kill as Newscaster (uncredited)
1946Devil Bat's Daughter as Ted Masters
1946Partners in Time as Tim Matthews
1945Lonesome Trail as Dusty James
1945Riders of the Dawn as Dusty Smith
1945Anchors Aweigh as Sailor (uncredited)
1945Saddle Serenade as Dusty Smith
1945Over 21 as Paulsen - Officer Candidate (uncredited)
1945Her Favorite Patient as Pfc. Dick Smith
1945Renegades of the Rio Grande as Johnny Emerson
1945Great Stagecoach Robbery as Billy Hollister
1944I'll Be Seeing You as Paratrooper on Train (uncredited)
1944Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)
1944Bordertown Trail as Tom
1944The Laramie Trail as Jimmy Terril
1944Hidden Valley Outlaws as Danny Clark
1944The Fighting Seabees as Meteorological Officer (uncredited)
1943Corvette K-225 as Signalman
1943Stage Door Canteen as Don Brandt (uncredited)
1943The Man from Thunder River as Jack Ferguson
1943Bombardier as Buck's B-17 Co-Pilot
1943Santa Fe Scouts as Tim Clay
1943Thundering Trails as Johnny Brooke
1942Flying Tigers as Selby
1942The Sombrero Kid as Tommy Holden
1942My Favorite Spy as Recruit
1942The Cyclone Kid as Bill Dawson
1942Westward Ho as Jimmy Henderson
1942Spy Smasher as Steve
1941Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as Davis, Patrol Guard
1941King of the Texas Rangers as Truck Driver Dave
1941Murder by Invitation as Tom Denham
1940Son of the Navy as Ensign