James Gammon

Actor Apr 20 (died age 70) Newman, Illinois, USA 1955–2009 (54 year career)

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Biography

James Richard Gammon (April 20, 1940 – July 16, 2010) was an American actor, known for his roles as team manager Lou Brown in the films Major League and Major League II (fictionalized version of the Cleveland Indians), and retired longshoreman Nick Bridges, Nash's father, on the CBS crime drama Nash Bridges.

Known For

Film

The Iron Giant

Foreman Marv Loach / Floyd Turbeaux (voice)

Film

Natural Born Killers

Redneck's Buddy in Diner

Film

Cool Hand Luke

Sleepy

Film

Cold Mountain

Esco Swanger

Film

Major League

Lou Brown

Film

The Cell

Teddy Lee

Film

Wyatt Earp

Mr. Sutherland

Film

Silverado

Dawson

Filmography

Acting (128)

Movies (90)

The New Daughter

as Roger Wayne

In the Electric Mist

as Ben Hebert

Otis E.

as The Sheriff

Appaloosa

as Earl May

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

as Bob

The Final Season

as Jared Akers

Altered

as Sheriff Henderson

What I Did for Love

as Karl Ryder

The Far Side of Jericho

2006

as The Preacher

4.1

The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance

2006

as Narrator

Don't Come Knocking

as Old Ranch Hand

Paradise

as Old Cowboy

Silver City

as Sheriff Joe Skaggs

Cold Mountain

as Esco Swanger

Monte Walsh

as Fighting Joe Hooker / Albert Miller

6.1

This So-Called Disaster

2003

as Self

4.6

Life or Something Like It

as Pat Kerrigan

The Country Bears

as Big Al (voice)

The Cell

as Teddy Lee

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life

2000

as Teddy Roosevelt

6.1

The Iron Giant

1999

as Foreman Marv Loach / Floyd Turbeaux (voice)

8.0

One Man's Hero

1999

as General Zachary Taylor

5.3

You Know My Name

1999

as Real Arkansas Tom

4.5

Logan's War: Bound by Honor

as Ben

The Hi-Lo Country

as Hoover Young

Love from Ground Zero

1998

as Hat

Point Blank

1998

as Dad

4.4

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998

as Commandant

5.2

The Apostle

1997

as Brother Edwards (uncredited)

6.3

Traveller

1997

as Double D

5.6

Two Mothers for Zachary

as Chalmer

Wild Bill

as California Joe

Truman

as Sam Rayburn

Wyatt Earp

as Mr. Sutherland

Natural Born Killers

as Redneck's Buddy in Diner

Major League II

as Lou Brown

Cabin Boy

as Paps

Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition

as Al

Hard Vice

as Bronski

Running Cool

as Ironbutt Garrett

The Adventures of Huck Finn

as Deputy Hines

Men Don't Tell

as Jack MacAffrey

CrissCross

as Emmett

Leaving Normal

as Walt

Conagher

Stranger at My Door

as Sheriff Bitterman

Revenge

as Texan

Coupe de Ville

as Dr. Sturgeon The Cadillac Surgeon

6.4

I Love You to Death

1990

as Lt. Larry Schooner

Major League

as Lou Brown

Roe vs. Wade

as Jimmy Russell

The Milagro Beanfield War

as Horsethief Shorty

Made in Heaven

as Steve Shea

Ironweed

as Reverend Chester

Stacking

as Clate Connaloe

Laguna Heat

1987

as Grimes

3.8

Hard Traveling

1986

as Sgt. Slattery

Silverado

as Dawson

Silver Bullet

as Arnie Westrum

Vision Quest

as Kuch's Dad

Noon Wine

as Sheriff

Father of Hell Town

1985

as Lt. Raymond Tracy

Sylvester

1985

as Steve

4.8

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

as Sheriff Frank Fly

Women of San Quentin

as Officer

M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers

as Willard Kohler

Deadly Encounter

as Frank Kitchens

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

1981

as Capt. Jake Jacqualone

5.8

Urban Cowboy

1980

as Steve Strange

6.5

Any Which Way You Can

1980

as Bartender

5.7

It's My Turn

1980

as Connie Foxworth (uncredited)

Below the Belt

as Luke

Rage!

as Joe Dean

On the Nickel

as Peanut John

The Greatest

as Mr. Harry

Black Oak Conspiracy

as Deputy Bullard

Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw

as Leather Salesman

The Pom Pom Girls

as Coach

The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West

1976

as Roy, Hired Hand

4.8

The Wild McCullochs

1975

as 1st Police Officer

3.7

The Kansas City Massacre

1975

as Garth

4.7

Hard Day at Blue Nose

Macon County Line

as Elisha Gibbons

Zandy's Bride

as Man in Gunfight (uncredited)

6.2

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

1974

as Alex Denton

Cry for Me, Billy

as Amos

Macho Callahan

as Cowboy

A Man Called Horse

as Ed

Journey to Shiloh

as Tellis Yeager

Cool Hand Luke

as Sleepy

Television (38)

Grey's Anatomy

as Mr. Scofield

LAX

as Bill Barkley

Monk

as Oates

Fillmore!

Crossing Jordan

as Olin Price

Nash Bridges

as Nick Bridges

Nash Bridges

as Nick Bridges

Streets of Laredo

as Charles Goodnight

Middle Ages

as Dave

Bagdad Cafe

as Rudy

Lincoln

as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

L.A. Law

as Thomas Quinn

The Equalizer

as Michael Cub

The Long Hot Summer

as Billy Quick

Murder, She Wrote

as Billy Don Baker

The Master

as Mr. Daniels

Cagney & Lacey

The Sacketts

as Wes Bigelow

Kaz

Code R

as Dillard

Charlie's Angels

as Billy

Petrocelli

The Waltons

The Streets of San Francisco

Kung Fu

as Jake

Cannon

as Lt. Keely

Lancer

The Invaders

as Hal

The High Chaparral

as Lafe

Batman

as Osiris

Felony Squad

The Road West

The Monroes

The F.B.I.

as Ben McCann

The Virginian

as Cal Mason

Bonanza

as Harry Jeffers

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Gunsmoke

as Arnie Jeffords