Louisiana Sheriff J.W. Pepper  RIP

George Clifton James (May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017) was an American actor, best known for his roles as 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), and as the owner of the scandalous 1919 Chicago White Sox baseball team in Eight Men Out (1988).

RIP


he was in Cool Hand Luke and The Untouchables as well

RIP

RIP. Loved his role in Live And Let Die.  The best part of that movie.

Loved this one

Just read this at the DM, more than an actor;

In the 1930s, James got work with the Civilian Conservation Corps and then entered World War II in 1942 as a soldier with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific, receiving two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star.

Lynn James said one of the Purple Hearts came when a bullet pierced his helmet and zipped around the inside to come out and split his nose. The second Purple Heart, she said, came from shrapnel that knocked out many of his teeth.

She said her father rarely spoke about the war and never described events leading to his receiving the Silver Star.
'He lost too many friends,' she said.

Linked to DM

On whose side?!

Beat me to it.   Rest in peace, sheriff.   Alot of perps to cuff n' stuff on the other side.

I hope you ain't gonna be a hard case.

RIP Carl the floorwalker.

Really great actor. He was great in Eight Men Out. He was also in another John Sayles movie, Lone Star.

Always liked this part:

Carr:Them clothes got laundry numbers on them. You remember your number and
always wear the ones that has your number. Any man forgets his number
spends a night in the box.

These here spoons you keep with you. Any man
loses his spoon spends a night in the box.

There's no playing grab-ass
or fighting in the building. You got a grudge against another man, you
fight him Saturday afternoon. Any man playing grab-ass or fighting in
the building spends a night in the box.

First bell's at five minutes of
eight when you will get in your bunk. Last bell is at eight. Any man not
in his bunk at eight spends the night in the box.

There is no smoking
in the prone position in bed. To smoke you must have both legs over the
side of your bunk. Any man caught smoking in the prone position in
bed... spends a night in the box.

You get two sheets. Every Saturday,
you put the clean sheet on the top... the top sheet on the bottom... and
the bottom sheet you turn in to the laundry boy. Any man turns in the
wrong sheet spends a night in the box.

No one'll sit in the bunks with
dirty pants on. Any man with dirty pants on sitting on the bunks spends a
night in the box.

Any man don't bring back his empty pop bottle spends a
night in the box.

Any man loud talking spends a night in the box. You
got questions, you come to me. I'm Carr, the floor walker. I'm
responsible for order in here. Any man don't keep order spends a night
in...

Luke:...the box.

Carr:I hope you ain't going to be a hard case.

Luke:[Smiles, shakes head].

^ That right there is one of the many reasons why that was a cinematic masterpiece.  Rest in Peace Carl