James Westerfield Overview:

Character actor, James Westerfield, was born James A. Westerfield on Mar 22, 1913 in Nashville, TN. Westerfield died at the age of 58 on Sep 20, 1971 in Woodland Hills, CA .

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Big, beaming Jim Westerfield was the perfect screen incarnation of the slightly comic, frequently nonplussed New York cop. One can still see him taking off the peaked cap and scratching the balding head. There was a lot of this Tennessee-born actor at 6ft 1in and 200 lbs-plus, and much of the big face seemed to be teeth and eyebrows. Westerfield may have looked thick-skulled, but it was far from the truth. As a man of the theatre - the reason he didn't make more films - he was at various times set designer, producer, and director and won two New York Drama Critics' awards for his acting. Died from a heart attack.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).

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James Westerfield Quotes:

Schmidt, the Hangman: You haff last request?
Prisoner: Sure would like me a chaw of tobacco. Whats the matter, hangman; afraid I'll choke to death and you'll lose your hangin' fee?
[Schmidt gives him a chew]
Prisoner: Umm! Put it in my pocket
[Schmidt complies and starts to put the hood over the prisoner's head]
Prisoner: Umm! Umm!
[spits out tobacco juice and then nods]


Otis, the Bartender: Doc, when you have been tending bars as long as I have, you wouldn't expect so much out of the human race.


Tom Milford: [Tom bumped into officer] I'm sorry, officer, my eyes were on that girl.
Officer Brokaw: Well, just glue them back in your head and keep moving.


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James Westerfield Facts
Played tough, blue-collar types, often cops, bartenders or thugs. His best-remembered film role is probably that of "Big Mac" in the classic On the Waterfront (1954).

Character heavy primarily from Broadway who won two New York Drama Critics awards and produced and directed several plays on the summer theater circuit.

Spent a large part of his career on the stage, not only as actor, but as set designer, producer and director. He won two New York Drama Critics Awards for acting.

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