Sonny Landham

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1941-02-11

Deathday 2017-08-17 (76 years old)

Place of Birth Canton, Georgia, USA

Also Known As William M. "Sonny" Landham, William M. Landham , Bill Ashley, Doug Jackson, Tex Miller, Sonny Landam

Sonny Landham

Biography

William Marion "Sonny" Landham (February 11, 1941 – August 17, 2017), or Sonny Landham, was an American film actor, stunt man and politician. He portrayed tracker Billy Sole in Predator. At the beginning of his acting career, Landham was an actor in pornographic films. He then became a mainstream movie actor and appeared in a number of Hollywood films, including The Warriors (as a subway policeman whose leg gets broken by a baseball bat-wielding Michael Beck), Predator, 48 Hrs., Lock Up and Action Jackson. In 2003, Landham ran in the Republican Party primary election for the post of Governor of Kentucky, hoping to repeat the success of his Predator castmates Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He based his candidacy on opposition to an amendment which endorsed the Kentucky Family Court, saying his bad experiences at the hands of the family court had convinced him it was for the benefit of lawyers rather than families or children. He was unsuccessful in gaining the party's nomination. He ran briefly as an independent candidate, but withdrew on June 18, 2003, and endorsed the Republican slate. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Actor

2009
Mental Scars

as Chief Bear

2007
Disintegration

as Boone Cagle

1996
2090

as Indian

1996
Billy Lone Bear

as Billy Lone Bear

1995
Carnival of Wolves

as One-Eyed Jack

1995
Guns & Lipstick

as Albino

1995
Blue Vanities 257

as (archive footage)

1995
Twisted Fate

as Brick

1994
Night Realm

as Verrick

1994
Taxi Dancers

as Diamond Jim

1993
1992
1989
Lock Up

as Chink Weber

1988
Action Jackson

as Mr. Quick

1987
Predator

as Billy Sole

1986
Firewalker

as El Coyote

1986
Northstar

as Becker

1985
1984
Fleshburn

as Calvin Duggai

1983
The A-Team

as Ryker

1982
48 Hrs.

as Billy Bear

1982
Poltergeist

as Pool Worker

1981
1981
Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle

as (archive footage)

1980
Gloria

as Riverside Drive Man #8

1979
The Warriors

as Police

1979
The Warriors

as Policeman in Subway Station

1978
The Ganja Express

as First Yellow Toga Guy (uncredited)

1978
Misbehavin'

as Clyde

1977
The Trouble with Young Stuff

as Lane the Milkman

1976
Sylvia

as Junkie #1

1976
Slippery When Wet

as Dougie Knowles

1976
1975
The Defiance of Good

as Dr. Gabriel's Patient

1975
Big Abner

as Big Abner

1975
The Passions of Carol

as Curt Reynolds

1975
The Bite

as Tex

1974
1974
1974
Cheese

as Tex

1974
The Love Bus

as Amos Johnson

1974
Happy Days

as French Cook

1974
1974
Special Order

as Teamster #1

Director

1996
Billy Lone Bear

as Director