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James Gregory
Gregory in 1948
Born	(1911-12-23)December 23, 1911 Bronx, New York, U.S.
Died	September 16, 2002(2002-09-16) (aged 90) Sedona, Arizona, U.S.
Resting place	Sedona Community Cemetery
Years active	1939–2000
Spouse(s)	Ann Miltner (m. 1944)

James Gregory (December 23, 1911 – September 16, 2002) was an American character actor known for his deep, gravelly voice and playing brash roles such as the McCarthy-like Sen. John Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate (1962), the audacious General Ursus in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), and crusty Inspector Frank Luger in the television sitcom Barney Miller (1975–1982).

Biography

Gregory was born in the Bronx in New York City, and raised in New Rochelle, just north of New York City. In high school he was president of the Drama Club. He briefly worked on Wall Street as a runner in 1929 and thought of being a stockbroker, but, by 1935, had become a professional actor instead.^{[citation needed]}

In 1939, he made his Broadway debut in a production of Key Largo and worked in about twenty-five more Broadway productions over the next sixteen years.^{[citation needed]}

He served three years in the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps during World War II.^[1] His early acting work included Army training films; one such appearance is excerpted in The Atomic Café (1982).

Gregory was the lead in The Lawless Years, a 1920s crime drama which aired forty-five episodes on NBC. In the series, which ran from 1959–61, he played NYPD Detective Barney Ruditsky.^{[citation needed]}

After his appearance as the McCarthyistic Senator Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Gregory starred in the film PT 109 (1963) with Cliff Robertson. He played Dean Martin's spy boss MacDonald, in the Matt Helm film series; in the original Star Trek series in the episode "Dagger of the Mind" (1966), as Dr. Tristan Adams; and in the Elvis Presley film Clambake (1967). In the pilot movie for the Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series), Gregory became the first actor to portray State Department official Jonathan Kaye, a recurring character on the series.

Gregory was a semi-regular on the TV series Barney Miller as Deputy Inspector Frank Luger. His final acting credit was in a 1986 episode of Mr. Belvedere.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Gregory died of natural causes in Sedona, Arizona in 2002, aged 90.^[2] He and his wife, Anne Miltner (1917-2005), are interred at the Sedona Community Cemetery.

Selected TV and filmography

References

External links

• Official website


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  James Gregory at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)


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  James Gregory on IMDb


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  James Gregory at the Internet Broadway Database
  


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  James Gregory at Find a Grave