Acting career
At the beginning of his acting career, Landham was an actor in
pornographic films.
[2][3][4] He then became a mainstream movie actor and appeared in a number of Hollywood films, including
The Warriors (as a subway policeman whose leg gets broken by a baseball bat-wielding
Michael Beck),
Predator,
48 Hrs.,
Lock Up and
Action Jackson.
Personal and political life
Landham was born February 11, 1941, in
Canton, Georgia and raised in
Rome, Georgia.
[5] He is a descendant of the
Cherokee and
Seminole tribes.
[1] He also stated he had
Jewish heritage.
[6] He attended Saint Mary's Catholic School and
Darlington School before playing football for a year at the
University of Georgia.
[5] He has been married five times and has four children.
[7]
He spent three years in prison after being convicted on federal charges of making threatening and obscene phone calls to his wife before the
U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction in May 2001.
[8]
In 2003, Landham ran in the
Republican Party primary election for the post of
Governor of
Kentucky[
dubious – discuss], hoping to repeat the success of his
Predator castmates
Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura and
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He based his candidacy on opposition to an amendment which endorsed the Kentucky Family Court, saying his bad experiences at the hands of the family court had convinced him it was for the benefit of lawyers rather than families or children. He was unsuccessful in gaining the party's nomination. He ran briefly as an independent candidate, but withdrew on June 18, 2003, and endorsed the Republican slate.
In January 2004, Landham announced his candidacy for the 27th State Senate District of Kentucky. In 2005, Landham spoke at a
Council of Conservative Citizens convention. Landham has also appeared on the CofCC-affiliated radio show,
The Political Cesspool.
In the spring of 2006, Landham also accepted a bid as an honorary member of
Alpha Sigma Phi, Beta Chi Chapter at
American University.
On September 19, 2006, Landham was injured in a four-car accident in
Ashland, Kentucky.
[9]
On June 25, 2008, Landham announced his candidacy for the
U.S. Senate seat held by
Mitch McConnell on the
Libertarian line.
[10] The same day Landham was accused of calling for
genocide against
Arabs (whom Landham referred to as "camel dung shovelers," "camel jockeys," and "rag-heads") for his comments on the political radio show
The Weekly Filibuster.
[6] Three days later, on June 28, the Kentucky Libertarians voted unanimously to withdraw Landham's nomination, citing his comments were not in keeping with the party's platform and values.
[11]
Landham died on August 17, 2017, aged 76 from
congestive heart failure.