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Acting

Sonny Landham

Born
Feb 11, 1941 · Aged 76
Died
Aug 17, 2017
Place of birth
Canton, Georgia, USA
Gender
Male
Movie credits
51
TV credits
2
Directing credits
1
Also known as (6)
  • William M. "Sonny" Landham
  • William M. Landham
  • Bill Ashley
  • Doug Jackson
  • Tex Miller
  • Sonny Landam

Biography

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…