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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Complete Filmography

The New Daughter
2009
as Roger Wayne
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.
2009
as The Sheriff
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
2009
as Ben Hebert
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
2008
as Earl May
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
2007
as Jared Akers
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
2007
as Bob
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
2006
as Sheriff Henderson
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
2006
as The Preacher
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
2006
as Karl Ryder
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
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
2005
as Old Ranch Hand
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
2004
as Sheriff Joe Skaggs
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
2004
as Old Cowboy
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
2003
as Esco Swanger
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
2003
as Fighting Joe Hooker / Albert Miller
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
2003
as Self
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
2002
as Big Al (voice)
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
2002
as Pat Kerrigan
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
2000
as Teddy Roosevelt
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
2000
as Teddy Lee
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

You Know My Name
1999
as Real Arkansas Tom
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
1999
as Foreman Marv Loach / Floyd Turbeaux (voice)
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
1999
as General Zachary Taylor
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
1998
as Hoover Young
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
1998
as Ben
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
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
1998
as Dad
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
1998
as Commandant
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
1997
as Brother Edwards (uncredited)
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
1997
as Double D
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
1996
as Chalmer
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
1995
as California Joe
Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and ...

Truman
1995
as Sam Rayburn
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
1994
as Redneck's Buddy in Diner
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Hard Vice
1994
as Bronski
A vice cop and her partner investigate a string of murders apparently tied to high-priced Las Vegas call girls.

Wyatt Earp
1994
as Mr. Sutherland
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
1994
as Lou Brown
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
1994
as Al
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
1994
as Paps
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
1993
as Ironbutt Garrett
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
1993
as Deputy Hines
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
1993
as Jack MacAffrey
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
1992
as Emmett
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
1992
as Walt
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
1991
as Sheriff Bitterman
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
1991
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
1990
as Lt. Larry Schooner
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
1990
as Dr. Sturgeon The Cadillac Surgeon
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
1990
as Texan
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
1989
as Jimmy Russell
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
1989
as Lou Brown
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
1988
as Horsethief Shorty
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
1987
as Reverend Chester
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

Laguna Heat
1987
as Grimes
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
1987
as Steve Shea
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
1987
as Clate Connaloe
After her father is injured, a teenager and an alcoholic employee struggle to save their financially troubled farm in 1954 Montana.

Hard Traveling
1986
as Sgt. Slattery
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
1985
as Arnie Westrum
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
1985
as Dawson
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
1985
as Steve
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
1985
as Lt. Raymond Tracy
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
1985
as Kuch's Dad
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
1985
as Sheriff
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
1983
as Officer
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
1983
as Sheriff Frank Fly
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
1983
as Willard Kohler
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
1982
as Frank Kitchens
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
1981
as Capt. Jake Jacqualone
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
1980
as Bartender
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
1980
as Luke
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
1980
as Connie Foxworth (uncredited)
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!
1980
as Joe Dean
In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.

Urban Cowboy
1980
as Steve Strange
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
1980
as Peanut John
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
1977
as Mr. Harry
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
1977
as Deputy Bullard
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
1976
as Roy, Hired Hand
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
1976
as Coach
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
1976
as Leather Salesman
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
1975
as Garth
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
1975
as 1st Police Officer
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
1974
as Alex Denton
J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI go after notorious bank robber and kidnapper Alvin Karpis and his gang.

Macon County Line
1974
as Elisha Gibbons
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
1974
as Man in Gunfight (uncredited)
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
1974
Backwoods officers try to uncover clues about the mysterious death of a young woman at a dude ranch.

Cry for Me, Billy
1972
as Amos
Drifter falls in love with Native American girl, with tragic results.

Macho Callahan
1971
as Cowboy
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
1970
as Ed
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
1968
as Tellis Yeager
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
1967
as Sleepy
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...