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Clifton James

1920 - 2017

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George Clifton James (May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017) was an American actor known for roles as a prison floorwalker in Cool Hand Luke (1967), Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond films Live and Let Die (1973) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), the sheriff in Silver Streak (1976), a Texas tycoon in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977), and the owner of the scandalous 1919 Chicago White Sox baseball team in Eight Men Out (1988). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clifton James is the 2,769th most popular actor (up from 3,012th in 2019), the 4,754th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,592nd in 2019) and the 1,330th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Clifton James ranks 2,769 out of 13,578. Before him are Damon Wayans, Grace Moore, Lorraine Gary, Adam Rodriguez, Nick Cassavetes, and María Mercader. After him are Gianna Maria Canale, Elisha Cuthbert, Michael Winslow, James Denton, Elizabeth Banks, and Adile Naşit.

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Among people born in 1920, Clifton James ranks 208. Before him are Yegor Ligachyov, Alfredo II, Amos Tutuola, Lewis Gilbert, James Doohan, and Danilo Alvim. After him are Katsuko Saruhashi, Milton George Henschel, Christopher Robin Milne, Lygia Clark, Yusef Lateef, and Françoise d'Eaubonne. Among people deceased in 2017, Clifton James ranks 226. Before him are Federico Luppi, Velasio de Paolis, Ivo Brešan, Leo Kinnunen, James Mancham, and Laura Biagiotti. After him are Shunichiro Okano, Robert M. Pirsig, Gorden Kaye, Jimmy Snuka, Derek Parfit, and Bernard Panafieu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clifton James ranks 4,754 out of 20,380. Before him are Mike Love (1941), Adam Rodriguez (1975), Nick Cassavetes (1959), Tim Meadows (1961), Booker T. Washington (1856), and Billy Sheehan (1953). After him are Marcian Hoff (1937), Allan Sandage (1926), Michael Winslow (1958), James Denton (1963), Deborah Birx (1956), and Tommy Thayer (1960).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Clifton James ranks 1,330. Before him are Stephen Tobolowsky (1951), Damon Wayans (1960), Grace Moore (1898), Lorraine Gary (1937), Adam Rodriguez (1975), and Nick Cassavetes (1959). After him are Michael Winslow (1958), James Denton (1963), Elizabeth Banks (1974), Corbin Bleu (1989), William Katt (1951), and Ryan Phillippe (1974).

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