Clifton James
American actor (1920-2017) (1921–2017)
George Clifton James was an American actor of film, theatre, and television. He was best known to screen audiences for his various character roles, including prison floorwalker Carr in Cool Hand Luke (1967), 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) and Superman II (1980), a Texas tycoon in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977), and Charles Comiskey in Eight Men Out (1988).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 13 films (1918–1987) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 1 other record (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Just Rambling Along ▶ | Hal Roach | 9 min | B&W | ||
| 1962 | David and Lisa | Heller-Perry Productions | 1:34:00 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1962 | Experiment in Terror | Geoffrey-Kate Productions | 2:03:00 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1967 | Cool hand Luke | Jalem Productions: Publisher | 2:06:00 | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1967 | Will Penny | Paramount Pictures Corp. | 110 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1969 | Tick, Tick, Tick. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. | 100 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1970 | ...tick... tick... tick... | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. | 100 min | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1973 | The Laughing Policeman | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | 112 min | Color | sound | |
| 1975 | Rancho Deluxe | E. K. Corporation | 93 min | Color | sound | |
| 1975 | The Deadly Tower | MGM TV | 98 min | Color | sound | |
| 1976 | Silver Streak | Arthur Hiller | 114 min | Color | ||
| 1980 | Superman II | Richard Lester | 127 min | Color | ||
| 1987 | The Untouchables | Brian De Palma | 119 min | Color |