Clifton James –
Actor, decorated veteran, pretend po-po.
May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017.
Aged 96 years.
Most recognized for: Somewhat typecast as a tobacco-chewing, gravy-swilling southerner, he played the bloated, clumsy cop character in “Cool Hand Luke,” “Superman II,” “Silver Streak,” and “Live and Let Die,” just to name a few. He was even a single-episode replacement for James Best as Rosco P. Coltrane on “The Dukes Of Hazzard.”
