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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'
2008
as Self
A documentary on the making of 'Cool Hand Luke' (1967).

Raising Flagg
2006
as Ed McIvor
A comedy centered on a handyman (Arkin) and his lifelong competition with his neighbor (Pendleton.)

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
as Sheriff
Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are ...

Sunshine State
2002
as Buster Bidwell
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'
2000
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun"

Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Live and Let Die"

The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
as Chief Sam Thompkins
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
1996
as Hollis
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
1994
as Judge Blake
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
1991
as Dexter Cody
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
1990
as Albert Fox
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
1989
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
1988
as Charles Comiskey
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
1987
as District Attorney (uncredited)
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?
1986
as Chief Coffin
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
1986
as Maxton S. Pluck
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
1984
as Orville Peterjohn
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
1984
as State Trooper
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
1980
as Sheriff
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
1980
as Lorrimer
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
1979
as Jimmy Eakin
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
1979
as Highway Cop
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
1977
as Sy Orlansky
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
1976
as Sheriff Chauncey
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
1975
as Bill
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
1975
as Capt. Fred Ambrose
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
1975
as Sam Jordan
During the Civil War, a Quaker couple risks their lives by helping runaway slaves.

The Runaway Barge
1975
as Sooey
Two bargemen on the Mississippi River find themselves mixed up in a kidnapping and hijacking plot.

Rancho Deluxe
1975
as John Brown
Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.

The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
as Sheriff J.W. Pepper
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
1974
as Corrigan
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
1974
as Jake
Dimwitted but sweet high school girl of easy virtue and the most popular boy in the school share an improbable romance.

The Bank Shot
1974
as Bulldog Streiger
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
1973
as Officer Jim Maloney SFPD Bomb Squad
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
1973
as M. A. A.
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
1973
as Pat McGloin
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
1973
as Attorney General
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
1973
as Sheriff J.W. Pepper
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
1973
as Mr. Hendricks
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
1972
as Whitey
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
1972
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
1972
as Mr. Eben
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
1970
as Speed - Sailor in Bar
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...
1970
as D.J. Rankin
Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.

The Reivers
1969
as Butch Lovemaiden
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
1967
as Catron
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
1967
as Carr
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
1967
as Philippe
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
1967
as O'Reilly
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
1966
as Lem Brewster
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
as Tuttle
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
1964
as Eli Carr
Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.

David and Lisa
1962
as John
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
1962
as Capt. Moreno
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
1961
as Detective Bogart
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
1959
as Harris
Jail house tensions mount as a killer's execution approaches.

The Strange One
1957
as Colonel Ramey
A military school student develops a destructive power over his fellow cadets.