James Patterson

James Patterson was an American actor who worked in theater and on screen and won Tony and Obie awards. He was born in Derry, Pennsylvania, and spent time as a painter before training in acting at the Carnegie Institute of Technology under Herbert Berghof. His first performances came as a boy soprano on the Pittsburgh radio show Starlets on Parade. His stage career brought him a Tony for his role in the 1968 Harold Pinter play The Birthday Party. On film he appeared in Robert Rossen's Lilith (1964) and in the horror film Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972), playing Jeffrey Butler, a man caught up in selling a house with a troubled past. He also made many guest appearances on television, including a 1968 part as Dave Barca in Hawaii Five-O. Patterson died in 1972.