J.A. Preston
James Allen Preston Sr. (born November 13, 1932) is an American actor. Preston is best known for his role as Ozzie Cleveland on the NBC primetime television series Hill Street Blues which originally aired from 1981 until 1987. Preston was born November 13 (1932) in Washington, D.C. In addition to his role on Hill Street Blues, Preston is also known for his roles as Leo Daltry in Dallas, Richard Matthews in Santa Barbara, court-martial judge Col. J. A. Randolph, USMC in the 1992 film A Few Good Men, and the minor but important role of a USAF Major General in Air Force One (1997). He was a series regular in the short-lived CBS sitcom All's Fair which ran just one season (1976-77). In it he played an assistant to conservative newspaper columnist Richard Barrington (played by Richard Crenna). Preston also appeared on the NBC television series The A-Team as a judge (Col. Thomas Milo) presiding over a military tribunal convened to try the A-Team. He also appeared in 3 episodes of Martin as Gina’s (Tisha Campbell-Martin) father Dr. Cliff Waters.
A Few Good Men
as Judge RandolphWhen cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are...
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Contact
as Senator (uncredited)A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As...
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Body Heat
as Oscar GraceIn the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer,...
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Silver Streak
as Waiter (uncredited)A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a...
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Captain Ron
as MagistrateWhen mild-mannered Martin Harvey finds out that he has inherited a vintage yacht, he decides to...
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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
as Conn MacClearyAn officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the...
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Fire Birds
as General OlcottA joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has...
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Narrow Margin
as Martin LarnerAn L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States...
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Two-Minute Warning
as PolicemanA psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a...
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Real Life
as Dr. Ted ClearyA pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their...
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The George McKenna Story
as Mr. McKennaWashington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it...
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Steel Justice
as Jeremiah J. JonesDavid Nash has lost his son and his will to live. But the boy appears in his dreams, as well as...
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door
as DawsonA black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to...
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High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
as AlonzoFormer Marshal Will Kane and his Amish bride, Amy, return to Hadleyville a year after he...
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The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
as Wendell SmithA film about the early life of the baseball star in the army, particulary his court-martial for...
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The Plutonium Incident
as Dr. SamuelsA plutonium plant employee becomes the target of management, as well as union harassment, when...
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Desperate
as WiggeeIn this thinly-veiled, though uncredited, new version of Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not,"...
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
as ManA former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player...
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MacShayne: Winner Takes All
as Pete WebbMacShayne is a gambler and small time con-man. After serving a short stretch in jail, he goes to...
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Aftermath: A Test of Love
as Det. BolandBased on a true story, an adoring wife and mother is taken hostage during a robbery and brutally...
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The White Lions
as AnielA college professor, his wife, and daughter go the the wilds of Africa to live, and study the...
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Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door
as uncreditedA documentary looking at the making and legacy of The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973).
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Harvest of Fire
as Sheriff GarrisonIn a small Amish community, three barns are burnt down almost simultaneously. FBI agent Sally...
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21 Jump Street
as Principal George Messiah21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to...
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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as uncreditedA much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty...
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Dallas
as Leo DaltryThe world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all....
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The A-Team
as JudgeA fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune...
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Hart to Hart
as Mr. PruittWealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife,...
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Tales from the Crypt
as HarryCadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...
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Law & Order
as Congressman Ronald EatonIn cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...
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All in the Family
as Elmo 'Black Elmo' BridgewaterArchie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important...
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Moonlighting
as Dr. NealyAfter being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in...
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Martin
as uncreditedSassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his...
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seaQuest DSV
as CharlesIn the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans...
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Gimme a Break!
as uncreditedGimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until...
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Chicago Hope
as uncreditedChicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran...
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Amazing Stories
as Prof. Bertram CarverA truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and...
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The Sentinel
as Mel WilkensonThe Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series. In the jungles of peru, the fight for...
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House of Frankenstein
as uncreditedDetective Coyle is trying to solve several bizarre murders and is having no luck finding a...
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Good Times
as uncreditedGood Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1,...
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The Jeffersons
as uncreditedSitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as...
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Punky Brewster
as uncreditedAn abandoned waif and her dog are taken in by a cranky apartment manager who becomes her...
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Wonder Woman
as JazreelWith the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of...
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Carter Country
as uncreditedCarter Country is an American television sitcom that ran from 1977 to 1979 on ABC.
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