James Gregory
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
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James Gregory movies on Netflix
The Flight of Dragonsas Bryagh
The Comeback Kidas Scotty
The Main Eventas Gough
The Strongest Man in the Worldas Chief Blair
Shoot Outas Sam Foley
The Million Dollar Duckas Rutledge
Beneath the Planet of the Apesas Ursus
The Love God?as Darrell Evans Hughes
The Secret War of Harry Friggas Gen. Homer Prentiss
Clambakeas Duster Heyward
The Ambushersas MacDonald
Murderers' Rowas MacDonald
The Silencersas MacDonald
The Sons of Katie Elderas Morgan Hastings
A Distant Trumpetas Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint
Captain Newman, M.D.as Col. Edgar Pyser
PT 109as Commander C.R. Ritchie
The Manchurian Candidateas Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
Two Weeks in Another Townas Brad Byrd
Al Caponeas Schaefler (narrator)
Gun Gloryas Grimsell
The Big Caperas Flood
Nightfallas Ben Fraser
The Scarlet Houras Ralph Nevins
The Frogmenas Chief Petty Officer Lane
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
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.







Films together
Dean Martin4 films together, 1965 to 1967
Dean Martin's page The Ambushers1967IMDb rating 5.3Gregory as MacDonaldMartin as Matt Helm
Murderers' Row1966IMDb rating 5.8Gregory as MacDonaldMartin as Matt Helm
The Silencers1966IMDb rating 5.9Gregory as MacDonaldMartin as Matt Helm
The Sons of Katie Elder1965IMDb rating 7.1Gregory as Morgan HastingsMartin as Tom Elder
Vito Scotti3 films together, 1962 to 1968
Vito Scotti's page The Secret War of Harry Frigg1968IMDb rating 6.3Gregory as Gen. Homer PrentissScotti as Col. Enrico Ferrucci
Captain Newman, M.D.1963IMDb rating 6.9Gregory as Col. Edgar PyserScotti as Maj. Alfredo Fortuno
Two Weeks in Another Town1962IMDb rating 6.4Gregory as Brad ByrdScotti as Assistant Director
Victor Buono3 films together, 1966 to 1982
Victor Buono's page The Flight of Dragons1982IMDb rating 7.6Gregory as BryaghBuono as Aragh
Beneath the Planet of the Apes1970IMDb rating 6.0Gregory as UrsusBuono as Fat Man
The Silencers1966IMDb rating 5.9Gregory as MacDonaldBuono as Tung-Tze
Beverly Adams3 films together, 1966 to 1967
Beverly Adams's page The Ambushers1967IMDb rating 5.3Gregory as MacDonaldAdams as Lovey Kravezit
Murderers' Row1966IMDb rating 5.8Gregory as MacDonaldAdams as Lovey Kravezit
The Silencers1966IMDb rating 5.9Gregory as MacDonaldAdams as Lovey Kravezit
Jacques Aubuchon3 films together, 1956 to 1969
Jacques Aubuchon's page The Love God?1969IMDb rating 6.4Gregory as Darrell Evans HughesAubuchon as Carter Fenton
Gun Glory1957IMDb rating 6.2Gregory as GrimsellAubuchon as Sam Winscott
The Scarlet Hour1956IMDb rating 6.9Gregory as Ralph NevinsAubuchon as Fat Boy
Paul Fix2 films together, 1965 to 1971
Paul Fix's page Shoot Out1971IMDb rating 6.2Gregory as Sam FoleyFix as Brakeman
The Sons of Katie Elder1965IMDb rating 7.1Gregory as Morgan HastingsFix as Sheriff Billy Wilson
Henry HathawayDirector, 2 films, 1965 to 1971
All films by Henry Hathaway Shoot Out1971IMDb rating 6.2Gregory as Sam Foley
The Sons of Katie Elder1965IMDb rating 7.1Gregory as Morgan Hastings
Vincent McEveetyDirector, 2 films, 1971 to 1975
All films by Vincent McEveety The Strongest Man in the World1975IMDb rating 5.9Gregory as Chief Blair
The Million Dollar Duck1971IMDb rating 5.8Gregory as Rutledge
Henry LevinDirector, 2 films, 1966 to 1967
All films by Henry Levin The Ambushers1967IMDb rating 5.3Gregory as MacDonald
Murderers' Row1966IMDb rating 5.8Gregory as MacDonald
Also two films together15 more actors
- Gregory PeckShoot Out (1971) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
- Jeff CoreyShoot Out (1971) and Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
- Steve CarruthersTwo Weeks in Another Town (1962) and Nightfall (1956)
- Willis BoucheyShoot Out (1971) and The Love God? (1969)
- James WesterfieldThe Love God? (1969) and The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
- John RitterThe Flight of Dragons (1982) and The Comeback Kid (1980)
- Rory CalhounThe Main Event (1979) and The Big Caper (1957)
- Gary MerrillClambake (1967) and The Frogmen (1951)
- Norman FellThe Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968) and PT 109 (1963)
- Cyd CharisseThe Silencers (1966) and Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
- Arthur HunnicuttShoot Out (1971) and The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
- Joe FlynnThe Strongest Man in the World (1975) and The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
- Larry StorchThe Flight of Dragons (1982) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
- Daliah LaviThe Silencers (1966) and Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
- Lane BradfordShoot Out (1971) and A Distant Trumpet (1964)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What James Gregory's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
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
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$45M34.9% of the total
- 2$23M17.9% of the total
- 3$19M14.8% of the total
- 4$16M12.7% of the total
- 5$10M7.8% of the total
- 6$7.7M6.0% of the total
- 7$2.5M2.0% of the total
- 8$2.5M1.9% of the total
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