Biography
Gammon began in the entertainment field at age 19 when he landed a job operating a camera at a TV station in Orlando, FL. Community theater work led him to relocate to Los Angeles in the early 1960s to try his hand professionally, and soon thereafter he made his TV debut in a small guest role on the long-running Western drama series, "Gunsmoke" (CBS, 1955-1975).
Gammon made his feature film debut in a bit part in the classic prison drama, "Cool …
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Career Milestones
2008 | Acted in the Ed Harris-directed Western, "Appaloosa" | |
2007 | Cast opposite Sean Astin in the sports drama, "The Final Season" | |
2007 | Guest-starred on ABC medical drama, "Grey's Anatomy" | |
2006 | Cast in Wim Wenders' neo-Western "Don't Come Knocking" starring Sam Shepard | |
2003 | Appeared in "Cold Mountain," directed by Anthony Minghella | |
2002 | Played Pat in "Life or Something Like It" | |
2000 | Had featured role in "The Cell" | |
1998 | Portrayed a rancher in "The Hi-Lo Country" | |
1996 | Joined the cast of the CBS cop series "Nash Bridges" as the title character's father | |
1995 | Co-starred in the Broadway production of Sam Shepard's "Buried Child"; earned a Tony nomination | |
1994 | Reprised role of baseball manager Lou Brown in "Major League II" | |
1992 | Played the recurring role of Coach Zelnick on the ABC period drama series, "Homefront" | |
1992 | Played Dave Nelson on the short-lived CBS comedy-drama series, "Middle Ages" | |
1990 | TV series debut, playing Rudy on the CBS sitcom "Bagdad Cafe," in support of Whoopi Goldberg and Jean Stapleton | |
1989 | Acted at the Promenade Theater in the Off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's "A Lie of the Mind"; also performed in a Los Angeles production of the play (date approximate) | |
1989 | Played most famous film role, baseball team manager Lou Brown in "Major League" | |
1983 | Played one of his few leading roles in the historical Western, "The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez," taking second billing to Edward James Olmos in the title role | |
1979 | First TV miniseries, "The Sacketts" | |
| Founded Los Angeles' Met Theater with partner Timothy Scott; helped run the company for 10 years | ||
1970 | TV-movie debut, "The Intruders" | |
1967 | Feature film debut, "Cool Hand Luke" | |
1966 | Made his move into professional acting playing a bit part on the long-running CBS Western series, "Gunsmoke" | |
| Acted for a time in community theaters in Florida before deciding to move to Los Angeles (date approximate) | ||
1959 | Began working in the entertainment industry at age 19 as a camera operator at a TV station in Orlando, FL | |