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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Washington, District of Columbia, USA, 1932-11-13

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1973	The Spook Who Sat by the Door	Dawson	63
2	1976	Two-Minute Warning	Policeman	62
3	1976	Silver Streak	Waiter (uncredited)	67
4	1979	Real Life	Dr. Ted Cleary	66
5	1979	Americathon	Morty	36
6	1980	The Plutonium Incident	Dr. Samuels	50
7	1980	High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane	Alonzo	42
8	1981	Body Heat	Oscar Grace	70
9	1981	The White Lions	Aniel	0
10	1985	Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins	Conn MacCleary	62
11	1987	Desperate	Wiggee	0
12	1988	The George McKenna Story	Mr. McKenna	62
13	1990	Fire Birds	General Olcott	51
14	1990	Narrow Margin	Martin Larner	64
15	1990	The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson	Wendell Smith	70
16	1991	Aftermath: A Test of Love	Det. Boland	62
17	1992	Captain Ron	Magistrate	56
18	1992	Steel Justice	Jeremiah J. Jones	30
19	1992	A Few Good Men	Judge Randolph	75
20	1993	The Gifted	Jacob (Adult)	30
21	1994	MacShayne: Winner Takes All	Pete Webb	40
22	1994	Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle	Man	73
23	1996	Harvest of Fire	Sheriff Garrison	54
24	1997	Contact	Senator (uncredited)	74
25		Black Cop	Narrator	0
26	2011	Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	All in the Family	Elmo 'Black Elmo' Bridgewater	79
2	1974	Good Times		80
3	1975	The Jeffersons		73
4	1975	Wonder Woman	Jazreel	70
5	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Judge Saunder MacMillan	75
6	1977	James at 16	Hazeltine	61
7	1977	Carter Country		53
8	1978	Dallas	Leo Daltry	69
9	1979	Hart to Hart	Mr. Pruitt	68
10	1981	Hill Street Blues	Ozzie Cleveland (archive footage) (uncredited)	76
11	1981	Hill Street Blues	Ozzie Cleveland	76
12	1981	Gimme a Break!		67
13	1981	Simon & Simon	Police Lt. 'Mule' Muldower - Internal Affairs	67
14	1982	T. J. Hooker	Dr. Ross	64
15	1982	The New Odd Couple	Charles Walker	50
16	1983	The A-Team	Judge	75
17	1983	Hardcastle and McCormick	Vic Dutton	64
18	1984	Punky Brewster		74
19	1985	Moonlighting	Dr. Nealy	75
20	1985	Hollywood Beat	Walker	50
21	1985	Amazing Stories	Prof. Bertram Carver	75
22	1987	21 Jump Street	Principal George Messiah	72
23	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Harry	80
24	1990	Law & Order	Congressman Ronald Eaton	74
25	1992	Martin		76
26	1993	seaQuest DSV	Charles	70
27	1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman		70
28	1994	Chicago Hope		72
29	1994	Touched by an Angel	Waters	72
30	1996	The Sentinel	Mel Wilkenson	71
31	1997	House of Frankenstein		50

J.A. Preston

Film

Television