Clifton James

Clifton James

1920-05-29 Spokane, Washington, USA 57 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Clifton James (born May 29, 1921) was an American actor. He is probably best known for his work with two of the six James Bond 007 actors in the past, Roger Moore in Live and Let Die (1973), The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) and Sean Connery in The Untouchables (1987). Description above from the Wikipedia article Clifton James, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'

A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'

2008

as Self

Acting

A documentary on the making of 'Cool Hand Luke' (1967).

Raising Flagg

Raising Flagg

2006

as Ed McIvor

4.2
Acting

A comedy centered on a handyman (Arkin) and his lifelong competition with his neighbor (Pendleton.)

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

2006

as Sheriff

7.3
Acting

Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are ...

Sunshine State

Sunshine State

2002

as Buster Bidwell

6.4
Acting

A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estat...

Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

2000

7.2
Acting

A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun"

Inside 'Live and Let Die'

Inside 'Live and Let Die'

1999

7.5
Acting

A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Live and Let Die"

The Summer of Ben Tyler

The Summer of Ben Tyler

1996

as Chief Sam Thompkins

5.7
Acting

Set early during World War II, the film has a lot to say about love, honor, relationships, commitment and power. Keeping their promise to their dying ...

Lone Star

Lone Star

1996

as Hollis

7.0
Acting

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

The Vernon Johns Story

The Vernon Johns Story

1994

as Judge Blake

8.5
Acting

In 1948, Johns served as the outspoken spiritual leader of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Incensed at the racial injustice t...

Carolina Skeletons

Carolina Skeletons

1991

as Dexter Cody

6.8
Acting

After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of...

The Bonfire of the Vanities

The Bonfire of the Vanities

1990

as Albert Fox

5.6
Acting

After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and ...

Walter and Carlo in America

Walter and Carlo in America

1989

5.2
Acting

The steward Walter and the cobbler Carlo is tasked to provide not the Little, but the High Mermaid to two agents in Kennedy airport in New York. Alrea...

Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out

1988

as Charles Comiskey

6.9
Acting

Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching...

The Untouchables

The Untouchables

1987

as District Attorney (uncredited)

7.8
Acting

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname ...

Where Are the Children?

Where Are the Children?

1986

as Chief Coffin

6.0
Acting

In Cape Cod, Missy and Michael, the two children of Nancy Eldridge, are kidnapped by a man who has disturbing intentions for them. Local police chief ...

Whoops Apocalypse

Whoops Apocalypse

1986

as Maxton S. Pluck

5.6
Acting

When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrorist kidnaps a member of the Royal family, the count...

Kidco

Kidco

1984

as Orville Peterjohn

6.4
Acting

A boy who lives at a country club where his father works decides to make some extra money by selling composted horse manure as fertilizer, and has his...

Talk to Me

Talk to Me

1984

as State Trooper

Acting

Richard, a successful New York accountant, has a chronic stuttering problem that causes great exhaustion and personal strife for him. After trying a n...

Superman II

Superman II

1980

as Sheriff

6.7
Acting

Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop t...

Caboblanco

Caboblanco

1980

as Lorrimer

5.3
Acting

Giff Hoyt, a cafe owner in Cabo Blanco, Peru after World War II is caught between refuge-seeking Nazis and their enemies. After the murder of a sea ex...

Undercover with the KKK

Undercover with the KKK

1979

as Jimmy Eakin

3.2
Acting

The true story of Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr., who worked undercover for the FBI to infiltrate a Ku Klux Klan group in his Alabama hometown and later testif...

Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart

1979

as Highway Cop

Acting

In this pilot film, a friend of Jonathan Hart's is killed in a motor accident just after he has left a health farm, apparently committing suicide. The...

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

1977

as Sy Orlansky

5.8
Acting

A troubled, rebellious teen drives his rambunctious baseball team out to Houston where they play an exhibition game and the boy meets his estranged fa...

Silver Streak

Silver Streak

1976

as Sheriff Chauncey

6.7
Acting

A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no ...

From Hong Kong with Love

From Hong Kong with Love

1975

as Bill

4.7
Acting

Bons baisers de Hong Kong (From Hong Kong with Love) is a 1975 French film directed by Yvan Chiffre. It is a parody of James Bond movies featuring Les...

The Deadly Tower

The Deadly Tower

1975

as Capt. Fred Ambrose

6.6
Acting

The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mothe...

Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion

1975

as Sam Jordan

Acting

During the Civil War, a Quaker couple risks their lives by helping runaway slaves.

The Runaway Barge

The Runaway Barge

1975

as Sooey

Acting

Two bargemen on the Mississippi River find themselves mixed up in a kidnapping and hijacking plot.

Rancho Deluxe

Rancho Deluxe

1975

as John Brown

5.4
Acting

Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.

The Man with the Golden Gun

The Man with the Golden Gun

1974

as Sheriff J.W. Pepper

6.4
Acting

Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths wit...

Juggernaut

Juggernaut

1974

as Corrigan

6.2
Acting

A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship.

Buster and Billie

Buster and Billie

1974

as Jake

6.8
Acting

Dimwitted but sweet high school girl of easy virtue and the most popular boy in the school share an improbable romance.

The Bank Shot

The Bank Shot

1974

as Bulldog Streiger

5.4
Acting

A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal th...

The Laughing Policeman

The Laughing Policeman

1973

as Officer Jim Maloney SFPD Bomb Squad

6.2
Acting

When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to...

The Last Detail

The Last Detail

1973

as M. A. A.

7.0
Acting

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

The Iceman Cometh

The Iceman Cometh

1973

as Pat McGloin

6.1
Acting

Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props...

The Werewolf of Washington

The Werewolf of Washington

1973

as Attorney General

3.7
Acting

After being unknowingly inflicted with the bite of a werewolf while on a visit to Europe, White House press secretary Jack Whittier begins to turn int...

Live and Let Die

Live and Let Die

1973

as Sheriff J.W. Pepper

6.5
Acting

James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big...

Kid Blue

Kid Blue

1973

as Mr. Hendricks

6.9
Acting

Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's ...

The New Centurions

The New Centurions

1972

as Whitey

6.7
Acting

An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he ...

Particular Men

Particular Men

1972

Acting

A fictitious but powerful look at the dawn of the nuclear age, this stage performance follows several government scientists as they develop the atomic...

The Biscuit Eater

The Biscuit Eater

1972

as Mr. Eben

6.2
Acting

Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all ...

WUSA

WUSA

1970

as Speed - Sailor in Bar

5.4
Acting

Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in New Orleans. Rheinhardt is content to parrot WUSA's rea...

Tick... Tick... Tick...

Tick... Tick... Tick...

1970

as D.J. Rankin

6.5
Acting

Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.

The Reivers

The Reivers

1969

as Butch Lovemaiden

6.4
Acting

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a t...

Will Penny

Will Penny

1967

as Catron

6.6
Acting

Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters....

Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

1967

as Carr

7.7
Acting

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the...

The Caper of the Golden Bulls

The Caper of the Golden Bulls

1967

as Philippe

5.6
Acting

Peter Churchman stopped robbing banks a long time ago and is now living as a wealthy and respected citizen in Pamplona, Spain. But then his former com...

The Happening

The Happening

1967

as O'Reilly

6.2
Acting

A group of young drifters kidnap wealthy businessman Roc Delmonico just for kicks. They keep him captive, demanding a ransom for his safe release. How...

The Chase

The Chase

1966

as Lem Brewster

7.1
Acting

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

Invitation to a Gunfighter

Invitation to a Gunfighter

1964

as Tuttle

5.9
Acting

In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, his Yankee neighbors rallied against him and his pro...

Black Like Me

Black Like Me

1964

as Eli Carr

5.9
Acting

Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.

David and Lisa

David and Lisa

1962

as John

7.3
Acting

Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbeari...

Experiment in Terror

Experiment in Terror

1962

as Capt. Moreno

7.1
Acting

A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.

Something Wild

Something Wild

1961

as Detective Bogart

6.2
Acting

A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.

The Last Mile

The Last Mile

1959

as Harris

6.3
Acting

Jail house tensions mount as a killer's execution approaches.

The Strange One

The Strange One

1957

as Colonel Ramey

6.4
Acting

A military school student develops a destructive power over his fellow cadets.