Clifton James: movies and TV shows
Clifton James has 99 credits in the archive: 58 films and 41 TV series, from 1947 to 2008. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1947 – 2008 · busiest year: 1967 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke' | Self | Film | — | 88 |
| 2006 | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Sheriff | Film | 7.4 | 86 |
| 2006 | Raising Flagg | Ed McIvor | Film | 5.0 | 86 |
| 2002 | Sunshine State | Buster Bidwell | Film | 6.4 | 82 |
| 2000 | Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' | Film | 7.3 | 80 | |
| 1999 | Inside 'Live and Let Die' | Film | 7.4 | 79 | |
| 1996 | Lone Star | Hollis Pogue | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 1996 | The Summer of Ben Tyler | Chief Sam Thompkins | Film | 6.8 | 76 |
| 1994 | The Vernon Johns Story | Judge Blake | Film | 9.0 | 74 |
| 1991 | Carolina Skeletons | Dexter Cody | Film | 7.2 | 71 |
| 1990 | Gabriel's Fire | TV | 6.9 | 70 | |
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Albert Fox | Film | 5.6 | 70 |
| 1989 | She-Devil | Bob's Father (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 69 |
| 1989 | Walter and Carlo in America | Tex | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 1988 | Monsters | Inspector | TV | 7.1 | 68 |
| 1988 | Eight Men Out | Charles Comiskey | Film | 6.8 | 68 |
| 1987 | The Untouchables | District Attorney (uncredited) | Film | 7.8 | 67 |
| 1986 | Where are the Children? | Chief Coffin | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 1986 | Whoops Apocalypse | Maxton S. Pluck | Film | 5.7 | 66 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Ray Dressler | TV | 7.5 | 64 |
| 1984 | Night Court | Rev. Lester Sinclair | TV | 7.3 | 64 |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | Nick Claybourne | TV | 7.4 | 64 |
| 1984 | Kidco | Orville Peterjohn | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 1984 | Talk to Me | State Trooper | Film | 9.0 | 64 |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Warden Beale | TV | 7.5 | 63 |
| 1981 | The Fall Guy | TV | 7.6 | 61 | |
| 1981 | Lewis & Clark | Silas Jones | TV | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1980 | Texas | Striker Bellman #2 | TV | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1980 | Superman II | Sheriff | Film | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Barber Charlie Amos | TV | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1980 | Caboblanco | Lorrimer | Film | 5.3 | 60 |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | Bobby Joe Brady | TV | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | Lewis | TV | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1979 | Supertrain | Sheriff Sam | TV | 5.6 | 59 |
| 1979 | Undercover with the KKK | Jimmy Eakin | Film | 5.2 | 59 |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | Highway Cop | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1978 | Dallas | Duke Carlisle | TV | 6.9 | 58 |
| 1977 | The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | Sy Orlansky | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Cliff Webb | TV | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1976 | City of Angels | Murray Quint | TV | 5.6 | 56 |
| 1976 | Silver Streak | Sheriff Chauncey | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1975 | The Deadly Tower | Capt. Fred Ambrose | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1975 | From Hong Kong with Love | Bill | Film | 5.1 | 55 |
| 1975 | The Runaway Barge | Sooey | Film | — | 55 |
| 1975 | Rancho Deluxe | John Brown | Film | 5.4 | 55 |
| 1975 | Friendly Persuasion | Sam Jordan | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Walter 'Shadetree' Burns | TV | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1974 | The Man with the Golden Gun | Sheriff J.W. Pepper | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1974 | Juggernaut | Corrigan | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1974 | Buster and Billie | Jake | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1974 | The Bank Shot | Bulldog Streiger | Film | 5.4 | 54 |
| 1973 | Live and Let Die | Sheriff J.W. Pepper | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1973 | The Last Detail | M. A. A. | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1973 | The Iceman Cometh | Pat McGloin | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1973 | The Laughing Policeman | Officer Jim Maloney SFPD Bomb Squad | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1973 | The Werewolf of Washington | Attorney General | Film | 3.9 | 53 |
| 1973 | Kid Blue | Mr. Hendricks | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1972 | The New Centurions | Whitey | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1972 | The Biscuit Eater | Mr. Eben | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1972 | Particular Men | Film | 8.0 | 52 | |
| 1970 | … tick… tick… tick… | D.J. Rankin | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1970 | WUSA | Speed - Sailor in Bar | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 1969 | The Reivers | Butch Lovemaiden | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1967 | Ironside | Frank Bollo | TV | 6.9 | 47 |
| 1967 | Mannix | Barney Ford, Police Chief | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | Sheriff Jack Hawkes | TV | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1967 | Will Penny | Catron | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1967 | Cool Hand Luke | Carr | Film | 7.7 | 47 |
| 1967 | The Happening | O'Reilly | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1967 | The Caper of the Golden Bulls | Philippe | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1966 | The Chase | Lem Brewster | Film | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1964 | Another World | TV | 5.5 | 44 | |
| 1964 | Invitation to a Gunfighter | Tuttle | Film | 5.9 | 44 |
| 1964 | Black Like Me | Eli Carr | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Big Ben Albright | TV | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1962 | David and Lisa | John | Film | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1962 | Experiment in Terror | Capt. Moreno | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Tom Larch | TV | 5.3 | 41 |
| 1961 | Something Wild | Detective Bogart | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | George Simmons | TV | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Mr. Quarry | TV | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Lawson | TV | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1959 | The Last Mile | Harris | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Jacoby | TV | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Officer Fennelli | TV | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1958 | Naked City | George Haskel (uncredited) | TV | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1957 | Decoy | Patrolman Raymond | TV | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1957 | The Strange One | Colonel Ramey | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Blick | TV | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Teek | TV | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Sam Hare | TV | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Tenner Jackson | TV | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Sam Wickes | TV | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1955 | The Phil Silvers Show | Natiional Guard Sergeant | TV | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1955 | The Phil Silvers Show | State Trooper (uncredited) | TV | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Chief Sam Thomkins | TV | 8.8 | 31 |
| 1949 | Man Against Crime | TV | 7.5 | 29 | |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | Jack Haines | TV | 7.8 | 27 |