Cast & creator
James Hampton
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, Murder, She Wrote
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Wade Hampton (July 9, 1936 – April 7, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and screenwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Hampton (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: James Wade Hampton
35
film credits
56
television credits
79
1944–2015 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (91)
Showing 91 of 91 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Murder, She Wrote
Jerry Blevins
1984Murder, She Wrote
Veterinarian
1984
Melrose Place
Harry Alan
1992
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Mannix
Billy Lee
1967
Love, American Style
John Simpson
1969Love, American Style
Davis
1969
The Rockford Files
Aaron Ironwood
1974
Full House
Mr. Malatesta
1987
Simon & Simon
Odell Mitchell
1981
Who's the Boss?
1984
The F.B.I.
Claybourne
1965
Newhart
1982
Sister, Sister
Director
1994
The Doris Day Show
LeRoy B. Simpson
1968
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Gunsmoke
Jeb
1955Gunsmoke
Eliab Haggen
1955
Matt Houston
1982
Grace Under Fire
Director
1993
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Mama's Family
1983
Punky Brewster
Jimmy John
1984
Smart Guy
Director
1997
Evening Shade
Director
1990
F Troop
Hannibal Dobbs
1965
Rude Awakening
Director
1998
Hearts Afire
Jasper Edmunds
1992Hearts Afire
Director
1992
Cimarron Strip
1967
She's the Sheriff
Digby
1987
Fired Up
Ben Franklin
1997
The Wonderful World of Disney
Aaron
1954
Get a Life
Fletcher
1990
The Manhunter
1974
Hope and Gloria
Bob
1995
Boston Common
Director
1996
Teen Wolf
Harold Howard
1985
Kaz
Osman
1978
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982
Hawkins
Earl Coleman
1973
Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane
Director
1999
Otherworld
Fred Roach
1985
The Tony Danza Show
Director
1997
Goodnight, Beantown
1983
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Mayor of Miami
1988
Sling Blade
Jerry Woolridge
1996
Kirk
Director
1995
The Longest Yard
Caretaker
1974
Pump Up the Volume
Arthur Watts
1990Pump Up the Volume
Watts
1990
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The China Syndrome
Bill Gibson
1979
Soldier Blue
Pvt. Menzies
1970
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Wilbur Peterson
1977
Teen Wolf
Harold Howard (voice)
1986
Boone
1983
World War III
Richard Hickman
1982
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Harry Dudley
1975
Teen Wolf Too
Uncle Harold
1987Life with Roger
Director
1996
The Cat from Outer Space
Capt. Anderson
1978
Maggie
Len Weston
1981Katie Joplin
Director
1999
Big Stone Gap
Reverend Manning
2014
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Jimmy (uncredited)
1973
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Wilbur Peterson
1977
The Burning Bed
Police Witness
1984
Mackintosh and T.J.
Cotton
1975
Hustle
Bus Driver
1975
The Last Ride
Judge Matheny
2012
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Junior
1975
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
Alvin Karl
1978
Three on a Date
Ernest
1978
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Aaron
1972
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
James Hampton
2011
Stand by Your Man
Billy Sherrill
1981
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Jesse (Townsman)
1990
Hangar 18
Lew Price
1980
Through the Magic Pyramid
Sam Tuttle
1981
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
Pediatrician
2000
Condorman
Harry Oslo
1981
Fade In
Bud
1973
Divine Access
Mr. Bernstein
2015
Fire from Below
Griffith
2009
Hawmps!
Howard Clemmons
1976
Bunco
1977
Force Five
Lester White
1975
The Cliff Dwellers
The Boy
1962