James Westerfield
Actor, TV Actor
1913 – 1971
Who was James Westerfield?
James A. Westerfield was an American actor of stage, film, and television.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, to candy-maker Brasher Omier Westerfield and his wife Dora Elizabeth Bailey, he was raised in Detroit, Michigan. He became interested in theatre as a young man and in the 1930s joined Gilmor Brown's famed Pasadena Community Playhouse, appearing in dozens of plays. He played in numerous films following his debut in 1940, then went to New York and appeared on Broadway, winning two New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards for his supporting roles in The Madwoman of Chaillot and Detective Story. He then returned to Hollywood and made more than 40 more films. Westerfield maintained an interest in the theatre. He directed more than 50 musicals in a summer-musical tent he owned in Danbury, Connecticut, and was the original stage director and producer for the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. He directed three seasons of "Theatre Under the Stars" in Vancouver, British Columbia, and appeared in musical roles with the Detroit Civic Light Opera, the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, and the San Francisco Civic Light Opera.
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- Born
- Mar 22, 1913
Nashville - Also known as
- James A. Westerfield
- Spouses
- Alice G. Fay
(1962/12/27 - 1971/09/20)
- Alice G. Fay
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Nashville
- Died
- Sep 20, 1971
Woodland Hills - Resting place
- San Fernando Mission Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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