James Gregory

One of the most beloved actors of all, James Gregory was born December 23, 1911, in the Bronx and grew up in New Rochelle, NY. In high school, he was elected president of the Drama Club. He went to work on Wall Street as a runner shortly after the 1929 crash. James Gregory performed in drama groups and achieved pro status as a summer stock player in 1935. He performed in plays throughout New York, New Jersey and Maryland. His troupe of performers toured small towns in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, towing a trailer full of theatre props; they performed in school gyms, churches and YMCAs, earning $25 for a week of one-night stands. In 1939, James Gregory made his Broadway debut in a production of "Key Largo". Over the next 16 years, he performed in approximately 25 Broadway productions. (His career was interrupted by WWII; he served for 3 years in the Navy and Marine Corps. His tour of duty took him to the Pacific where he spent 83 days on Okinawa). One good thing that came out of the war years is that he married Anne in 1944, and they would stay together always. During his Broadway career, James Gregory earned consistently favorable reviews by drama critics from the New York Press, Boston Globe, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Hollywood Reporter and Variety. James Gregory did a few TV spots as early as 1951, and in 1955 he made the transition from the Broadway stage to live television. The following year, after a couple of earlier uncredited movie appearances, he would also begin his movie career in earnest. He worked steadily throughout the early years of TV, working for major live television productions from New York to Hollywood. In 1959, James Gregory made television history by costarring in the pilot episode of the The Twilight Zone (1959); the episode "Where Is Everybody?" concerning the relevant topic of the USA winning the space race by sending a manned spaceship to the moon sold the series. James Gregory would play Dean Martin's exasperated boss MacDonald in the first 3 of the Matt Helm movies: The Silencers (1966), Murderers' Row (1966) and The Ambushers (1967). But he won his biggest acclaim as Inspector Frank Luger for the entire run of the TV series Barney Miller (1974) (1975-1982). This was his signature role; as the Inspector, he would be lovable, irritating, ingratiating, exasperating and humorous, sometimes all at the same time. He was Barney's buddy for 7 years, and the series ended with the Inspector getting himself a mail-order bride. James Gregory retired from acting in 1983, with over 100 TV and movie credits. He has entertained, uplifted and captivated us with his performances. He has endeared himself to a legion of fans. When asked to define his life's work, he simply said, "I am an actor". Fans would disagree with him. James Gregory is so much more -- role model and inspiration.

Known For: Acting

Born: Bronx, New York, USA, 1911-12-23

Died: 2002-09-16

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Things People Want	Pete	0
2	1948	The Naked City	Patrolman Albert Hicks (uncredited)	72
3	1951	The Frogmen	Chief Petty Officer Lane	59
4	1954	At This Moment	Bill Ritter	60
5	1956	The Scarlet Hour	Ralph Nevins	53
6	1956	Nightfall	Ben Fraser	69
7	1957	The Young Stranger	Sergeant Shipley	58
8	1957	The Big Caper	Flood	62
9	1957	Gun Glory	Grimsell	58
10	1958	Underwater Warrior	Lt. William Arnold	50
11	1958	A Town Has Turned to Dust	Hennify	0
12	1958	Onionhead	Lt. Cmdr. Fox aka The Skipper	55
13	1959	Al Capone	Schaefler (narrator)	66
14	1959	Hey Boy! Hey Girl!	Father Burton	0
15	1960	The Snows of Kilimanjaro	Editor	0
16	1961	X-15	Tom Deparma	59
17	1962	Two Weeks in Another Town	Brad Byrd	59
18	1962	The Manchurian Candidate	Sen. John Yerkes Iselin	75
19	1963	PT 109	Commander C.R. Ritchie	59
20	1963	Twilight of Honor	Norris Bixby	68
21	1963	Captain Newman, M.D.	Col. Edgar Pyser	65
22	1964	A Distant Trumpet	Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint	53
23	1965	Quick, Before It Melts	Vice Admiral	35
24	1965	The Sons of Katie Elder	Morgan Hastings	70
25	1965	A Rage to Live	Dr. O'Brien	47
26	1966	The Silencers	MacDonald	61
27	1966	Murderers' Row	MacDonald	58
28	1967	The Hunted	Buckman	0
29	1967	Clambake	Duster Heyward	59
30	1967	The Ambushers	MacDonald	51
31	1968	The Secret War of Harry Frigg	Gen. Homer Prentiss	60
32	1968	Cocoon	Jonathan Kaye	0
33	1969	The Love God?	Darrell Evans Hughes	60
34	1970	Beneath the Planet of the Apes	Ursus	61
35	1970	The Hawaiians	Dr. Whipple Sr. (uncredited)	54
36	1971	The Million Dollar Duck	Rutledge	58
37	1971	Shoot Out	Sam Foley	63
38	1971	The Late Liz	Sam Burns	0
39	1972	The Marshal of Madrid	Oil Tycoon	0
40	1972	A Very Missing Person	Oscar Piper	80
41	1972	The Weekend Nun	Sid Richardson	63
42	1973	Miracle on 34th Street	District Attorney	68
43	1975	The Abduction of Saint Anne	Pete Haggerty	60
44	1975	The Strongest Man in the World	Chief Blair	61
45	1976	Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident	James Donovan	0
46	1978	The Bastard	Will Campbell	50
47	1979	The Main Event	Gough	52
48	1980	The Comeback Kid	Scotty	59
49	1980	Gridlock	Gen. Caribou Caruthers	60
50	1981	Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood	Leo Hackett	0
51	1982	The Flight of Dragons	Bryagh / Smrgol (voice)	67
52	1983	Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home	Dan Peters	37

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse		63
2	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse	Lester Thompson	63
3	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse	Angus	63
4	1948	Studio One	Gas Man	50
5	1948	Studio One	Mr. Black	50
6	1948	Studio One	James Metcalf	50
7	1948	Studio One	Mr. Bales	50
8	1948	Studio One	George Monzo	50
9	1948	Studio One	Corey	50
10	1948	Studio One	Private Alan Pomeroy	50
11	1949	Suspense		49
12	1949	Suspense	Jerry	49
13	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents		56
14	1950	Danger		80
15	1950	Danger	Willie	80
16	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Mac	63
17	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Mr. Randolph	63
18	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Morgan	73
19	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Lieutenant Billy Kyle	73
20	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
21	1953	General Electric Theater	Sandy Green	63
22	1953	Letter to Loretta	Jim Patton	65
23	1954	Inner Sanctum		70
24	1954	Climax!	Joe McCarthy	33
25	1954	Climax!	Dr. Froelich	33
26	1955	Gunsmoke	Scanlon, Sr.	66
27	1955	Gunsmoke	Judge Calvin Strom	66
28	1955	Gunsmoke	Wes Martin	66
29	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Mr. Wescott	77
30	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Wayne Campbell	77
31	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	John Gregory	77
32	1955	Playwrights '56		60
33	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse		58
34	1959	Rawhide	Owen Spencer	72
35	1959	Rawhide	Mister Brothers	72
36	1959	Rawhide	Lash Whitcomb	72
37	1959	The Lawless Years	Barney Ruditsky	70
38	1959	Bonanza	Mulvaney	75
39	1959	Bonanza	Sgt. Mike Russell	75
40	1959	Laramie		64
41	1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	John Kramer	63
42	1959	The Twilight Zone	Confederate Sergeant	84
43	1959	The Twilight Zone	Air Force General	84
44	1960	Thriller	Howard Yates	64
45	1960	My Three Sons		65
46	1961	The Defenders	Paul Tasso	62
47	1961	Target: The Corruptors!		35
48	1961	Ben Casey		56
49	1961	The New Breed	Father Al	70
50	1962	Sam Benedict		60
51	1962	The Virginian	Slim Jessup	65
52	1962	The Virginian	Cal Young	65
53	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Fred Kruger	78
54	1963	The Lieutenant		60
55	1963	The Fugitive	Pete Crandall	72
56	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Lieutenant Wade	53
57	1964	Daniel Boone	Captain Asa Webb	69
58	1965	F Troop		62
59	1965	The Big Valley	Simon Carter	61
60	1965	The Big Valley	Senator Jim Bannard	61
61	1965	The Big Valley	Harry Bodine	61
62	1965	The Wild Wild West		75
63	1965	Hogan's Heroes	General Biedenbender	75
64	1965	The Loner		57
65	1965	The F.B.I.	Bert Anslem	55
66	1966	Star Trek	Dr. Tristan Adams	80
67	1966	That Girl		63
68	1966	Tarzan		67
69	1966	Mission: Impossible		76
70	1967	Ironside	Herb Jarman	68
71	1967	Ironside	TV Presenter	68
72	1967	Ironside	Tony Hudson	68
73	1967	Cimarron Strip		50
74	1967	Judd for the Defense		75
75	1967	The High Chaparral	Jake Stoner	65
76	1968	Premiere		0
77	1968	The Outsider		52
78	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Jonathan Kaye	71
79	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Mike Finney	71
80	1968	The Outcasts		53
81	1968	The Mod Squad		63
82	1968	Lancer		47
83	1969	My World and Welcome to It		55
84	1970	McCloud		71
85	1970	The Headmaster		0
86	1970	Night Gallery		78
87	1971	All in the Family	William R. Kirkwood	79
88	1971	Cannon		65
89	1971	Columbo	David Buckner	81
90	1972	Sanford and Son		74
91	1972	Emergency!		78
92	1972	Temperatures Rising	James Jerome	50
93	1972	Search		69
94	1972	The Paul Lynde Show		50
95	1972	MAS*H	General Kelly	79
96	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		69
97	1973	Police Story		69
98	1974	Kolchak: The Night Stalker	Captain Quill	76
99	1975	Barney Miller	Inspector Frank Luger	73
100	1975	Barney Miller	Frank Luger	73
101	1976	All's Fair		70
102	1976	Quincy, M.E.		75
103	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Tony Gordon	75
104	1977	The Love Boat	Milton Benson	63
105	1978	Flying High		45
106	1979	Detective School		55

James Gregory

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