Jim Gaines

Jim Gaines (actually James Larry M. Gaines Jr .; born May 18, 1955 in Maui , Hawaii ) is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, who later also received the Filipino citizenship.

Life

Gaines, son of an embassy official, appeared in a series of action films made in the Philippines in the 1980s that were filmed in Southeast Asia following the success of Apocalypse Now . He has appeared several times alongside Mike Monty , Richard Harrison , Nick Nicholson and Bruce Baron , and has often worked with directors such as Teddy Page and Romano Kristoff . The films were also made in American, Italian or international production.

Most recently, the African American Gaines was seen in Bruno Mattei's exploitation works , which were created shortly before his death .

Gaines wrote some of his films himself; he has also worked as a producer and director of several films.

Filmography (selection)

• 1983: Wild Geese Task Force (Hunter's Crossing)
• 1983: Fireback - I want no mercy (Fireback)
• 1983: Sonderkommando Wild Cat (Intrusion: Cambodia)
• 1985: Blackfire (Black Fire)
• 1986: Tiger Force Command (Vengeance Squad)
• 1986: Wild Weasel - Command of No Return (War Wothout End)
• 1987: Phantom Soldiers - Army in the Shadow (Phantom soldiers) (& screenplay)
• 1987: Cobra Force (Strike Commando)
• 1987: Wartime (Movie in Action)
• 1988: Evil is back (After Death (Oltre la morte))
• 1988: Jungle Rats
• 1988: Heroin Force (Trappola diabolica)
• 1988: Platoon Without Return (Final Reprisal)
• 1989: Phantom Soldiers (Phantom Soldiers)
• 1990: American Force Fighter (Crime Stopper)
• 1990: Escape to Nowhere - Platoon to Hell (Escape to Nowhere)
• 1990: Kickbox Terminator (Blood Hands)
• 1991: Bloodbrother 2 (Angel in the Dark)
• 2006: Island of the Living Dead (L'isola dei morti viventi)

literature

• Gods In Polyester: A Survivors' Account Of 70's Cinema Obscura, ISBN 90-80870013

Web links

• Jim Gaines in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Jim Gaines at nanarland (French)