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