James Gregory
James Gregory (December 23, 1911 – September 16, 2002) was an American actor. His best-known roles include Schaffer in Al Capone (1959), the McCarthy-like Sen. John Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate (1962), General Ursus in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), and Inspector Frank Luger in the television sitcom Barney Miller (1975–1982). Gregory grew up in New Rochelle, NY. In high school, he was elected president of the Drama Club. He went to work on Wall Street as a runner shortly after the 1929 crash. Gregory performed in drama groups and achieved pro status as a summer stock player in 1935. He performed in plays throughout New York, New Jersey and Maryland. His troupe of performers toured small towns in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, towing a trailer full of theatre props; they performed in school gyms, churches and YMCAs, earning $25 for a week of one-night stands. In 1939, Gregory made his Broadway debut in a production of "Key Largo". Over the next 16 years, he performed in approximately 25 Broadway productions. His career was interrupted by WWII; he served for 3 years in the Navy and Marine Corps. His tour of duty took him to the Pacific where he spent 83 days on Okinawa. He married Anne Miltner in 1944; they were married for 58 years (until his death). During his Broadway career, Gregory earned consistently favorable reviews by drama critics from the New York Press, Boston Globe, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Gregory did a few TV spots as early as 1951, and in 1955 he made the transition from the Broadway stage to live television. The following year, after a couple of earlier uncredited movie appearances, he would also begin his movie career in earnest. He worked steadily throughout the early years of TV, working for major live television productions from New York to Hollywood. In 1959, Gregory made television history by costarring in the pilot episode of the The Twilight Zone (1959); the episode "Where Is Everybody?" concerning the relevant topic of the USA winning the space race by sending a manned spaceship to the moon sold the series. Gregory would play Dean Martin's exasperated boss MacDonald in the first 3 of the Matt Helm movies: The Silencers (1966), Murderers' Row (1966) and The Ambushers (1967). One of his final roles, perhaps his most acclaimed, was as Inspector Frank Luger for the entire run of Barney Miller (1975 - 1982). As the Inspector, he would be lovable, irritating, ingratiating, exasperating, and humorous, sometimes all at the same time. Gregory retired from acting in 1983, with over 100 TV and movie credits.
Fotos
Películas (53)
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
1983 · Dan Peters
The Flight of Dragons
1982 · Bryagh / Smrgol (voice)
Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood
1981 · Leo Hackett
Gridlock
1980 · Gen. Caribou Caruthers
The Comeback Kid
1980 · Scotty
The Main Event
1979 · Gough
Off the Wall
1977 · Producer
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976 · James Donovan
The Strongest Man in the World
1975 · Chief Blair
The Abduction of Saint Anne
1975 · Pete Haggerty
Miracle on 34th Street
1973 · District Attorney
The Weekend Nun
1972 · Sid Richardson
A Very Missing Person
1972 · Oscar Piper
The Marshal of Madrid
1972 · Oil Tycoon
The Late Liz
1971 · Sam Burns
Shoot Out
1971 · Sam Foley
The Million Dollar Duck
1971 · Rutledge
The Hawaiians
1970 · Dr. Whipple Sr. (uncredited)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970 · Ursus
The Love God?
1969 · Darrell Evans Hughes
Cocoon
1968 · Jonathan Kaye
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968 · Gen. Homer Prentiss
The Ambushers
1967 · MacDonald
Clambake
1967 · Duster Heyward
The Hunted
1967 · Buckman
Murderers' Row
1966 · MacDonald
The Silencers
1966 · MacDonald
A Rage to Live
1965 · Dr. O'Brien
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965 · Morgan Hastings
Quick, Before It Melts
1965 · Vice Admiral
A Distant Trumpet
1964 · Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963 · Col. Edgar Pyser
Twilight of Honor
1963 · Norris Bixby
PT 109
1963 · Commander C.R. Ritchie
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 · Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962 · Brad Byrd
X-15
1961 · Tom Deparma
Journey to the Day
1960 · Endicott
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960 · Editor
Hey Boy! Hey Girl!
1959 · Father Burton
Al Capone
1959 · Schaefler (narrator)
Onionhead
1958 · Lt. Cmdr. Fox aka The Skipper
A Town Has Turned to Dust
1958 · Hennify
Underwater Warrior
1958 · Lt. William Arnold
Gun Glory
1957 · Grimsell
The Big Caper
1957 · Flood
The Young Stranger
1957 · Sergeant Shipley
Nightfall
1956 · Ben Fraser
The Scarlet Hour
1956 · Ralph Nevins
At This Moment
1954 · Bill Ritter
The Frogmen
1951 · Chief Petty Officer Lane
The Naked City
1948 · Patrolman Albert Hicks (uncredited)
The Things People Want
1948 · Pete
Series (81)
Detective School
1979
Supertrén
1979 · Griswald
Flying High
1978
The Bastard
1978 · Will Campbell
Vacaciones en el mar
1977 · Milton Benson
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Tony Gordon
All's Fair
1976
Barney Miller
1975 · Inspector Frank Luger, Frank Luger
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Captain Quill
Police Story
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
M*A*S*H
1972 · General Kelly
Search
1972
The Paul Lynde Show
1972
Temperatures Rising
1972 · James Jerome
Emergency!
1972 · Brackett's Father
Sanford and Son
1972
Colombo
1971 · David Buckner
Cannon
1971
All in the Family
1971 · William R. Kirkwood
Night Gallery
1970
The Partridge Family
1970 · Claude Tubbles
The Headmaster
1970
McCloud
1970
Medical Center
1969 · Col. Whittendale
My World and Welcome to It
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Jonathan Kaye, Mike Finney
The Mod Squad
1968 · Gus Williams
Lancer
1968
The Outcasts
1968
The Outsider
1968
Premiere
1968
The High Chaparral
1967 · Jake Stoner
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Ironside
1967 · Herb Jarman, TV Presenter, Tony Hudson
Mission: Impossible
1966
Star Trek
1966 · Dr. Tristan Adams
That Girl
1966
Tarzan
1966
The F.B.I.
1965 · Bert Anslem
The Loner
1965
The Wild Wild West
1965
Hogan's Heroes
1965 · General Biedenbender
The Big Valley
1965 · Simon Carter, Senator Jim Bannard, Harry Bodine
F Troop
1965
Daniel Boone
1964 · Captain Asa Webb
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Lieutenant Wade
The Fugitive
1963 · Pete Crandall
The Lieutenant
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Fred Kruger
The Virginian
1962 · Slim Jessup, Cal Young
Sam Benedict
1962
The New Breed
1961 · Father Al
Ben Casey
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Defenders
1961 · Paul Tasso
My Three Sons
1960
Thriller
1960 · Howard Yates
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Confederate Sergeant, Air Force General
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · John Kramer
Laramie
1959
Bonanza
1959 · Mulvaney, Sgt. Mike Russell, Whitney Parker
The Lawless Years
1959 · Barney Ruditsky
Rawhide
1959 · Owen Spencer, Mister Brothers, Lash Whitcomb
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Martin Burke
Playwrights '56
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Mr. Wescott, Wayne Campbell, John Gregory
Gunsmoke
1955 · Scanlon, Sr., Judge Calvin Strom, Wes Martin
Climax!
1954 · Joe McCarthy, Dr. Froelich
Inner Sanctum
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Jim Patton
General Electric Theater
1953 · Sandy Green
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Morgan, Lieutenant Billy Kyle
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Mac, Mr. Randolph
Danger
1950 · Willie
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Suspense
1949 · Jerry
Studio One
1948 · Gas Man, Mr. Black, James Metcalf, Mr. Bales, George Monzo, Corey, Private Alan Pomeroy
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Lester Thompson, Angus
Kraft Television Theatre
1947 · Steve