Sonny Landham
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-02-11
Day of Death
2017-08-17 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Canton, Georgia, USA
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.
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Acting
(2009)
Mental Scars
as Chief Bear
(2007)
Disintegration
as Boone Cagle
(2004)
(1996)
2090
as Indian
(1996)
Billy Lone Bear
as Billy Lone Bear
(1995)
Twisted Fate
as Brick
(1995)
Guns & Lipstick
as Albino
(1995)
Carnival of Wolves
as One-Eyed Jack
(1995)
Blue Vanities 257
as (archive footage)
(1994)
Taxi Dancers
as Diamond Jim
(1994)
Night Realm
as Verrick
(1993)
Best of the Best 2
as James
(1992)
Maximum Force
as Pimp
(1992)
Three Days To A Kill
as Pepe
(1989)
Lock Up
as Chink Weber
(1988)
Action Jackson
as Mr. Quick
(1987)
Predator
as Billy Sole
(1986)
Firewalker
as El Coyote
(1986)
Northstar
as Becker
(1986)
Fortune Dane
as Killer
(1985)
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
as Sam Sixkiller
(1984)
Fleshburn
as Calvin Duggai
(1982)
Poltergeist
as Pool Worker
(1982)
48 Hrs.
as Billy Bear
(1981)
Southern Comfort
as Hunter
(1981)
Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle
as (archive footage)
(1980)
Gloria
as Riverside Drive Man #8
(1979)
The Warriors
as Police
(1979)
The Warriors
as Policeman in Subway Station
(1978)
Misbehavin'
as Clyde
(1978)
The Ganja Express
as First Yellow Toga Guy (uncredited)
(1977)
The Trouble with Young Stuff
as Lane the Milkman
(1977)
(1976)
Virgin Snow
as Ben
(1976)
(1976)
Slippery When Wet
as Dougie Knowles
(1976)
Sylvia
as Junkie #1
(1975)
(1975)
(1975)
The Defiance of Good
as Dr. Gabriel's Patient
(1975)
The Bite
as Tex
(1975)
Big Abner
as Big Abner
(1975)
The Passions of Carol
as Curt Reynolds
(1974)
The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego
as Huntington Van Huff
(1974)
The Love Bus
as Amos Johnson
(1974)
The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann
as Political Candidate
(1974)
Special Order
as Teamster #1
(1974)
Cheese
as Tex
(1974)
Come Fly with Us
as Joe
(1974)
Happy Days
as French Cook
(1969)
The Lost Man
as (uncredited)
Crew
(1996)
Billy Lone Bear
Director