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George Clifton James was an American actor, best known for his roles as Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond films Live and Let Die (1973) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), the sheriff in Silver Streak (1976), a Texas tycoon in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977), as the owner of the scandalous 1919 Chicago White Sox baseball team in Eight Men Out (1988), and earlier in his acting career as a prison floorwalker in Cool Hand Luke (1967).
Birth Name
George Clifton James
Born
Saturday, 29 May 1920
Died
Saturday, 15 April 2017
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Everything or Nothing | Sheriff J.W. Pepper | 2012 |
| Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Sheriff / Sheriff (archive footage) | 2006 |
| Raising Flagg | Ed McIvor | 2006 |
| The Howlin' Wolf Story | Self | 2003 |
| Sunshine State | Buster Bidwell | 2002 |
| Interstate 84 | Buddy | 2000 |
| Artists of Hell's Kitchen | Self | 2000 |
| The Summer of Ben Tyler | Chief Sam Thompkins | 1996 |
| Lone Star | Hollis | 1996 |
| The Vernon Johns Story | Judge Blake | 1994 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Everything or Nothing | Sheriff J.W. Pepper | 2012 |
| Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Sheriff / Sheriff (archive footage) | 2006 |
| Raising Flagg | Ed McIvor | 2006 |
| The Howlin' Wolf Story | Self | 2003 |
| Sunshine State | Buster Bidwell | 2002 |
| Interstate 84 | Buddy | 2000 |
| Artists of Hell's Kitchen | Self | 2000 |
| The Summer of Ben Tyler | Chief Sam Thompkins | 1996 |
| Lone Star | Hollis | 1996 |
| The Vernon Johns Story | Judge Blake | 1994 |
| 30 Years of James Bond | Sheriff J.W. Pepper | 1992 |
| Carolina Skeletons | Dexter Cody | 1991 |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities | Albert Fox | 1990 |
| Gabriel's Fire | Jimmy Williams | 1990 |
| She-Devil | Bob's Father | 1989 |
| Walter & Carlo i Amerika | Tex | 1989 |
| Monsters | Inspector | 1988 |
| Eight Men Out | Charles 'Commie' Comiskey / Charles Comiskey | 1988 |
| The Untouchables | District Attorney | 1987 |
| Where Are the Children? | Chief Coffin | 1986 |
| Whoops Apocalypse | Maxton S. Pluck | 1986 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Ray Dressler | 1984 |
| Highway to Heaven | Nick Claybourne | 1984 |
| Kidco | Orville Peterjohn | 1984 |
| Talk to Me | State Trooper | 1984 |
| Night Court | Rev. Lester Sinclair | 1984 |
| The A-Team | Warden Beale, Sheriff Jake Dawson | 1983 |
| The Fall Guy | Sheriff Taylor | 1981 |
| Lewis & Clark | Silas Jones | 1981 |
| Superman II | Sheriff | 1980 |
| Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Barber Charlie Amos | 1980 |
| The Contender | Tompkins | 1980 |
| Cabo Blanco | Lorrimer | 1980 |
| Young Maverick | Judge Stebbins | 1979 |
| Undercover with the KKK | Jimmy Eakin | 1979 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Bobby Joe Brady, Lewis | 1979 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Sheriff Lester Crabb | 1979 |
| Dallas | Duke Carlisle | 1978 |
| The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | Sy Orlansky | 1977 |
| Silver Streak | Sheriff Chauncey | 1976 |
| Quincy M.E. | Cliff Webb | 1976 |
| Captains and the Kings | Gov. Skerritt | 1976 |
| City of Angels | Murray Quint / Quint, Murray Quint, Murray Quint / Lt. Murray Quint, Murray Quint / Lt. Quint | 1976 |
| From Hong Kong with Love | Bill | 1975 |
| The Deadly Tower | Captain Fred Ambrose / Capt. Fred Ambrose | 1975 |
| Rancho Deluxe | John Brown | 1975 |
| The Man with the Golden Gun | Sheriff J.W. Pepper / J.W. Pepper | 1974 |
| Juggernaut | Corrigan | 1974 |
| Buster and Billie | Jake | 1974 |
| The Bank Shot | Bulldog Streiger / Streiger | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Walter 'Shadetree' Burns | 1974 |
| The Laughing Policeman | Maloney / Officer Jim Maloney SFPD Bomb Squad | 1973 |
| The Last Detail | M.A.A. / M. A. A. | 1973 |
| The Iceman Cometh | Pat McGloin | 1973 |
| The Werewolf of Washington | Attorney General | 1973 |
| Live and Let Die | Sheriff Pepper / Sheriff J.W. Pepper | 1973 |
| Kid Blue | Mr. Hendricks | 1973 |
| The New Centurions | Whitey | 1972 |
| Particular Men | Boesch | 1972 |
| The Biscuit Eater | Mr. Eben | 1972 |
| WUSA | Speed - Sailor in Bar | 1971 |
| Tick, Tick, Tick | D.J. Rankin | 1970 |
| The Reivers | Butch Lovemaiden | 1969 |
| Will Penny | Catron | 1967 |
| Mannix | Barney Ford, Police Chief | 1967 |
| Ironside | Frank Bollo | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Sheriff Jack Hawkes | 1967 |
| Cool Hand Luke | Carr | 1967 |
| The Caper of the Golden Bulls | Philippe | 1967 |
| The Happening | O'Reilly | 1967 |
| The Chase | Lem / Lem Brewster | 1966 |
| Invitation to a Gunfighter | Tuttle | 1964 |
| Slattery's People | Harry Means | 1964 |
| Black Like Me | Eli Carr | 1964 |
| East Side/West Side | Dave Meltzer | 1963 |
| David and Lisa | John | 1962 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Lou Cutler | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Big Ben Albright | 1962 |
| Experiment in Terror | Capt. Moreno | 1962 |
| Something Wild | Detective Bogart | 1961 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Actor | 1961 |
| Cain's Hundred | Tom Larch | 1961 |
| Route 66 | George Simmons | 1960 |
| Bonanza | Mr. Quarry, Lawson | 1959 |
| Brenner | Mack the Dispatcher | 1959 |
| The Last Mile | Harris | 1959 |
| Naked City | George Haskel, Jacoby, Officer Fennelli | 1958 |
| Decoy | Patrolman Raymond | 1957 |
| The Strange One | Colonel Ramey | 1957 |
| Armchair Theatre | Blick | 1956 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | State Trooper, Natiional Guard Sergeant | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Sam Wickes, Sam Hare, Teek, Tenner Jackson | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Mr. Eben | 1954 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Ralph Follet | 1948 |
| Kraft Theatre | Jack Haines | 1947 |
