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James Luisi is a Actor American born on 11 november 1928 at East Harlem (USA)

James Luisi

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Birth name James A. Luisi
Nationality USA
Birth 11 november 1928 at East Harlem (USA)
Death 7 june 2002 (at 73 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

James A. Luisi (November 2, 1928 - June 7, 2002) was an American professional basketball player and actor. Luisi is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Doug Chapman during Seasons 3 through 6 of the television series The Rockford Files.

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Filmography of James Luisi (14 films)

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Feds
Feds (1988)
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Rebecca De Mornay, Mary Gross, Kenneth Marshall, Larry Cedar, Tony Longo, Don Stark
Roles Sperry
Rating55% 2.755092.755092.755092.755092.75509
Ellie DeWitt (Rebecca De Mornay) is a former U.S. Marine who wants to become an FBI Agent. However, where she has the physical skills, she doesn't have as much success in memorizing all the books she needs to learn. Fortunately for her, she's in the same room with Janis Zuckerman (Mary Gross), a woman who is as smart as they come, but physically very weak. Overcoming the male recruits' assumptions of them, Ellie and Janis team up to help each other through the basic training so they can both become federal agents.
The Hidden
The Hidden (1987)
, 1h36
Directed by Jack Sholder
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about terrorism, Serial killer films, Buddy films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, Ed O'Ross, Richard Brooks, William Boyett
Roles Ferrari Salesman
Rating69% 3.498653.498653.498653.498653.49865
Jack DeVries (Chris Mulkey), a quiet citizen with no criminal past, robs a Los Angeles Wells Fargo bank, kills all of the security guards inside, and leads the Los Angeles Police Department on a high-speed chase. The chase ends when DeVries encounters a police blockade overseen by detective Thomas Beck (Michael Nouri). DeVries is shot several times, smashes through the blockade and crashes the Ferrari he is driving. DeVries is taken to a hospital, where a doctor informs Beck and his partner, Det. Cliff Willis (Ed O'Ross) that DeVries is not expected to survive the night.
Murphy's Law, 1h40
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Charles Bronson, Kathleen Wilhoite, Carrie Snodgress, Richard Romanus, Angel Tompkins, Bill Henderson
Roles Ed Reineke
Rating59% 2.951552.951552.951552.951552.95155
Jack Murphy (Bronson), a hardened, antisocial LAPD detective, frequently escapes the harsh reality that his ex-wife (Angel Tompkins) has become a stripper and his career is going nowhere by drinking. His world is turned upside down, however, when he is framed by ex-convict Joan Freeman (Carrie Snodgress) for putting her in prison earlier in his career.
Star 80
Star 80 (1984)
, 1h43
Directed by Bob Fosse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography
Actors Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker, Roger Rees, David Clennon
Roles Roy
Rating67% 3.397233.397233.397233.397233.39723
A teenaged girl, Dorothy Hoogstraten, is working at a Dairy Queen in her hometown of Vancouver, Canada when a customer in his 20s, Paul Snider, makes her acquaintance. Snider becomes her date for a school dance, over the objections of Dorothy's mother, Nelly, who does not care for his manner, dress, or attempt to ingratiate himself with the family, Dorothy's younger sister in particular.
Sunset Limousine, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors John Ritter, Susan Dey, Paul Reiser, James Luisi, Martin Short, Louise Sorel
Roles Angel
Rating52% 2.624622.624622.624622.624622.62462
Alan O'Black (John Ritter) is an aspiring stand-up comic who takes on a job as limousine driver in order to prove to his girlfriend Julie (Susan Dey) after she has kicked him out of their shared home, that he can be a responsible adult. Her standing complaint about Alan as a boyfriend has been that he sees life as one long rehearsal. This is exacerbated by the fact that, even with a now-steady job and dealing with strange passenger/clients, Alan rehearses his comedy at every opportunity and deals with bizarre situations with good-natured aplomb. He and his buddy Jay (Paul Reiser) become involved the shady dealings of businessman Bradley Coleman (Martin Short), which results in a chase through Los Angeles with both sides of the law in pursuit.
Fade to Black, 1h40
Directed by Vernon Zimmerman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films, Comedy horror films
Actors Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Norman Burton, Linda Kerridge, Morgan Paull
Roles Capt. M.L. Gallagher
Rating60% 3.04733.04733.04733.04733.0473
Eric Binford is a hollow, chain smoking, ill-tempered young man who is also an obsessed film addict whose love of old films extends far beyond his job at a Los Angeles film distributor's warehouse and endless late night film screenings in his bedroom. For his vast knowledge, he's been bullied by his friends and family. His singular obsession eventually rounds the bend into psychosis after he crosses paths with Marilyn O'Connor (Linda Kerridge), an Australian model and a Marilyn Monroe look-alike who becomes the physical embodiment of his cinematic desires.
Norma Rae
Norma Rae (1979)
, 1h50
Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about the labor movement, Political films, Children's films
Actors Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle, Morgan Paull, Barbara Baxley
Roles George Benson
Rating72% 3.64853.64853.64853.64853.6485
Norma Rae Webster is a minimum-wage worker in a cotton mill that has taken too much of a toll on the health of her family for her to ignore their poor working conditions. After hearing a speech by a New York union organizer, Reuben Warshowsky, Norma Rae decides to join the effort to unionize her shop. This causes conflict at home when Norma Rae's husband, Sonny, says she's not spending enough time in the home.
Moment by Moment, 1h42
Directed by Jane Wagner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Lily Tomlin, John Travolta, James Luisi, Bert Kramer, Debra Feuer
Roles Dan Santini
Rating31% 1.569551.569551.569551.569551.56955
Trisha Rawlings (Lily Tomlin) is a wealthy, middle-aged Beverly Hills housewife succumbing to loneliness following a separation from her philandering husband Stu (Bert Kramer). One day, she meets Strip (John Travolta), a street-wise young drifter who develops an infatuation with her, follows her to her Malibu beach home and conveniently appears wherever she goes. Trisha also develops feelings for Strip, although not quite to the degree that he feels for her. She enjoys the moments with him, but the difference in age and class has her feeling a sense of shame about their affair, which threatens to undo the romance that they both seek so desperately to continue, despite the difficulties.
Stunts
Stunts (1977)
, 1h29
Directed by Mark L. Lester
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Robert Forster, Fiona Lewis, Ray Sharkey, Joanna Cassidy, Bruce Glover, James Luisi
Roles Alvin Blake
Rating55% 2.7543152.7543152.7543152.7543152.754315
After a stuntman dies his brother takes his place in order to find out what really happened.
I Escaped from Devil's Island, 1h29
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Christopher George, James Luisi, Paul Richards, Richard Rust, Jan Merlin, Stephen Whittaker
Roles Dazzas
Rating54% 2.70122.70122.70122.70122.7012
Prison life on Devil's Island is no picnic so fellow prisoners Le Bras (Jim Brown) and Davert (Christopher George) go AWOL. Along their escape route, they encounter submissive native women and a colony of lepers.
Ben
Ben (1972)
, 1h34
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, Arthur O'Connell, Meredith Baxter, Rosemary Murphy, Kaz Garas
Roles Ed
Rating53% 2.659222.659222.659222.659222.65922
A lonely boy named Danny Garrison befriends Ben, the rat leader of the swarm of rats trained by Willard Stiles. Ben becomes the boy's best friend, protecting him from bullying and keeping his spirits up in the face of a heart condition.
The Tiger Makes Out, 1h34
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Bob Dishy, Frances Sternhagen, John Harkins, Dustin Hoffman
Rating58% 2.9024352.9024352.9024352.9024352.902435
Loser Ben Harris (Eli Wallach), an alienated mailman, decides to get a girl the only way he can — by kidnapping her. Putting his plan into operation one rainy night, he spots an attractive young woman. He races ahead of her and prepares an ambush. However, his would-be target finds shelter from the downpour and he ends up pulling a bag down over Gloria Fiske (Anne Jackson) instead. When he carries her back to his basement apartment and removes the bag, he is dumbfounded to find he has captured a middle-aged housewife. With no alternative, he makes do with the person he has caught, but she proves to be not quite what he envisaged.