In 1998 the actor spent three years in prison after being convicted of federal charges of making threatening and obscene phone calls, but was later released after the charges were reversed. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. and tracker Billy Sole in Predator. Landham continued to act throughout the 1990s and stopped to focus on politics before returning to acting in 2007. © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. [3] Subsequently, he graduated from Oglethorpe University. Landham’s early work in the 1970s included several X-rated films before breaking into mainstream movies in the next decade, including roles in Action Jackson and Lock Up. [2], He attended Saint Mary's Catholic School and Darlington School before playing football for a year at the University of Georgia. [13], On June 25, 2008, Landham announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat held by Mitch McConnell on the Libertarian line. He was unsuccessful in gaining the party's nomination. Topics: Predator, The Warriors, Obituaries, © Watchr Media • All rights reserved, Scrapped Predators 2 Script Details Reveal It Was Die Hard on a Predator Ship, Danny Glover Throws a Predator Dance Party in Wild Predator 2 Outtake, New Alien and Predator Comics Art Teases Huge Marvel Crossover, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Dutch Returns in Predator: Hunting Grounds Video Game This Month, Arnold Schwarzenegger Voices Dutch in the New Predator Video Game, Adam McKay Unites All-Star Cast for Netflix's Asteroid Comedy Don't Look Up, Joaquin Phoenix Is Napoleon in Ridley Scott's Kitbag Biopic, Daniel Craig's James Bond Replacement Hasn't Been Chosen Yet.
He ends up getting tripped when, Wed, Oct 14 ", Charlie Sheen also tweeted a warrior shot of Landham, saying "R.I.P. The injured Dutch then lets out his Schwarzeneggers famed "Get to the choppa" line. Landham was a brawny, deep-voiced actor and stunt man who played a bit part in Walter Hill’s 1979 street-gang thriller “The Warriors” before the director cast him as the trigger-happy criminal Billy Bear in 1982′s “48 Hrs.”, Landham, who was part Cherokee and Seminole, was perhaps most known for playing the Native American tracker Billy Sole in the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film “Predator.”. Landham's early work saw him start his acting career by starring in several X-rated movies, but was able to breakout after his role as a cop in Walter Hill's 1979 movie The Warriors. The Predator star also appeared in films such as The Warriors, Poltergeist, 48 Hrs., Best of the Best II, and Firewalker, amongst others.… Continue Reading → The post Rest in Peace: Sonny Landham appeared first on Dread Central.
[4] On July 28, the Kentucky Libertarians voted unanimously to withdraw Landham's nomination, citing his comments were not in keeping with the party's platform and values.
Landham studied acting for two years at Pasadena Playhouse before moving to New York in 1968 to pursue a career in acting. He ends up getting tripped when, 1989 Stallone Classic Lock Up Comes to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray This Fall, Predator returns to UK cinemas for 30th anniversary, People involved in East Coast Exploitation Cinema of the '60s and '70s, Zwei Supertypen in Miami - Geheimoperation Condor, Taking a Blood Bath: Making 70's Indies in New York, If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator', Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Predator, What to Watch if You Miss the "Game of Thrones" Cast. https://theweeklyspoon.com/news/predator-star-sonny-landham-dies-76 So Sole's death was not seen on screen (only his deep-throated cry is heard off-camera).
In addition to being an actor, Landham was also a professional stuntman and ran for political office in Kentucky, following the lead of fellow Predator stars Schwarzenegger and Jessie Ventura who became the governor of California and Minnesota, respectively. Sonny Landham, Action Star of Predator, 48 Hours Dies at 76. Very sad news as actor Sonny Landham has passed away at age 76 from congestive heart failure.
He was 76. 4:44 PM PDT where he portrayed Billy Bear, The Warriors, Poltergeist, and Firewalker where he starred alongside Chuck Norris and Louis Gossett Jr. on on Landham’s sister, Dawn Boehler, said the actor died from congestive heart failure Thursday at a Lexington, Kentucky, hospital. An actor with a powerful physique, booming voice and who has played several "Native American" characters, Sonny Landham first broke into mainstream film with a bit part as a police officer in the subway. Landham’s sister Dawn Boehler said the actor died from congestive heart failure Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 at a Lexington, Kentucky, hospital. [6] At the beginning of his acting career, Landham was an actor in pornographic films. Another tweeted out listed some of Landham’s films and the impact they had on the action genre in the 80s: “RIP Sonny Landham. Native American action star Sonny Landham, who starred in cult classic Predator, 48 Hours and The Warriors has died at the age 76. As Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch led the flight away from Predator's unseen killing creature, Sonny Landham's Native American tracker Billy Sole stood his ground and bravely accepted one of film's most glorious deaths. Sonny Landham used to be a popular actor in 80-s. Now he is not so active in his career, but still fans remember his films like “The Warriors”, “Southern Comfort”, “Predator” and many others. 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.
[2], After being convicted on federal charges of making threatening and obscene phone calls to his wife, Landham spent three years in prison. Landham also ran for the Kentucky State Senate in 2004, and was nominated by Kentucky’s Libertarian party in 2008 for one of Kentucky’s U.S. Senate seats, although his comments on a political radio show caused the party to rescind his nomination a few days later. He was 76.
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