James Seay

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BIRTHDAY

January 01, 1914

DIED

January 01, 1992

RECENT CREDITS

Panic in the City (FILM) Feb. 1, 1968

Leave It to Beaver (TV) Dec. 23, 1961

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (FILM) Oct. 31, 1960

The Buccaneer (FILM) Dec. 1, 1958

Perry Mason (TV) Jan. 18, 1958

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BIOGRAPHY

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James Seay was groomed for romantic leads by Paramount Pictures beginning in 1940. After several nondescript minor roles, Seay finally earned a major part--not as a hero, but as a villainous gang boss in the Columbia "B" The Face Behind the Mask (1941). Never quite reaching the top ranks, Seay nonetheless remained on the film scene as a dependable general purpose actor, appearing in such small but attention-getting roles as Dr. Pierce, the retirement-home physician who explains the eccentricities of "Kris Kringle" (Edmund Gwenn) in Miracle on 34th Street (1947). In the 1950s, James Seay joined the ranks of horror and sci-fi movie "regulars;" he could be seen in films like The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Killers from Space (1954), The Beginning of the End (1957), and--as the luckless military officer who is skewered by a gigantic hypodermic needle--The Amazing Colossal Man (1957).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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