Sonny Landham

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William M. "Sonny" Landham (born February 11, 1941 in Canton , Cherokee County , Georgia - † August 17, 2017 in Lexington , Kentucky ) was an American actor .

Acting

Landham was born in Canton in 1941 as a descendant of Cheroke Indians . After finishing school, he joined the army , from which he was dishonorably discharged after three years.

Landham starred in several porn films in the 1970s, including The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann . He played his first Hollywood role in Walter Hills' controversial gang war film The Warriors in 1979 . Hill hired him a few years later for The Last Americans and his hit film Just 48 Hours . He later also starred in the action film Predator . Landham was extremely muscular and therefore played mainly in action films. He spent three years in prison from 1998 to 2001 for harassing his wife - the marriage was in the process of divorce.

politics

Landham joined the Republican Party and ran for governor of Kentucky in 2002 . In 2003, however, he announced his withdrawal from the candidacy. His efforts to be elected to the Kentucky Senate in 2004 were also unsuccessful .

Sonny Landham also spoke at a meeting of the Racist Council of Conservative Citizens in 2005 . In the spring of 2006, Landham was accepted as an honorary member of the Alpha Sigma Phi Association of the American University .

On September 19, 2006, he was so badly injured in a car accident in Ashland , Kentucky that both legs had to be amputated.

On June 25, 2008, Landham announced his candidacy for the US Senate . He wanted to run as a candidate for the Libertarian Libertarian Party . On the same day he called for the genocide of the Arabs , whom he referred to as camel shit shippers , rag heads and camel jockeys . He made these anti-Arab and inhuman comments in an interview with the radio show The Weekly Filibuster . Three days later, Kentucky libertarians unanimously voted to withdraw Landham's candidacy because his views were inconsistent with their values.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erin Nyren: Sonny Landham Dead: 'Predator' Actor Sonny Landham Dies at 76 . Variety , August 18, 2017, accessed August 19, 2017.
  2. ^ Sage Koontz: Sonny Landham calls for genocide of all Arabs and Muslims. Transcript of an interview with Sonny Landham for The Weekly Filibuster on Independent Political Report, July 26, 2008, accessed August 19, 2017 .
  3. ^ Mary Grace Lucas: Tough-guy actor eyes Senate seat. CNN , June 26, 2008, accessed August 19, 2017 .
  4. ^ Sonny Landham calls for genocide of all Arabs and Muslims. Independent Political Report, August 19, 2017, accessed August 19, 2017 .
  5. ^ Libertarians drop Sonny Landham. Independent Political Report, July 28, 2008, accessed August 19, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Landham, Sonny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Landham, William M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Canton , Georgia , USA
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 2017
Place of death Lexington , Kentucky , United States