RIP - Dear JAMES GAMMON.
James (Jim) Gammon was born in Newman, Illinois, the son of Doris Latimer (née Toppe) and Donald Gammon, a musician. He appeared twice as Deputy Virgil Bramley in the NBC western series The Road West in the 1966-1967 season, which co-starred Barry Sullivan, Andrew Prine, and Glenn Corbett.
James Gammon may be best-remembered for his characters "Lou Brown", manager of the Cleveland Indians in the Major League movies, and "Nick Bridges", the father of Don Johnson's title character in the television series Nash Bridges. He has appeared in the films Cool Hand Luke (1967), Urban Cowboy (1980), Silverado (1985), Noon Wine (1985), The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), Major League (1989), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), Major League II (1994), Wyatt Earp (1994), Wild Bill (1995), Truman (1995), Cold Mountain (2003), and more recently Appaloosa (2008).
James Gammon portrayed a Korean War veteran on the hit ABC series Grey's Anatomy. He played Charles Goodnight in Streets of Laredo. In 2006, he played the stern grandfather, Sam, brother of notorious outlaw Butch Cassidy, in the film Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy. James Gammon also plays a supporting role in Appaloosa (2008).
James Gammon provided the voices of the animated characters Marv Loach, Floyd Turbeaux and General Sudokoff in the 1999 Warner Bros. feature film The Iron Giant.
He made his sole Broadway appearance as "Dodge" in a revival of Sam Shepard's Buried Child. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance.
James Gammon sadly passed away on July 16, 2010 from cancer. May he rest in peace.
