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James Sikking is a Actor American born on 5 march 1934 at Los Angeles (USA)

James Sikking

James Sikking
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Birth name James Barrie Sikking
Nationality USA
Birth 5 march 1934 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 13 july 2024 (at 90 years)

James Barrie Sikking (born March 5, 1934), credited as James or James B. Sikking, is an American actor known for his Emmy-nominated role as Lt. Howard Hunter on the 1980s NBC TV series Hill Street Blues. He also starred on the ABC TV series Doogie Howser, M.D. as Dr. David Howser and on the short-lived 1997 CBS drama series Brooklyn South as Captain Stan Jonas. All three series were co-created by Steven Bochco. Sikking did the voice of General Gordon on the short-lived 1998 cartoon series Invasion America.

His well known films include The Competition, Outland, Up the Creek and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, as well as a minor (but crucial) part, as a cynical hitman, in Point Blank. Sikking's film career started in 1955. Sikking starred in the critically acclaimed 1992 Fox Network TV movie Doing Time on Maple Drive. He has made guest appearances on many TV series including Perry Mason, Rawhide, Bonanza, The Outer Limits, General Hospital, The Rockford Files, The Bob Newhart Show, Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, Hunter and Batman Beyond.

Sikking was born in Los Angeles. His mother, Sue Sikking (née Paxton), was a founder of Santa Monica's Unity-by-the-Sea Church. Sikking graduated from UCLA in 1959 and attended the University of Hawaii. He has two brothers, Tom and Art, and a sister, Joy. He is married to Florine Sikking, a cookbook author. They live in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles.

Best films

Outland
Outland
(1981)
(Actor)

Usually with

Peter Hyams
Peter Hyams
(4 films)
Harve Bennett
Harve Bennett
(4 films)
Jerry Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith
(6 films)
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Jack Martin Smith
(4 films)
Mike Hodges
Mike Hodges
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of James Sikking (47 films)

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Actor

Made of Honor
Made of Honor (2008)
, 1h41
Directed by Paul Weiland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd, Kathleen Denise Quinlan, Sydney Pollack, Busy Philipps
Roles Reverend Foote
Rating58% 2.9067852.9067852.9067852.9067852.906785
On Halloween night, 1998, at Cornell University, Tom Bailey, Jr. (Patrick Dempsey), in costume as Bill Clinton, slips into bed with his pre-arranged date, Monica. It turns out to be the wrong woman, Monica's roommate Hannah (Michelle Monaghan), and Tom likes her because she is so honest and does not fling herself at him. Ten years later, Hannah and Tom are best friends. Tom is very wealthy because of his creation of the "coffee collar" and gets a dime every time it is used. Tom is with a different girl every week, while Hannah focuses on her career in an art museum. He is very content with his life, suspecting that Hannah is too.
Fever Pitch
Fever Pitch (2005)
, 1h43
Directed by Frères Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about education, Sports films, Baseball films, Children's films
Actors Drew Barrymore, JoBeth Williams, Jimmy Fallon, KaDee Strickland-Behr, Jason Spevack, Jack Kehler
Roles Doug Meeks
Rating61% 3.099943.099943.099943.099943.09994
Ben Wrightman, a 7-year-old boy, is going to a Red Sox game with his Uncle Carl. His uncle, who had not children of his own, treated Ben like a son. A narration explains that on that day, Ben became a die-hard Red Sox fan. Just about everything he owns bears the Red Sox name, emblem, or image of a Red Sox player (with the exception of his toilet paper, which bears the New York Yankees insignia). Ben inherited his uncle's season tickets when Carl died. The story picks up 23 years later with Ben (Jimmy Fallon) as a school teacher who is immature for his age. He meets Lindsey Meeks (Drew Barrymore), a professionally successful workaholic executive. When Ben first asks her out, Lindsey rejects him, but she later changes her mind and agrees to go out with him.
The Ring
The Ring (1996)
, 3h
Directed by Armand Mastroianni
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Nastassja Kinski, Michael York, Rupert Penry-Jones, Carsten Norgaard, Tim DeKay, Jon Tenney
Roles Sam Liebman
Rating71% 3.587643.587643.587643.587643.58764
During World War II, a young German woman is separated from her family and imprisoned by the Nazis. After being freed she falls in love with a German officer and they get married. When Berlin falls to the Russians, and her husband is killed, she flees to the United States, carrying her unborn child. All the while, she does not giving up hope that she will find her family, tied together by her mother's ring. At the end, the paint and ring of her mother lead the two siblings met again.
Whisper of the Heart
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
, 1h51
Directed by Yoshifumi Kondō
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Feminist films, Films about cats, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Yōko Honna, Shigeru Muroi, Keiju Kobayashi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Minami Takayama, Mayumi Iizuka
Roles Seiya (Disney English Version)
Rating78% 3.901053.901053.901053.901053.90105
Shizuku Tsukishima is a 14-year-old student at Mukaihara Junior High School, where she is best friends with Yuko Harada. Living in Tokyo with her parents Asako and Seiya, as well as her older sister Shiho, Shizuku is a bookworm and is keen on writing. During an ordinary evening, she looks through the checkout cards in her library books. She discovers they have been checked out by Seiji Amasawa. Over the next few days, Shizuku encounters a young man, later revealed to be Seiji, who often annoys her.
In Pursuit of Honor
In Pursuit of Honor (1995)
, 1h29
Directed by Ken Olin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Films about horses, Political films
Actors Don Johnson, Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Gunton, Rod Steiger, James Sikking
Roles Gen Douglas MacArthur
Rating69% 3.4912053.4912053.4912053.4912053.491205
The movie opens in 1932 when World War I veterans are protesting and rallying in Washington D.C. for war bonuses they were promised but never received from the government, a true event known as the Bonus March. U.S. cavalry and infantry are present for crowd control. The mounted cavalry is ordered by Major John Hardesty (Bob Gunton), to present their sabers in order to hold back the protesters. First Sergeant John "Top" Libbey (Don Johnson), along with three fellow soldiers, refuse to draw their swords because the demonstrators were men they served with during the war. As a consequence, their military careers are tarnished and they are relegated to duty at a remote post in the American Southwest.
Tyson
Tyson (1995)
, 1h44
Directed by Uli Edel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors George C. Scott, Paul Winfield, Michael Jai White, James Sikking, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tony Lo Bianco
Roles Bill Clayton
Rating61% 3.0981953.0981953.0981953.0981953.098195
Mike Tyson (Michael Jai White) grows up a troubled youth who shows promise in the boxing ring. Manager and trainer Cus D'Amato (George C. Scott) begins turning the young Tyson into an undefeated fighter. However, Tyson is a difficult pupil who often gets into trouble and slacks on his training.
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief (1993)
, 2h21
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Political films
Actors Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, Hume Cronyn, Stanley Tucci, John Heard
Roles FBI Director Denton Voyles
Rating65% 3.2999253.2999253.2999253.2999253.299925
Two Supreme Court justices are assassinated by the professional assassin "Sam" Khamel (Stanley Tucci).
Doing Time on Maple Drive
Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
, 1h32
Directed by Ken Olin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors James Sikking, Bibi Besch, William McNamara, Jayne Brook, Lori Loughlin, Jim Carrey
Roles Phil Carter
Rating69% 3.4914453.4914453.4914453.4914453.491445
Doing Time on Maple Drive centers on the Carter family. Phil (Sikking), the patriarch, is a successful local restaurateur, married for many years to Lisa (Besch). They have three grown children, Karen (Brook), Tim (Carrey) and Matt (McNamara). Karen is married to Tom (Byron), Tim works in his father's restaurant and Matt is a college student. Matt returns from college and introduces the family to his fiancée, Allison (Loughlin).
Final Approach
Final Approach (1991)
, 1h40
Directed by Eric Steven Stahl
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors James Sikking, Héctor Elizondo, Madolyn Smith, Kevin McCarthy, Wayne Duvall
Roles Col. Jason Halsey
Rating53% 2.6641652.6641652.6641652.6641652.664165
Final Approach deals with the mental condition of amnesia when a stealth test pilot, Col. Jason Halsey (James Sikking), is involved in an air disaster. A psychiatrist Dr. Dio Gottlieb (Hector Elizondo) attempts to help Halsey to recover his memory, but his motives seem suspect. Is Gottlieb giving professional help or is he a counter-intelligence agent sent to debrief Halsey?
Narrow Margin
Narrow Margin (1990)
, 1h37
Directed by Peter Hyams
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James Sikking, J. T. Walsh, M. Emmet Walsh, Harris Yulin
Roles Nelson
Rating65% 3.297053.297053.297053.297053.29705
Carol Hunnicut (Anne Archer) goes out on a blind date set up by her friend, in a hotel restaurant in Los Angeles with Michael Tarlow (J. T. Walsh), a lawyer about whom she knows very little. When Tarlow receives a message during dinner to call a client, she accompanies him to his hotel suite while he makes the call. While she is in the bathroom in the suite, the client, gangster Leo Watts (Harris Yulin), arrives in person with one of his hit men, Jack Wootton (Nigel Bennett). Watts accuses Tarlow of stealing money from him. After a fearful Tarlow admits that he did, Wootton shoots him to death. Carol witnesses Tarlow's admission that he stole the money and the murder itself from an adjacent room, but Watts and Wootton do not detect her. After they leave, she waits for almost an hour before fleeing the scene. Fearing for her life, Carol does not report the murder to the authorities.
Soul Man
Soul Man (1986)
, 1h40
Directed by Steve Miner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones, Leslie Nielsen, Melora Hardin
Roles Bill Watson
Rating53% 2.650792.650792.650792.650792.65079
The movie's protagonist is Mark Watson (Howell), the pampered son from a rich family who is about to attend Harvard Law School along with his best friend Gordon (Gross). Unfortunately, his father's neurotic psychiatrist talks his patient into having more fun for himself instead of spending money on his son. Faced with the horrifying prospect of having to pay for law school by himself, Mark decides to take up a scholarship, but the only suitable one is for African Americans only. So he decides to cheat by using tanning pills in a larger dose than prescribed to appear as an African American. Watson then sets out for Harvard, naïvely believing that blacks have no problems at all in American society.
Morons from Outer Space
Morons from Outer Space (1985)
, 1h31
Directed by Mike Hodges
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Jimmy Nail, James Sikking, Mark Lewis Jones, André Maranne
Roles Col. Raymond Laribee, CIA
Rating45% 2.257942.257942.257942.257942.25794
The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four aliens, Bernard, Sandra, Desmond, and Julian. During a particularly tedious period of their stay at the station, the other three begin playing with the ship’s controls while Bernard is outside playing spaceball. They accidentally disconnect his part of the ship, leaving him stranded while they crash into a large blue planet close by (Earth).