James Griffith

Career timeline

1. 1916 · Born

   Born in Los Angeles, California, USA

2. 1950 · Screen debut

   Bright Leaf (Movie)

3. 1954 · Breakthrough

   Lassie (TV)

4. 1966 · Writing debut

   Mission: Impossible (TV)

5. 1979 · Latest release

   Hart to Hart (TV)

6. 1993 · Died

   September 17, 1993

Career in numbers

32 1950s

20 1960s

13 1970s

• Drama41
• Western28
• Action & Adventure19
• Crime14
• Comedy9
• Family6

Highest-rated title Little House on the Prairie 1974 8.0 Most popular title Bonanza 1959 7.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside James Griffith in our catalogue.

Ted Post

7 titles together

Abner Biberman

6 titles together

Buzz Kulik

6 titles together

Robert Douglas

6 titles together

Robert Altman

5 titles together

Lawrence Dobkin

5 titles together

Robert Stevenson

3 titles together

Sam Wanamaker

3 titles together

Jack Webb

3 titles together

Paul Brinegar

2 titles together

1. 1979 Hart to Hart 6.9 TV
2. 1979 B. J. and the Bear 5.6 TV
3. 1977 Speedtrap as Wino Movie
4. 1977 Grizzly Adams as Watts 7.0 TV
5. 1975 Isis as Dr. Blandford 6.5 TV
6. 1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Schwartz 7.7 TV
7. 1974 Little House on the Prairie as Dandy Davis 8.0 TV
8. 1974 The Six Million Dollar Man as Will Long 7.3 TV
9. 1973 Kojak as Mr. Swift 7.3 TV
10. 1973 Police Story 7.0 TV
11. 1972 The Streets of San Francisco 7.1 TV
12. 1972 Emergency! as Joe Hosmer 7.9 TV
13. 1969 Medical Center TV
14. 1968 The Mod Squad 6.1 TV
15. 1968 Lancer TV
16. 1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett TV
17. 1966 The Monkees as Marshall 6.5 TV
18. 1966 The Monroes TV
19. 1966 Batman as Trusty 7.3 TV
20. 1965 Honey West as Conrad Wycherly TV
21. 1965 Laredo TV
22. 1965 The Big Valley as Clyde 6.2 TV
23. 1965 F Troop 6.3 TV
24. 1964 Daniel Boone as Feathers 7.0 TV
25. 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Dr. Trebush 7.2 TV
26. 1963 The Great Adventure as Harry Young TV
27. 1963 The Fugitive as Dispatcher 7.3 TV
28. 1962 How the West Was Won as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited) 7.0 Movie
29. 1961 Ben Casey TV
30. 1960 Thriller as Ed Brandies 6.7 TV
31. 1960 The Tall Man TV
32. 1959 Lock-Up TV
33. 1959 Bonanza as Sam Pearson 7.5 TV
34. 1959 The Deputy as Ballard TV
35. 1959 Rawhide as Tyree 7.3 TV
36. 1958 The Texan TV
37. 1958 Bronco TV
38. 1957 Maverick as John Wesley Hardin 7.1 TV
39. 1957 Perry Mason as Arthur Dorian 7.7 TV
40. 1957 M Squad as James Keniton TV
41. 1957 Wagon Train as Garrett 6.6 TV
42. 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel 7.3 TV
43. 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Taggert TV
44. 1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie TV
45. 1956 The Killing as Mr. Grimes 7.6 Movie
46. 1955 Matinee Theater TV
47. 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour TV
48. 1955 Frontier TV
49. 1955 Cheyenne 6.2 TV
50. 1955 Gunsmoke as Joe Kite 6.7 TV
51. 1955 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 6.8 TV
52. 1955 The Night of the Hunter as District Attorney 7.9 Movie
53. 1955 The Millionaire as Allan Reese TV
54. 1954 Lassie 6.3 TV
55. 1954 Dragnet as Jesse Quinn 6.1 Movie
56. 1953 City Detective TV
57. 1952 Cavalcade of America as Abraham Lincoln TV
58. 1952 Hopalong Cassidy TV
59. 1952 Dangerous Assignment TV
60. 1951 Dragnet 6.5 TV
61. 1951 Apache Drums as Lt. Glidden 6.3 Movie
62. 1950 Lux Video Theatre as Henry Jackson TV
63. 1950 Bright Leaf as Ellery (uncredited) 6.0 Movie

1. 1971 Catlow 5.1 Movie
2. 1966 Mission: Impossible 7.6 TV

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