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  1. James Johnson Edwards (March 6, 1918 – January 4, 1970) was an American actor in films and television. His most famous role was as Private Peter Moss in the 1949 film Home of the Brave, in which he portrayed a Black soldier experiencing racial prejudice while serving in the South Pacific during World War II .

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0250066James Edwards - IMDb

    James Edwards. Actor: The Killing. Pioneering actor who was among Hollywood's first - years ahead of Sidney Poitier - to crush the Stepin Fetchit stereotype of black males as shiftless illiterates.

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    • Muncie, Indiana, USA
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    • San Diego, California, USA
  3. James Edwards was a pioneering actor who broke the stereotype of black males as shiftless illiterates in Hollywood. He starred in Home of the Brave (1949) and played a fighter pilot in Battle Hymn (1957), among other films.

    • March 6, 1918
    • January 4, 1970
  4. James Johnson Edwards (March 6, 1918 – January 4, 1970) was an American actor in films and television. His most famous role was as Private Peter Moss in the 1949 film Home of the Brave, in which he portrayed an African American soldier experiencing racial prejudice while serving in the South Pacific during World War II. James Johnson Edwards ...

  5. James Edwards was an African American actor who broke new ground in postwar Hollywood films by portraying positive and realistic Black characters. He starred in Home of the Brave (1949), The Steel Helmet (1950), and Pork Chop Hill (1959), among others.

  6. Mar 18, 2010 · Gifted, outspoken and unwilling to accept the demeaning caricatures that blacks often played on-screen, Edwards was heralded as the first African American actor to topline a major studio...

  7. Dec 25, 2008 · Learn about James Edwards, one of the first African American actors to receive critical acclaim, who starred in Home of the Brave and Patton. Find out his biography, filmography, and posthumous honors.