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Clifton James

Clifton James
Clifton James
Born: May 29, 1921 in New York, New York
Occupation: Actor
Active: '60s-'80s
Major Genres: Drama, Action
Career Highlights: Lone Star, David and Lisa, The Last Detail
First Major Screen Credit: David and Lisa (1962)
19 Videos for Clifton James
Hell's Kitchen: A New York Neighborhood (2007) The Untouchables (1987) Live and Let Die (1973)
Lone Star (1996) The Untouchables (1987) The Last Detail (1973)
The Road to Freedom: The Vernon Johns Story (1994) Where Are the Children? (1985) Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Carolina Skeletons (1992) Superman II (1980) The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) Silver Streak (1976) Will Penny (1967)
She-Devil (1989) The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
Eight Men Out (1988)
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Biography:

In the '70s, American actor Clifton James became the foremost film impersonator of Southern redneck sheriffs -- but he had to go to England to do it. A graduate of the Actors Studio, James secured small roles in such Manhattan-filmed productions as On the Waterfront (1954) and in well over 100 TV programs.

But his parts were tiny and frequently unbilled, relegating James to the ranks of Who is that? character actors. All this changed when James was cast as Sheriff Pepper in the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973), which led to a reprise of the character in the next Bond epic The Man With the Golden Gun (1973).

Since that time, the stocky, ruddy-cheeked James has been prominent in such films as Silver Streak (1976), The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) and Superman II (1980). In 1981, James was a regular on the brief TV sitcom Lewis and Clark. Clifton James kicked off the '90s as one of the willing but floundering cast members of that disaster of disasters, Bonfire of the Vanities (1990).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.