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James Luisi

James Luisi

Actor · Born 1928-11-11 · New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

A native New Yorker, James Luisi attended St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights on a basketball scholarship. He served in the Army during the Korean War. He then played one season (1953-54) with the Baltimore Bullets in the National Basketball Association. His acting career began on the stage with early parts coming in the Broadway musicals "Sweet Charity" and "Zorba". His early movies were minor, though his "beefcake" appeal was evident in 1973's I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973) in which he rarely wore a shirt. Most of his later work was on TV. In 1976 he shared a "best actor" daytime Emmy for playing George Washington in a daytime drama special titled First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington (1975). Also in 1976 he started his four-season role as Jim Rockford's (James Garner) nemesis Lt. Chapman in The Rockford Files (1974). In 1983 he played the cop in charge of some street-gang-members-turned-undercover-agents in the short-lived series The Renegades (1983), which provided a boost for Patrick Swayze, who played one of the gang members. Along with guest spots on numerous TV shows, Luisi also appeared in the soap operas Days of Our Lives (1965) and Another World (1964). In t…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Knight Rider (1982) — D.G. Grebs
  2. The A-Team (1983) — Jimmy Durkee
  3. The Hidden (1987) — Ferrari Salesman
  4. Wonder Woman (1975) — George
  5. Magnum, P.I. (1980) — John Walter Costa
  6. Norma Rae (1979) — George Benson
  7. Starsky & Hutch (1975)
  8. Murphy's Law (1986) — Ed Reineke
  9. The Fall Guy (1981)
  10. CHiPs (1977)
  11. Ben (1972) — Ed
  12. Kojak (1973) — Det. Geno Alessi
  13. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) — Hood
  14. Star 80 (1983) — Roy
  15. The Rockford Files (1974) — Doug Chapman
  16. Hart to Hart (1979)
  17. Fantasy Island (1978) — Arbogast
  18. Quincy, M.E. (1976)
  19. Gunsmoke (1955) — Ivers
  20. The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  21. T. J. Hooker (1982) — George Laszlo
  22. Fade to Black (1980) — Capt. M.L. Gallagher
  23. Feds! (1988) — Sperry
  24. L.A. Law (1986) — Paul Viola
  25. Ironside (1967) — Mike Purcell
  26. S.W.A.T. (1975)
  27. The Rifleman (1958)
  28. Adam-12 (1968) — Antonio Minetti
  29. Knots Landing (1979) — Lieutenant Gilbert Garcia
  30. Silk Stalkings (1991)
  31. Baywatch Nights (1995) — Murray
  32. Cannon (1971)
  33. Barnaby Jones (1973) — Nick Gorman
  34. Matt Houston (1982)
  35. I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973) — Dazzas
  36. The F.B.I. (1965) — Sam Kehoe
  37. Vega$ (1978)
  38. The Hogan Family (1986)
  39. Moment by Moment (1978) — Dan Santini
  40. The Rookies (1972)