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James Gregory (December 23, 1911 – September 16, 2002) was an American
United States

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 character actor
Character actor

A character actor is one who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading actor ones. Character actor roles can range from bit parts to leading actor....
 noted for his deep, gravelly voice and playing brash roles such as McCarthy-like
Joseph McCarthy

Joseph Raymond McCarthy was an United States politician who served as a Republican Party United States Senate from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957....
 Senator John Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)

The Manchurian Candidate is a Cold War political Thriller adapted by George Axelrod from the The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon. It was directed by John Frankenheimer and stars Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, and Angela Lansbury and features Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish and John McGiver....
 (1962), the audacious General Ursus
General Ursus (Planet of the Apes)

General Ursus is a gorilla character in the second Planet of the Apes film, 1970's Beneath the Planet of the Apes. He was portrayed by veteran actor James Gregory ....
 in Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Beneath the Planet of the Apes is a science-fiction film directed by Ted Post, and the first of four sequels to 1968 in film's Planet of the Apes ....
, and loudmouthed Inspector Luger in Barney Miller
Barney Miller

Barney Miller is a sitcom television series set in a New York City Police in Greenwich Village that ran from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on American Broadcasting Company....
 (TV-Series
Television program

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 1975 - 1982). He also played Dean Martin
Dean Martin

Dean Martin was an United States singer, film actor and comedian of Italians descent. He was one of the best known musical artists of the 1950s and 1960s....
's spy boss MacDonald, in the Matt Helm
Matt Helm

Matt Helm is a fictional character created by author Donald Hamilton. He is a U.S. government counteragent—a man whose primary job is to kill or nullify enemy agents—not a spy or secret agent in the ordinary sense of the term as used in spy thrillers....
 movie series, and is fondly remembered for his role as Dr. Tristan Adams, the villainous director of the Tantalus IV Penal Colony on the Star Trek
Star Trek

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 Original Series episode, "Dagger of the Mind".






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James Gregory (December 23, 1911 – September 16, 2002) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 character actor
Character actor

A character actor is one who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading actor ones. Character actor roles can range from bit parts to leading actor....
 noted for his deep, gravelly voice and playing brash roles such as McCarthy-like
Joseph McCarthy

Joseph Raymond McCarthy was an United States politician who served as a Republican Party United States Senate from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957....
 Senator John Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)

The Manchurian Candidate is a Cold War political Thriller adapted by George Axelrod from the The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon. It was directed by John Frankenheimer and stars Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, and Angela Lansbury and features Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish and John McGiver....
 (1962), the audacious General Ursus
General Ursus (Planet of the Apes)

General Ursus is a gorilla character in the second Planet of the Apes film, 1970's Beneath the Planet of the Apes. He was portrayed by veteran actor James Gregory ....
 in Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Beneath the Planet of the Apes is a science-fiction film directed by Ted Post, and the first of four sequels to 1968 in film's Planet of the Apes ....
, and loudmouthed Inspector Luger in Barney Miller
Barney Miller

Barney Miller is a sitcom television series set in a New York City Police in Greenwich Village that ran from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on American Broadcasting Company....
 (TV-Series
Television program

A television program , television programme , or television show is something that people watch on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically recurring television series....
 1975 - 1982). He also played Dean Martin
Dean Martin

Dean Martin was an United States singer, film actor and comedian of Italians descent. He was one of the best known musical artists of the 1950s and 1960s....
's spy boss MacDonald, in the Matt Helm
Matt Helm

Matt Helm is a fictional character created by author Donald Hamilton. He is a U.S. government counteragent—a man whose primary job is to kill or nullify enemy agents—not a spy or secret agent in the ordinary sense of the term as used in spy thrillers....
 movie series, and is fondly remembered for his role as Dr. Tristan Adams, the villainous director of the Tantalus IV Penal Colony on the Star Trek
Star Trek

Star Trek is an American Science fiction on television entertainment series and media franchise. The Star Trek fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry is the setting of six television series including the original 1966 Star Trek: The Original Series, in addition to ten feature films with Star Trek to be released on May 8,...
 Original Series episode, "Dagger of the Mind". Another of his roles many recall was playing the father of Scott Hayward in Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
's 1967 musical Clambake
Clambake

Clambake is a 1967 in film musical film starring Elvis Presley and Shelley Fabares....
.

Biography

Gregory was born in The Bronx
The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the Five Boroughs of New York City and the newest of the 62 Administrative divisions of New York#county of New York State....
, New York City
New York City

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, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 and grew up in New Rochelle, New York
New Rochelle, New York

New Rochelle is a Political subdivisions of New York State#City in the south-east portion of the U.S. state of New York in Westchester County, New York....
. In high school he was president of the Drama Club. He briefly worked on Wall Street
Wall Street

Wall Street is a street in lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. It runs east from Broadway to South Street on the East River, through the historical center of the Financial District, Manhattan....
 as a runner in 1929 and thought of being a stockbroker but, by 1935, had become a professional actor instead. In 1939, he made his Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 debut in a production of Key Largo
Key Largo (play)

Key Largo was a play written in blank verse by Maxwell Anderson that became the basis for the 1948 film by the same name....
 and did about twenty-five more Broadway productions over the next sixteen years. Gregory served three years in the United States Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
 and Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing Military power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to rapidly deliver Marine Air-Ground Task Force....
 during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. His early acting work included Army training film
Training film

A training film is a form of educational film – a short subject documentary movie, that provides an introduction to a topic. Both narrative documentary and dramatization styles may be used, sometimes both in the same production....
s; one such appearance is excerpted in The Atomic Café
The Atomic Cafe

The Atomic Caf? is an acclaimed documentary film about the beginnings of the era of nuclear warfare, created from a broad range of archival film from the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s - including newsreel clips, television news footage, U.S....
.

From 1959-1961, Gregory had his own NBC series, a 1920s
1920s

The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the "Jazz Age" or the "Roaring Twenties", when speaking about the United States and Canada. In Europe the decade is sometimes referred to as the "Golden Twenties"....
 crime drama entitled The Lawless Years
The Lawless Years

The Lawless Years is the first television crime drama set during the Roaring 20s, having predated American Broadcasting Company's far more successful The Untouchables with Robert Stack by six months....
. He played a New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 police
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
 detective
Detective

A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators . Informally, and primarily in fiction, a detective is any licensed or unlicensed person who solves crimes, including historical crimes, or looks into records....
 named Barney Ruditsky. Robert Karnes
Robert Karnes

Robert A. Karnes was a prolific television actor who also appeared in some films early in his career, including mostly uncredited parts in The Best Years of Our Lives , Miracle on 34th Street , Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye , and From Here to Eternity ....
 costarred as Max Fields.

He also starred in PT 109
PT 109 (film)

PT 109 is a 1963 biography movie which shows the events of John F. Kennedy's actions in command of Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 as an officer of the United States Navy during World War II....
 with Cliff Robertson in 1963.

He died in Sedona
Sedona, Arizona

Sedona is a city and community that straddles the county line between Coconino County, Arizona and Yavapai County, Arizona counties in the northern Verde Valley region of the U.S....
, Arizona
Arizona

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, of natural causes.

Selected filmography

  • The Scarlet Hour (1956)
  • Nightfall
    Nightfall (1957 film)

    Nightfall is a black-and-white film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur. The film features Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, among others....
     (1957)
  • Onionhead
    Onionhead

    Onionhead is a 1958 movie set on a United States Coast Guard ship during World War II starring Andy Griffith, Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau, and Erin Joanne O'Brien....
     (1958)
  • X-15
    X-15 (film)

    X-15 is a 1961 movie that tells a fictionalized account of the North American X-15 X-plane rocket plane, the men who flew it and the women who loved them....
     (1961)
  • The Twilight Zone
    The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone is an United States television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror fiction, often concluding with a macabre or Twist ending....
      Episode 069 "The Passersby"
    The Passersby

    "The Passersby" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone ....
    , (10/06/1961)
  • The Manchurian Candidate
    The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)

    The Manchurian Candidate is a Cold War political Thriller adapted by George Axelrod from the The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon. It was directed by John Frankenheimer and stars Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, and Angela Lansbury and features Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish and John McGiver....
     (1962)
  • PT 109
    PT 109 (film)

    PT 109 is a 1963 biography movie which shows the events of John F. Kennedy's actions in command of Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 as an officer of the United States Navy during World War II....
     (1963)
  • The Eleventh Hour
    The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)

    The Eleventh Hour is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey , Jack Ging , and Ralph Bellamy , which aired sixty-two new episodes plus selected rebroadcasts on National Broadcasting Company from October 3, 1962, to September 9, 1964....
    , NBC medical drama
    Medical drama

    A medical drama is a television drama in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment. While not as popular as :category:legal television series/List of police television dramas, it is still easily identifiable occupational based drama....
    , as Eddie Forman in episode "Try to Keep Alive Until Next Tuesday" (1963)
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, CBS
    CBS

    CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
     anthology
    Anthology

    An anthology, literally a "garland" or "collection of flowers", is a collection of literary works, originally of poems. In genre fiction and especially science fiction, anthology is used to categorize collections of shorter works such as short story and short novels, usually collected into a single volume for publication....
     series, as Fred in episode "The Dividing Wall" (1963)
  • Breaking Point
    Breaking Point (TV series)

    Breaking Point is a medical drama which aired thirty new episodes on American Broadcasting Company from September 16, 1963, to April 27, 1964, continuing in rebroadcasts until September 7....
    , ABC medical drama, as Malcolm in episode "Glass Flowers Never Drop Petals" (1964)
  • A Distant Trumpet
    A Distant Trumpet

    A Distant Trumpet is a 1964 in film United States Western , the last directed by Raoul Walsh. The screenplay by John Twist, Albert Beich, and Richard Fielder is based on the 1951 novel of the same name by Paul Horgan....
     (1964)
  • The Sons of Katie Elder
    The Sons of Katie Elder

    The Sons of Katie Elder is a 1965 in film Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. The film was released by Paramount Pictures....
     (1965)
  • F Troop
    F Troop

    F Troop was a satirical United States television sitcom that originally aired from 1965-1967 on American Broadcasting Company. It premiered in the United States on September 14, 1965, ran for two seasons, and finished its first run on April 6, 1967, for a total of 65 30-minute episodes....
     "Too Many Cooks Spoil The Troop" (TV Series) (1966)
  • The Silencers (1966)
  • Murderers' Row (1966)
  • The Ambushers (1967)
  • The Secret War of Harry Frigg
    The Secret War of Harry Frigg

    The Secret War of Harry Frigg is a 1968 comedy film, directed by Jack Smight and starring Paul Newman.Harry Frigg is a private in the U.S....
     (1968)
  • Clambake
    Clambake

    Clambake is a 1967 in film musical film starring Elvis Presley and Shelley Fabares....
     (1968)
  • The Love God?
    The Love God?

    The Love God? is a Universal Pictures feature film starring Don Knotts. The film was written and directed by Nat Hiken, who died after it was shot but before it was released in theaters....
     (1969)
  • Beneath the Planet of the Apes
    Beneath the Planet of the Apes

    Beneath the Planet of the Apes is a science-fiction film directed by Ted Post, and the first of four sequels to 1968 in film's Planet of the Apes ....
     (1970)
  • Miracle on 34th Street
    Miracle on 34th Street

    Miracle on 34th Street is a 1947 film written by Valentine Davies, directed by George Seaton, and starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne , Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn....
     (1973) (TV)
  • Barney Miller
    Barney Miller

    Barney Miller is a sitcom television series set in a New York City Police in Greenwich Village that ran from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on American Broadcasting Company....
     (1975) (TV series)
  • The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
  • Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home! (1983) (TV)


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