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James Gammon (I) (1940–2010)

Actor

Rugged-looking James Gammon first broke into the entertainment industry not as an actor but as a TV cameraman. From there, his weatherbeaten features, somewhat menacing attitude and a tough-as-nails voice--the kind that used to be described in detective novels as "whiskey-soaked"--reminiscent of '40s... See full bio »

Born:

James Richard Gammon
in Newman, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 70) in Costa Mesa, California, USA
Still of Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Wesley Snipes, Corbin Bernsen, James Gammon, Dennis Haysbert and Chelcie Ross in Major League James Gammon, Ryan Little and Adam Abel in Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy Still of Brion James, Ritch Brinkley, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chris Elliott and James Gammon in Cabin Boy Still of Corey Carrier and James Gammon in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles James Gammon, James Karen, Ryan Little and Brian Peck in Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy Richard Dreyfuss and James Gammon in Silver City
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2009 The New Daughter
Roger Wayne
 
2009 Convict
The Sheriff
 
2009 In the Electric Mist
Ben Hebert
 
2008 Appaloosa
Earl May
 
2007 The Final Season
Jared Akers
 
2007 Jesse Stone: Sea Change (TV movie)
Bob
 
2007 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Mr. Scofield
– Scars and Souvenirs (2007) … Mr. Scofield
 
2007 Monk (TV series)
Oates
– Mr. Monk Visits a Farm (2007) … Oates
 
2006 Altered
Sheriff Henderson
 
2006 The Far Side of Jericho
The Preacher
 
2006 Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy
Sam Parker
 
2006 What I Did for Love (TV movie)
Karl Ryder
 
2005 Don't Come Knocking
Old Ranch Hand
 
2004 Crossing Jordan (TV series)
Olin Price
– Justice Delayed (2004) … Olin Price
 
2004 LAX (TV series)
Bill Barkley
– The Longest Morning (2004) … Bill Barkley
 
2004 Silver City
Sheriff Joe Skaggs
 
2004/I Paradise (TV movie)
Old cowboy
 
2003 Cold Mountain
Esco Swanger
 
2003 Fillmore! (TV series)
Doc Hemlock
– Two Wheels, Full Throttle, No Brakes (2003) … Doc Hemlock (voice)
 
2003 Monte Walsh (TV movie)
Fighting Joe Hooker / Albert Miller
 
2002 The Country Bears
Big Al (voice)
 
2002 Life or Something Like It
Pat Kerrigan
 
1996-2001 Nash Bridges (TV series)
Nick Bridges / (credit only) / Credit only
– Fair Game (2001) … Nick Bridges
– Cat Fight (2001) … (credit only)
– Change Up (2001) … (credit only)
– Kill Joy (2001) … Nick Bridges
– Quack Fever (2001) … Nick Bridges
See all 96 episodes »
 
2000 The Cell
Teddy Lee
 
1999 One Man's Hero
Gen. Zachary Taylor
 
1999 The Iron Giant
Foreman Marv Loach (voice) / Floyd Turbeaux (voice)
 
1999 Tracey Takes On... (TV series)
– Hype (1999)
 
1999 You Know My Name (TV movie)
Real Arkansas Tom
 
1998 The Hi-Lo Country
Hoover Young
 
1998 Logan's War: Bound by Honor (TV movie)
Ben
 
1998 Love from Ground Zero
Hat
 
1998 Point Blank
Dad
 
1998/II The Man in the Iron Mask
The Commandant
 
1997 The Apostle
Brother Edwards (uncredited)
 
1997 Traveller
Double D
 
1996 Two Mothers for Zachary (TV movie)
Chalmer
 
1995 Wild Bill
California Joe
 
1995 Streets of Laredo (TV mini-series)
Charles Goodnight
 
1995 Truman (TV movie)
Sam Rayburn
 
1994 Natural Born Killers
Redneck's Buddy in the Diner (uncredited)
 
1994 Hard Vice
Bronski
 
1994 Wyatt Earp
Mr. Sutherland
 
1994 Major League II
Lou Brown
 
1993-1994 L.A. Law (TV series)
Rev. Joseph Halliday / Thomas Quinn
– God Is My Co-Counsel (1994) … Rev. Joseph Halliday
– F.O.B. (1993) … Thomas Quinn
 
1994 Cabin Boy
Paps
 
1993 Running Cool
Ironbutt Garrett
 
1992-1993 Homefront (TV series)
Coach Zelnick
– All Good Things (1993) … Coach Zelnick
– Can't Say No (1992) … Coach Zelnick
– By Popular Demand (1992) … Coach Zelnick
– Songs Unsung Are Sweetest (1992) … Coach Zelnick
– Spanish Moss (1992) … Coach Zelnick
See all 8 episodes »
 
1993 The Adventures of Huck Finn
Deputy Hines
 
1993 Men Don't Tell (TV movie)
Jack
 
1993 Painted Desert
Al
 
1992 Middle Ages (TV series)
Dave
 
1992 Criminal Behavior (TV movie)
Roy Stubbs
 
1992 CrissCross
Emmett
 
1992 Leaving Normal
Walt
 
1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series)
Teddy Roosevelt
– British East Africa, September 1909 (1992) … Teddy Roosevelt
 
1991 The Young Riders (TV series)
Elias Mills
– The Blood of Others (1991) … Elias Mills
 
1991 Stranger at My Door (TV movie)
Sheriff Bitterman
 
1990-1991 Bagdad Cafe (TV series)
Rudy
– Over My Dead Body (1991) … Rudy
– Prisoner of Love (1991) … Rudy
– Hell Hath No Fury (1990) … Rudy
– Rainy Days and Mondays (1990) … Rudy
– I Got a Crush on You (1990) … Rudy
See all 15 episodes »
 
1991 Conagher (TV movie)
Smoke Parnell, Ladder Five Owner
 
1990 I Love You to Death
Lt. Larry Schooner
 
1990 Coupe de Ville
Dr. Sturgeon the Cadillac Surgeon
 
1990/I Revenge
Texan
 
1989 Midnight Caller (TV series)
Pete Hanrahan
– Tarnished Shield (1989) … Pete Hanrahan
 
1989 Roe vs. Wade (TV movie)
 
1989 Major League
Lou Brown
 
1989 In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
Sheriff Ketch Monroe
– A Trip Upstate (1989) … Sheriff Ketch Monroe
 
1988 Lincoln (TV mini-series)
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
 
1988 The Milagro Beanfield War
Horsethief Shorty
 
1987 Ironweed
Reverend Chester
 
1987 Laguna Heat (TV movie)
Grimes
 
1987 Made in Heaven
Steve Shea
 
1987 Crime Story (TV series)
Jack Claymore
– The Pinnacle (1987) … Jack Claymore
– The Survivor (1987) … Jack Claymore
 
1982-1987 American Playhouse (TV series)
Clate Connaloe / Sheriff / Sheriff Frank Fly
– Stacking (1987) … Clate Connaloe
– Noon Wine (1985) … Sheriff
– The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982) … Sheriff Frank Fly
 
1986 Hard Traveling
Sgt. Slattery
 
1986 The Equalizer (TV series)
Michael Cub
– Out of the Past (1986) … Michael Cub
 
1985 Silver Bullet
Arnie Westrum
 
1985 The Long Hot Summer (TV movie)
Billy Quick
 
1985 Silverado
Dawson
 
1985 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Billy Don Baker
– Armed Response (1985) … Billy Don Baker
 
1985 Sylvester
Steve
 
1985 Hell Town (TV movie)
Lieutenant Raymond Tracy
 
1985 Vision Quest
Kuch's Dad
 
1984 Cagney & Lacey (TV series)
Brian Holgate
– Old Debts (1984) … Brian Holgate
 
1984 The Master (TV series)
– A Place to Call Home (1984)
 
1983 Women of San Quentin (TV movie)
Officer
 
1983 M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (TV movie)
Willard Kohler
 
1982 Deadly Encounter (TV movie)
Frank Kitchens
 
1981 The Big Black Pill (TV movie)
Captain Jake Jacqualone
 
1980 Below the Belt
Luke
 
1980 Any Which Way You Can
Palomino Bartender
 
1980 It's My Turn
Connie Foxworth (uncredited)
 
1980 Rage! (TV movie)
Joe Dean
 
1980 Urban Cowboy
Steve Strange
 
1980 On the Nickel
Peanut John
 
1979 The Sacketts (TV movie)
Wes Bigelow
 
1979 Lou Grant (TV series)
– Samaritan (1979)
 
1977-1978 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Billy / Gates
– Angels in the Stretch (1978) … Gates
– Angels on Ice (1977) … Billy
 
1977 The Greatest
Mr. Harry
 
1977 Black Oak Conspiracy
Deputy Bullard
 
1977 Code R (TV series)
Dillard
– A Federal Case (1977) … Dillard
 
1976 Most Wanted (TV series)
Joe Carter
– The Torch (1976) … Joe Carter
 
1976 Monster Squad (TV series)
Pollox
– The Astrologer … Pollox
 
1976 The Pom Pom Girls
Coach
 
1976 Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
Leather Salesman
 
1976 Petrocelli (TV series)
Harry
– Blood Money (1976) … Harry
 
1971-1976 Cannon (TV series)
Lt. Keely / Sheriff Ryder
– The Quasar Kill (1976) … Sheriff Ryder
– Country Blues (1971) … Lt. Keely
 
1975 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Andy Lucker
– The Final Burial (1975) … Andy Lucker
 
1973-1975 The Waltons (TV series)
Zack Rosswell / Mr. Roswell / Zack Roswell
– The Prophecy (1975) … Zack Rosswell
– The Fighter (1975) … Zack Rosswell
– The Venture (1975) … Zack Rosswell
– The Song (1975) … Zack Rosswell
– The Shivaree (1975) … Zack Rosswell
See all 8 episodes »
 
1975 The Kansas City Massacre (TV movie)
Garth
 
1975 The Wild McCullochs
1st Police Officer
 
1975 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Sheriff
– River of Fear (1975) … Sheriff
 
1974 The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (TV movie)
Alex Denton
 
1974 Macon County Line
Elisha
 
1974 Zandy's Bride
Cowboy (uncredited)
 
1974 Kung Fu (TV series)
Jake
– The Nature of Evil (1974) … Jake
 
1971-1974 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Ben McCarty / Cauldwell
– Diamond Run (1974) … Cauldwell
– Turnabout (1971) … Ben McCarty
 
1966-1973 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Arnie Jeffords / Dudley
– Susan Was Evil (1973) … Dudley
– My Father, My Son (1966) … Arnie Jeffords
 
1973 Dusty's Trail (TV series)
The Hired Hand
– Horse of Another Color (1973) … The Hired Hand (as Jim Gammon)
 
1972 Cry for Me, Billy
Amos
 
1970 The Intruders (TV movie)
Chaunce Dykstra
 
1970 The High Chaparral (TV series)
Lafe
– Only the Bad Come to Sonora (1970) … Lafe
 
1970 Macho Callahan
Cowboy (as Jim Gammon)
 
1970 A Man Called Horse
Ed
 
1968-1969 Lancer (TV series)
Clint Meek / Wes
– Blind Man's Bluff (1969) … Clint Meek
– Chase a Wild Horse (1968) … Wes
 
1969 The Thousand Plane Raid
Maj. Varga
 
1968 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Bill Day
– Up the Chimney (1968) … Bill Day
 
1968 Journey to Shiloh
Tellis Yeager
 
1967 The Virginian (TV series)
Cal Mason
– A Small Taste of Justice (1967) … Cal Mason
 
1967 Felony Squad (TV series)
Mickey
– Ordeal by Terror (1967) … Mickey
 
1967 Cool Hand Luke
Sleepy (uncredited)
 
1967 Batman (TV series)
Osiris
– The Unkindest Tut of All (1967) … Osiris (uncredited)
 
1967 The Invaders (TV series)
Hal
– The Spores (1967) … Hal
 
1966-1967 The Road West (TV series)
Deputy Virgil Bramley / Pete Fowler
– The Agreement (1967) … Deputy Virgil Bramley
– The Gunfighter (1966) … Pete Fowler
 
1967 Bonanza (TV series)
Harry Jeffers
– A Man Without Land (1967) … Harry Jeffers
 
1967 Captain Nice (TV series)
Milton the Mole
– Whatever Lola Wants (1967) … Milton the Mole
 
1966 The Monroes (TV series)
Stennis
– Night of the Wolf (1966) … Stennis
 
1966 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Egan
– The Night of the Freebooters (1966) … Egan
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2008 Nick Nolte: No Exit (documentary) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
2008 Nick Nolte: No Exit (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs the Late Henry Moss (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Candid Camera (TV series)
Himself - prank victom
– Episode dated 21 July 2000 (2000) … Himself - prank victom
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2011 The 65th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life (TV movie)
Teddy Roosevelt
 
1976 The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
Roy, Hired Hand (as Jim Gammon)
 

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Personal Details

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(1996) Stage: Appeared in "Burning Child" on Broadway. Written by Sam Shepard. NOTE: Nominated for Tony Award for Best Actor. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Jim Gammon

Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Trivia:

Has performed at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, Illinois See more »

Trademark:

Plays gruff, grizzled men See more »

Star Sign:

Aries