Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-02-11 (76 years old)
Deathday
2017-08-17
Place of Birth
Canton, Georgia, USA
Also known As
William M. "Sonny" Landham
William M. Landham
Bill Ashley
Doug Jackson
Tex Miller
Sonny Landam
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 ...
1987
as Billy Sole
1982
as Billy Bear
1994
as Verrick
1993
as James
1974
as Amos Johnson
1981
as Hunter
1996
as Indian
1996
as Billy Lone Bear
1989
as Chink Weber
1986
as El Coyote
1985
as Sam Sixkiller
1980
as Riverside Drive Man #8
1976
as Ben
1976
2007
as Boone Cagle
1975
1974
as Political Candidate
1979
as Police
1977
as Lane the Milkman
1977
1984
as Calvin Duggai
1981
as (archive footage)
1974
as Teamster #1
1986
as Becker
1978
as Clyde
1992
as Pepe
1988
as Mr. Quick
1992
as Pimp
1995
as (archive footage)
1994
as Diamond Jim
1974
as Huntington Van Huff
1976
as Dougie Knowles
1975
as Dr. Gabriel's Patient
1995
as One-Eyed Jack
1995
as Brick
1995
as Albino
1982
as Pool Worker
2009
as Chief Bear
1978
as First Yellow Toga Guy (uncredited)
1975
1979
as Policeman in Subway Station
1975
as Tex
1974
as Tex
1974
as Joe
1976
as Junkie #1
1975
as Big Abner
1974
as French Cook
1975
as Curt Reynolds
1986
as Killer
1969
as (uncredited)
1996
as Director
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