Greene, James 1926-

PERSONAL

Original name, James Nolan; born December 1, 1926, in Lawrence, MA; son of Timothy (a police officer) and Martha (maiden name, Greene) Nolan; married Betty Miller, December 5, 1955. Education: Emerson College, B.A., 1950.

Addresses:

Agent—TalentWorks, 3500 West Olive Ave., Suite 1400, Burbank, CA 91505.

Career:

Actor. Appeared with American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1969. Military service: U.S. Navy Air Force, 1943-45.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

(Broadway debut) Capulet servant, Romeo and Juliet, Broadhurst Theatre, 1951.

Gunner, Misalliance, Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York City, 1961.

Husband, Danton's Death, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1965.

Henderson, You Can't Take It With You, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1965.

Snake, The School for Scandal, Lyceum Theatre, 1966.

Butler, Right You Are …, Lyceum Theatre, 1966.

Gentleman, The Wild Duck, Lyceum Theatre, 1967.

Henderson, You Can't Take It With You, Lyceum Theatre, 1967.

Karatayev, War and Peace, Lyceum Theatre, 1967.

Mr. Gill, The Show-Off, Lyceum Theatre, then Shubert Theatre, Boston, MA, both 1968.

Innocenti, Pantagleize, Lyceum Theatre, 1968.

Captain Harfeather, Ring Round the Bathtub, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1972.

Poor man, Don Juan, Lyceum Theatre, 1972.

Postmaster, The Government Inspector, Phoenix Theatre Sideshows, Edison Theatre, New York City, 1973.

Client, Baba Goya, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1973.

Douglas Shearwater, Shearwater, Festival of Short Plays, American Place Theatre, 1974.

MacRune's Guevara, Phoenix Sideshows, Playhouse II, New York City, 1975.

Otherwise Engaged, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1977-78.

Suitcase Sam, One Crack Out, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, New York City, 1978.

Archie, Artichoke, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1979.

Ben, Just a Little Bit Less Than Normal, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1979.

Brabantio, Othello, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1979.

Timon of Athens, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1979-80.

The prosecution, Salt Lake City Skyline, Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1980.

Jess, Summer, Hudson Guild Theatre, New York City, 1980, then Royal Poinciana Playhouse, Palm Beach, FL, 1981.

James Hyland, The Rope Dancers, Theatre East, New York City, 1981.

Doctor, Foxfire, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1982.

Great Days, American Place Theatre, 1983.

Jacob Brackish, Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1984.

Richie, Pigeons on the Walk, Actors Outlet Theatre Center, New York City, 1984.

Roy, Play Memory, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1984.

Nagg, Endgame, Samuel Beckett Theatre, New York City, 1984.

Ephraim Cabot, Desire under the Elms, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1984-85.

The Common Pursuit, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1984-85.

Old Mahon, The Playboy of the Western World, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1985.

James Cameron (Jimmy Tomorrow), The Iceman Cometh, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1985.

Petey, The Birthday Party, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA, 1985-86.

Bejart, La Bete, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1991.

Also appeared in The Death and Life of Jesse James, New Theatre for Now, "In the Works: II" Festival; Memory, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ; Ragged Mountain Elegies, Petersborough Playhouse, Petersborough, NY; Man Is Man, State University of New York; The King and the Duke; The Hostage; Plays for Bleecker Street; Girl on Via Flaminia; Compulsion; Inherit the Wind; Shadow of a Gunman; Andersonville Trial; Night Life; Frugal Repast; Bella Figura; The Carnival of Glorie; Down River; In White America; Incident at Vichy; The Changeling; Marco Millions; After the Fall; Fathers and Sons; The Arbor; Great God Brown; and as Archie and Elwood, American Gothic, Circle in the Square Downtown, New York City; Commandant Lanigan, Moon in the Yellow River, East End Theatre, New York City; Gunner, Misalliance, Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York City; client, Nourish the Beast, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City; Shearwater, "Shearwater," Lecherpawn and immigration official, "Cream," A Festival of Short Plays, American Place Theatre, New York City; Squire Cayce, The Freak, Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, New York City.

Major Tours:

Alain, The School for Wives, North American cities, 1971.

Film Appearances:

(Film debut) Pool player, The Hustler, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961.

Mad Dog Coll, Columbia, 1961.

Babo 73, 1964.

Gravey Combs, The Traveling Executioner, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970.

Frank McLowrey, Doc, United Artists, 1971.

Reverend Kern, Bug, Paramount, 1975.

Hellsgate rancher, The Missouri Breaks, United Artists, 1976.

Mailman, Ghost Story, Universal, 1981.

Doorman, Hanky Panky, Columbia, 1982.

Father Anthony, A Little Sex, Universal, 1982.

Chilly's friend number two, Body Rock, New World, 1984.

British prisoner, Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros., 1987.

George Flanders, Hostile Witness, 1988.

Peter Schamoni/narrator, Max Ernst: Mein vagabundieren-meine unruhe (also known as Max Ernst and Max Ernst: Journey into the Subconscious), 1991.

Country store clerk, Nowhere to Run, 1993.

Professor Longstreet, Philadelphia Experiment II (also known as Philadelphia Experiment 2), 1993.

Minister, Photographing Fairies (also known as Apparition), 1997.

Bile, Patch Adams, Universal, 1998.

Old man, Instinct to Kill (also known as The Perfect Husband), New Concorde Home Entertainment, 2001.

Lehi Smith, Lehi's Wife, 2002.

Farmer Bill, Road to Perdition, DreamWorks, 2002.

Dom Olivier, The Statement (also known as Crimes contre l'humanite), Sony Pictures Classics, 2003.

Gentleman, Breakfast on Pluto, Sony Pictures Classics, 2005.

Also appeared in Some Sunny Day; Trust Me.

Television Appearances; Series:

Davey McQuinn, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, NBC, 1987-91.

Uncle Moodri, Alien Nation, 1989-90.

Cartwright, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (also known as Brisco County, Jr.), Fox, 1993.

Harry, Men Behaving Badly (also known as It's a Man's World), 1996-97.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

E. Howard Hunt, Blind Ambition (also known as The John Dean Story), CBS, 1979.

Shane O'Manion, The Manions of America, ABC, 1981.

Father Ryan, Rage of Angels (also known as Sidney Sheldon's "Rage of Angels"), NBC, 1983.

Padre, Mapp and Lucia, PBS, 1986.

Higgs, Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues (also known as The Gambler III: The Legend Continues), 1987.

Television Appearances; Movies:

The Jolly Corner, 1975.

The Honorable Sam Houston, 1975.

Knuckle, 1975.

Buster Legge, Emily, 1977.

Stan Restin, The Spell, NBC, 1977.

Kieran, A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story, 1978.

Harold Turner, Attica, ABC, 1980.

Mr. McCormick, Thin Ice, CBS, 1981.

Leek, Pals, 1987.

Freedom Fighter, 1988.

Flanders, Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (also known as Hostile Witness and In the Hands of the Enemy), 1988.

Scotti Bagwell, Case Closed (also known as Death by Diamonds), CBS, 1988.

Bert Spindler, Columbo Goes to the Guillotine, 1989.

Paddy O'Rourke, Perfect Witness, 1989.

Prosecution council, Adam Bede, PBS, 1992.

Dr. Alvin Freedman-Kien, And the Band Played On, HBO, 1993.

Bishop, Guinevere (also known as Bound in Blood), 1994.

Sam, A Father for Charlie (also known as High Lonesome), 1995.

Judge Reese, My Brother's Keeper, 1995.

Dr. Milstein, Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story, 1995.

Warren Martin, The Christmas Wish, CBS, 1998.

Archbishop, The Prince and the Pauper, 2000.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Truett, "Prairie Lawyer," Sandburg's "Lincoln" (also known as Lincoln), NBC, 1974.

Skipper, Stubby Pringle's Christmas, 1978.

Jeb, "Robbers, Rooftops and Witches," CBS Library, CBS, 1982.

Quiet on the Set! Behind the Scenes at "Molly Dodd," Lifetime, 1990.

Voice of Gonzalo, The Tempest, NBC, 1993.

"Crosstown," CBS Schoolbreak Special, CBS, 1996.

Voice of peasant, Beowulf, HBO, 2000.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Nathan Sanders, "Silent Whisper," CBS Summer Playhouse, CBS, 1988.

Minister, The Wyatts, Fox, 1994.

Emerson Ray, The Practice, ABC, 1997.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Walcott, "Portrait in Blues," Mannix, 1974.

Desk sergeant, "J. J. Becomes a Man: Part 2," Good Times, 1974.

Charles Martin, "Mr. Edith Bunker," All in the Family, CBS, 1976.

Dr. Pepper, "Case: McClellan vs. Immigration," The Tony Randall Show, 1977.

Buster Legge, "Emily," Romance, 1977.

Roger Morgan, "Tux for Two," Perfect Strangers, 1987.

Sidney Harding, "Academy," Max Headroom (also known as Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future), 1987.

Julian Carr, "Missing Persons," Knots Landing, CBS, 1987.

Dr. Barron, "Who Watches the Watchers," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), 1989.

Flynn, "Betrayal," Mancuso, FBI, 1989.

Amos Haber, "Epitaph for a Lady," In the Heat of the Night, NBC, 1990.

Beauty, "Born to Be Mild," Newhart, 1990.

SAT examination official, "Brightman SATyricon," The Marshall Chronicles, 1990.

Waiter Max, "Four Neighbours and a Bab," Married People, 1990.

Reasonable Doubts, 1991.

Principal Stan Germaine, "The Gift," Brooklyn Bridge, 1992.

Denton Waters, "Trilogy (Part 3)—July 28, 1978," Quantum Leap, 1992.

Clarence, Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1992.

Mr. Cartwright, "Pirates," The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (also known as Brisco County Jr.), 1993.

Mr. Cartwright, "Deep in the Heart of Dixie," The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (also known as Brisco County Jr.), 1993.

Mr. Cartwright, "Steel Horses," The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (also known as Brisco County Jr.), 1993.

Salesman, "Give Him the Chair!," Frasier, NBC, 1994.

Mike O'Donnel, "Freedom: Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose, but Then So's Desperate," The John Larroquette Show (also known as Larroquette), NBC, 1994.

Frank Tremain, "Say There, Georgy Girl," Wings, NBC, 1997.

Emerson Ray, "Trial and Error," The Practice, ABC, 1997.

Emerson Ray, "Part IV," The Practice, ABC, 1997.

Any Day Now, Lifetime, 1998.

Koral, "The Reckoning," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9, Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: DS9), 1998.

Father McNamara, "In Dreams," Ally McBeal, Fox, 1999.

Shopkeeper, "The Client," It's Like, You Know …, ABC, 1999.

Passerby, "11:59," Star Trek: Voyager, UPN, 1999.

Mr. Richardson, "The Nanny," Family Law, CBS, 1999.

Dr. Clark, "Hate Thy Neighbor," Becker, CBS, 1999.

Chester, "All Night Senior Party," Clueless, 1999.

"You Really Believe In That Stuff?," Any Day Now, 1999.

Voice, "Bob's Father," God, the Devil and Bob (animated), 2000.

Jimmy Corley, "A Resting Place," Diagnosis: Murder, CBS, 2000.

Lester Hinman, "Halloween: Resurrection," In-Laws, 2002.

"Little Miss Lost," Miracles, ABC, 2003.

Father Vincent, "The Last Temptation of Elliot," Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 2003.

Smitty, "Centennial," Las Vegas, NBC, 2005.

Birdie—2006, "The Hen House," Cold Case, CBS, 2006.

Also appeared in Another World, NBC; The Edge of Night; Love of Life; Hollywood Television Theatre; French examiner, Grange Hill.