James Gammon Biography (1940-)

Born April 20, 1940, in Newman, IL; son of Donald (a musician) and Doris Latimer (maiden name, Toppe) Gammon; married Nancy Jane Kapusta (a producer and theatre administrator), 1972; children: Allison Raye, Amy Sue (a personal manager). Addresses: Agent: House of Representatives, 400 South Beverly Dr., Suite 101, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; (voice work) Cunningham/Escot/Dipene and Associates, 10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 140, Los Angeles, CA 90025.; Manager: Amy Gammon, GW Management, 414 North Sycamore Ave., Suite 3, Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: April 20, 1940; Newman, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Sleepy, Cool Hand Luke, Warner Bros., 1967
Tellis Yeager, Journey to Shiloh, Universal, 1968
Major Varga, The Thousand Plane Raid, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969
Ed, A Man Called Horse, Warner Bros., 1970
Cowboy, Macho Callahan, Paramount, 1970
Amos, Cry for Me, Billy (also known as Apache Massacre, Count Your Bullets, Face to the Wind, and The Long Tomorrow), Films Costello Lopes, 1972
Elisha, Macon County Line, Consolidated Productions, 1974
Detective, The Wild McCullochs (also known as McCullochs),American International Pictures, 1975
Leather salesman, Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw Man, American International Pictures, 1976
Coach Hartmann, The Pom Pom Girls (also known as Palisades High), Crown, 1976
Deputy Bullard, Black Oak Conspiracy, New World, 1977
Mr. Harry, The Greatest, Columbia, 1977
Connie Foxworth, A Perfect Circle (also known as It's My Turn), 1980
Steve Strange, Urban Cowboy, Paramount, 1980
Peanut John, On the Nickel, Rose's Park Production, 1980
Palomino bartender, Any Which Way You Can, Warner Bros., 1980
Luke, Below the Belt, Atlantic, 1980
Sheriff Frank Fly, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, Embassy, 1982
Smithereens, 1982
Kuch's father, Vision Quest (also known as Crazy for You),Warner Bros., 1983
Dawson, Silverado, Columbia, 1984
Steve, Sylvester, Columbia, 1985
Arnie Westrum, Silver Bullet (also known as Stephen King's Silver Bullet), Paramount, 1985
Sergeant Slattery, Hard Traveling, Shire, 1985
Reverend Chester, Ironweed, TriStar, 1987
Steve Shea, Made in Heaven, Lorimar, 1987
Clate Connaloe, Stacking (also known as Season of Dreams),Spectrafilm, 1987
Horse Thief Shorty, The Milagro Beanfield War, Universal, 1988
Lou Brown, Major League, Paramount, 1989
Doc Sturgeon, Coupe de Ville, Universal, 1990
Lieutenant Larry Schooner, I Love You to Death, TriStar, 1990
Texan, Revenge, Columbia/New World, 1990
Emmett, Crisscross (also known as Alone Together), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1992
Walt, Leaving Normal, Universal, 1992
Deputy Hines, The Adventures of Huck Finn (also known as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Buena Vista, 1993
Ironbutt Garrott, Running Cool, Paramount, 1993
Al, The Painted Desert, 1993
Paps, Cabin Boy, Buena Vista, 1994
Police Chief Bronski, Hard Vice (also known as Vegas Vice),A-Pix Entertainment, 1994
Lou Brown, Major League II, Warner Bros., 1994
Mr. Sutherland, Wyatt Earp, Warner Bros., 1994
Buddy of the redneck in the diner, Natural Born Killers, 1994
California Joe, Wild Bill, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
Dad, Point Blank, Sterling Home Entertainment, 1997
The Apostle, October Films, 1997
Double D, Traveller, October Films, 1997
The commandant, The Man in the Iron Mask, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1998
Hoover Young, The Hi-Lo Country (also known as Hi-Lo Country--Im Land der letzten Cowboys), Gramercy, 1998
General Zachary Taylor, One Man's Hero (also known as Heroes sin patria), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Orion, 1999
Hat, Love from Ground Zero, Sandbox Films, 1999
Voices of Marv Loach, Floyd Turbeaux, and General Sudokoff, The Iron Giant (animated), Warner Bros., 1999
FBI Agent Teddy Lee, The Cell, New Line Cinema, 2000
Lanie's father, Life or Something Like It, Twentieth Century-Fox,2002
Voice of Big Al, Country Bears, Buena Vista, 2002
Cold Mountain, Miramax, 2003
This So-Called Disaster, 2003

Also appeared in Fire in the Wind, Universal.
Television Appearances
Series
Zack Rosswell, a recurring role, The Waltons, CBS, 1974-1975
Rudy, Bagdad Cafe (also known as Bagdad Gas and Oil), CBS,1990
Dave Nelson, Middle Ages, CBS, 1992
Coach Zelnick, a recurring role, Homefront, ABC, 1992
Nick Bridges, Nash Bridges (also known as Bridges), CBS, 1996-2001
Miniseries
Wes Bigelow, Louis L'Amour's "The Sacketts" (also known as TheSacketts), NBC, 1979
Billy Quick, The Long, Hot Summer, NBC, 1985
General Grant, Gore Vidal's "Lincoln" (also known as Lincoln), NBC, 1988
Charles Goodnight, Larry McMurtry's "Streets of Laredo" (also known as Streets of Laredo), CBS, 1995
Movies
Chaunce Dykstra, The Intruders, NBC, 1970
Alex Denton, The F.B.I. Story: The FBI versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (also known as Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy No. 1 andThe FBI Story--Alvin Karpis), CBS, 1974
Garth, The Kansas City Massacre, 1975
Joe Dean, Rage!, NBC, 1980
Captain Jake Jacqualone, The Big Black Pill (also known as JoeDancer), NBC, 1981
Frank Kitchens, The Deadly Encounter (also known as American Eagle), CBS, 1982
Willard Kohler, M.A.D.D.: Mothers against Drunk Driving, NBC, 1983
Women of San Quentin, NBC, 1983
Lieutenant Raymond Tracy, Father of Hell Town, NBC, 1985
Sheriff, Noon Wine, PBS, 1985
Grimes, Laguna Heat, HBO, 1987
Jimmy Russell, Roe vs. Wade, NBC, 1989
Sheriff Bitterman, Stranger at My Door (also known as Dead Aim and Dead Run), CBS, 1991
Smoke Parnell, Louis L'Amour's "Conagher" (also known as Conagher), TNT, 1991
Roy Stubbs, Criminal Behavior (also known as Looking for Larry), ABC, 1992
Jack, Men Don't Tell, CBS, 1993
Sam Rayburn, Truman, HBO, 1995
Clifton Chalmer, Two Mothers for Zachary, ABC, 1996
Real Arkansas Tom, You Know My Name (also known as Bill Tilghman), TNT, 1998
Ben, Logan's War: Bound by Honor, CBS, 1998
"Fightin' Joe" Hooker, Monte Walsh, TNT, 2003
Episodic
Egan, "The Night of the Freebooters," Wild, Wild West, CBS, 1966
"Night of the Wolf," The Monroes, 1966
Pete Fowler, "The Gunfighter," The Road West, 1966
Osris, "The Unkindest Cut of All," Batman, 1967
"The Man without Land," Bonanza, NBC, 1967
Deputy Virgil Bramley, "The Agreement," The Road West, 1967
Hal, "The Spores," The Invaders, 1967
Mickey, "Ordeal by Terror," Felony Squad, 1967
Cal Mason, "A Small Taste of Justice," The Virginian, 1967
Wes, "Chase a Wild Horse," Lancer, 1968
Clint Meek, "Blind Man's Bluff," Lancer, 1969
Lafe, "Only the Bad Come to Sonora," The High Chaparral, NBC, 1970
Keely, "Country Blues," Cannon, CBS, 1971
Ben McCann, "Turnabout," The F.B.I., ABC, 1971
Hired hand, "Lariat on the Loose" (also known as "Horse of Another Color"), Dusty's Trail, 1973
Dudley, "Susan Was Evil," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1973
"Diamond Run," The F.B.I., ABC, 1974
Jake, "The Nature of Evil," Kung Fu, 1974
Sheriff, "River of Fear," The Streets of San Francisco, ABC, 1975
Andy Lucker, "The Final Burial," Barnaby Jones, 1975
Sheriff Ryder, "Quasar Kill," Cannon, CBS, 1976
"Angels on Ice: Part 1," Charlie's Angels, ABC, 1977
Gates, "Angels in the Stretch," Charlie's Angels, ABC, 1978
Billy Don Baker, "Armed Response," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1985
Michael Cub, "Out of the Past," The Equalizer, CBS, 1986
Jack Claymore, "The Survivor," Crime Story, NBC, 1987
Jack Claymore, "The Pinnacle," Crime Story, NBC, 1987
Pete Hanrahan, "Tarnished Shield," Midnight Caller, NBC, 1989
Sheriff Moore, "A Trip Upstate," In the Heat of the Night, 1989
Elias Mills, "The Blood of Others," The Young Riders, ABC, 1991
Buck Taylor, Crossroads, ABC, 1992
Teddy Roosevelt, "British East Africa, September 1909," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, 1992
Thomas Quinn, "F.O.B.," L.A. Law, NBC, 1993
Reverend Joseph Halliday, "God Is My Co-Counsel," L.A. Law, NBC, 1994
Also appeared in episodes of Cagney & Lacey, CBS; Code R, CBS; Hunter, CBS; Kaz, CBS; Lou Grant; The Master, NBC; and The Mississippi, CBS.
Specials
Voice of John Wesley Powell, The Wild West (documentary), syndicated, 1993
Stage Appearances
Weston, Curse of the Starving Class, Estelle R. Newman, Public Theatre, New York City, 1978
Rubin Flood, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Mark Taper Forum,Los Angeles, 1978
Baylor, A Lie of the Mind, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1985-1986, then Los Angeles.
Reader, "Story with a Moral," Great Writers Series, Met Theatre, Los Angeles, 1993
Simms, Simpatico, Estelle R. Newman Theatre, Public Theatre, 1994
Dodge, Buried Child, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1996
Coach, That Championship Season, Second Stage Theatre, New York City, 1999
Stamped, Met Theatre, Hollywood, CA, 2000
Henry Moss, The Late Henry Moss, Magic Theatre Company, Theatre onthe Square, San Francisco, CA, 2000
Appeared in Middle Class, Los Angeles Actors Theatre; On the Money, Victory Theatre, Los Angeles; and in Black Hole in Space, Bus Stop, Cheeseburg, Curse of the Starving Class, The Dreamcrust, Orpheus Descending, The Rainmaker, and Who'llSave the Plow Boy?, all Met Theatre, Los Angeles; also appeared in community theatre productions in Florida early in his career.
Stage Work
Director, Bus Stop, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1973

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