Sonny Landham
Actor
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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As Director
Filmography
Predator
as Billy Sole 1987
Poltergeist
as Pool Worker 1982
The Warriors
as Police 1979
The Warriors
as Policeman in Subway Station 1979
48 Hrs.
as Billy Bear 1982
Lock Up
as Chink Weber 1989
Southern Comfort
as Hunter 1981
Action Jackson
as Mr. Quick 1988
Gloria
as Riverside Drive Man #8 1980
Firewalker
as El Coyote 1986
Best of the Best 2
as James 1993
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
as Sam Sixkiller 1985
Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town
as Bo 1975
Maximum Force
as Pimp 1992
The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann
as Political Candidate 1974
Blood Bath
1975
The Passions of Carol
as Curt Reynolds 1975