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 1973s I Escaped from Devils 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 Rockfords (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 the 1990s he returned to acting in and directing stage work in the Los Angeles area. Stricken with cancer he passed away on 7 June 2002 and is survived by his wife of 41 years, the former Georgia Phillips.

Filmek -tól nem elérhető James Luisi

Fade to Black

Capt. M.L. Gallagher

Film 1980

Future Cop

Paterno

Film 1976

Killer's Delight

Sgt. Vince De Carlo

Film 1978

I Escaped from Devil's Island

Dazzas

Film 1973

The Man from Independence

Stranger

Film 1974

Moment by Moment

Dan Santini

Film 1978

Our Family Business

Frank

Film 1981

Love Is Not Enough

Harry Foreman

Film 1978

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story

Jimmy Karalla

Film 1978

The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play

Capt. Doug Chapman

Film 1996

Ben

Ed

Film 1972

The Red-Light Sting

Renny Lucas

Film 1984

Feds

Sperry

Film 1988

Sunset Limousine

Angel

Film 1983

Cry Rape

Det. Kroger

Film 1973

Honky Tonk

Blackie

Film 1974

Cat Ballou

Spider Levinsky

Film 1971

The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...

Capt. Doug Chapman

Film 1996

First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington

George Washington

Film 1975

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

Lazzeri

Film 1978

Serie televisive -tól nem elérhető James Luisi

Magnum, P.I.

Tv 1980

The Rockford Files

Lt. Doug Chapman

Tv 1974

The Rookies

Tv 1972

T. J. Hooker

Vincent Hazzard / George Laszlo

Tv 1982

L.A. Law

Paul Viola

Tv 1986

The A-Team

Jimmy Durkee

Tv 1983

Starsky & Hutch

Tv 1975

The F.B.I.

Sam Kehoe

Tv 1965

Knight Rider

D.G. Grebs

Tv 1982

Quincy, M.E.

Tv 1976

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Hood

Tv 1979

The Streets of San Francisco

Tv 1972

Hawkins

Andy Tyler

Tv 1973

Naked City

Mark Andrew

Tv 1958

Knots Landing

Lieutenant Gilbert Garcia

Tv 1979

Kojak

Det. Geno Alessi

Tv 1973

Silk Stalkings

Tv 1991

Hart to Hart

Tv 1979

Gunsmoke

Ivers

Tv 1955

Cannon

Tv 1971

Another World

Tv 1964

The Hogan Family

Tv 1986

The Fall Guy

Tv 1981

Vega$

Tv 1978

Police Story

Tv 1973

S.W.A.T.

Tv 1975

Sword of Justice

Tv 1978

City of Angels

Tv 1976

Here's Boomer

Tv 1980

Matt Houston

Tv 1982

Dark Justice

Tv 1991

Good Heavens

Tv 1976

The Rifleman

Tv 1958

Spencer's Pilots

Tv 1976

Hell Town

Tv 1985

The Renegades

Lt. Marciano

Tv 1983

Harris and Company

Tv 1979

Ghost Story

Rick

Tv 1972

Hunter

Tv 1977

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

Tv 1978

Partners in Crime

Tv 1984

CHiPs

Tv 1977

The F.B.I.

Little Julio

Tv 1965

Adam-12

Antonio Minetti

Tv 1968

Kojak

Capt. Henry 'Hank' Rosseau

Tv 1973

The Rockford Files

Burt Stryker

Tv 1974

Finder of Lost Loves

Jordan Hollis

Tv 1984

Ironside

Mike Purcell

Tv 1967

Barnaby Jones

Nick Gorman

Tv 1973

Barnaby Jones

Burt Logan

Tv 1973