Sonny Landham

Personal Info

Birthday

February 11, 1941

Day of Death

2017-08-17

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Canton, Georgia, USA

Also Known As

William M. "Sonny" Landham

William M. Landham

Bill Ashley

Doug Jackson

Tex Miller

Sonny Landam

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.

Known For

The A-Team

Predator

Poltergeist

48 Hrs.

The Warriors

Lock Up

Firewalker

Southern Comfort

Filmography

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