James PhilbrookFilmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Handsome, leading actor James Philbrook began his film career with important roles in two Susan Hayward vehicles, I Want to Live (1958) and A Woman Obsessed (1959). He went on to co-star in the weekly TVers The Islanders (1960, as pilot Zack Malloy) and The New Loretta Young Show (1962, as...Read More

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El Ultimo Dia de la Guerra

Synopsis: During the twilight of World War II, American forces battle their German counterparts to find a noted Austrian atomic scientist who is marked for death. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

9/20/72
Fedra West

5/5/68
The Drums of Tabu

Actors: James Philbrook, Francisco Moran, Franco Fantasia, Beni Deus

Synopsis: In this adventure, set in the South Seas near Fiji, a boozy veteran from the Korean War gets involved with a native girl trying to escape a cruel nightclub owner. She claims that because she refused the marriage arrangements made by the island's high priest that she is tabu, off limits to all men. Read More

1967
The Vengeance of Pancho Villa

1967
The Emerald of Artatama

Synopsis: Rory Calhoun is the one box-office name in the forgotten actioner Emerald of Artama. The titular emerald carries a curse. No, Shecky, the curse isn't Mrs. Artama. Whosoever comes into possession of the emerald dies a horrible death. Rugged adventurer Calhoun doesn't believe this at first, but he Read More

1967
The Girl of the Nile

1967
Son of a Gunfighter

Actors: Russ Tamblyn, James Philbrook, Fernando Rey, Kieron Moore, Maria Granada

Synopsis: In this western set during 1877 along the Mexican-American border, outlaws attack a stagecoach and find themselves defeated by an ace gunman with a hatred for evil-doers. The gunman decides to take off after the group leader, but the good guy shootist is hit while defending a beleaguered rancher Read More

1966
Ballad of a Bounty Hunter

1965
The Sound of Horror

Actors: James Philbrook, Arturo Fernandez, Soledad Miranda, Jose Bodalo, Ingrid Pitt, Lola Gaos, Antonio Casas

Synopsis: In this low-budget horror movie, Greek treasure hunters discover a nest of prehistoric eggs. They break an egg and accidentally release a deadly, invisible force that begins noisily shredding all humans in its path. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1965
Finger on the Trigger

Actors: Rory Calhoun, James Philbrook, Todd Martin, Silvia Solar, Brud Talbot

Synopsis: The Yankees and the Rebels must stop fighting over a stolen gold shipment and join forces to save a New Mexico fort from a major Indian attack in this western. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1965
The Thin Red Line

Actors: Keir Dullea, Jack Warden, James Philbrook, Ray Daley, Bob Kanter

Synopsis: Set during the Allied invasion of the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater during WWII, this film is based on the novel by James Jones. Keir Dullea is Private Doll, who dreads the invasion and steals a pistol to help him protect himself. Sergeant Welsh (Jack Warden), a caustic Read More

1964
Perry Mason: The Case of the Velvet Claws

Synopsis: A young lady calling herself Eva Griffin (Patricia Barry) calls upon Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) hoping that he will save her from a nasty scandal. Eva is really a married woman named Eva Belter, and she was photographed leaving a local gambling joint with prominent politician Harrison Burke (James Read More

1963
Bonanza: Inger, My Love

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Inga Swenson

Synopsis: In the 1961 Bonanza episode "Elizabeth, My Love," Ben Cartwright's thoughts drifted back to his first wife Elizabeth, the mother of his oldest son Adam. In the April 15, 1962 installment "Inger, My Love", Ben recalls his life with wife number two, Scandanavian émigré Inger Borgstrom (Inga Read More

1962
The Wild Westerners

Actors: James Philbrook, Nancy Kovack, Duane Eddy, Guy Mitchell, Hugh Sanders

Synopsis: In this routine western set in 1864 in Montana, U.S. Marshal Jim McDowell (James Philbrook) is trying to safely get a treasure-trove of gold bullion out East, where it will help the Union cause in the Civil War. Standing in his way are first a band of Native Americans and then some crafty outlaws Read More

1962
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lame Canary

Synopsis: Hoping to divorce her husband Walter (Walter Prescott) so she can marry her sweetheart Jimmy McLain (Biff Elliot), Ruth Prescott (Stacy Graham) is terrified that Walter is trying to kill her. Actually, it may be the other way around: Walter turns up dead, and Ruth is charged with the crime. Perry Read More

1959
Warlock

Actors: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Dolores Michaels

Synopsis: Warlock offers us a mean-spirited, mercenary Henry Fonda and an honest, peaceloving Richard Widmark. A Wyatt Earp-like frontier marshal, Fonda agrees to protect the small town of Warlock from an outlaw gang, but only if he's permitted to plunder the town's cash reserve. Widmark, the town deputy Read More

1959
Woman Obsessed

Actors: Susan Hayward, Stephen Boyd, Barbara Nichols, Dennis Holmes, Theodore Bikel

Synopsis: The hardships faced by a widow and her eight-year-old son on a rugged Canadian ranch provide the basis of this gripping outdoor adventure. She lost her husband to a forest fire. To help her run the ranch, she hires a handy man. A handsome, but taciturn fellow who has known much tragedy, he works Read More

1959
I Want to Live!

Actors: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel, Wesley Lau

Synopsis: Grim, almost unbearably intense, I Want To Live is the story of the life and execution of Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward) a perjurer, prostitute, liar and drug addict. The product of a broken home, Graham works as a shill, luring gullible men into crooked card games. She attempts to go straight Read More

1958
Maverick: The Seventh Hand

Synopsis: Bret (James Garner) is among the participants when the lovely but larcenous Samantha Crawford (Diane Brewster) organizes a big, no-limit poker game. Before long, Bret is being accused of cheating, and of masterminded a robbery in which the players are cleaned out. Naturally, Samantha has vanished Read More

1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The West Warlock Time Capsule

Synopsis: Taxidermist George Tiffany (Henry Jones) is commissioned to stuff a horse named Napoleon, whose body will then be included in a time capsule being prepared by the town of West Warlock. While trying to complete his job, George suffers the constant annoyance of his boorish brother-in-law Wadron (Sam Buffington Read More

1957