George Clifton James Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Blustery, stocky, loud although often genial character actor who has created a niche for himself playing often frustrated and fast talking Southern characters... most noticeably as Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond spy adventure Live and Let Die (1973), plus his character returned to assist 007 again in The Man with the ...
Served five years with the United States Army during World War II.
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Attended and graduated from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.
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Made his Broadway stage debut as the warm-hearted construction foreman in William Saroyan's "The Cave Dwellers".
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Is best remembered for playing the stereotypical redneck policeman Sheriff J.W. Pepper in the James Bond films Live and Let Die (1973) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). He played basically the same character in Superman II (1980) although his name is never mentioned (He was referred to simply as "sheriff").
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Has mastered an impeccable (and unmistakable) Southern accent, despite having been born in Spokane, Washington.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Young Maverick
1979
TV Series
Judge Stebbins
Undercover with the KKK
1979
TV Movie
Jimmy Eakin
Hart to Hart
1979
TV Series
Highway Cop
Supertrain
1979
TV Series
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
1977
Sy Orlansky
The November Plan
1977
TV Movie
Silver Streak
1976
Sheriff Chauncey
Captains and the Kings
1976
TV Mini-Series
Gov. Skerritt
City of Angels
1976
TV Series
Lt. Murray Quint
Bons baisers de Hong-Kong
1975
Bill
The Deadly Tower
1975
TV Movie
Captain Fred Ambrose
Friendly Persuasion
1975
TV Movie
Sam Jordan
The Runaway Barge
1975
TV Movie
Sooey
Rancho Deluxe
1975
John Brown
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
Sheriff J.W. Pepper
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
TV Series
Walter 'Shadetree' Burns
Juggernaut
1974
Corrigan
Buster and Billie
1974
Jake
Bank Shot
1974
Streiger
The Laughing Policeman
1973
Maloney
The Last Detail
1973
M.A.A.
The Iceman Cometh
1973
Pat McGloin
The Werewolf of Washington
1973
Attorney General
Live and Let Die
1973
Sheriff Pepper
Kid Blue
1973
Mr. Hendricks
The New Centurions
1972
Whitey
Particular Men
1972
TV Movie
Boesch
The Biscuit Eater
1972
Mr. Eben
Bonanza
1968-1971
TV Series
Mr. Quarry / Lawson
Gunsmoke
1958-1970
TV Series
Sam Wickes / Tenner Jackson / Sam Hare / ...
WUSA
1970
Speed - Sailor in Bar
...tick... tick... tick...
1970
D.J. Rankin
The Reivers
1969
Butch Lovemaiden
Ironside
1969
TV Series
Frank Bollo
Mannix
1968
TV Series
Barney Ford, Police Chief
Will Penny
1967
Catron
Cimarron Strip
1967
TV Series
Sheriff Jack Hawkes
Cool Hand Luke
1967
Carr
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
1967
Philippe
The Happening
1967
O'Reilly
The Virginian
1966
TV Series
Big Ben Albright
Mogul
1966
TV Series
D. Bouti Q.C.
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1966
TV Series
Pieter Amidou
The Chase
1966
Lem Brewster
Slattery's People
1965
TV Series
Harry Means
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
Tuttle
Black Like Me
1964
Eli Carr
Another World
1964
TV Series
Striker Bellman (1980)
East Side/West Side
1963
TV Series
Dave Meltzer
The Doctors and the Nurses
1963
TV Series
Lou Cutler
Route 66
1963
TV Series
George Simmons
David and Lisa
1962
John
Experiment in Terror
1962
Capt. Moreno
Something Wild
1961
Detective Bogart
Cain's Hundred
1961
TV Series
Tom Larch
Brenner
1961
TV Series
Mack the Dispatcher
Naked City
1959-1960
TV Series
Officer Fennelli / Jacoby / George Haskel
The Last Mile
1959
Harris
Armchair Theatre
1958
TV Series
Blick
Decoy
1958
TV Series
Raymond
Kraft Theatre
1958
TV Series
Jack Haines
The Phil Silvers Show
1957
TV Series
State Trooper / The Sergeant
The Strange One
1957
Colonel Ramsey
The Secret Storm
1954
TV Series
Wes Glenway (Year Unknown)
Old Soldiers
2016
pre-production
Bill Wilder
Raising Flagg
2006
Ed McIvor
Sunshine State
2002
Buster Bidwell
Interstate 84
2000
Buddy
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
TV Movie
Chief Sam Thompkins
All My Children
1996
TV Series
Red Kilgren (aka Kris Kringle)
Lone Star
1996
Hollis
The Vernon Johns Story
1994
TV Movie
Judge Blake
Carolina Skeletons
1991
TV Movie
Dexter Cody
Gabriel's Fire
1991
TV Series
Jimmy Williams
Monsters
1991
TV Series
Inspector
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
Albert Fox
Night Court
1990
TV Series
Rev. Lester Sinclair
Dallas
1990
TV Series
Duke Carlisle
She-Devil
1989
Bob's Father (uncredited)
Walter & Carlo i Amerika
1989
Tex
Murder, She Wrote
1988
TV Series
Ray Dressler
Eight Men Out
1988
Charles 'Commie' Comiskey
Whoops Apocalypse
1988
Maxton S. Pluck
The Untouchables
1987
District Attorney (uncredited)
Where Are the Children?
1986
Chief Coffin
Stiffs
1985
Uncle Leo
Highway to Heaven
1984
TV Series
Nick Claybourne
Kidco
1984
Orville Peterjohn
Talk to Me
1984
State Trooper
The A-Team
1983
TV Series
Sheriff Jake Dawson / Warden Beale
Trapper John, M.D.
1979-1982
TV Series
Lewis / Bobby Joe Brady
The Fall Guy
1982
TV Series
Sheriff Taylor
Lewis & Clark
1981-1982
TV Series
Silas Jones
Texas
1981
TV Series
Striker Bellman #2 / Striker Bellman
Superman II
1980
Sheriff
Quincy M.E.
1980
TV Series
Cliff Webb
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
TV Movie
Barber Charlie Amos
The Contender
1980
TV Mini-Series
Tompkins
The Dukes of Hazzard
1980
TV Series
Sheriff Lester Crabb
Caboblanco
1980
Lorrimer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
World's Best Dad
2011
very special thanks
A Natural Born World-Shaker: Making 'Cool Hand Luke'
2008
Video documentary short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Natural Born World-Shaker: Making 'Cool Hand Luke'