Sonny Landham
William Marion "Sonny" Landham (February 11, 1941 – August 17, 2017), or Sonny Landham, was an American film actor, stunt man and politician. He portrayed tracker Billy Sole in Predator.
At the beginning of his acting career, Landham was an actor in pornographic films. He then became a mainstream movie actor and appeared in a number of Hollywood films, including The Warriors (as a subway policeman whose leg gets broken by a baseball bat-wielding Michael Beck), Predator, 48 Hrs., Lock Up and Action Jackson.
In 2003, Landham ran in the Republican Party primary election for the post of Governor of Kentucky, hoping to repeat the success of his Predator castmates Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He based his candidacy on opposition to an amendment which endorsed the Kentucky Family Court, saying his bad experiences at the hands of the family court had convinced him it was for the benefit of lawyers rather than families or children. He was unsuccessful in gaining the party's nomination. He ran briefly as an independent candidate, but withdrew on June 18, 2003, and endorsed the Republican slate.
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Known for
Predator
Billy Sole
The A-Team
Ryker
Miami Vice
Toad
Best of the Best 2
James
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
Sam Sixkiller
Lock Up
Chink Weber
48 Hrs.
Billy Bear
The Warriors
Police
The Warriors
Policeman in Subway Station
Poltergeist
Pool Worker
Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town
Bo
Southern Comfort
Hunter
Mental Scars
Chief Bear
Three Days to a Kill
Pepe
The Lost Man
(uncredited)
Fortune Dane
Killer
Carnival of Wolves
One-Eyed Jack
Gloria
Riverside Drive Man #8
Maximum Force
Pimp
Firewalker
El Coyote
Action Jackson
Mr. Quick
Twisted Fate
Brick
Taxi Dancers
Diamond Jim
Guns & Lipstick
Albino
Billy Lone Bear
Billy Lone Bear
Blood Bath
2090
Indian
Fleshburn
Calvin Duggai
Northstar
Becker
Savage Land
Lassiter
The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego
Huntington Van Huff
Night Realm
Verrick
Disintegration
Boone Cagle
The Love Bus
Amos Johnson
Virgin Snow
Ben
The Honey Cup
The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann
Political Candidate
The Trouble with Young Stuff
Lane the Milkman
Big Thumbs
Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle
(archive footage)
Special Order
Teamster #1
Misbehavin'
Clyde
Blue Vanities 257
(archive footage)
Slippery When Wet
Dougie Knowles
The Defiance of Good
Dr. Gabriel's Patient
The Ganja Express
First Yellow Toga Guy (uncredited)
The Bite
Tex
Cheese
Tex
Come Fly with Us
Joe
Sylvia
Junkie #1
Big Abner
Big Abner
Happy Days
French Cook
The Passions of Carol
Curt Reynolds