James Luisi
- Atuação
- 11 de novembro de 1928 · New York City, New York, USA
- 7 de junho de 2002
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play · Capt. Doug Chapman
- The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... · Capt. Doug Chapman
- Tudo ou Nada · Murray
- Paixões Perigosas
- Justiça Final
- Lethal Woman · Colonel Jerry Maxim
- Deu a Louca nas Federais · Sperry
- O Escondido · Ferrari Salesman
- L.A. Law · Paul Viola
- O Vingador · Ed Reineke
- The Hogan Family
- Hell Town
- Jogo de Damas
- Finder of Lost Loves · Jordan Hollis
- The Red-Light Sting · Renny Lucas
- Star 80 · Roy
- Sunset Limousine · Angel
- China Lake · Watch Commander
- The Renegades · Lt. Marciano
- Esquadrão Classe A · Jimmy Durkee
- A Super Máquina · D.G. Grebs
- Matt Houston
- The Renegades · Lt. Joe Marciano
- Carro Comando · George Laszlo, Vincent Hazzard
- Duro na Queda
- Our Family Business · Frank
- Here's Boomer
- Magnum · John Walter Costa
- The Asphalt Cowboy · Lt. Lassiter
- Fade to Black · Capt. M.L. Gallagher
- Knots Landing · Lieutenant Gilbert Garcia
- Casal 20
- Buck Rogers no Século 25 · Hood
- Harris and Company
- Norma Rae · George Benson
- A Cada 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
- Jogando com a Morte · Sgt. Vince De Carlo
- A Ilha da Fantasia · Arbogast
- A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story · Lazzeri
- Contrato Para Matar · Al Palmini / Arnold Palmer
- Chips
- Stunts · Alvin Blake
- Hunter
- Quincy, M.E.
- Spencer's Pilots
- Future Cop · Paterno
- Good Heavens
- City of Angels
- Mulher Maravilha · George
- First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington · George Washington
- Starsky e Hutch - Justiça em Dobro
- S.W.A.T.
- Arquivo Confidencial · Doug Chapman, Burt Stryker
- The Take · Benedetto
- Honky Tonk · Blackie
- The Man from Independence · Stranger
- Cry Rape · Det. Kroger
- Kojak · Det. Geno Alessi, Capt. Henry 'Hank' Rosseau
- Fuga da Ilha do Diabo · Dazzas
- Os Novos Centuriões
- Hawkins · Andy Tyler
- Barnaby Jones · Nick Gorman, Burt Logan
- San Francisco Urgente
- Ghost Story · Rick
- The Rookies
- Ben, O Rato Assassino · Ed
- Cannon
- Cat Ballou · Spider Levinsky
- Adam-12 · Antonio Minetti
- The chef · Mike Purcell
- The F.B.I. · Sam Kehoe, Little Julio
- Another World
- Naked City · Mark Andrew
- O Homem do Rifle
- Gunsmoke · Ivers