James Gammon: movies and TV shows
James Gammon has 136 credits in the archive: 90 films and 46 TV series, from 1955 to 2009. Highest rated: Grey's Anatomy (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1955 – 2009 · busiest year: 1985 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | In the Electric Mist | Ben Hebert | Film | 6.1 | 69 |
| 2009 | The New Daughter | Roger Wayne | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 2009 | Otis E. | The Sheriff | Film | 4.0 | 69 |
| 2008 | Appaloosa | Earl May | Film | 6.6 | 68 |
| 2007 | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Bob | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2007 | The Final Season | Jared Akers | Film | 5.4 | 67 |
| 2006 | Altered | Sheriff Henderson | Film | 5.4 | 66 |
| 2006 | The Far Side of Jericho | The Preacher | Film | 4.9 | 66 |
| 2006 | What I Did for Love | Karl Ryder | Film | 6.1 | 66 |
| 2006 | The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance | Narrator | Film | — | 66 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Mr. Scofield | TV | 8.2 | 65 |
| 2005 | Don't Come Knocking | Old Ranch Hand | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 2004 | LAX | Bill Barkley | TV | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2004 | Paradise | Old Cowboy | Film | 4.1 | 64 |
| 2004 | Silver City | Sheriff Joe Skaggs | Film | 6.1 | 64 |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Esco Swanger | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 2003 | Monte Walsh | Fighting Joe Hooker / Albert Miller | Film | 6.2 | 63 |
| 2003 | This So-Called Disaster | Self | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 2002 | Monk | Oates | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2002 | Fillmore! | TV | 7.4 | 62 | |
| 2002 | Life or Something Like It | Pat Kerrigan | Film | 5.7 | 62 |
| 2002 | The Country Bears | Big Al (voice) | Film | 4.7 | 62 |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Olin Price | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2000 | The Cell | Teddy Lee | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life | Teddy Roosevelt | Film | 6.1 | 60 |
| 1999 | The Iron Giant | Foreman Marv Loach / Floyd Turbeaux (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1999 | One Man's Hero | General Zachary Taylor | Film | 5.4 | 59 |
| 1999 | You Know My Name | Real Arkansas Tom | Film | 4.8 | 59 |
| 1998 | Love from Ground Zero | Hat | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1998 | The Hi-Lo Country | Hoover Young | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 1998 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Commandant | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 1998 | Logan's War: Bound by Honor | Ben | Film | 5.3 | 58 |
| 1998 | Point Blank | Dad | Film | 4.5 | 58 |
| 1997 | Traveller | Double D | Film | 5.6 | 57 |
| 1997 | The Apostle | Brother Edwards (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | Nick Bridges | TV | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1996 | Two Mothers for Zachary | Chalmer | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1995 | Streets of Laredo | Charles Goodnight | TV | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1995 | Wild Bill | California Joe | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1995 | Truman | Sam Rayburn | Film | 7.7 | 55 |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Redneck's Buddy in Diner | Film | 7.1 | 54 |
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp | Mr. Sutherland | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1994 | Major League II | Lou Brown | Film | 5.7 | 54 |
| 1994 | Hard Vice | Bronski | Film | 3.8 | 54 |
| 1994 | Cabin Boy | Paps | Film | 5.2 | 54 |
| 1994 | Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition | Al | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Huck Finn | Deputy Hines | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1993 | Men Don't Tell | Jack MacAffrey | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1993 | Running Cool | Ironbutt Garrett | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1992 | Leaving Normal | Walt | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1992 | Middle Ages | Dave | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1992 | CrissCross | Emmett | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1991 | Conagher | Film | 6.7 | 51 | |
| 1991 | Stranger at My Door | Sheriff Bitterman | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1990 | Revenge | Texan | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1990 | I Love You to Death | Lt. Larry Schooner | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1990 | Bagdad Cafe | Rudy | TV | 5.6 | 50 |
| 1990 | Coupe de Ville | Dr. Sturgeon The Cadillac Surgeon | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1989 | Major League | Lou Brown | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1989 | Roe vs. Wade | Jimmy Russell | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1988 | The Milagro Beanfield War | Horsethief Shorty | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1988 | Lincoln | Gen. Ulysses S. Grant | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1987 | Made in Heaven | Steve Shea | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1987 | Ironweed | Reverend Chester | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1987 | Laguna Heat | Grimes | Film | 4.3 | 47 |
| 1987 | Stacking | Clate Connaloe | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Thomas Quinn | TV | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Rev. Joseph Halliday | TV | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1986 | Hard Traveling | Sgt. Slattery | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Michael Cub | TV | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1985 | Silver Bullet | Arnie Westrum | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1985 | Silverado | Dawson | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1985 | The Long Hot Summer | Billy Quick | TV | 5.5 | 45 |
| 1985 | Vision Quest | Kuch's Dad | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1985 | Sylvester | Steve | Film | 5.1 | 45 |
| 1985 | Noon Wine | Sheriff | Film | — | 45 |
| 1985 | Father of Hell Town | Lt. Raymond Tracy | Film | — | 45 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Billy Don Baker | TV | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1984 | The Master | Mr. Daniels | TV | 5.3 | 44 |
| 1983 | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | Sheriff Frank Fly | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1983 | Women of San Quentin | Officer | Film | 5.0 | 43 |
| 1983 | M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers | Willard Kohler | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Sheriff Frank Fly | TV | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Sheriff | TV | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Clate Connaloe | TV | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | TV | 6.9 | 42 | |
| 1982 | Deadly Encounter | Frank Kitchens | Film | 5.2 | 42 |
| 1981 | Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill | Capt. Jake Jacqualone | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1980 | Any Which Way You Can | Bartender | Film | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1980 | Urban Cowboy | Steve Strange | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1980 | It's My Turn | Connie Foxworth (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1980 | Below the Belt | Luke | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1980 | Rage! | Joe Dean | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1980 | On the Nickel | Peanut John | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1979 | The Sacketts | Wes Bigelow | TV | 7.6 | 39 |
| 1978 | Kaz | TV | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 1977 | Code R | Dillard | TV | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1977 | The Greatest | Mr. Harry | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1977 | Black Oak Conspiracy | Deputy Bullard | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Billy | TV | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Gates | TV | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1976 | Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw | Leather Salesman | Film | 4.6 | 36 |
| 1976 | The Pom Pom Girls | Coach | Film | 4.7 | 36 |
| 1976 | The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West | Roy, Hired Hand | Film | 4.5 | 36 |
| 1975 | The Kansas City Massacre | Garth | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1975 | The Wild McCullochs | 1st Police Officer | Film | 4.5 | 35 |
| 1974 | Petrocelli | Harry | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1974 | Zandy's Bride | Man in Gunfight (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1974 | Macon County Line | Elisha Gibbons | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1974 | Hard Day at Blue Nose | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1974 | The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One | Alex Denton | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1972 | The Waltons | TV | 7.2 | 32 | |
| 1972 | The Waltons | Zack Rosswell | TV | 7.2 | 32 |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | TV | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | Jake | TV | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1972 | Cry for Me, Billy | Amos | Film | 4.8 | 32 |
| 1971 | Cannon | Lt. Keely | TV | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1971 | Macho Callahan | Cowboy | Film | 4.5 | 31 |
| 1970 | A Man Called Horse | Ed | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1968 | Lancer | TV | 5.6 | 28 | |
| 1968 | Journey to Shiloh | Tellis Yeager | Film | 5.4 | 28 |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Lafe | TV | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Hal | TV | 6.9 | 27 |
| 1967 | Cool Hand Luke | Sleepy | Film | 7.7 | 27 |
| 1966 | Batman | Osiris | TV | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | TV | 6.5 | 26 | |
| 1966 | The Monroes | TV | 6.8 | 26 | |
| 1966 | The Road West | TV | 7.5 | 26 | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Ben McCann | TV | 5.6 | 25 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Cauldwell | TV | 5.6 | 25 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Cal Mason | TV | 6.5 | 22 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Harry Jeffers | TV | 7.5 | 19 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 16 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute (archive footage) | TV | — | 16 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Arnie Jeffords | TV | 6.7 | 15 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Dudley | TV | 6.7 | 15 |