James A. Westerfield
| Sign | Aries |
| Born | Mar 22, 1913 Nashville, TN |
| Died | Sep 20, 1971 Woodland Hills, CA |
| Age | Died at 58 |
James Westerfield | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1940-1971 |
| Top Roles | Officer Hanson, Prisoner, Policeman, Cal Garth, Big Mac |
| Top Genres | Drama, Western, Romance, Comedy, Crime, Action |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, True Story (based on), Disney |
| Top Collaborators | Keenan Wynn, Elia Kazan (Director), Orson Welles, Bill Walsh (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | Chico Marx, Marcel Marceau, Karl Malden see more.. |
James Westerfield Overview:
Character actor, James Westerfield, was born James A. Westerfield on Mar 22, 1913 in Nashville, TN. Westerfield died at the age of 58 on Sep 20, 1971 in Woodland Hills, CA .
MINI BIO:
Big, beaming Jim Westerfield was the perfect screen incarnation of the slightly comic, frequently nonplussed New York cop. One can still see him taking off the peaked cap and scratching the balding head. There was a lot of this Tennessee-born actor at 6ft 1in and 200 lbs-plus, and much of the big face seemed to be teeth and eyebrows. Westerfield may have looked thick-skulled, but it was far from the truth. As a man of the theatre - the reason he didn't make more films - he was at various times set designer, producer, and director and won two New York Drama Critics' awards for his acting. Died from a heart attack.
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James Westerfield Quotes:
Prisoner: Sure would like me a chaw of tobacco. Whats the matter, hangman; afraid I'll choke to death and you'll lose your hangin' fee?
[Schmidt gives him a chew]
Prisoner: Umm! Put it in my pocket
[Schmidt complies and starts to put the hood over the prisoner's head]
Prisoner: Umm! Umm!
[spits out tobacco juice and then nods]
Prisoner: Always uses top grade hemp, Schmidt does. He oils it so it slides read good. Snaps your neck like a dry twig.
Otis, the Bartender: Doc, when you have been tending bars as long as I have, you wouldn't expect so much out of the human race.
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