James Gammon

James Gammon

1940-04-20 Newman, Illinois, USA 90 Credits

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.

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The New Daughter

The New Daughter

2009

as Roger Wayne

5.3
Acting

John James is a writer; his wife has left him. He moves with his two middle-school children to an isolated house off a dirt road in South Carolina. Th...

Otis E.

Otis E.

2009

as The Sheriff

1.0
Acting

After spending nearly 15 years in solitary confinement, Otis is released back into society. Under the supervision of Los Angeles County Probation Offi...

In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist

2009

as Ben Hebert

6.1
Acting

Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Bal...

Appaloosa

Appaloosa

2008

as Earl May

6.6
Acting

Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.

The Final Season

The Final Season

2007

as Jared Akers

5.2
Acting

True story of Kent Stock, who in the early '90s gives up a job and ditches his wedding plans to take over as head coach of the Norway High School base...

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

2007

as Bob

6.9
Acting

Police Chief Jesse Stone's relationship with his ex-wife worsens, and he fears he's relapsing into alcoholism. To get his mind off his problems, Jesse...

Altered

Altered

2006

as Sheriff Henderson

5.4
Acting

Fifteen years ago, five men were abducted by aliens. Only four returned. Now, these same four men have managed to capture one of the creatures who kil...

The Far Side of Jericho

The Far Side of Jericho

2006

as The Preacher

4.1
Acting

Jericho. In the 1880's. Three women of the wild West, widows of an outlawed gang of brothers recently hanged, find themselves running for their lives ...

What I Did for Love

What I Did for Love

2006

as Karl Ryder

6.1
Acting

Call him a city slicker. Call him a tenderfoot. But don't call him a member of the family--yet. Rising L.A. lawyer James White is going home for the h...

The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance

2006

as Narrator

Acting

Comparisons between what is known from the real lives of Robert Leroy 'Butch Cassidy' Parker and Harry 'Sundance Kid' Longabaugh, and their lives as t...

Don't Come Knocking

Don't Come Knocking

2005

as Old Ranch Hand

6.2
Acting

Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and y...

Silver City

Silver City

2004

as Sheriff Joe Skaggs

6.1
Acting

The discovery of a corpse and the ensuing probe by an idealistic journalist threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor o...

Paradise

Paradise

2004

as Old Cowboy

3.8
Acting

Televangelist Bobby Paradise "saw God" in some space debris when he was returning to Earth as an astronaut. Or at least he was convinced he did by his...

Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain

2003

as Esco Swanger

6.9
Acting

In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts ...

Monte Walsh

Monte Walsh

2003

as Fighting Joe Hooker / Albert Miller

6.1
Acting

Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their live...

This So-Called Disaster

This So-Called Disaster

2003

as Self

4.2
Acting

Director Michael Almereyda's documentary on the weeks just prior to Sam Shepard's stage production of his play "The Late Henry Moss."

The Country Bears

The Country Bears

2002

as Big Al (voice)

4.7
Acting

For Beary Barrington, The Country Bears' young #1 fan, fitting in with his all-too-human family is proving im-paws-ible. When he runs away to find Cou...

Life or Something Like It

Life or Something Like It

2002

as Pat Kerrigan

5.7
Acting

A reporter Lanie Kerrigan interviews a psychic homeless man for a fluff piece about a football game's score. Instead he tells her that her life has no...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life

2000

as Teddy Roosevelt

6.0
Acting

On safari at the Masai Mara game preserve in Kenya with Teddy Roosevelt, Indy becomes lost in the vast and dangerous wilderness. Later, in Paris, he e...

The Cell

The Cell

2000

as Teddy Lee

6.3
Acting

A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

You Know My Name

You Know My Name

1999

as Real Arkansas Tom

4.5
Acting

In six months, the population of Cromwell, Oklahoma, has climbed from 500 to 10,000. Boom times have come to the oil-rich town. So has a new breed of ...

The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant

1999

as Foreman Marv Loach / Floyd Turbeaux (voice)

8.0
Acting

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfi...

One Man's Hero

One Man's Hero

1999

as General Zachary Taylor

5.3
Acting

One Man's Hero tells the little-known story of the "St. Patrick's Battalion" or "San Patricios," a group of mostly Irish and other immigrants of the C...

The Hi-Lo Country

The Hi-Lo Country

1998

as Hoover Young

6.1
Acting

An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War I...

Logan's War: Bound by Honor

Logan's War: Bound by Honor

1998

as Ben

5.3
Acting

Chuck Norris stars as martial arts extraordinaire Jake Fallon, who, after the death of his brother and sister-in-law, adopts (and trains) his orphaned...

Love from Ground Zero

1998

as Hat

Acting

Love From Ground Zero follows three strangers across the back roads of America with the ashes of a mutual friend. Using a series of old postcards as a...

Point Blank

Point Blank

1998

as Dad

4.5
Acting

Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapee...

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998

as Commandant

5.2
Acting

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical K...

The Apostle

The Apostle

1997

as Brother Edwards (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.

Traveller

Traveller

1997

as Double D

5.5
Acting

A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters (Irish Travellers) in rural North Carolina from whom he is descended. He is at first rejected...

Two Mothers for Zachary

Two Mothers for Zachary

1996

as Chalmer

6.4
Acting

A grandmother sues her daughter for custody of her grandson, because she believes that her daughter's homosexuality renders her unfit for motherhood.

Wild Bill

Wild Bill

1995

as California Joe

5.7
Acting

Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and ...

Truman

Truman

1995

as Sam Rayburn

7.6
Acting

Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision...

Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers

1994

as Redneck's Buddy in Diner

7.1
Acting

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Hard Vice

Hard Vice

1994

as Bronski

3.3
Acting

A vice cop and her partner investigate a string of murders apparently tied to high-priced Las Vegas call girls.

Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp

1994

as Mr. Sutherland

6.8
Acting

From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp is taught that nothing matters more than family and the law. Joined by his bro...

Major League II

Major League II

1994

as Lou Brown

5.7
Acting

After losing in the ALCS the year before, the Cleveland Indians are determined to make it into the World Series this time! However, they first have to...

Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition

Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition

1994

as Al

5.0
Acting

In the middle of the desert, a solipsistic Japanese-American woman, along with her elderly and paralysed friend Barbara, runs the Desert Rose Cafe. Th...

Cabin Boy

Cabin Boy

1994

as Paps

5.1
Acting

A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat, and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.

Running Cool

Running Cool

1993

as Ironbutt Garrett

6.4
Acting

Bone and Bear, two rough and tough bikers ride out from Sturgis, SD. to the marshes of South Carolina to help out their "bro" Ironbutt Garrett, who's ...

The Adventures of Huck Finn

The Adventures of Huck Finn

1993

as Deputy Hines

6.2
Acting

Mischievous Huck Finn is unnerved when his father, reemerging after years away, kidnaps him in an attempt to take away a $600 inheritance from his lat...

Men Don't Tell

Men Don't Tell

1993

as Jack MacAffrey

6.8
Acting

This movie shows another side to spousal abuse that not too many people thought is possible--the husband being abused and the wife the abuser.

CrissCross

CrissCross

1992

as Emmett

6.2
Acting

Set in 1969, a twelve-year-old grows up in Key West with his mother, who is paying the bills by stripping at the local topless bar. The boy finds out ...

Leaving Normal

Leaving Normal

1992

as Walt

6.2
Acting

Darly, a waitress with a past that's weighing her down, decides to drive to Alaska to try and come to terms with her unfortunate history. Along the wa...

Stranger at My Door

Stranger at My Door

1991

as Sheriff Bitterman

5.8
Acting

A cop on the run from his mob boss "in-laws" tries to start a new life on a deserted farm with his two children. But things are not that easy.

Conagher

Conagher

1991

6.6
Acting

Mrs. Evie Teale is struggling to stay alive while raising her two children alone on a remote homestead. Conn Conagher is an honest, hardworking cowboy...

I Love You to Death

I Love You to Death

1990

as Lt. Larry Schooner

6.4
Acting

Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been che...

Coupe de Ville

Coupe de Ville

1990

as Dr. Sturgeon The Cadillac Surgeon

6.4
Acting

Meet the Libner brothers: Marvin, the oldest, is a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Buddy, the middle child, is a timid dreamer. Bobby, the youngest, i...

Revenge

Revenge

1990

as Texan

6.5
Acting

Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He...

Roe vs. Wade

Roe vs. Wade

1989

as Jimmy Russell

6.3
Acting

Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, ...

Major League

Major League

1989

as Lou Brown

6.9
Acting

When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate—but only a losing s...

The Milagro Beanfield War

The Milagro Beanfield War

1988

as Horsethief Shorty

6.5
Acting

The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real ...

Ironweed

Ironweed

1987

as Reverend Chester

6.3
Acting

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

Laguna Heat

Laguna Heat

1987

as Grimes

4.4
Acting

Tom Shepard returns to his home town of Laguna Beach to escape his turbulent past. But the tranquility is shattered when he gets involved in the inves...

Made in Heaven

Made in Heaven

1987

as Steve Shea

6.6
Acting

Deceased drifter Mike arrives in Heaven and quickly falls for newborn soul Annie, soon to start her assignment on Earth. When Annie leaves, Mike follo...

Stacking

Stacking

1987

as Clate Connaloe

Acting

After her father is injured, a teenager and an alcoholic employee struggle to save their financially troubled farm in 1954 Montana.

Hard Traveling

Hard Traveling

1986

as Sgt. Slattery

Acting

Set during the Depression, Dan Bessie's film (based on a novel by his father Alvah) stars Ellen Geer as a widow who begins a romance with an uneducate...

Silver Bullet

Silver Bullet

1985

as Arnie Westrum

6.6
Acting

The small city of Tarker's Mill is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears that this is the work of a maniac. During a search a...

Silverado

Silverado

1985

as Dawson

7.0
Acting

Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside...

Sylvester

Sylvester

1985

as Steve

5.4
Acting

Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a wild horse she names Sylvester and turn him...

Father of Hell Town

Father of Hell Town

1985

as Lt. Raymond Tracy

Acting

In this pilot to the short-lived "Hell Town," Robert Blake plays a scrappy, ex-convict-turned-ghetto priest in an impoverished inner-city parish.

Vision Quest

Vision Quest

1985

as Kuch's Dad

6.3
Acting

After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge...

Noon Wine

Noon Wine

1985

as Sheriff

Acting

The drama, adapted from a story by Katherine Anne Porter, tells of a Swedish immigrant who arrives on a small Texas farm at the turn of the century fo...

Women of San Quentin

Women of San Quentin

1983

as Officer

1.0
Acting

A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

1983

as Sheriff Frank Fly

6.9
Acting

Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in d...

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

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

1983

as Willard Kohler

7.0
Acting

A mother relentlessly tries to spearhead a movement for national anti-drunk driver legislation after her own daughter becomes the victim of a hit-and-...

Deadly Encounter

Deadly Encounter

1982

as Frank Kitchens

4.9
Acting

A veteran pilot finds himself knee-deep in trouble when his ex-girlfriend shows up at his doorstep in a terrible state. She knows the whereabouts of ...

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

1981

as Capt. Jake Jacqualone

5.8
Acting

The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerunner to a prospective but unrealized series after t...

Any Which Way You Can

Any Which Way You Can

1980

as Bartender

5.8
Acting

Philo takes part in a bare knuckle fight – as he does – to make more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire, but wh...

Below the Belt

Below the Belt

1980

as Luke

4.7
Acting

A close-up look at the turbulent world of women's professional wrestling as a New York City waitress decides to become a professional wrestler.

It's My Turn

It's My Turn

1980

as Connie Foxworth (uncredited)

5.6
Acting

A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired pr...

Rage!

Rage!

1980

as Joe Dean

7.0
Acting

In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.

Urban Cowboy

Urban Cowboy

1980

as Steve Strange

6.5
Acting

After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, where he falls in love with Sissy, a cowgirl who b...

On the Nickel

On the Nickel

1980

as Peanut John

6.0
Acting

Sam, a recovering alcoholic, feels dissatisfied with his life of sobriety and goes back in search of the good times he enjoyed with his wino friends o...

The Greatest

The Greatest

1977

as Mr. Harry

5.7
Acting

Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic boxing triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of th...

Black Oak Conspiracy

Black Oak Conspiracy

1977

as Deputy Bullard

5.0
Acting

An average Joe is pitted against a crooked sheriff and unscrupulous land grabbers in this tale of small town corruption and revenge.

The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West

The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West

1976

as Roy, Hired Hand

4.8
Acting

This comical western chronicles the silly adventures of a bumbling wagonmaster and his clutzy assistant as they attempt to take seven passengers acros...

The Pom Pom Girls

The Pom Pom Girls

1976

as Coach

4.8
Acting

A football player at Rosedale High School is amorous of one of the cheerleaders, who is going with another guy. Another player can't decide which of t...

Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw

Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw

1976

as Leather Salesman

4.4
Acting

A young country-star wannabe takes off from her carhop career to join with a young, modern Billy the Kid wannabe for an adventure in theft, murder and...

The Kansas City Massacre

The Kansas City Massacre

1975

as Garth

4.7
Acting

Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin...

The Wild McCullochs

The Wild McCullochs

1975

as 1st Police Officer

4.0
Acting

A story about the rich McCulloch Family, their overbearing father and the children's misguided blaming him for everything that doesn't go right.

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

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

1974

as Alex Denton

Acting

J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI go after notorious bank robber and kidnapper Alvin Karpis and his gang.

Macon County Line

Macon County Line

1974

as Elisha Gibbons

5.9
Acting

A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters. Low-budget film set in Georgia in 1953 and at th...

Zandy's Bride

Zandy's Bride

1974

as Man in Gunfight (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they s...

Hard Day at Blue Nose

Hard Day at Blue Nose

1974

Acting

Backwoods officers try to uncover clues about the mysterious death of a young woman at a dude ranch.

Cry for Me, Billy

Cry for Me, Billy

1972

as Amos

5.0
Acting

Drifter falls in love with Native American girl, with tragic results.

Macho Callahan

Macho Callahan

1971

as Cowboy

4.3
Acting

A man tricked into enlisting in the Confederate army is later thrown into a hellish stockade on desertion charges. He eventually breaks out of the pri...

A Man Called Horse

A Man Called Horse

1970

as Ed

6.5
Acting

In 1825, English peer Lord John Morgan is cast adrift in the American West. Captured by Sioux Indians, Morgan is at first targeted for quick extinctio...

Journey to Shiloh

Journey to Shiloh

1968

as Tellis Yeager

5.4
Acting

At the beginning of the Civil War, seven friends embark on a cross-country journey in order to join the Confederate army.

Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

1967

as Sleepy

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...