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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James A. Westerfield (22 March 1913 – 20 September 1971) was an American actor of stage, film, and television. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, to candy-maker Brasher Omier Westerfield and his wife Dora Elizabeth Bailey, he was raised in Detroit, Michigan. (A news story in the June 12, 1949, issue of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle calls the information in the preceding sentence into question. It describes Westerfield as "the son of a famous producer-director" and says that he was "a youngster in Denver, Col.") He became interested in theatre as a young man and in the 1930s joined Gilmor Brown's famed Pasadena Community Playhouse, appearing in dozens of plays. He played in numerous films following his debut in 1940, then went to New York City and appeared on Broadway, winning two New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards for his supporting roles in The...
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Perry MasonSeries • 1957
BonanzaSeries • 1959
LassieSeries • 1954
The Andy Griffith ShowSeries • 1960
BewitchedSeries • 1964
MannixSeries • 1967
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959
MaverickSeries • 1957
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
The Beverly HillbilliesSeries • 1962
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
My Three SonsSeries • 1960
Studio OneSeries • 1948
The Wild Wild WestSeries • 1965
Daniel BooneSeries • 1964
The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries • 1948
The Big ValleySeries • 1965
The Lucy ShowSeries • 1962
RawhideSeries • 1959
Green AcresSeries • 1965
Wanted: Dead or AliveSeries • 1958
Lost in SpaceSeries • 1965
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
ThrillerSeries • 1960