James Greene

James Greene was an American character actor who worked in film, theater, and television, with a screen career that spanned nearly 60 years. Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1926, he studied at Emerson College in Boston and graduated in 1950, joining the original company that Elia Kazan assembled at Lincoln Center. He debuted on Broadway in Romeo and Juliet in 1951 and appeared in 22 Broadway productions through 1991, plus 29 off-Broadway plays. His Broadway credits included Inherit the Wind in 1955, The Changeling in 1964, Foxfire in 1982, and La Bête in 1991. On television, he starred as Davey McQuinn on The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd from 1987 to 1991, played Councilman Fielding Milton on Parks and Recreation from 2012 to 2015, and had a recurring role as Uncle Moodri on Alien Nation. His screen work ranged from the 1960 television movie John Brown's Raid to a 2018 episode of Break a Hip. He died in 2018.