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