James Bush
Biography
James Bush was an American actor whose screen career ran from the 1930s into the early 1950s, with parts in more than 80 feature films. Born in Greenfield and raised in California by an actress mother, he was on stage at four and later acted with stock companies and at the Pasadena Playhouse. The American Film Institute dates his first film role to Wild Horse Mesa (1932), directed by Henry Hathaway. He worked mostly in small parts but also took featured roles, appearing in the Laurel and Hardy comedies A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) and The Big Noise (1944), the Fritz Lang drama Hangmen Also Die! (1943), Beyond Tomorrow (1940), You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) and Internes Can't Take Money (1937). He also made guest appearances on television, and his last acting work was on Dragnet in 1953. He died in 1987.
79years old at death
- Born Greenfield
- Died Van Nuys
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 17 years1932 to 1949
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First role
Bush made his first stage appearance when he was four years old. After he completed high school, he started acting with the Morosco stock theater company.
First role
According to the American Film Institute, Bush's first film role came in 1932, playing Bent Weymer in Wild Horse Mesa, which Henry Hathaway directed and which was a featured part.
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