James Hampton

James Hampton

1936-07-09 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States 33 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Wade Hampton (July 9, 1936 – April 7, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and screenwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Hampton (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Big Stone Gap

Big Stone Gap

2014

as Reverend Manning

5.9
Acting

A story centered around a transitional point in the life of Ave Maria Mulligan, the heart of her community in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.

The Last Ride

The Last Ride

2012

as Judge Matheny

5.4
Acting

At the end of 1952, with the best years of his career behind him, country music legend Hank Williams hires a local kid to drive him through the Appala...

Fire from Below

Fire from Below

2009

as Griffith

4.2
Acting

Digging at a nearby cave, a careless industrialist unearths a vein of pure base Lithium and inadvertently brings it to the surface, where the Lithium ...

Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel

Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel

2000

as Pediatrician

5.5
Acting

In 1970s Atlanta, a diminutive gay man tries to find succor from the small-town religion that filled him with self-loathing. He meets Miss Make-Do, wh...

Sling Blade

Sling Blade

1996

as Jerry Woolridge

7.5
Acting

Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover....

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

1990

as Jesse (Townsman)

5.2
Acting

A mountain man is falsely accused of the murder of his parents.

Pump Up the Volume

Pump Up the Volume

1990

as Arthur Watts

7.1
Acting

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for ...

Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

1988

as Mayor of Miami

5.2
Acting

The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami Beach for Commandant Lassard to be honored with a prestigious lifetime award pending his retirement. Things...

Teen Wolf Too

Teen Wolf Too

1987

as Uncle Harold

4.1
Acting

Although awkward college student Todd Howard is particularly adept at science, he's paying for school with an athletic scholarship that he will lose s...

Teen Wolf

Teen Wolf

1985

as Harold Howard

6.2
Acting

When a shy teenager's new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.

The Burning Bed

The Burning Bed

1984

as Police Witness

6.9
Acting

An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes he...

Through the Magic Pyramid

1981

as Sam Tuttle

2.5
Acting

A lad finds himself magically sent back to ancient Egypt where he and the young King Tut team up to stop their evil and overly ambitious elders.

Condorman

Condorman

1981

as Harry Oslo

5.5
Acting

Comic artist and writer Woody performs a simple courier operation for his friend Harry who works for the CIA. But when he successfully fends off hosti...

Stand by Your Man

Stand by Your Man

1981

as Billy Sherrill

7.3
Acting

The rags-to-riches tale of country western queen, Tammy Wynette, from her impoverished childhood to country's First Lady and her two rocky marriages t...

Hangar 18

Hangar 18

1980

as Lew Price

5.1
Acting

During a Space Shuttle mission a satellite rams a unidentified flying object. The UFO afterwards performs an emergency landing in the deserts of Arizo...

The China Syndrome

The China Syndrome

1979

as Bill Gibson

7.2
Acting

While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. W...

The Cat from Outer Space

The Cat from Outer Space

1978

as Capt. Anderson

5.9
Acting

A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that gives it special powers, including the ability to c...

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

1978

as Alvin Karl

Acting

The adventures of two good old boys from Texas, no-account buddies who are finally forced to face reality for themselves and for their girlfriends.

Three on a Date

Three on a Date

1978

as Ernest

1.0
Acting

The adventures and mishaps of four couples, winners on a TV game show, along with their young chaperone, on a Hawaiian holiday.

The Amazing Howard Hughes

The Amazing Howard Hughes

1977

as Wilbur Peterson

6.0
Acting

The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' busines...

Bunco

Bunco

1977

Acting

Tom Selleck is a member of the "Bunco" squad the squad in charge of nabbing con men, cheats, and swindlers. Most of their time is spent dealing with p...

Hawmps!

Hawmps!

1976

as Howard Clemmons

4.3
Acting

In old-west Texas, the cavalry's horses can't take the heat. So the military sends them camels instead, and assigns one man to convince the unit that ...

Hustle

Hustle

1975

as Bus Driver

5.7
Acting

The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that ...

Mackintosh and T.J.

Mackintosh and T.J.

1975

as Cotton

5.2
Acting

Roy is a ranch hand and a drifter. He takes a young man into his care and helps him to grow up.

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

1975

as Junior

5.9
Acting

W.W. Bright is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he hijacks...

Force Five

Force Five

1975

as Lester White

5.0
Acting
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

1975

as Harry Dudley

5.0
Acting

After three civil-rights workers are murdered in Mississippi in 1964, a team of FBI agents is sent there to find the killers.

The Longest Yard

The Longest Yard

1974

as Caretaker

6.7
Acting

A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw...

Fade In

Fade In

1973

as Bud

3.6
Acting

A sophisticated Hollywood film editor, on location for a film she is working on, falls for a local cowboy who is hired to work on the film.

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

1973

as Jimmy (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

On the run from her violent husband, Catherine Crocker witnesses a train robbery and is taken prisoner by a frontier outlaw gang, led by a bandit who’...

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

1972

as Aaron

7.8
Acting

This is the story of the foundation sire of the Morgan Horse Breed.

Soldier Blue

Soldier Blue

1970

as Pvt. Menzies

6.8
Acting

After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman w...

The Cliff Dwellers

The Cliff Dwellers

1962

as The Boy

Acting

The Cliff Dwellers is a 1962 English language short film directed by Hayward Anderson, starring James Hampton, Molly Scott and Betty Walker. The film ...