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James Gammon
Highest Rated: 100% The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983)
Lowest Rated: 5% Major League II (1994)
Birthday: Apr 20, 1940
Birthplace: Newman, Illinois, USA
A sturdy character actor prolific on stage, screen and television in both small and prominent supporting roles, James Gammon excelled most typically as weathered, rustic types ranging from lawmen to bartenders; from cowhands to military men. Gammon began in the entertainment field at age 19 when he landed a job operating a camera at a TV station in Orlando, FL. Community theater work led him to relocate to Los Angeles in the early 1960s to try his hand professionally, and soon thereafter he made his TV debut in a small guest role on the long-running Western drama series, "Gunsmoke" (CBS, 1955-1975).
Photos
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40% | 24% | The New Daughter | Roger Wayne (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 54% | 34% | In the Electric Mist | Ben Hebert (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Nick Nolte: No Exit | Self | - | 2008 |
| 76% | 55% | Appaloosa | Earl May (Character) | $20.2M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Otis E. | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Bob (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 25% | 67% | The Final Season | Jared Akers (Character) | $1.2M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | What I Did for Love | Karl Ryder (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy | Sam (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | The Far Side of Jericho | Preacher (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Altered | Sheriff Herderson (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 43% | 60% | Don't Come Knocking | Old Ranch Hand (Character) | $438.7K | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paradise | Old cowboy (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 48% | 32% | Silver City | Sheriff Joe Skaggs (Character) | $1.0M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 74% | Monte Walsh |
Fighting Joe Hooker/ |
- | 2003 |
| 89% | 60% | This So-Called Disaster | Self | $45.2K | 2003 |
| 70% | 77% | Cold Mountain | Esco Swanger (Character) | $95.6M | 2003 |
| 29% | 34% | The Country Bears | Big Al (Voice) | $17.0M | 2002 |
| 27% | 44% | Life or Something Like It | Lanie's Father (Character) | $14.4M | 2002 |
| 45% | 57% | The Cell | Teddy Lee (Character) | $61.3M | 2000 |
| 38% | 65% | One Man's Hero | Gen. Zachary Taylor (Character) | $229.3K | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | You Know My Name | Real Arkansas Tom (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 96% | 90% | The Iron Giant |
Marv Loach/ |
- | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love From Ground Zero | Hat (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Logan's War: Bound by Honor | Ben (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 54% | 48% | The Hi-Lo Country | Hoover Young (Character) | $163.8K | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | Point Blank | Dad (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 79% | 50% | Traveller | Double D (Character) | $500.6K | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two Mothers for Zachary | Chalmer (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 89% | 74% | Truman | Sam Rayburn (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 46% | 27% | Wild Bill | California Joe (Character) | $2.1M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Hard Vice | Bronski (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 5% | 45% | Major League II | Lou Brown (Character) | $29.4M | 1994 |
| 48% | 42% | Cabin Boy | Paps (Character) | $3.5M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 92% | Running Cool | Ironbutt Garrett (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 75% | 50% | The Adventures of Huck Finn | Deputy Hines (Character) | $23.8M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Painted Desert | Al (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 40% | 68% | Leaving Normal | Walt (Character) | $1.4M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | CrissCross | Emmett (Character) | $2.7M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Criminal Behavior | Roy Stubbs (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Passion for Life | Teddy Roosevelt (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 58% | 62% | I Love You to Death | Lt. Larry Schooner (Character) | $14.9M | 1990 |
| 30% | 54% | Revenge | Texan (Character) | $15.1M | 1990 |
| 25% | 72% | Coupe de Ville | Dr. Sturgeon the Cadillac Surgeon (Character) | $592.1K | 1990 |
| 83% | 84% | Major League | Lou Brown (Character) | $49.8M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Roe vs. Wade | Unknown (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 61% | 74% | The Milagro Beanfield War | Horsethief Shorty (Character) | $12.7M | 1988 |
| 56% | 82% | Made in Heaven | Steve Shea (Character) | $4.6M | 1987 |
| 58% | 59% | Ironweed | Reverend Chester (Character) | $6.9M | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laguna Heat | Grimes (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 78% | 80% | Silverado | Dawson (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father of Hell Town | Lt. Raymond Tracy (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 100% | 71% | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | Sheriff Frank Fly (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | M.A.D.D.: The Candy Lightner Story | Willard Kohler (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Eagle | Frank Kitchens (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadly Encounter | Frank Kitchens (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | The Big Black Pill | Captain Jake Jacqualone (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Below the Belt | Luke (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Oak Conspiracy | Deputy Bullard (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | The Pom Pom Girls | Coach (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 56% | 58% | Macon County Line | Elisha (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy No. 1 | Alex Denton (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Intruders | Chaunce Dykstra (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 86% | 60% | A Man Called Horse | Ed (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Thousand Plane Raid | Maj. Varga (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Journey to Shiloh | Tellis Yeager (Character) | - | 1968 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84% | 73% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 89% | 89% | Monk | Oates (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crossing Jordan | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nash Bridges |
Nick Bridges (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1996-2001 |
| 78% | 87% | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Michael Cub (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1977-1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Blue Knight | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Sheriff Ryder (Guest Star) | 1971 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974-1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973-1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Sheriff (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Character) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Dudley (Guest Star) | 1966 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Mickey (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | The Wild, Wild West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |