After the war, he decided to set his eyes on the New York stage where he assumed the role of the war hero in the touring play Deep Are the Roots. He was commissioned during World War II as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. While at school he participated in student productions and in the Federal Theatre Project. He attended Knoxville College in Tennessee and later continued his education at Northwestern University where he received a master’s degree in drama.
He is best known for his role, “Private Peter Moss” in the 1949 film Home of the Brave in which he portrayed a black soldier experiencing racist prejudice while serving in the South Pacific during World War II.Įdwards was born on March 6, 1918, in Hobart, Indiana. James Edwards was an actor in film and television.
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