James Westerfield

• Born: Mar 22, 1913 in Nashville, Tennessee
• Died: Sep 20, 1971 in Woodland Hills, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '40s-'60s
• Major Genres: Western, Drama
• Career Highlights: The Whistle at Eaton Falls, Jungle Heat, The Lucy Show: Lucy Is Her Own Lawyer
• First Major Screen Credit: The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951)

Biography

Character actor James Westerfield made comparatively few films, as his first love was the stage; he produced, directed and acted in a number of Broadway productions, and was the recipient of two New York Drama Critics awards. In films from 1941 (he's easily recognizable as a traffic cop in Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons), he was generally cast as villains, notably as a recurring rapscallion on the 1963 TV series The Travels of Jamie McPheeters. Disney fans will remember Westerfield as the flustered small-town police officer (variously named Hanson and Morrison) in such fanciful farces as The Shaggy Dog (1959), The Absent Minded Professor (1960) and Son of Flubber (1963). James Westerfield was married to actress Fay Tracy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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