James Gregory
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 23, 1911
- Died
- Sep 16, 2002 (aged 90)
- Place of birth
- Bronx, New York, USA
- Credits
- 133
James Gregory (December 23, 1911 – September 16, 2002) was an American actor. His best-known roles include Schaffer in Al Capone (1959), the McCarthy-like Sen. John Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate (1962), General Ursus in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), and Inspector Frank Luger in the television sitcom Barney Miller (1975–1982). Gregory 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. 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, 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. He married Anne Miltner in 1944; they were married for 58 years (until his death). During his Broadway career, Gregory earned consistently favorable reviews by drama critics from the New York Press, Boston Globe, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Hollywood Reporter and Variety. 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, 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. 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). One of his final roles, perhaps his most acclaimed, was as Inspector Frank Luger for the entire run of Barney Miller (1975 - 1982). As the Inspector, he would be lovable, irritating, ingratiating, exasperating, and humorous, sometimes all at the same time. Gregory retired from acting in 1983, with over 100 TV and movie credits.
Known for
Star Trek
1966TV
Dr. Tristan Adams
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970Movie
Ursus
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Confederate Sergeant, Air Force General
Columbo
1971TV
David Buckner
The Manchurian Candidate
1962Movie
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
M*A*S*H
1972TV
General Kelly
Filmography
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
1983Movie
Dan Peters
The Flight of Dragons
1982Movie
Bryagh / Smrgol (voice)
Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood
1981Movie
Leo Hackett
Gridlock
1980Movie
Gen. Caribou Caruthers
The Comeback Kid
1980Movie
Scotty
Detective School
1979TV
The Main Event
1979Movie
Gough
Supertrain
1979TV
Griswald
Flying High
1978TV
The Bastard
1978TV
Will Campbell
The Love Boat
1977TV
Milton Benson
Quincy, M.E.
1976TV
Tony Gordon
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976Movie
James Donovan
All's Fair
1976TV
The Strongest Man in the World
1975Movie
Chief Blair
Barney Miller
1975TV
Inspector Frank Luger, Frank Luger
The Abduction of Saint Anne
1975Movie
Pete Haggerty
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974TV
Captain Quill
Miracle on 34th Street
1973Movie
District Attorney
Police Story
1973TV
The Weekend Nun
1972Movie
Sid Richardson
The Streets of San Francisco
1972TV
M*A*S*H
1972TV
General Kelly
Search
1972TV
The Paul Lynde Show
1972TV
Temperatures Rising
1972TV
James Jerome
A Very Missing Person
1972Movie
Oscar Piper
Emergency!
1972TV
Sanford and Son
1972TV
The Marshal of Madrid
1972Movie
Oil Tycoon
Columbo
1971TV
David Buckner
Cannon
1971TV
The Late Liz
1971Movie
Sam Burns
Shoot Out
1971Movie
Sam Foley
The Million Dollar Duck
1971Movie
Rutledge
All in the Family
1971TV
William R. Kirkwood
Night Gallery
1970TV
The Partridge Family
1970TV
Claude Tubbles
The Headmaster
1970TV
The Hawaiians
1970Movie
Dr. Whipple Sr. (uncredited)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970Movie
Ursus
McCloud
1970TV
Medical Center
1969TV
Col. Whittendale
My World and Welcome to It
1969TV
The Love God?
1969Movie
Darrell Evans Hughes
Hawaii Five-O
1969TV
Jonathan Kaye, Mike Finney
The Mod Squad
1968TV
Gus Williams
Lancer
1968TV
The Outcasts
1968TV
Cocoon
1968Movie
Jonathan Kaye
The Outsider
1968TV
Premiere
1968TV
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968Movie
Gen. Homer Prentiss
The Ambushers
1967Movie
MacDonald
Clambake
1967Movie
Duster Heyward
The Hunted
1967Movie
Buckman
The High Chaparral
1967TV
Jake Stoner
Judd, for the Defense
1967TV
Cimarron Strip
1967TV
Ironside
1967TV
Herb Jarman, TV Presenter, Tony Hudson
Murderers' Row
1966Movie
MacDonald
Mission: Impossible
1966TV
Star Trek
1966TV
Dr. Tristan Adams
That Girl
1966TV
Tarzan
1966TV
The Silencers
1966Movie
MacDonald
A Rage to Live
1965Movie
Dr. O'Brien
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Bert Anslem
The Loner
1965TV
The Wild Wild West
1965TV
Hogan's Heroes
1965TV
General Biedenbender
The Big Valley
1965TV
Simon Carter, Senator Jim Bannard, Harry Bodine
F Troop
1965TV
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965Movie
Morgan Hastings
Quick, Before It Melts
1965Movie
Vice Admiral
Daniel Boone
1964TV
Captain Asa Webb
A Distant Trumpet
1964Movie
Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963Movie
Col. Edgar Pyser
Twilight of Honor
1963Movie
Norris Bixby
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963TV
Lieutenant Wade
The Fugitive
1963TV
Pete Crandall
The Lieutenant
1963TV
PT 109
1963Movie
Commander C.R. Ritchie
The Manchurian Candidate
1962Movie
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962TV
Fred Kruger
The Virginian
1962TV
Slim Jessup, Cal Young
Sam Benedict
1962TV
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962Movie
Brad Byrd
X-15
1961Movie
Tom Deparma
The New Breed
1961TV
Father Al
Ben Casey
1961TV
Target: The Corruptors!
1961TV
The Defenders
1961TV
Paul Tasso
My Three Sons
1960TV
Thriller
1960TV
Howard Yates
Journey to the Day
1960Movie
Endicott
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960Movie
Editor
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Confederate Sergeant, Air Force General
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959TV
John Kramer
Laramie
1959TV
Bonanza
1959TV
Mulvaney, Sgt. Mike Russell, Whitney Parker
Hey Boy! Hey Girl!
1959Movie
Father Burton
The Lawless Years
1959TV
Barney Ruditsky
Al Capone
1959Movie
Schaefler (narrator)
Rawhide
1959TV
Owen Spencer, Mister Brothers, Lash Whitcomb
Onionhead
1958Movie
Lt. Cmdr. Fox aka The Skipper
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958TV
Martin Burke
A Town Has Turned to Dust
1958Movie
Hennify
Underwater Warrior
1958Movie
Lt. William Arnold
Gun Glory
1957Movie
Grimsell
The Big Caper
1957Movie
Flood
The Young Stranger
1957Movie
Sergeant Shipley
Nightfall
1956Movie
Ben Fraser
The Scarlet Hour
1956Movie
Ralph Nevins
Playwrights '56
1955TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Mr. Wescott, John Gregory, Wayne Campbell
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Scanlon, Sr., Judge Calvin Strom, Wes Martin
Climax!
1954TV
Joe McCarthy, Dr. Froelich
Inner Sanctum
1954TV
At This Moment
1954Movie
Bill Ritter
Letter to Loretta
1953TV
Jim Patton
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Sandy Green
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Morgan, Lieutenant Billy Kyle
The Frogmen
1951Movie
Chief Petty Officer Lane
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Mac, Mr. Randolph
Danger
1950TV
Willie
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950TV
Suspense
1949TV
Jerry
Studio One
1948TV
Gas Man, Mr. Black, James Metcalf, Mr. Bales, George Monzo, Corey, Private Alan Pomeroy
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948TV
Lester Thompson, Angus
The Naked City
1948Movie
Patrolman Albert Hicks (uncredited)
The Things People Want
1948Movie
Pete
Kraft Television Theatre
1947TV
Steve