Sonny Landham
Born: 1941-02-11 in Canton, Georgia, USA
Died: 2017-08-17
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
2009
- Mental Scars as Chief Bear
2007
- Disintegration as Boone Cagle
1996
- 2090 as Indian
- Billy Lone Bear as Billy Lone Bear
1995
- Twisted Fate as Brick
- Guns & Lipstick as Albino
- Carnival of Wolves as One-Eyed Jack
- Blue Vanities 257 as (archive footage)
1994
- Taxi Dancers as Diamond Jim
- Savage Land as Lassiter
- Night Realm as Verrick
1993
- Best of the Best 2 as James
1992
- Maximum Force as Pimp
- Three Days to a Kill as Pepe
1989
- Lock Up as Chink Weber
1988
- Action Jackson as Mr. Quick
1987
- Predator as Billy Sole
1986
- Firewalker as El Coyote
- Northstar as Becker
- Fortune Dane as Killer
1985
- The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission as Sam Sixkiller
1984
- Miami Vice as Toad
- Fleshburn as Calvin Duggai
1983
- The A-Team as Ryker
1982
- Poltergeist as Pool Worker
- 48 Hrs. as Billy Bear
1981
- Southern Comfort as Hunter
- Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle as (archive footage)
1980
- Gloria as Riverside Drive Man #8
1979
- The Warriors as Police
1978
- Misbehavin' as Clyde
- The Ganja Express as First Yellow Toga Guy (uncredited)
1977
- The Trouble with Young Stuff as Lane the Milkman
- Big Thumbs
1976
- Virgin Snow as Ben
- The Honey Cup
- Slippery When Wet as Dougie Knowles
- Sylvia as Junkie #1
1975
- Blood Bath
- Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town as Bo
- The Defiance of Good as Dr. Gabriel's Patient
- The Bite as Tex
- Big Abner as Big Abner
- The Passions of Carol as Curt Reynolds
1974
- The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego as Huntington Van Huff
- The Love Bus as Amos Johnson
- The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann as Political Candidate
- Special Order as Teamster #1
- Cheese as Tex
- Come Fly with Us as Joe
- Happy Days as French Cook
1969
- The Lost Man as (uncredited)