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James Gammon
Age: 69
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Birth Place: Newman, Illinois, USA
Born: Apr. 20th, 1940
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James Gammon's Main TV Roles
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BIOGRAPHY: Rugged-looking James Gammon first broke into the entertainment industry not as an actor but as a TV cameraman. From there his weatherbeaten features, somewhat menacing attitude and a tough-as-nails voice--the kind that used to be described in detective novels as "whiskey-soaked"--reminiscent of '40s noir icon Charles McGraw got him work in front of the cameras in TV westerns (though he sounds as if he's from Texas or Oklahoma, he was actually born and raised in Illinois) and he made his film debut in 1967. Not the kind of guy you'd see in a tuxedo in a Noel Coward drawing-room comedy--unless he was one of a gang holding them up--Gammon could play lighter parts also, as evidenced by his work as the coach in the baseball comedy Major League (1989) and in his regular role as Don Johnson (I)'s rambunctious father in Johnson's "Nash Bridges" (1996) series.
TRIVIA:
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1996 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of 'Sam Shepard' (qv)'s "Buried Child."
- He was awarded the 1996 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Buried Child" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
- Has performed at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, Illinois
- Was very close friends with 'Timothy Scott (I)' (qv). In 1995, the year Scott died, Gammon appeared in _"Streets of Laredo" (1995)_ (qv), the sequel to _"Lonesome Dove" (1989)_ (qv), in which Scott had appeared.
- Played 'Don Johnson (I)' (qv)'s father in two television productions: "The Long, Hot Summer" (1985) and _"Nash Bridges" (1996)_ (qv), although he's actually less than ten years older than Johnson.
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