James Griffith was an American character actor, musician, and screenwriter.
Biography from TMDB.
- February 13, 1916
- September 17, 1993 (aged 77)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Actor, also writer
- 80 on MovieCove · 161 credits in all
What are James Griffith's films like?
Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 3 · Earnest 27
Light 7 · Serious 17 · Dark 6
A split, not a type: Grounded 16 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 1
Gentle 5 · Charged 17 · Intense 8
Steady 12 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 5
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 18 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 15 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 3
Resolved 27 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.
- Shadowas Papa Clellan in Seven Guns to Mesa (1958)
- Tricksteras 'Slow' Karp in Bullwhip (1958)
- Tricksteras Mark Faber in Man from God's Country (1958)
- Shadowas Major Paul Krenner in The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)
Moods and endings
- Happy19
- Bittersweet10
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch James Griffith's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 38 of their 80 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (22).
- The Night of the Hunter (1955) · actor · free
- Pocketful of Miracles (1961) · actor · free
- Holiday Affair (1949) · actor · free
- Rebel in Town (1956) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- Dragnet (1951) · actor · free
- The Monkees (1965) · actor · free
- Hopalong Cassidy (1952) · actor · free
- Raintree County (1957) · actor · free
- I Beheld His Glory (1953) · actor · free
- The Cariboo Trail (1950) · actor · free
- +10 more
- The Killing (1956) · actor
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor
- Pocketful of Miracles (1961) · actor
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) · actor
- Rebel in Town (1956) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor
- The Monkees (1965) · actor
- Hopalong Cassidy (1952) · actor
- I Beheld His Glory (1953) · actor
- The Cariboo Trail (1950) · actor
- Seven Alone (1974) · actor
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956) · actor
- +6 more
- Emergency! (1972) · actor · free
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- Dragnet (1951) · actor · free
- The Monkees (1965) · actor · free
- Kojak (1973) · actor · free
- The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) · actor · free
- The Cariboo Trail (1950) · actor · free
- Fantasy Island (1977) · actor · free
- Kansas Pacific (1953) · actor · free
- Lassie (1954) · actor · free
- +1 more
- The Killing (1956) · actor · free
- The Night of the Hunter (1955) · actor · free
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor · free
- Mission: Impossible (1966) · writer · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- Dragnet (1951) · actor · free
- Hopalong Cassidy (1952) · actor · free
- The Cariboo Trail (1950) · actor · free
- Seven Alone (1974) · actor · free
- Best Westerns Ever, show their 4 titles on Best Westerns Ever
- Howdy, show their 4 titles on Howdy
- IndieFlix, show their 3 titles on IndieFlix
- Dove Channel, show their 2 titles on Dove Channel
- ScreenPix, show their 2 titles on ScreenPix
- Shout! TV, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Great American Pure Flix, show their title on Great American Pure Flix
- Midnight Pulp, show their title on Midnight Pulp
Subscription and free streaming for James Griffith's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
161 credits, 80 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Hart to Hart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

B. J. and the Bear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Desperate Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Fantasy Island(1977)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Speedtrap(1977)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Flood(1976)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Babe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Grizzly Adams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

The Gift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Isis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Seven Alone(1974)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Run, Joe, Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Hitchhike! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Kojak(1973)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Police Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Kung Fu(1972)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
The Streets of San Francisco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Emergency!(1972)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Catlow(1971)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Like It Is (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Dial Hot Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Medical Center (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Seven in Darkness(1969)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Heaven with a Gun(1969)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Shalako(1968)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Lancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The Mod Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Day of the Evil Gun(1968)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Guns of Will Sonnett (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Winchester '73(1967)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Mission: Impossible(1966)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
The Monkees(1965)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
The Monroes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Batman(1966)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Honey West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Laredo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The Big Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

F Troop(1965)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Motorpsycho!(1965)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Daniel Boone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
The Rogues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Lorna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Advance to the Rear(1964)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
The Great Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Fugitive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

How the West Was Won(1962)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
General Electric True (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Pocketful of Miracles(1961)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Ben Casey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Dr. Kildare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

North to Alaska(1960)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Spartacus(1960)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Thriller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Tall Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Wichita Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Lock-Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Riverboat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Bonanza(1959)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
The Deputy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

The Big Fisherman(1959)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
The Lawless Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Frontier Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

The Texan(1958)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Bronco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Bullwhip(1958)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Seven Guns to Mesa(1958)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Man from God's Country(1958)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Return to Warbow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Raintree County(1957)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Trackdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

The Walter Winchell File (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Domino Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Maverick(1957)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Perry Mason(1957)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
M Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Have Gun, Will Travel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Omar Khayyam(1957)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Vampire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Official Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Rebel in Town(1956)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The First Texan(1956)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Killing(1956)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Anything Goes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Tribute to a Bad Man(1956)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
At Gunpoint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Matinee Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The 20th Century Fox Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Count Three and Pray(1955)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Frontier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Cheyenne(1955)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Apache Ambush (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Night of the Hunter(1955)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
I Cover the Underworld(1955)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Buffalo Bill Jr. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Millionaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Day of Triumph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Masterson of Kansas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Drum Beat(1954)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Lassie(1954)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Dragnet(1954)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
The Black Dakotas(1954)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Shanghai Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Law vs. Billy the Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Rails Into Laramie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Boy from Oklahoma(1954)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Ride Clear of Diablo(1954)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Manhunt in Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

City Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

No Escape(1953)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
I Beheld His Glory(1953)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Kansas Pacific(1953)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Eight Iron Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Cavalcade of America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Death Valley Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Hopalong Cassidy(1952)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Red Skies of Montana(1952)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Dangerous Assignment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Dragnet(1951)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
The Blue Veil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

The Lady Pays Off(1951)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Rhubarb(1951)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Chain of Circumstance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Apache Drums(1951)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Payment on Demand(1951)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Al Jennings of Oklahoma(1951)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Double Deal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

The Breaking Point(1950)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all filmsLux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Indian Territory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

The Petty Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

The Cariboo Trail(1950)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Bright Leaf(1950)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Holiday Affair(1949)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Oh, You Beautiful Doll(1949)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Special Agent(1949)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Search for Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Alaska Patrol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Daughter of the West(1949)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Blonde Ice(1948)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 161 titles from 1948 to 1981; peak year 1960.
Film career
Peak 1960 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1948Screen debut· Blonde Ice
- 1951Career best· Dragnet
- 1955Career best· The Night of the Hunter
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do James Griffith's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 59; across their 30 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up20
- 50th to 74th27
- 25th to 49th21
- Below 25th12
Shape of the crowd
40 of their 80 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved8
- Universally Panned2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser40
- Broadly Agreed13
- Mixed16
Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is James Griffith's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does James Griffith work with?
People who share at least 2 of James Griffith's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Stephen McNally shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Earl BellamyShared titles: Speedtrap (1977), Seven Alone (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Earl Bellamy

Writers
- Thomas C. ChapmanShared titles: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Thomas C. Chapman
- Louis L'AmourShared titles: Catlow (1971), Shalako (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Louis L'Amour

- Scot FinchShared titles: Catlow (1971), Shalako (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Scot Finch
- Hal HopperShared titles: Shalako (1968), Motorpsycho! (1965)See all 2 shared titles with Hal Hopper

Actors
- Stephen McNallyShared titles: Tribute to a Bad Man (1956), Apache Drums (1951), The Lady Pays Off (1951)See all 3 shared titles with Stephen McNally

- Douglas KennedyShared titles: The Amazing Transparent Man (1960), The Cariboo Trail (1950)See all 2 shared titles with Douglas Kennedy

- Burt NelsonShared titles: Bullwhip (1958), Seven Guns to Mesa (1958)See all 2 shared titles with Burt Nelson

- Don BeddoeShared titles: Bullwhip (1958), The Night of the Hunter (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Don Beddoe

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Bob SummersShared titles: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Bob Summers
- Michael SpenceShared titles: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Spence
- Paul HippShared titles: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Hipp
- Bert ShefterShared titles: Motorpsycho! (1965), No Escape (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Bert Shefter
Producers
- Charles E. Sellier Jr.Shared titles: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Charles E. Sellier Jr.

- Euan LloydShared titles: Catlow (1971), Shalako (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Euan Lloyd
- Ted RichmondShared titles: Advance to the Rear (1964), Count Three and Pray (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Ted Richmond

- William F. BroidyShared titles: Bullwhip (1958), Seven Guns to Mesa (1958)See all 2 shared titles with William F. Broidy
Mixed roles
- Stephen BoydShared titles: Catlow (1971), Shalako (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Stephen Boyd






