James Bell

Born November 30, 1891· Suffolk, Virginia, USA

† Died October 26, 1973

31Roles★ 6.6Average rating

Born in Suffolk, Virginia, James Harlee Bell earned an electrical-engineering degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1911 before turning to the stage, where he debuted as Venustiano in the 1920 production of The Bad Man and maintained a steady Broadway presence until 1941. Transitioning to screen work, his first film appearance came in I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), and he later… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Bonanza1959Marty1955I Walked with a Zombie1943The Spiral Staircase1946

Filmography

YearRating

Series★ 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955

Andy Davis

★ 7.8

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang1932

Red (uncredited)

Series★ 7.5

Bonanza1959

Hjalmer Olson

★ 7.5

Marty1955

Mr. Snyder (uncredited)

Series★ 7.7

Perry Mason1957

P. E. Overbrook

★ 7.3

Brute Force1947

Crenshaw

★ 7.1

Holiday Inn1942

Dunbar

★ 7

The Spiral Staircase1946

Constable

★ 7

The Glenn Miller Story1954

Mr. Burger

★ 7

The Tin Star1957

Judge Thatcher

★ 7.1

Crime Wave1953

Daniel O'Keefe

★ 6.9

Dead Reckoning1946

Father Logan

★ 6.8

I Walked with a Zombie1943

Dr. Maxwell

Series★ 7.1

Wanted: Dead or Alive1958

Boniface Terry

★ 7

Tribute to a Bad Man1956

L.A. Peterson

★ 6.7

Red Mountain1951

Dr. Terry

Series★ 6.6

Wagon Train1957

Reverend Peters

★ 6.5

Million Dollar Mermaid1952

Judge

★ 6.5

The Leopard Man1943

Dr. Galbraith

★ 6.1

The Lonely Man1957

Judge Hart

★ 6.2

Private Detective 621933

Whitey

★ 6.2

Posse from Hell1961

Benson

★ 6.2

Black Tuesday1954

John Norris

★ 6.1

The Sea of Grass1947

Sam Hall

★ 5.9

My Friend Flicka1943

Gus

★ 6

Riding Shotgun1954

Doc Winkler

★ 5.7

So Proudly We Hail1943

Col. White

★ 5.9

Blood on the Sun1945

Charley Sprague

★ 5.5

Dial 11191950

Harrison D. Barnes

★ 5.6

A Lawless Street1955

Asaph Dean

★ 5.8

Flying Leathernecks1951

Colonel