Sonny Landham
Acting • Born 1941-02-11 – Died 2017-08-17
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
Filmography
53 credits
Predator
Movie • 1987
Billy Sole
48 Hrs.
Movie • 1982
Billy Bear
Night Realm
Movie • 1994
Verrick
Best of the Best 2
Movie • 1993
James
The Love Bus
Movie • 1974
Amos Johnson
Southern Comfort
Movie • 1981
Hunter
2090
Movie • 1996
Indian
Billy Lone Bear
Movie • 1996
Billy Lone Bear
Lock Up
Movie • 1989
Chink Weber
Firewalker
Movie • 1986
El Coyote
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
Movie • 1985
Sam Sixkiller
Gloria
Movie • 1980
Riverside Drive Man #8
Virgin Snow
Movie • 1976
Ben
The Honey Cup
Movie • 1976
Disintegration
Movie • 2007
Boone Cagle
Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town
Movie • 1975
Bo
The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann
Movie • 1974
Political Candidate
The Warriors
Movie • 1979
Police
The Trouble with Young Stuff
Movie • 1977
Lane the Milkman
Big Thumbs
Movie • 1977
Fleshburn
Movie • 1984
Calvin Duggai
Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle
Movie • 1981
(archive footage)
Special Order
Movie • 1974
Teamster #1
Northstar
Movie • 1986
Becker
Misbehavin'
Movie • 1978
Clyde
Three Days to a Kill
Movie • 1992
Pepe
Action Jackson
Movie • 1988
Mr. Quick
Maximum Force
Movie • 1992
Pimp
Blue Vanities 257
Movie • 1995
(archive footage)
Taxi Dancers
Movie • 1994
Diamond Jim
The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego
Movie • 1974
Huntington Van Huff
Slippery When Wet
Movie • 1976
Dougie Knowles
The Defiance of Good
Movie • 1975
Dr. Gabriel's Patient
Carnival of Wolves
Movie • 1995
One-Eyed Jack
Twisted Fate
Movie • 1995
Brick
Guns & Lipstick
Movie • 1995
Albino
Poltergeist
Movie • 1982
Pool Worker
The Ganja Express
Movie • 1978
First Yellow Toga Guy (uncredited)
Mental Scars
Movie • 2009
Chief Bear
Blood Bath
Movie • 1975
The Warriors
Movie • 1979
Policeman in Subway Station
The Bite
Movie • 1975
Tex
Cheese
Movie • 1974
Tex
Come Fly with Us
Movie • 1974
Joe
Sylvia
Movie • 1976
Junkie #1
Big Abner
Movie • 1975
Big Abner
Happy Days
Movie • 1974
French Cook
The Passions of Carol
Movie • 1975
Curt Reynolds
Fortune Dane
Movie • 1986
Killer
The Lost Man
Movie • 1969
(uncredited)
Savage Land
Movie • 1994
Lassiter
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Ryker
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Toad