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James Seay was an American character actor who often played minor supporting roles as government officials.
Birth Name
James W. Seay
Born
Wednesday, 09 September 1914
Died
Saturday, 10 October 1992
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| American Cinema | Officer Janocek (clip from The Asphalt Jungle (1950)) | 1995 |
| There Was a Crooked Man... | Aide to Lieutenant Governor | 1970 |
| Panic in the City | Pitt | 1968 |
| Lancer | Lawyer | 1968 |
| The Outcasts | Eldridge | 1968 |
| The Green Berets | Soldier | 1968 |
| The Destructors | Sec. of Defense | 1968 |
| The Ballad of Josie | Territorial Politician | 1968 |
| Judd for the Defense | Judge | 1967 |
| First to Fight | Speaker at Bond Rally | 1967 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| American Cinema | Officer Janocek (clip from The Asphalt Jungle (1950)) | 1995 |
| There Was a Crooked Man... | Aide to Lieutenant Governor | 1970 |
| Panic in the City | Pitt | 1968 |
| Lancer | Lawyer | 1968 |
| The Outcasts | Eldridge | 1968 |
| The Green Berets | Soldier | 1968 |
| The Destructors | Sec. of Defense | 1968 |
| The Ballad of Josie | Territorial Politician | 1968 |
| Judd for the Defense | Judge | 1967 |
| First to Fight | Speaker at Bond Rally | 1967 |
| Dragnet 1967 | Paul Bateman | 1967 |
| The Invaders | Grayson | 1967 |
| Hank | Mr. Gorbey | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Printer / Mr. Richards / Harry Considine / District Attorney / Charles Washburn | 1965 |
| Laredo | Marshall | 1965 |
| I Spy | Smith / Salesman | 1965 |
| Green Acres | Man #2 | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Police Chief | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Doctor | 1965 |
| Brainstorm | Judge at Scavenger Hunt | 1965 |
| Gomer Pyle: USMC | Police Lieutenant / Capt. Rogers | 1964 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Kenneth Bardington | 1964 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Mr. Secretary | 1964 |
| The Fugitive | Bus Driver / Fire Chief / G. Morgan | 1963 |
| The Lieutenant | Chief of Staff | 1963 |
| FBI Code 98 | Assistant Director | 1963 |
| What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Police Officer | 1962 |
| The Lucy Show | Mr. Sheldon | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Cruickshank | 1962 |
| Dr. Kildare | Dr. Dan D'Angelo / Dr. Lyson | 1961 |
| Secret of Deep Harbor | Travis | 1961 |
| The Lawbreakers | Mayor Harold Emshaw | 1961 |
| The Asphalt Jungle | Mayor Harold Emshaw | 1961 |
| The Americans | Mr. Gilroy | 1961 |
| Surfside 6 | Phillip Lordan | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | The State Policeman / Sgt. Jacobs / First State Trooper / Agent Bowton | 1960 |
| My Three Sons | Al | 1960 |
| Thriller | Herb Innes | 1960 |
| The Tall Man | Holman | 1960 |
| The Threat | Harry Keenan | 1960 |
| Not for Hire | Bush | 1959 |
| This Man Dawson | Martin Allen | 1959 |
| The Rebel | Jethro Gain | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Sheriff | 1959 |
| World of Giants | Official | 1959 |
| One Step Beyond | Leon | 1959 |
| The Buccaneer | Creole Militia Officer | 1958 |
| U.S. Marshal | Geist | 1958 |
| Cimarron City | Addison | 1958 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Bert Connors / Detective Crowley / Tom Nolan | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Parker James / Harry Cassidy | 1958 |
| The Rough Riders | Mayor Thackery | 1958 |
| Mackenzie's Raiders | Gen. Michael Lucas O'Hara | 1958 |
| Frontier Doctor | Clive Harper | 1958 |
| Bronco | Marshal John Heyes | 1958 |
| Frontier Justice | Mark Clanton | 1958 |
| Street of Darkness | Jesse Flores | 1958 |
| Flood Tide | Doctor | 1958 |
| Bombers B-52 | B-52 School Instructor | 1957 |
| Pal Joey | Livingston | 1957 |
| Tombstone Territory | Matt / Hody Taylor | 1957 |
| 26 Men | Gregg Miller / Griff Halleck / Walter Norton | 1957 |
| The Amazing Colossal Man | Col. Hallock | 1957 |
| Trackdown | Gil Hallswell / Duke Kincaid | 1957 |
| The Californians | Truesdale | 1957 |
| Maverick | Sheriff Gil McCrary | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Ross Hollister / Ralph Hibberly / Dr. Michael Harris | 1957 |
| The Thin Man | Jerry Divolo | 1957 |
| M Squad | Dr. Raymond | 1957 |
| Man of a Thousand Faces | Casting Director | 1957 |
| Beginning of the End | Capt. James Barton | 1957 |
| The Adventures of McGraw | Archer | 1957 |
| Leave It to Beaver | Mr. Boothby | 1957 |
| Code 3 | Sgt. Tom Lacey / Sgt. Zerbe | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Banning / Clint Faber / Gurney Cassell / Mr. Simpson | 1957 |
| The Big Land | Ben Rummert | 1957 |
| Whirlybirds | Headmaster / Maj. Edward Lawrence | 1957 |
| Official Detective | Lt. Carter | 1957 |
| Man in the Vault | Paul De Camp | 1956 |
| Friendly Persuasion | Rebel Captain | 1956 |
| Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers | Captain Alan MacLaughlin | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Mark Clanton | 1956 |
| Circus Boy | Bill Logan | 1956 |
| Gun Brothers | Blackjack Silk | 1956 |
| The Sheriff of Cochise | Rancher #1 | 1956 |
| Hey, Jeannie! | Commissioner | 1956 |
| I've Lived Before | Fred Bolan | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Prosecutor | 1956 |
| At Gunpoint | Townsman | 1955 |
| I Died a Thousand Times | Man in Tropico Lobby | 1955 |
| Fury | Sheriff | 1955 |
| Crusader | Inspector Ed Canelli | 1955 |
| Crossroads | Dr. Sheldon | 1955 |
| Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | Cassidy | 1955 |
| The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Hugh Barron | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Duke Tavener / Parks | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Skipper | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Jay | 1955 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Judge Spicer / Judge Wells Spicer / Capt. Brooke / Jack Finley / Maj. Joe Hanley | 1955 |
| The Kentuckian | Riverboat Gambler | 1955 |
| Kiss Me Deadly | FBI Agent | 1955 |
| Science Fiction Theatre | Mr. Miller / James Russell | 1955 |
| Buffalo Bill, Jr. | Spud - Henchman / Mark Dobson | 1955 |
| Stage 7 | Major Holmes | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Doctor Barton / Mr. Bush | 1955 |
| The Star and the Story | David Andrews | 1955 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | Maj. Allen Stanley | 1955 |
| Vera Cruz | Abilene | 1954 |
| The Steel Cage | Dr. Perry (segment "The Hostages") | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Capt. Richardson | 1954 |
| Lassie | Doc Porter / Stan Morton / Animal Control Officer | 1954 |
| Return to Treasure Island | Felix Newman | 1954 |
| Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl | Bellomont / The Earl of Bellomont | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Sam Copeland / Ed Williams | 1954 |
| Killers from Space | Col Banks / Col. Banks | 1954 |
| Stories of the Century | Jim Averell | 1954 |
| Mayor of the Town | Gordon | 1954 |
| Captain John Smith and Pocahontas | Wingfield | 1953 |
| Sea of Lost Ships | Executive Officer | 1953 |
| Topper | Larry Hartford | 1953 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Puff Radford / Howard Coleman / George Fox / Al Baxter | 1953 |
| The War of the Worlds | Air Force Bomber Pilot | 1953 |
| Son of Belle Starr | George Clark | 1953 |
| Phantom from Space | Major Andrews / Maj. Andrews | 1953 |
| Fort Ti | Mark Chesney | 1953 |
| Problem Girls | Max Thorpe | 1953 |
| Jack McCall, Desperado | Bat McCall | 1953 |
| The Homesteaders | John Kroger | 1953 |
| I'm the Law | Fred Bronson | 1953 |
| Off Limits | Army Doctor - Major | 1952 |
| Torpedo Alley | Skipper | 1952 |
| Voodoo Tiger | Abel Peterson | 1952 |
| So You Want to Wear the Pants | Milkman | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | William Joslin / Theodore Dreiser / Mr. Watson / Lt. Wells / Frank Katzentine | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Storekeeper / Hank Edwards / Carl Barton | 1952 |
| Adventures of Superman | Senator Taylor / Bill Hurd | 1952 |
| Hopalong Cassidy | David Barnett | 1952 |
| Cowboy G-Men | Reno Kid / Mort Boyd / Mike Gaffney - Head Guard at Mt. Ophir / Bill Brandow | 1952 |
| Brave Warrior | Gov. William Henry Harrison | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Teck / Sheriff Boden / Marshal / Lucius Peck / Joe Grimes / Jim Butler / Jim Bergmann / Jake / Herman Ehrenberg / Editor / Claude Damon / Bert Fletcher / Alex McSween | 1952 |
| Models Inc. | Det. Sgt. Mooney | 1952 |
| Personal Appearance Theater | 1951 | |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Lt. Rawlings / Detective Bucy / Joe Daggett | 1951 |
| Close to My Heart | Edward C. Hewitt / Everett C. Heilner / Evarts Heilne | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Davy Crockett | 1951 |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | Government Man | 1951 |
| When Worlds Collide | Donovan | 1951 |
| The Adventures of Kit Carson | Sheriff Matt Ordley / William Rodman - Indian Agent | 1951 |
| Strictly Dishonorable | Lili's Attorney | 1951 |
| Racket Squad | Dan | 1951 |
| When the Redskins Rode | Col. George Washington | 1951 |
| Up Front | Lt. Ferguson | 1951 |
| Fury of the Congo | Narrator | 1951 |
| Hunt the Man Down | Prosecutor | 1950 |
| The Flying Missile | Lt. Jackson | 1950 |
| Revenue Agent | Narrator | 1950 |
| Big Town | Nick Casterline | 1950 |
| Union Station | Detective Eddie Shattuck / Detective Shattuck | 1950 |
| The Asphalt Jungle | Officer Janocek | 1950 |
| Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang | Maj. Norcross | 1950 |
| The Cisco Kid | Roy Dillon / Harvey Price / Hardy | 1950 |
| Red Canyon | Joel Creech | 1949 |
| I Cheated the Law | Rodd Simpson | 1949 |
| The Strange Mrs. Crane | Mark Emery | 1948 |
| An Innocent Affair | Lester Burnley | 1948 |
| The Checkered Coat | Captain Dunhill / Capt. Dunhill | 1948 |
| The Cobra Strikes | Police Capt. Monihan | 1948 |
| Slippy McGee | Thomas Eustis | 1948 |
| Secret Beyond the Door... | Bob Dwight | 1947 |
| T-Men | Hardy - Treasury Lab Tech. | 1947 |
| Heartaches | Lt. Dan Armstrong, Homicide / Lt. Dan Armstrong - Homicide | 1947 |
| Miracle on 34th Street | Dr. Pierce | 1947 |
| Home, Sweet Homicide | Frank Riley | 1946 |
| The Last Bomb | Briefing Officer (voice) / Briefing officer | 1945 |
| Resisting Enemy Interrogation | Capt. James Spencer / Capt. James N. Spencer | 1944 |
| Flight for Freedom | Naval Lieutenant | 1943 |
| Time to Kill | Leslie Murdock | 1943 |
| Ridin' Down the Canyon | Burt Wooster | 1942 |
| Highways by Night | Westbrook, the Man with Trucks / Westbrook - Man with Trucks | 1942 |
| Timber! | Joe Radway | 1942 |
| Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen | Marine Sgt. Stevens | 1942 |
| Flight Lieutenant | Lt. Anderson | 1942 |
| Eagle Squadron | Medical Officer | 1942 |
| Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Courtney | 1942 |
| Home in Wyomin' | Tex Harrison | 1942 |
| Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! | Biggie Waldron | 1942 |
| Ride 'Em Cowboy | Jack - Ranger Captain | 1942 |
| Joe Smith, American | Roy, Aircraft Plant Worker | 1942 |
| Man from Cheyenne | Sheriff Jim / Rancher Jim | 1942 |
| Dangerously They Live | Carl | 1941 |
| They Died with Their Boots On | Lt. Walsh | 1941 |
| Keep 'Em Flying | Lieutenant | 1941 |
| Mr. Celebrity | Jim Kane | 1941 |
| The Kid from Kansas | Lee Walker | 1941 |
| Flying Blind | Dave - Flight Dispatcher | 1941 |
| Two in a Taxi | Cristy Reardon | 1941 |
| Power Dive | Army Radio Operator | 1941 |
| In Old Colorado | Hank Merritt / Woods Cowboy Hank | 1941 |
| Meet Boston Blackie | Mechanical Man | 1941 |
| The Face Behind the Mask | Jeff Jeffries | 1941 |
| The Son of Monte Cristo | Lt. Stone | 1941 |
| Flight Command | Officer on Downed Seaplane | 1940 |
| The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Bordine - a Gangster | 1940 |
| Love Thy Neighbor | Boat Attendant | 1940 |
| The Mad Doctor | Hospital Interne / Intern (Uncredited) | 1940 |
| North West Mounted Police | Constable Fenton | 1940 |
| The Flag of Humanity | Stretcher Bearer | 1940 |
| I Want a Divorce | Young Intern | 1940 |
| Oklahoma Renegades | Carl / Carl - Blind veteran | 1940 |
| Golden Gloves | Jimmy | 1940 |
| Those Were the Days! | Andrews | 1940 |
| The Way of All Flesh | Varno | 1940 |
| Queen of the Mob | Eddie Webster | 1940 |
| Opened by Mistake | Sam Peters | 1940 |
| Women Without Names | O'Grane | 1940 |
| Emergency Squad | Slim, Buller's Chauffeur / Slim - Buller's Chauffeur | 1940 |
| Back Door to Heaven | Juror | 1939 |
