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:

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.


Prisoner: Always uses top grade hemp, Schmidt does. He oils it so it slides read good. Snaps your neck like a dry twig.


Police Officer Hanson: [to Prof. Ashton] I'm very sorry, Professor, but did our brand-new patrol car get in your way?


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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.

Wife Fay Tracey was an actress.

Disney film fans will remember him as the dumbstruck police officer and unwitting witness to the incredulous going-ons in several of their most popular comedy slapstick: The Shaggy Dog (1959), The AbsentMinded Professor (1961) and Son of Flubber (1963).

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