James Seay
James Seay was an American character actor who often played minor supporting roles as government officials.
Early years
Seay demonstrated an interest in acting at an early age, as he and his mother regularly attended Saturday matinees of a stock theater company in Pasadena, California. After working for an insurance company, he became a student at the Pasadena Playhouse.
Career
After a year at the Pasadena Playhouse, Seay spent the summer as leading man in a summer stock company at the Chapel Playhouse in Guilford, Connecticut. He returned to Pasadena and performed in two plays before he received a contract from Paramount He played a doctor in an "old folks home" in the film Miracle on 34th Street.
Among his many credits, Seay appeared in minor roles in a couple of episodes of Adventures of Superman television series: "The Mind Machine" and "Jungle Devil".
Seay appeared sixteen times as Judge Spicer on ABC's western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. He was cast six times as a sheriff on the NBC children's western series, Fury. He also guest starred in the syndicated aviation adventure series, Whirlybirds, and on the westerns The Californians, The Tall Man, and The Rebel.
He appeared three times in 1958 and 1959 on CBS' Perry Mason: murder victim Ross Hollister in "The Case of the Cautious Coquette," Dr. Michael Harris in "The Case of the Curious Bride," and murderer Ralph Hibberly in "The Case of the Spurious Sister."
He appeared on CBS's The Twilight Zone as the sheriff in the episode "In His Image" and as Agent Bowton in The Andy Griffith Show Season 4 episode, "The Haunted House" and the Season 5 episode, "Prisoner of Love". In 1960 he appeared on Bat Masterson.
Seay made training films for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
Death
On October 10, 1992, Seay died in Laguna Beach, California.
Selected filmography
Back Door to Heaven - Juror Emergency Squad - Slim, Buller's Chauffeur Women Without Names - O'GraneOpened by Mistake - Sam Peters Those Were the Days! - AndrewsThe Way of All Flesh - VarnoQueen of the Mob - Eddie WebsterGolden Gloves - JimmyOklahoma Renegades - CarlI Want a Divorce - Young Intern North West Mounted Police - Constable FentonThe Son of Monte Cristo - Lieutenant StoneFlight Command - Officer on Downed Seaplane Love Thy Neighbor - Boat Attendant The Green Hornet Strikes Again! - Bordine, a GangsterThe Face Behind the Mask - Jeff JeffriesThe Mad Doctor - Intern Meet Boston Blackie - Mechanical ManIn Old Colorado - Hank MerrittPower Dive - Army Radio Operator Two in a Taxi - Cristy ReardonFlying Blind - Dave, Flight DispatcherThe Kid from Kansas - Lee WalkerMr. Celebrity - Jim KaneKeep 'Em Flying - Lieutenant They Died with Their Boots On - Lieutenant Walsh Dangerously They Live - CarlMan from Cheyenne - Sheriff JimRide 'Em Cowboy - Jack, Ranger Captain Joe Smith, American - Roy, Aircraft Plant Worker Tramp, Tramp, Tramp - Biggie WaldronHome in Wyomin' - Tex HarrisonTen Gentlemen from West Point - Courtney Eagle Squadron - Medical Officer Flight Lieutenant - Lieutenant Anderson Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen - Marine Sergeant StevensTimber - Joe RadwayHighways by Night - Westbrook, the Man with TrucksTime to Kill - Leslie Murdock Ridin' Down the Canyon - Burt WoosterFlight for Freedom - Naval Lieutenant Learn and Live - Joe Instructor Resisting Enemy Interrogation - Captain James N. Spencer B-29 Flight Engineer - Pilot Home, Sweet Homicide - Frank Riley Miracle on 34th Street - Dr. Pierce Heartaches - Lieutenant Dan Armstrong, HomicideSecret Beyond the Door - Bob DwightT-Men - Hardy, Treasury Lab Technician Slippy McGee - Thomas EustisThe Cobra Strikes - Police Captain MonihanThe Checkered Coat - Captain DunhillAn Innocent Affair - Lester BurnleyThe Strange Mrs. Crane - Mark EmeryI Cheated the Law - Rodd SimpsonRed Canyon - Joel CreechPrejudice - MinisterLife of St. Paul Series - BarnabasMilitary Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang - Major NorcrossThe Asphalt Jungle - Officer Janocek Union Station - Detective Eddie ShattuckRevenue Agent - Narrator The Flying Missile - Lieutenant Jackson Hunt the Man Down - Prosecutor Charlie's Haunt - Boss Fury of the Congo - Narrator Up Front - Lieutenant Ferguson When the Redskins Rode - George WashingtonStrictly Dishonorable - Lili's Attorney When Worlds Collide - Donovan The Day the Earth Stood Still - Government Man Close to My Heart - Everett C. Heilner / Edward C. HewittModels Inc. - Detective Sergeant MooneyBrave Warrior - Governor William Henry HarrisonVoodoo Tiger - Abel PetersonTorpedo Alley - SkipperOff Limits - Major Evans, MD The Homesteaders - John KrogerProblem Girls - Max ThorpeJack McCall, Desperado - Bat McCallThe War of the Worlds - Air Force Bomber Pilot Fort Ti - Mark ChesneyPhantom from Space - Major AndrewsSon of Belle Starr - George ClarkSea of Lost Ships - Executive Officer Captain John Smith and Pocahontas - Edward Maria WingfieldKillers from Space - Colonel BanksCaptain Kidd and the Slave Girl - The Earl of BellomontReturn to Treasure Island - Felix NewmanVera Cruz - AbileneThe Steel Cage - Dr. Perry Kiss Me Deadly - FBI Agent #2The Kentuckian - Riverboat Gambler I Died a Thousand Times - Man in Tropico Lobby At Gunpoint - Townsman in Saloon I've Lived Before - Fred Bolan Gun Brothers - Blackjack SilkFriendly Persuasion - Rebel Captain Man in the Vault - Paul De CampThe Big Land - Ben Rummert Beginning of the End - Captain James BartonMan of a Thousand Faces - Casting Director The Amazing Colossal Man - Colonel HallockPal Joey - Livingston Bombers B-52 - B-52 School Instructor Flood Tide - Doctor Street of Darkness - Jesse FloresThe Buccaneer - Creole Militia OfficerOfficial Detective - CrackerThe Threat - Harry KeenanThe Lawbreakers - Mayor Harold Emshaw Secret of Deep Harbor - TravisWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - Police Officer #3Brainstorm - Judge at Scavenger Hunt First to Fight - Speaker at Bond Rally The Ballad of Josie - Territorial Politician The Destructors - Secretary of DefensePanic in the City - PittThe Green Berets - Soldier There Was a Crooked Man... - Aide to Lieutenant Governor