Biography
James Murray (February 9, 1901 – July 11, 1936) was an American movie actor. James appeared in 36 movies during his career. It may be safe to assume that less than half of his movies survived to present day. In most of his post silent era movies, particularly those made during the last few years of his career/life, he was cast in uncredited bit parts, or as an extra. Of all his silent movies, The Crowd seems to have survived the best and is the easiest available, although it has not yet been re...
Known For
Complete Filmography
San Francisco
1936
as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 19...
Rose Marie
1936
as Bit Part (uncredited)
An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.
Ship Cafe
1935
as Gerald (uncredited)
The singing stoker and the vamp.
The Drunkard
1935
as Edward Middleton
An unscrupulous lawyer uses alcohol to swindle an innocent family.
Baby Face
1933
as Brakeman (uncredited)
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her hap...
Heroes for Sale
1933
as Blind Soldier
Tom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his batt...
Central Airport
1933
as Eddie Hughes
Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.
High Gear
1933
as Mark 'High Gear' Sherrod
When Mark 'High Gear' Sherrod (Murray) looses his nerve, the race car driver takes a job driving a taxi, but when he befriends a cute reporter and the...
Air Hostess
1933
as Ted Hunter
A plucky stewardess risks her life marrying a daredevil pilot.
Frisco Jenny
1933
as Dan McAllister
Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the ...
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
1930s Thalians Club comedy.
The Reckoning
1932
as Terry
Two young lovers caught up in the underworld decide to get out and go straight, but a gang leader has other plans for them.
In Line of Duty
1931
as Cpl. Sherwood
A Canadian Mountie officer pursuing a fugitive from the law, is left in a moral conundrum when the fugitive saves his life.
Trapped
1931
as Jimmy Dare
The Shadow's second movie short, an adaptation from a Ray Humphreys story, "The Cat's Paw," from Detective Story Magazine.
Hold 'er Sheriff
1931
as Jimmy Dalton
A sheriff's daughter, and deputy sheriff, falls for a handsome stranger. who cracks a joke about robbing a bank. When a robbery then takes place, he m...
Kick In
1931
as Benny LaMarr
Chick Hewes is released from prison and finds work as an accountant. Two years later, Chick's crooked friend, Benny LaMarr, to whom he is indebted for...
Bright Lights
1930
as Connie Lamont
A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tumultuous past isn't done with her yet.
Hide-Out
1930
as Jimmy Dorgan
A bootlegger on the run from the law hides out on a college campus. He disguises himself as a student and soon becomes the school's star athlete and t...
The Rampant Age
1930
as Sandy Benton
Wealthy playboy Sandy Benton falls for pretty but decidedly less wealthy neighbor Doris Lawrence. She rebuffs his attentions, but scheming golddigger ...
Shanghai Lady
1929
as 'Badlands' McKinney
Having spent several wasted months in a Shanghai opium dem, former prostitute Cassie Cook yearns to start her life afresh. Likewise, ex-convict Badlan...
Thunder
1929
as Tommy
A train operator's obsession with being on time leads to tragedy for his family.
The Shakedown
1929
as Dave Roberts
The life of a less-than successful professional boxer changes when he takes in an orphan.
The Little Wildcat
1928
as Conrad Burton
A pair of elderly Civil War veterans, Judge Holt and his friend Joel Ketchum, spent most of their time reminiscing about their wartime experiences. In...
The Big City
1928
as Curly
Gangster boss Chuck Collins, despite his ruthlessness, is a basically decent fellow. Collins is plagued by a rival gang, led by deceptively boyish Cur...
The Crowd
1928
as John 'Johnny' Sims
John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, f...
Rose-Marie
1928
as Jim Kenyon
Sergeant Malone of the Mounties and effeminate Etienne Doray are both in love with Rose-Marie, but she doesn't light up until soldier of fortune Jim K...
The Lovelorn
1927
In Old Kentucky
1927
as Jimmy Brierly
Young Brierly struggles to save his father, Major Brierly, from the clutches of alcohol after the Great War. At the same time, he prepares Major Brier...