James Westerfield: movies and TV shows
James Westerfield has 121 credits in the archive: 57 films and 64 TV series, from 1940 to 1973. Highest rated: The Twilight Zone (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1940 – 1973 · busiest year: 1955 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Set This Town on Fire | Cark Rickter | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1971 | Dead Aim | John Applebee | Film | 3.6 | 58 |
| 1970 | The Boy Who Stole the Elephant | Sheriff Berry | Film | 4.0 | 57 |
| 1969 | True Grit | Judge Parker | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1969 | Smith! | Sheriff | Film | 5.9 | 56 |
| 1969 | The Love God? | Rev. Wilkerson | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1969 | Bartleby | The Lawyer | Film | — | 56 |
| 1968 | Mayberry R.F.D. | Sheriff Matson | TV | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1968 | The Outcasts | TV | 6.5 | 55 | |
| 1968 | Hang 'em High | Prisoner | Film | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1968 | Blue | Abe Parker | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 1968 | A Man Called Gannon | Amos | Film | 4.9 | 55 |
| 1968 | Now You See It, Now You Don't | Capt. Boyle | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1967 | Mannix | TV | 6.8 | 54 | |
| 1967 | Judd, for the Defense | TV | 7.7 | 54 | |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel | Sheriff | TV | 7.6 | 53 |
| 1966 | Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round | Jack Balter | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 1966 | Scalplock | Nehemiah | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | McAvity | TV | 7.6 | 52 |
| 1965 | Green Acres | TV | 7.2 | 52 | |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Jeb Lassiter | TV | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1965 | Lost in Space | Dr. Marvello | TV | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder | Mr. Vennar | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1965 | That Funny Feeling | Officer Brokaw | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1965 | The Further Adventures of Gallegher | Charley Mardis | Film | — | 52 |
| 1964 | Bewitched | TV | 7.9 | 51 | |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Hand | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Simon Girty | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | Sen. Samuel Pomeroy | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1964 | Man's Favorite Sport? | Policeman | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1964 | Bikini Beach | Cop #2 | Film | 5.6 | 51 |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Attorney Thomas Green | TV | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1963 | The Dakotas | TV | 6.5 | 50 | |
| 1963 | The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | John Murrel | TV | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1963 | Son of Flubber | Officer Hanson | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Weitzman | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | TV | 6.9 | 49 | |
| 1962 | Going My Way | TV | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1962 | Birdman of Alcatraz | Jess Younger | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1961 | Straightaway | TV | 9.0 | 48 | |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle | TV | 5.0 | 48 | |
| 1961 | The Absent-Minded Professor | Officer Hanson | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1961 | Homicidal | Alfred S. Adrims | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1961 | Alcatraz Express | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Uncle Ollie | TV | 7.6 | 47 |
| 1960 | My Three Sons | TV | 6.6 | 47 | |
| 1960 | Thriller | Al Matthews | TV | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1960 | The Tall Man | TV | 6.9 | 47 | |
| 1960 | Wild River | Cal Garth | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1960 | The Plunderers | Mike Baron | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Arthur Blackwell | TV | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Anthony O'Toole | TV | 8.5 | 46 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Matt Lucas | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Mort Henry | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Suee | TV | 5.1 | 46 |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Joshua Jones | TV | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo | Aben Burke | TV | 5.9 | 46 |
| 1959 | Tightrope | TV | 6.3 | 46 | |
| 1959 | The Alaskans | TV | 6.7 | 46 | |
| 1959 | The Shaggy Dog | Officer Hanson | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1959 | The Gunfight at Dodge City | Reverend Howard | Film | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1959 | The Hangman | Herb Loftus | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | TV | 7.1 | 45 | |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Shapley Howell | TV | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Dr. Langland | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1958 | The Texan | TV | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | TV | 6.3 | 45 | |
| 1958 | The Proud Rebel | Birm Bates | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1958 | Cowboy | Mike Adams | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1958 | Old Man | Warden | Film | — | 45 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Sheriff Elmore | TV | 7.7 | 44 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Roger Quigley | TV | 7.7 | 44 |
| 1957 | Maverick | TV | 6.9 | 44 | |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | McAllister | TV | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1957 | Trackdown | TV | 6.9 | 44 | |
| 1957 | The Walter Winchell File | TV | 7.5 | 44 | |
| 1957 | Decision at Sundown | Otis, the Bartender | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1957 | Jungle Heat | Harvey Mathews | Film | 5.5 | 44 |
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story | Frank Piggin | Film | — | 44 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Bert Farrow | TV | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1956 | State Trooper | TV | 5.7 | 43 | |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | TV | 5.3 | 43 | |
| 1956 | Away All Boats | Film | 5.4 | 43 | |
| 1956 | Three Brave Men | Chief O'Reilly | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Rance Bradley | TV | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Harry Duggan | TV | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Cleed | TV | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Franks | TV | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Commissioner Cummings | TV | 7.8 | 42 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Pops Lafferty | TV | 7.8 | 42 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Mapes | TV | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1955 | The Cobweb | James Petlee | Film | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1955 | Man with the Gun | Mr. Zender | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 1955 | The Violent Men | Sheriff Magruder | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1955 | Chief Crazy Horse | Caleb Mantz | Film | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1955 | The Scarlet Coat | Col. Jameson | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1955 | Lucy Gallant | Harry Wilson | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1954 | Lassie | TV | 6.3 | 41 | |
| 1954 | Inner Sanctum | TV | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1954 | On the Waterfront | Big Mac | Film | 7.9 | 41 |
| 1954 | Three Hours to Kill | Sam Minor | Film | 5.1 | 41 |
| 1954 | The Human Jungle | Marty Harrison | Film | 5.6 | 41 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Bartender | TV | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | The General | TV | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1953 | The Bachelor Party | Bookkeeper | Film | — | 40 |
| 1951 | Casey, Crime Photographer | TV | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 1951 | The Whistle at Eaton Falls | Joe London | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1950 | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Harvey (Zoo Attendant) (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1950 | Side Street | Charlie (policeman) | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 35 | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | H.T. Carmichael | TV | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Captain James Reagan | TV | 5.4 | 35 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Bilgeboy / Jimmy Scaggs | TV | 5.4 | 35 |
| 1946 | Undercurrent | Henry Gilson | Film | 5.9 | 33 |
| 1946 | The Chase | Job the Butler | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1943 | Around the World | Bashful Marine | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Ambersons | Policeman at Accident (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Spectator (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 29 |
| 1942 | About Face | Soldier with Daisy (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1941 | Highway West | Swede, Trucker at Cafe | Film | 6.6 | 28 |
| 1940 | The Howards of Virginia | Backwoodsman | Film | 6.8 | 27 |