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James Jeter

Acting · Born September 15, 1921 · Houston, Texas, USA

James Jeter (September 15, 1921 – March 4, 2007) was an American character actor from Texas who began his career on stage at Houston's Alley Theatre. Over three decades in film and television he appeared in The Sand Pebbles, Cool Hand Luke, Assault on Precinct 13, Bound for Glory, F.I.S.T., The Border, Brian De Palma's Blow Out and Clint Eastwood's A Perfect World, his final film. On television he played the blacksmith Hans Dorfler on Little House on the Prairie.

James Jeter movies and shows

  • Little House on the Prairie1974
  • Knots Landing1979
  • Batman1966
  • Quincy, M.E.1976
  • Hart to Hart1979
  • Hunter1984
  • T. J. Hooker1982
  • Gunsmoke1955
  • Mayberry R.F.D.1968
  • Land of the Giants1968
  • CHiPs1977
  • Cool Hand Luke1967
  • A Perfect World1993
  • Blow Out1981
  • The Chase1966
  • The French Atlantic Affair1979
  • Assault on Precinct 131976
  • Big John, Little John1976
  • The Sand Pebbles1966
  • Hollywood Wives1985
  • A Woman Called Moses1978
  • Fun with Dick and Jane1977
  • F.I.S.T.1978
  • Ice Station Zebra1968