Clifton James | |
|---|---|
 Clifton James as Sheriff J.W. Pepper in Live and Let Die (1973) | |
| Born | George Clifton James May 29, 1920 |
| Died | April 15, 2017 (aged 96) Gladstone, Oregon, U.S. |
| Years active | 1954–2006 |
| Spouses | Donna Lea Beach
(m. 1948; div. 1950)Laurie Harper
(m. 1951; died 2015) |
| Children | 6 |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
George Clifton James (May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017) was an American actor known for roles as a prison floorwalker in Cool Hand Luke (1967), 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), a Texas tycoon in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977), and the owner of the scandalous 1919 Chicago White Sox baseball team in Eight Men Out (1988).