Saturday, July 17, 2010

James Gammon, R. I. P.

James Gammon dies at 70: character actor - latimes.com: "James Gammon, a character actor whose gravelly voice and craggy face made indelible memories in Sam Shepard plays, a spate of western TV shows and films, plus a comic turn in the baseball movie 'Major League,' has died. He was 70.

Gammon died Friday surrounded by his family at his daughter's home in Costa Mesa, where he and his wife, Nancy, had been living. He had cancer of the adrenal glands and the liver.

Gammon may be best known for his role as Lou Brown, manager of the hapless Cleveland Indians in the 1989 comedy 'Major League' and its 1994 sequel. He stood out with key roles in many films including 'Urban Cowboy,' 'The Milagro Beanfield War,' 'Leaving Normal,' 'Ironweed,' 'Silverado' and 'Cold Mountain.'"

Hat tip to Toby O'Brien.

5 comments:

James Reasoner said...

He was great in SILVERADO and the TV series CRIME STORY. Rest in peace.

Randy Johnson said...

Rest in peace.

I liked his turn as Nash Bridges" father as well.

Anonymous said...

Bummer. I was going to mention NASH BRIDGES too, Randy.

Jeff

jimkitt said...

Mr. Gammons was great also in the show HOMEFRONT, dispensing advice to Jeff about his lovelife.

Toby O'B said...

He did an episode of "In The Heat Of The Night" where he had to be a witness to an execution in the state prison and the only way he could get through it was to keep staring at a picture postcard. Great job he did on that, sticks with me to this day.....