Anthony James

Anthony James (born James Anthony; July 22, 1942 – May 26, 2020) was an American character actor who specialized in playing villains in films and television, many of them Westerns.

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Vanishing Point (1971)

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Kowalski works for a car delivery service, and takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to drive from Colorado to San Francisco. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard C. Sarafian
CAST:  Barry Newman  •  Cleavon Little  •  Dean Jagger  •  Victoria Medlin

Kowalski works for a car delivery service, and takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to drive from Colorado to San Francisco. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard C. Sarafian
CAST:  Barry Newman  •  Cleavon Little  •  Dean Jagger  •  Victoria Medlin

Blue Thunder (1983)

Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Badham
CAST:  Roy Scheider  •  Warren Oates  •  Candy Clark  •  Malcolm McDowell

Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Badham
CAST:  Roy Scheider  •  Warren Oates  •  Candy Clark  •  Malcolm McDowell

Burnt Offerings (1976)

A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time someone gets hurt on the grounds, the beat-up house seems to repair itself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Curtis
CAST:  Karen Black  •  Oliver Reed  •  Burgess Meredith  •  Bette Davis

A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time someone gets hurt on the grounds, the beat-up house seems to repair itself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Curtis
CAST:  Karen Black  •  Oliver Reed  •  Burgess Meredith  •  Bette Davis

High Plains Drifter (1973)

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Verna Bloom  •  Marianna Hill  •  Mitchell Ryan

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Verna Bloom  •  Marianna Hill  •  Mitchell Ryan

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

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African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Jewison
CAST:  Sidney Poitier  •  Rod Steiger  •  Warren Oates  •  Lee Grant

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Jewison
CAST:  Sidney Poitier  •  Rod Steiger  •  Warren Oates  •  Lee Grant

Return from Witch Mountain (1978)

Tony and Tia are other-worldly twins endowed with telekinesis. When their Uncle Bene drops them off in Los Angeles for an earthbound vacation, a display of their supernatural skill catches the eye of the nefarious Dr. Gannon and his partner in crime, Letha, who see ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hough
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Christopher Lee  •  Kim Richards  •  Ike Eisenmann

Tony and Tia are other-worldly twins endowed with telekinesis. When their Uncle Bene drops them off in Los Angeles for an earthbound vacation, a display of their supernatural skill catches the eye of the nefarious Dr. Gannon and his partner in crime, Letha, who see ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hough
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Christopher Lee  •  Kim Richards  •  Ike Eisenmann

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Zucker
CAST:  Leslie Nielsen  •  Priscilla Presley  •  George Kennedy  •  O.J. Simpson

Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Zucker
CAST:  Leslie Nielsen  •  Priscilla Presley  •  George Kennedy  •  O.J. Simpson

Unforgiven (1992)

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William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Gene Hackman  •  Richard Harris  •  Jaimz Woolvett

William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Gene Hackman  •  Richard Harris  •  Jaimz Woolvett

… tick… tick… tick… (1970)

Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Nelson
CAST:  Jim Brown  •  George Kennedy  •  Fredric March  •  Lynn Carlin

Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Nelson
CAST:  Jim Brown  •  George Kennedy  •  Fredric March  •  Lynn Carlin

Sam Whiskey (1969)

Sam Whiskey is an all-round talent, but when the attractive widow Laura offers him a job, he hesitates: he shall salvage gold bars, which Laura's dead husband stole recently, from a sunken ship and secretly bring them back to the mint before they are missed. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnold Laven
CAST:  Angie Dickinson  •  Burt Reynolds  •  Clint Walker  •  Ossie Davis

Sam Whiskey is an all-round talent, but when the attractive widow Laura offers him a job, he hesitates: he shall salvage gold bars, which Laura's dead husband stole recently, from a sunken ship and secretly bring them back to the mint before they are missed. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnold Laven
CAST:  Angie Dickinson  •  Burt Reynolds  •  Clint Walker  •  Ossie Davis

Wacko (1982)

Thirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the lookout for the killer to reappear during the annual Halloween Pumpkin Prom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Greydon Clark
CAST:  Joe Don Baker  •  Stella Stevens  •  George Kennedy  •  Julia Duffy

Thirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the lookout for the killer to reappear during the annual Halloween Pumpkin Prom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Greydon Clark
CAST:  Joe Don Baker  •  Stella Stevens  •  George Kennedy  •  Julia Duffy

Traitor's Gate (1964)

A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Freddie Francis
CAST:  Albert Lieven  •  Gary Raymond  •  Margot Trooger  •  Catherine Schell

A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Freddie Francis
CAST:  Albert Lieven  •  Gary Raymond  •  Margot Trooger  •  Catherine Schell

Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1982)

The adventures and misadventures of Tom and Huck on the Mississippi River in Missouri with their involvement when they fall in with a gang of con artists, take up with a ragtag circus, help a freed slave buy his sister's freedom, and then see a dastardly villain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Lowry
CAST:  Anthony Michael Hall  •  Patrick Creadon  •  Anthony James  •  Allyn Ann McLerie

The adventures and misadventures of Tom and Huck on the Mississippi River in Missouri with their involvement when they fall in with a gang of con artists, take up with a ragtag circus, help a freed slave buy his sister's freedom, and then see a dastardly villain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Lowry
CAST:  Anthony Michael Hall  •  Patrick Creadon  •  Anthony James  •  Allyn Ann McLerie

Poison - Greatest Videos Hits (2001)

Poison Greatest Video Hits is the fifth DVD/video from the rock band Poison, released in 2001. The DVD was released following the Poison album Power to the People and features every Poison music video up to this point including the latest video, the album titled ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samuel Bayer  •  Marty Callner  •  Doug Freel  •  John Jopson  •  Marc Reshovsky
CAST:  Bret Michaels  •  Rikki Rockett  •  Bobby Dall  •  C.C. DeVille

Poison Greatest Video Hits is the fifth DVD/video from the rock band Poison, released in 2001. The DVD was released following the Poison album Power to the People and features every Poison music video up to this point including the latest video, the album titled ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samuel Bayer  •  Marty Callner  •  Doug Freel  •  John Jopson  •  Marc Reshovsky
CAST:  Bret Michaels  •  Rikki Rockett  •  Bobby Dall  •  C.C. DeVille

Mortuary Academy (1988)

"Police Academy" clone, about some nerds who inherit an academy for morticians, which is run by a corrupt closet necropheliac. Of course, the most incompetent students possible are accepted, so that the academy will fail, and all sorts of wacky hijinks ensue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Schroeder
CAST:  Richard Kennedy  •  Christopher Atkins  •  Perry Lang  •  Mary Woronov

"Police Academy" clone, about some nerds who inherit an academy for morticians, which is run by a corrupt closet necropheliac. Of course, the most incompetent students possible are accepted, so that the academy will fail, and all sorts of wacky hijinks ensue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Schroeder
CAST:  Richard Kennedy  •  Christopher Atkins  •  Perry Lang  •  Mary Woronov

Ravagers (1979)

In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Compton
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Ann Turkel  •  Art Carney

In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Compton
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Ann Turkel  •  Art Carney

World Gone Wild (1987)

In the nuclear ravaged wasteland of Earth 2087 water is as precious as life itself. The isolated Lost Wells outpost survived the holocaust and the inhabitants guard the source of their existence. Now an evil cult of renegades want control of their valuable water ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee H. Katzin
CAST:  Michael Paré  •  Catherine Mary Stewart  •  Bruce Dern  •  Adam Ant

In the nuclear ravaged wasteland of Earth 2087 water is as precious as life itself. The isolated Lost Wells outpost survived the holocaust and the inhabitants guard the source of their existence. Now an evil cult of renegades want control of their valuable water ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee H. Katzin
CAST:  Michael Paré  •  Catherine Mary Stewart  •  Bruce Dern  •  Adam Ant

Hearts of the West (1975)

Naive Iowa farm boy Lewis Tater dreams of being a famous Western novelist like his hero, Zane Grey. He leaves home to answer a writing correspondence course's ad for on-campus classes, only to discover that the school consists of a row of postboxes at an isolated ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Zieff
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  Alan Arkin  •  Blythe Danner  •  Andy Griffith

Naive Iowa farm boy Lewis Tater dreams of being a famous Western novelist like his hero, Zane Grey. He leaves home to answer a writing correspondence course's ad for on-campus classes, only to discover that the school consists of a row of postboxes at an isolated ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Zieff
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  Alan Arkin  •  Blythe Danner  •  Andy Griffith

George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head (1986)

George Carlin is in top form with these stand-up recorded at the Beverly Theater in Los Angeles in 1986. Routines included are "Losing Things," "Charities," "Sports," "Hello and Goodbye," "Battered Plants," "Earrings," and "A Moment of Silence." Also included is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rocco Urbisci
CAST:  George Carlin  •  Rick Ducommun  •  Anthony James  •  Vic Tayback

George Carlin is in top form with these stand-up recorded at the Beverly Theater in Los Angeles in 1986. Routines included are "Losing Things," "Charities," "Sports," "Hello and Goodbye," "Battered Plants," "Earrings," and "A Moment of Silence." Also included is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rocco Urbisci
CAST:  George Carlin  •  Rick Ducommun  •  Anthony James  •  Vic Tayback

The Teacher (1974)

18-year-old Sean's first summer after completing high school is much spent with 28-year-old teacher Diane, who's husband is too often motorcycle-racing instead of with her. Wacko Ralph also has "the hots" for Diane; and it doesn't help that Sean was with Ralph's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Avedis
CAST:  Angel Tompkins  •  Jay North  •  Anthony James  •  Marlene Schmidt

18-year-old Sean's first summer after completing high school is much spent with 28-year-old teacher Diane, who's husband is too often motorcycle-racing instead of with her. Wacko Ralph also has "the hots" for Diane; and it doesn't help that Sean was with Ralph's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Avedis
CAST:  Angel Tompkins  •  Jay North  •  Anthony James  •  Marlene Schmidt
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