James Patterson (June 29, 1932 – August 19, 1972) was an American actor who won a Tony Award for his role in the 1968 Harold Pinter play The Birthday Party.

Patterson was born in Derry, Pennsylvania, For a time, he was a painter and later studied acting at the Carnegie Institute of Technology with Hebert Berghof.

[1] He met his future wife, actress, Rochelle Oliver on the set of the off-Broadway production of The Brothers Karamazov.

In 1968, Patterson played the part of Dave Barca in Hawaii Five-O, episode "The Ways of Love".

[4] In 1972, Patterson was in the horror slasher film Silent Night, Bloody Night that starred Patrick O’Neal, playing Jeffrey Butler, a man trying to sell a house with a terrible history that belonged to his grandfather Wilford Butler.