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Acting

Clifton James

Career: Active from 1957 to 1996, busiest in 1974 and 1975 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 8
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: The Last Detail
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 67 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Clifton James Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Uncanny
1.7, average 2.5
Showbiz
0.4, average 1.2
Contemporary Realism
4.7, average 5.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 5
Character Study 5
Psychological Drama 4
Character-Driven 4
Coming-of-Age 3
Historical Account 2
Historical Drama 2
Quirky Characters 2
Racial Injustice 2
Period Piece 2
Classic Spy Thriller 2
Melancholic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

87

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

3 titles · average score 56

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

76

as Sheriff

Raising Flagg

30

as Ed McIvor

Sunshine State

61

as Buster Bidwell

1990s

6 titles · average score 67

Lone Star

80

as Hollis Pogue

The Summer of Ben Tyler

68

as Chief Sam Thompkins

The Vernon Johns Story

81

as Judge Blake

Carolina Skeletons

66

as Dexter Cody

The Bonfire of the Vanities

34

as Albert Fox

Gabriel's Fire

72

TV show

1980s

19 titles · average score 66

Eight Men Out

75

as Charles Comiskey

Monsters

71

TV show · as Inspector

The Untouchables

80

as District Attorney (uncredited)

Where are the Children?

43

as Chief Coffin

Kidco

68

as Orville Peterjohn

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Ray Dressler

Night Court

74

TV show · as Rev. Lester Sinclair

Highway to Heaven

73

TV show · as Nick Claybourne

The A-Team

74

TV show · as Warden Beale

TV show · as Silas Jones

The Fall Guy

73

TV show

Superman II

77

as Sheriff

1970s

30 titles · average score 60

Undercover with the KKK

as Jimmy Eakin

Dallas

73

TV show · as Duke Carlisle

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

41

as Sy Orlansky

City of Angels

TV show · as Murray Quint

Silver Streak

64

as Sheriff Chauncey

The Man with the Golden Gun

51

as Sheriff J.W. Pepper

Juggernaut

73

as Corrigan

Buster and Billie

75

as Jake

The Bank Shot

44

as Bulldog Streiger

Live and Let Die

62

as Sheriff J.W. Pepper

The Last Detail

82

as M. A. A.

The New Centurions

63

as Whitey

1960s

18 titles · average score 64

The Reivers

59

as Butch Lovemaiden

Ironside

45

TV show · as Frank Bollo

Mannix

71

TV show · as Barney Ford, Police Chief

Cool Hand Luke

89

as Carr

Cimarron Strip

64

TV show · as Sheriff Jack Hawkes

The Chase

72

as Lem Brewster

Black Like Me

69

as Eli Carr

Another World

42

TV show

David and Lisa

79

as John

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Big Ben Albright

Something Wild

53

as Detective Bogart

Route 66

48

TV show · as George Simmons

1950s

9 titles · average score 71

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Lawson / Mr. Quarry

The Last Mile

65

as Harris

Naked City

69

TV show · as Officer Fennelli / Jacoby

The Strange One

57

as Colonel Ramey

Decoy

70

TV show · as Patrolman Raymond

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Blick

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Sam Wickes / Sam Hare

The Phil Silvers Show

77

TV show · as Natiional Guard Sergeant / State Trooper (uncredited)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Chief Sam Thomkins

1940s

2 titles · average score 78

Man Against Crime

TV show

Kraft Television Theatre

78

TV show · as Jack Haines