James , Fairmont (Ind.) 8.2.1931, +Salinas (Cal.) 30.9.1955 (Autounfall), amerikan. Schauspieler, wurde weltberühmt und zum Jugendidol durch die Filme 'Jenseits von Eden', '.denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun' und 'Giganten' (alle drei 1955).
(Byron) (1931-1955) US actor. Killed in an automobile accident soon after the public showing of his first film, East of Eden 1955, he posthumously became a cult hero with Rebel Without a Cause 1955 and Giant 1956.
He has become a symbol of teenage rebellion against American middle-class values.