James Gregory (December 23, 1911 – September 16, 2002) was an American actor. His best-known roles include Schaffer in Al Capone (1959), the McCarthy-like Sen. John Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate (1962), General Ursus in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), and Inspector Frank Luger in the television sitcom Barney Miller (1975–1982). Gregory grew up in New Rochelle, NY. In high school, he was elected president of the Drama Club. He went to work on Wall Street as a runner shortly after the 1929 crash. Gregory performed in drama groups and achieved pro status as a summer stock player in 1935. He performed in plays throughout New York, New Jersey and Maryland. His troupe of performers toured small towns in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, towing a trailer full of theatre props; they performed in school gyms, churches and YMCAs, earning $25 for a week of one-night stands. In 1939, Gregory made his Broadway debut in a production of "Key Largo". Over the next 16 years, he performed in approximately 25 Broadway productions. His career was interrupted by WWII; he served for 3 years in the Navy and Marine Corps. His tour of duty took him to the Pacific where he spent 83 days on Okinawa. He married Anne Miltner in 1944; they were married for 58 years (until his death). During his Broadway career, Gregory earned consistently favorable reviews by drama critics from the New York Press, Boston Globe, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Gregory did a few TV spots as early as 1951, and in 1955 he made the transition from the Broadway stage to live television. The following year, after a couple of earlier uncredited movie appearances, he would also begin his movie career in earnest. He worked steadily throughout the early years of TV, working for major live television productions from New York to Hollywood. In 1959, Gregory made television history by costarring in the pilot episode of the The Twilight Zone (1959); the episode "Where Is Everybody?" concerning the relevant topic of the USA winning the space race by sending a manned spaceship to the moon sold the series. Gregory would play Dean Martin's exasperated boss MacDonald in the first 3 of the Matt Helm movies: The Silencers (1966), Murderers' Row (1966) and The Ambushers (1967). One of his final roles, perhaps his most acclaimed, was as Inspector Frank Luger for the entire run of Barney Miller (1975 - 1982). As the Inspector, he would be lovable, irritating, ingratiating, exasperating, and humorous, sometimes all at the same time. Gregory retired from acting in 1983, with over 100 TV and movie credits.
as Dan Peters
as Bryagh / Smrgol (voice)
as Leo Hackett
as Gen. Caribou Caruthers
as Scotty
as Gough
as Griswald(1 ep)
as Will Campbell(1 ep)
as Milton Benson(1 ep)
as Tony Gordon(1 ep)
as James Donovan
as Chief Blair
as Inspector Frank Luger(36 eps)
as Frank Luger(27 eps)
as Pete Haggerty
as Captain Quill(1 ep)
as District Attorney
as Sid Richardson
as General Kelly(1 ep)
as James Jerome(1 ep)
as Oscar Piper
as Brackett's Father(1 ep)
as Oil Tycoon
as David Buckner(2 eps)
as Sam Burns
as Sam Foley
as Rutledge
as William R. Kirkwood(1 ep)
as Claude Tubbles(1 ep)
as Dr. Whipple Sr. (uncredited)
as Ursus
as Col. Whittendale(1 ep)
as Darrell Evans Hughes
as Jonathan Kaye(1 ep)
as Mike Finney(1 ep)
as Gus Williams(1 ep)
as Jonathan Kaye
as Gen. Homer Prentiss
as MacDonald
as Duster Heyward
as Buckman
as Jake Stoner(1 ep)
as Herb Jarman(1 ep)
as TV Presenter(1 ep)
as Tony Hudson(1 ep)
as MacDonald
as Dr. Tristan Adams(1 ep)
as MacDonald
as Dr. O'Brien
as Bert Anslem(1 ep)
as General Biedenbender(1 ep)
as Simon Carter(1 ep)
as Senator Jim Bannard(1 ep)
as Harry Bodine(1 ep)
as Morgan Hastings
as Vice Admiral
as Captain Asa Webb(1 ep)
as Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint
as Col. Edgar Pyser
as Norris Bixby
as Lieutenant Wade(1 ep)
as Pete Crandall(1 ep)
as Commander C.R. Ritchie
as Sen. John Yerkes Iselin
as Fred Kruger(1 ep)
as Slim Jessup(1 ep)
as Cal Young(1 ep)
as Brad Byrd
as Tom Deparma
as Father Al(1 ep)
as Paul Tasso(1 ep)
as Howard Yates(1 ep)
as Endicott
as Editor
as Confederate Sergeant(1 ep)
as Air Force General(1 ep)
as John Kramer(1 ep)
as Mulvaney(1 ep)
as Sgt. Mike Russell(1 ep)
as Whitney Parker(1 ep)
as Father Burton
as Barney Ruditsky(48 eps)
as Schaefler (narrator)
as Owen Spencer(1 ep)
as Mister Brothers(1 ep)
as Lash Whitcomb(1 ep)
as Lt. Cmdr. Fox aka The Skipper
as Martin Burke(1 ep)
as Hennify
as Lt. William Arnold
as Grimsell
as Flood
as Sergeant Shipley
as Ben Fraser
as Ralph Nevins
as Mr. Wescott(1 ep)
as John Gregory(1 ep)
as Wayne Campbell(1 ep)
as Scanlon, Sr.(1 ep)
as Judge Calvin Strom(1 ep)
as Wes Martin(1 ep)
as Joe McCarthy(1 ep)
as Dr. Froelich(1 ep)
as Bill Ritter
as Jim Patton(1 ep)
as Sandy Green(1 ep)
as Morgan(1 ep)
as Lieutenant Billy Kyle(1 ep)
as Chief Petty Officer Lane
as Mac(1 ep)
as Mr. Randolph(1 ep)
as Willie(1 ep)
as Jerry(1 ep)
as Gas Man(1 ep)
as Mr. Black(1 ep)
as James Metcalf(1 ep)
as Mr. Bales(1 ep)
as George Monzo(1 ep)
as Corey(1 ep)
as Private Alan Pomeroy(1 ep)
as Lester Thompson(1 ep)
as Angus(1 ep)
as Patrolman Albert Hicks (uncredited)
as Pete
as Steve(1 ep)
