James Edwards

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American actor film actor human stage actor television actor

James Edwards was an American actor known for his pioneering roles as African-American soldiers in mid-20th-century Hollywood war films.

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Label	Occurrences
James Edwards canonical	3

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ
activeIn	Hollywood ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1918-03-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1970-01-04 ⓘ
educatedAt	Knox College ⓘ Northwestern University ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Edwards ⓘ
genre	war film ⓘ
givenName	James ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
medium	film ⓘ television ⓘ theatre ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
name	James Edwards ⓘ
notableFor	breaking racial barriers in American cinema ⓘ pioneering roles as African-American soldiers in Hollywood war films ⓘ
notableWork	Home of the Brave ⓘ Men in War ⓘ Patton (1970 film) ⓘ surface form: Patton Pork Chop Hill ⓘ The Caine Mutiny (1954 film) ⓘ surface form: The Caine Mutiny The Manchurian Candidate ⓘ The Steel Helmet ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Muncie, Indiana (implied setting) ⓘ surface form: Muncie, Indiana, United States of America
placeOfDeath	San Diego, California, United States ⓘ surface form: San Diego, California, United States of America
portrayed	African-American soldiers ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Edna Edwards ⓘ
workedWith	Franklin J. Schaffner ⓘ John Frankenheimer ⓘ Samuel Fuller ⓘ
workPeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ

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Pork Chop Hill (1959 film) → starring → James Edwards ⓘ

Home of the Brave → stars → James Edwards ⓘ

Bright Victory → castMember → James Edwards ⓘ