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James Gregory

James Gregory

25 movies on Netflix

Biography

James Gregory was an American character actor who first appeared on Broadway in a 1939 staging of Key Largo and went on to work in radio and film. He starred as NYPD Detective Barney Ruditsky in the crime drama The Lawless Years, which ran for 45 episodes on NBC from 1959 to 1961. Among his best-known screen roles were Schaffer in Al Capone (1959), the McCarthy-like Senator John Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate (1962), and General Ursus in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970). His films also included PT 109 (1963), with Cliff Robertson, and Clambake (1967). On television he played Deputy Inspector Frank Luger on Barney Miller and appeared in the Star Trek episode Dagger of the Mind, and he was the first actor to portray Jonathan Kaye in the Hawaii Five-O pilot movie. His last credit was for a 1986 episode of Mr. Belvedere.

90years old at death

  • Born The Bronx
  • Died Sedona
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films
25
Career span
31 years1951 to 1982

Genres

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Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Manchurian Candidate1962 Drama, Thrilleras Sen. John Yerkes Iselin

    IMDb rating 7.985K votes

  2. Beneath the Planet of the Apes1970 Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fias Ursus

    IMDb rating 6.057K votes

  3. The Flight of Dragons1982as Bryagh

    IMDb rating 7.66.6K votes

  4. The Sons of Katie Elder1965as Morgan Hastings

    IMDb rating 7.120K votes

  5. Nightfall1956as Ben Fraser

    IMDb rating 7.15.8K votes

  6. PT 1091963as Commander C.R. Ritchie

    IMDb rating 6.73.3K votes

  7. Al Capone1959as Schaefler (narrator)

    IMDb rating 6.72.2K votes

  8. Murderers' Row1966as MacDonald

    IMDb rating 5.82.8K votes

Most often with

Henry Hathaway directed two of these films, Vincent McEveety two and Henry Levin two. Dean Martin appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What James Gregory's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$128 million

9 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 25 films: 9 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 12 figure not found.

  • 9Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas
  • 12Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Main Event1979as Gough
    $45M34.9% of the total
  2. 2
    The Sons of Katie Elder1965as Morgan Hastings
    $23M17.9% of the total
  3. 3
    $19M14.8% of the total
  4. 4
    The Silencers1966as MacDonald
    $16M12.7% of the total
  5. 5
    The Ambushers1967as MacDonald
    $10M7.8% of the total
  6. 6
    The Manchurian Candidate1962as Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
    $7.7M6.0% of the total
  7. 7
    Gun Glory1957as Grimsell
    $2.5M2.0% of the total
  8. 8
    Al Capone1959as Schaefler (narrator)
    $2.5M1.9% of the total
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962), $2.5 million

$2.5 millionfrom the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total