James Luisi
- Interpretación
- 11 de noviembre de 1928 · New York City, New York, USA
- 7 de junio de 2002
Biografía
A native New Yorker, James Luisi attended St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights on a basketball scholarship. He served in the Army during the Korean War. He then played one season (1953-54) with the Baltimore Bullets in the National Basketball Association. His acting career began on the stage with early parts coming in the Broadway musicals "Sweet Charity" and "Zorba". His early movies were minor, though his "beefcake" appeal was evident in 1973's I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973) in which he rarely wore a shirt. Most of his later work was on TV. In 1976 he shared a "best actor" daytime Emmy for playing George Washington in a daytime drama special titled First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington (1975). Also in 1976 he started his four-season role as Jim Rockford's (James Garner) nemesis Lt. Chapman in The Rockford Files (1974). In 1983 he played the cop in charge of some street-gang-members-turned-undercover-agents in the short-lived series The Renegades (1983), which provided a boost for Patrick Swayze, who played one of the gang members. Along with guest spots on numerous TV shows, Luisi also appeared in the soap operas Days of Our Lives (1965) and Another World (1964). In the 1990s he returned to acting in and directing stage work in the Los Angeles area. Stricken with cancer he passed away on 7 June 2002 and is survived by his wife of 41 years, the former Georgia Phillips.
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Filmografía
- The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play · Capt. Doug Chapman
- The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... · Capt. Doug Chapman
- Los vigilantes de la noche · Murray
- Medias de seda
- Dark Justice
- Desafío al ejército USA · Colonel Jerry Maxim
- Mujeres del FBI · Sperry
- Hidden: Lo oculto · Ferrari Salesman
- La ley de Los Ángeles · Paul Viola
- La ley de Murphy · Ed Reineke
- La familia Hogan
- Hell Town
- Partners in Crime
- En busca de amores perdidos · Jordan Hollis
- The Red-Light Sting · Renny Lucas
- Star 80 · Roy
- Los líos de Alan · Angel
- China Lake · Watch Commander
- The Renegades · Lt. Marciano
- El Equipo A · Jimmy Durkee
- El coche fantástico · D.G. Grebs
- Matt Houston
- The Renegades · Lt. Joe Marciano
- T. J. Hooker · George Laszlo, Vincent Hazzard
- Profesión Peligro
- Our Family Business · Frank
- Here's Boomer
- Magnum · John Walter Costa
- The Asphalt Cowboy · Lt. Lassiter
- Fundido a negro · Capt. M.L. Gallagher
- Knots Landing · Lieutenant Gilbert Garcia
- Hart y Hart
- Buck Rogers, aventuras en el siglo 25 · Hood
- Harris and Company
- Norma Rae · George Benson
- Vivir el momento · Dan Santini
- One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story · Jimmy Karalla
- Vega$
- Sword of Justice
- The Eddie Capra Mysteries
- Love Is Not Enough · Harry Foreman
- Paseo en la oscuridad · Sgt. Vince De Carlo
- La isla de la Fantasía · Arbogast
- A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story · Lazzeri
- Contract on Cherry Street · Al Palmini / Arnold Palmer
- CHiPs
- Stunts · Alvin Blake
- Hunter
- Quincy, M.E.
- Spencer's Pilots
- Future Cop · Paterno
- Good Heavens
- City of Angels
- La mujer maravilla · George
- First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington · George Washington
- Starsky y Hutch
- Los hombres de Harrelson
- Los casos de Rockford · Doug Chapman, Burt Stryker
- Doble juego · Benedetto
- Honky Tonk · Blackie
- The Man from Independence · Stranger
- Cry Rape · Det. Kroger
- Kojak · Det. Geno Alessi, Capt. Henry 'Hank' Rosseau
- Yo escapé de la isla del diablo · Dazzas
- Police Story
- Hawkins · Andy Tyler
- Barnaby Jones · Nick Gorman, Burt Logan
- Las calles de San Francisco
- Ghost Story · Rick
- The Rookies
- Ben, La Rata Asesina · Ed
- Cannon
- Cat Ballou · Spider Levinsky
- Área 12 · Antonio Minetti
- Ironside · Mike Purcell
- The F.B.I. · Sam Kehoe, Little Julio
- Another World
- Naked City · Mark Andrew
- El hombre del rifle
- La ley del revólver · Ivers