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Les Lannom is a Actor American born on 4 november 1946
Les Lannom (born November 4, 1946) is an American actor and musician. Lannom is best known for playing Lester Hodges on the television series Harry O from 1974 to 1976, and his role as Sergeant Casper in Southern Comfort.
He appeared as a guest on the television series Judging Amy, The X Files, ER, NYPD Blue, The Larry Sanders Show, Columbo, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, CHiPs, Benson, Knots Landing, The Waltons (as Sweet Billy), The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. He played Larry Penzoss in the 1985 television miniseries Space and played Bufe Coker in the 1978 television miniseries Centennial. Both miniseries were based on James A. Michener novels. He also appeared in the movie Silkwood (1983).
From 2002-2006, Lannom appeared onstage as Det. Brent Randall in Dark Legends in Blood. In 2007, he lent his considerable talent to the students of the Speech & Acting Team at his hometown high school Johnston City, Illinois, acting as a volunteer assistant coach. In April 2008, he returned to the high school stage as "Vince Fontaine" in Grease.
An accomplished musician, Lannom plays bagpipes, guitar, trumpet, harmonica, and is a singer. He is currently semi-retired and residing in his hometown of Johnston City, Illinois,
where he performs as a solo piper and in a Celtic duo.
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Les Lannom (born November 4, 1946) is an American actor and musician. Lannom is best known for playing Lester Hodges on the television series Harry O from 1974 to 1976, and his role as Sergeant Casper in Southern Comfort.
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CareerHe appeared as a guest on the television series Judging Amy, The X Files, ER, NYPD Blue, The Larry Sanders Show, Columbo, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, CHiPs, Benson, Knots Landing, The Waltons (as Sweet Billy), The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. He played Larry Penzoss in the 1985 television miniseries Space and played Bufe Coker in the 1978 television miniseries Centennial. Both miniseries were based on James A. Michener novels. He also appeared in the movie Silkwood (1983).
From 2002-2006, Lannom appeared onstage as Det. Brent Randall in Dark Legends in Blood. In 2007, he lent his considerable talent to the students of the Speech & Acting Team at his hometown high school Johnston City, Illinois, acting as a volunteer assistant coach. In April 2008, he returned to the high school stage as "Vince Fontaine" in Grease.
An accomplished musician, Lannom plays bagpipes, guitar, trumpet, harmonica, and is a singer. He is currently semi-retired and residing in his hometown of Johnston City, Illinois,
where he performs as a solo piper and in a Celtic duo.
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Purgatory (1999)
, 1h34Directed by Uli Edel
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Western
Actors Sam Shepard, Eric Roberts, Randy Quaid, Brad Rowe, Peter Stormare, Amelia Heinle
Roles Bartender
Rating68%
An outlaw band, led by Blackjack Britton (Eric Roberts) and second man Cavin Guthrie (Peter Stormare), rob a bank. During a subsequent gunfight, a woman is shot and dies in the arms of Sonny (Cavin's nephew), a young member of the gang who is the lookout and appears to still have a conscience. The gang flees and is pursued by a posse. After passing through a dust storm, they see and enter a tunnel, emerging at the other end into verdant pastures around the town of Refuge.
The Pest (1997)
, 1h25Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones, Edoardo Ballerini, Freddy Rodríguez, Tammy Townsend, Aries Spears
Roles Bagpipe Player
Rating47%
Pestario 'Pest' Vargas, petit artiste de Miami, est pourchassé par une foule d'écossais et un chasseur allemand, les uns pour remporter la prime de 50 000 dollars mis sur sa tête, le second pour, justement, sa tête...
Shoot to Kill (1988)
, 1h49Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Andrew Robinson, Kirstie Alley, Clancy Brown, Richard Masur
Roles Sheriff Arnett
Rating67%
A man is discovered breaking into his own jewelery shop in the dead of night. Questioned closely, it is discovered that his wife is being held hostage at their home by Steve, a brutal extortionist who demands the diamonds in the shop's safe in exchange for the woman's life. After Steve kills the family maid, FBI agent Warren Stantin (Sidney Poitier) hands over the diamonds, but Steve kills the jeweller's wife anyway, and escapes. Feeling that he has failed, Stantin becomes obsessed with finding Steve, and he chases Steve into the rugged forests of the state of Washington, where Steve joins up with a group of sportsmen who plan to trek into the wilderness on a fishing trip. Steve's plan is to kill them and force their guide, Sarah (Kirstie Alley), to lead him through the wilderness to the Canadian border.
Like Father Like Son (1987)
, 1h36Directed by Rod Daniel
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Kirk Cameron, Dudley Moore, Margaret Colin, Catherine Hicks, Sean Astin, Patrick O'Neal
Roles Coach Ellis
Rating52%
Chris Hammond (Kirk Cameron) is a high school senior who is very self-conscious about the stains in his underwear. He's a special needs student, a decent Special Olympian, and he likes a girl at school who happens to be dating his best friend. His father Jack (Dudley Moore), a proctologist, wants him to get into barber school. Chris' friend Trigger (Sean Astin) has an uncle who had experimented with body-switching potions, and helps Jack and Chris switch brains.
Silkwood (1983)
, 2h11Directed by Mike Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about the labor movement, LGBT-related films, Political films, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Sam Elliott, Fred Ward
Roles Jimmy
Rating70%
Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), a worker at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site (near Crescent, Oklahoma), shares a ramshackle house with two co-workers, her boyfriend Drew Stephens (Kurt Russell) and her lesbian friend Dolly Pelliker (Cher). She makes plutonium fuel rods for nuclear reactors, where she deals with the threat of exposure to radiation. She has become a union activist, concerned that corporate practices may adversely affect the health of workers. She is also engaged in a conflict with her former common-law husband in an effort to have more time with their three children.
Southern Comfort (1981)
, 1h39Directed by Walter Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Historical, Crime
Actors Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, Peter Coyote, T. K. Carter, Brion James
Roles Casper
Rating70%
A squad of nine Louisiana National Guard soldiers convene in a Louisiana swamp for weekend maneuvers. Joining the squad is Corporal Hardin (Boothe), a cynical transfer from the Texas National Guard, who quickly becomes disgusted with the behavior and arrogance of the men. A professional engineer and a married man in his civilian life, he wants no part of a date with prostitutes that PFC Spencer (Carradine) has arranged for the men. Nevertheless, he is befriended by the amiable Spencer, the two seeming to agree that they are the only level-headed soldiers in the squad.
Elvis (1979)
, 2h30Directed by John Carpenter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Season Hubley, Bing Russell, Robert Gray, Pat Hingle
Roles Sonny West
Rating68%
The story follows the life of rock and roll legend Elvis Presley. It ends in 1970, and does not depict the last few years of Presley's career.
Stingray (1978)
, 1h45Origin USA
Genres Action
Actors Christopher Mitchum, Les Lannom, William Watson, Sherry Jackson, Cliff Emmich, John Carl Buechler
Roles Elmo
Rating56%
Murray "Icy Calm" Lonigan (William Watson) and Tony Agrosio (Bert Hinchman) are two small-time drug dealers who are set up by two crooks (Anthony Miller and Edward Morrison) during a drug trade. They planted a homer (a tracking device) inside a briefcase containing $1,000,000, after finding out, they brutally shoot both of them. Desperate, they store the money and drugs into a Corvette Stingray in a used car lot. Slim (Morgan Hatch), the owner of the lot, comes out to see what's going on. With nothing or no one in sight, Slim puts a Sold sign on the Corvette's windshield.
Zuma Beach (1978)
Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Suzanne Somers, Steven Keats, Kimberly Beck, Perry Lang, Michael Biehn, Les Lannom
Roles Stan
Rating52%
A fading rock singer goes to the beach to get away from it all and winds up getting involved in the lives of the teenage beachgoers.
Framed (1975)
, 1h46Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Joe Don Baker, Conny Van Dyke, Gabriel Dell, John Marley, Brock Peters, John Larch
Roles Gary
Rating63%
Returning home to Tennessee from a trip to Texas, nightclub owner and gambler Ron Lewis happens across a shooting and is nearly shot himself. A deputy determines that Lewis is involved and roughs him up, resulting in a fight that ends up in the deputy being badly beaten and Lewis placed under arrest.
Prime Cut (1972)
, 1h28Directed by Michael Ritchie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Gangster films
Actors Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott, Les Lannom
Roles O’Brien
Rating66%
A slaughterhouse process follows the unloading of cattle to the making of sausages. A wristwatch and a shoe appear on a conveyor line, making it clear that a human cadaver is processed among the cattle. A woman operating the sausage machine is interrupted by "Weenie" (Gregory Walcott), who has timed the machine using his watch. He wraps up a string of sausages, then marks the package with an address in Chicago.