Sonny Landham
Biography
Sonny Landham was an American actor who started out in pornographic films before becoming a mainstream movie actor. He was born in Canton, Georgia, and grew up in Rome, Georgia; he attended Darlington School, spent a year playing football at the University of Georgia, and graduated from Oglethorpe University. He also worked as a model and served in the U.S. Army before training for two years at the Pasadena Playhouse and relocating in 1968 to New York, where he pursued an acting career. His screen credits included a subway policeman in The Warriors (1979), Billy Bear in 48 Hrs. (1982), the tracker Billy Sole in Predator (1987), and Chink Weber in Lock Up (1989), plus a part in Action Jackson (1988). Landham died in 2017.
76years old at death
- Born Canton
- Died Lexington
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- William M. Landham (birth name)Also credited as Bill Ashley, Tex Miller, Doug Jackson and Sonny Landam
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 14 years1979 to 1993
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Early training
Landham spent two years learning acting at the Pasadena Playhouse. In 1968 he went to New York to build a career in acting.
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Walter Hill directed three of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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