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James Anderson

James Anderson

Birthday: 1921-07-13 | Place of Birth: Wetumpka, Alabama, USA

James Ottie Anderson, Jr. (July 13, 1921 – September 14, 1969), sometimes billed as Kyle James, was an American television and film actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He is probably best known for his role as Robert E. Lee "Bob" Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). He made over 120 appearances, mostly in television and several films between 1941 and 1969. He made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of murder victim Frank Anderson in the 1958 episode, "The Case of the Pint-Sized Client," and murder victim Stanley Piper in the 1960 episode, "The Case of the Ill-Fated Faker." He appeared in a number of westerns throughout his career, often playing a gun-for-hire or outlaw. He died of a heart attack on September 14, 1969. Two films he appeared in The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1969) and Little Big Man (1970) were released posthumously. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1969
Take the Money and Run

as    Chain Gang Warden

1958
The Thing That Couldn't Die

as    Boyd Abercrombie

1956
Running Target

as    Ora L. Strothers

1953
Donovan's Brain

as    Chief Tuttle

1953
The Great Jesse James Raid

as    Johnny Dorette

1952
Ruby Gentry

as    Lucien/Jewel Corey

1952
The Duel at Silver Creek

as    Rat Face Blake (as Kyle James)

1952
The Last Musketeer

as    Russ Tasker

1951
Along the Great Divide

as    Dan Roden

1951
Five

as    Eric

1950
Hunt the Man Down

as    Richard Kincaid / William H. Jackson