James B. Sikking

James B. Sikking

James B. Sikking (March 5, 1934 - July 13, 2024) was an American actor known for his role as Lt. Howard Hunter on the 1980s NBC TV series Hill Street Blues. He also starred on the ABC TV series Doogie Howser, M.D. as Dr. David Howser and on the short-lived 1997 CBS drama series Brooklyn South as Captain Stan Jonas. Sikking did the voice of General Gordon on the short-lived 1998 cartoon series Invasion America. His well-known films include The Competition, Outland, Up the Creek and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, in which he played Captain Styles, the captain of the USS Excelsior. Sikking's film career started in 1955. Sikking starred in the critically acclaimed 1992 Fox Network TV movie Doing Time on Maple Drive. He has made guest appearances on many TV series including Perry Mason, Rawhide, Bonanza, The Outer Limits, General Hospital, Hunter and Batman Beyond. Sikking was born in Los Angeles, California. His mother, Sue Sikking (née Paxton), was a founder of Santa Monica's Unity-by-the-Sea Church. He has two living brothers, Tom and Art, and a sister, Joy. James Barrie Sikking has a third brother, Robert Paxton Sikking born October 20, 1922, died April 22, 1988. His brother Bob served in the 101st Airborne and was a partial inspiration for Stephen Speilberg and Tom Hanks production Band of Brothers. Bob was awarded two purple hearts, the bronze star, and together with his fellow soldiers, received a presidential citation for their part in the Siege of Bastogne which led to the defeat of Hitler's sixth Army. His photograph as the first American soldier to reach Dachau Concentration Camp appears in the Imperial War Museum, London. Sikking is the father of actor Andrew Sikking.

Known For: Acting

Born: Los Angeles, California, United States, 1934-03-05

Died: 2024-07-13

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Five Guns West	Union Soldier (uncredited)	42
2	1964	The Strangler	Police Sketch Artist	63
3	1965	Von Ryan's Express	American POW	71
4	1967	In Like Flint	Secret Service Man (uncredited)	61
5	1967	Point Blank	Hired Gun	70
6	1969	Charro!	Gunner	54
7	1969	Daddy's Gone A-Hunting	Joe Menchell	50
8	1971	The Night God Screamed	Deacon Paul	51
9	1971	Inside O.U.T.	Patrolman	0
10	1971	Escape from the Planet of the Apes	Control Room Officer (uncredited)	64
11	1972	Gidget Gets Married	Jim Johnson	56
12	1972	The Astronaut	Astronaut Higgins	57
13	1972	Man On A String	Pipe Smoker	70
14	1972	The Magnificent Seven Ride!	Captain Andy Hayes	55
15	1972	The New Centurions	Sergeant Anders	67
16	1972	Family Flight	Second Controller	52
17	1973	Scorpio	Harris	61
18	1973	Brother on the Run	Lt Summers	30
19	1973	Coffee, Tea or Me?	Businessman	0
20	1973	The Alpha Caper	Henry Kellner	70
21	1973	The President's Plane Is Missing	Aide to Dunbar	62
22	1973	The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping	2nd OSO Agent	63
23	1973	Outrage	Officer Geary	61
24	1974	The Terminal Man	Ralph Friedman	53
25	1974	The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One	New Orleans SAC	0
26	1977	Man From Atlantis: Killer Spores	Colonel Manzone	0
27	1977	Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.	Bart Burton	0
28	1977	Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy	Commander Devril	0
29	1977	Kill Me If You Can	Mr. Lea	0
30	1977	Capricorn One	Control Room Man	68
31	1979	The Electric Horseman	Dietrich	61
32	1980	Trouble in High Timber Country	Roger Lomax	0
33	1980	Ordinary People	Ray Hanley	75
34	1980	The Competition	Brudenell	62
35	1981	Outland	Sgt. Montone	64
36	1982	The Magic Statue	Geoffrey St. James	0
37	1983	The Star Chamber	Dr. Harold Lewin	60
38	1983	Imps*	Dracula	37
39	1984	Up the Creek	Tozer	57
40	1984	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Captain Styles	66
41	1984	The Jesse Owens Story	Avery Brundage	79
42	1985	First Steps	Jim Davis	0
43	1985	Morons from Outer Space	Col. Raymond Laribee, CIA	47
44	1986	Soul Man	Bill Watson	53
45	1987	Police Story: The Freeway Killings	Mayor Cameron	53
46	1987	Bay Coven	Nicholas Kline	40
47	1988	Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss	The Old Man	71
48	1988	Too Good to Be True	Russell Quinton	33
49	1989	The Final Days	Elliott Richardson	68
50	1989	Desperado: Badlands Justice	Kirby Clarke	0
51	1990	Narrow Margin	Nelson	64
52	1991	Final Approach	Col. Jason Halsey	60
53	1992	Doing Time on Maple Drive	Phil Carter	53
54	1993	The Pelican Brief	Denton Voyles	66
55	1994	Seduced by Evil	Nick Lindsay	75
56	1995	Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou	Roger Salisbury	0
57	1995	In Pursuit of Honor	Gen Douglas MacArthur	59
58	1995	Dead Badge	Wheeler / Aaron Feld	68
59	1995	Tyson	Bill Clayton	61
60	1995	Dare to Love	Ron Wells	20
61	1996	The Ring	Sam Liebman	52
62	1999	Mutiny	Lt. Cmdr. Tynan	48
63	2000	Nowhere to Land	George Eller	53
64	2001	Submerged	Rear Admiral Cyrus Cole	48
65	2005	Fever Pitch	Doug Meeks	62
66	2008	Made of Honor	Reverend Foote	65
67	2009	Wild About Harry	William Cauldicott	54

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	Perry Mason	Civilian Engineer Bert Springer	77
2	1959	Rawhide	Luke Harger	72
3	1959	Bonanza	Kevin Maco	75
4	1959	Bonanza	Jack Rimbau	75
5	1962	The Virginian	Sanders	65
6	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
7	1962	Combat!	Lyles	77
8	1963	The Outer Limits	Botany	78
9	1963	The Outer Limits	Orderly	78
10	1963	The Fugitive	Bert	72
11	1963	The Fugitive	Deputy Marsh	72
12	1963	The Fugitive	Leonard Taft	72
13	1963	My Favorite Martian	Aide	60
14	1964	12 O'Clock High	Captain Rand	73
15	1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.	Colonel Richardson	71
16	1965	Run for Your Life	Nugent	72
17	1965	Run for Your Life	Doctor	72
18	1965	My Mother the Car		43
19	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Gestapo Officer	75
20	1965	Honey West	Valentine	70
21	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Private Berger	75
22	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Hercules	75
23	1965	The Loner	Confederate Captain	57
24	1965	The F.B.I.	Hair and Fibers Expert	55
25	1965	The F.B.I.	Second Special Agent	55
26	1965	The F.B.I.	Technician	55
27	1965	The F.B.I.	RA Dan Menaphee	55
28	1965	The F.B.I.	SRA Herbert Withers	55
29	1965	The F.B.I.	Agent Marley	55
30	1965	The F.B.I.	Agent Al Harte	55
31	1965	The F.B.I.	SA Ed Spanger	55
32	1965	The F.B.I.	Technician (uncredited)	55
33	1966	Mission: Impossible	Corrigan	76
34	1966	Mission: Impossible	Wilson	76
35	1967	The Invaders	Capt. William Taft	68
36	1967	Ironside	Voice Print Officer Jay	68
37	1967	Mannix	Sketchley	67
38	1967	Mannix	Mark Langdon	67
39	1968	Hawaii Five-O	George Cameron	71
40	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Oscar Ross	71
41	1968	The Name of the Game	Police Lieutenant	68
42	1968	Adam-12	Tex	70
43	1968	The Mod Squad	Political Science Professor	63
44	1968	The Mod Squad	Dr. Webber	63
45	1968	The Doris Day Show	Horace Bowers	53
46	1968	The Mod Squad	Major Bernard	63
47	1968	The Doris Day Show	Detective Charles	53
48	1968	The Doris Day Show	Fred Sutton	53
49	1968	Here Come the Brides		60
50	1969	Room 222		60
51	1969	The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	1st Reporter	40
52	1969	Love, American Style	Leonard	61
53	1970	The Immortal		74
54	1970	Night Gallery	1st Reporter	78
55	1970	Night Gallery	State Trooper (segment "Death in the Family")	78
56	1971	Cannon		65
57	1971	Columbo	Policeman in Office (uncredited)	81
58	1972	The Rookies		68
59	1972	Search		69
60	1972	Banyon	Andrews	70
61	1972	The Bob Newhart Show	Dick	75
62	1972	MAS*H	Finance Officer	79
63	1972	The Streets of San Francisco	Major Frank Kramer, US Army Doctor	69
64	1974	Little House on the Prairie		79
65	1974	The Rockford Files	Jeff Seales	75
66	1974	The Rockford Files	John Hicklin	75
67	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Ted McDermott	73
68	1975	Ellery Queen	Mike Hewitt	74
69	1976	The Bionic Woman		70
70	1976	Delvecchio	Ned Wagner	0
71	1976	Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II	Matthew Downey	86
72	1976	Charlie's Angels	Frisch	67
73	1976	Charlie's Angels	Lawrence Wellman	67
74	1976	Battle of the Network Stars		72
75	1977	Eight Is Enough		60
76	1977	Operation Petticoat	Lt. O'Reilly	70
77	1977	The Incredible Hulk	Cliff McConnell	73
78	1978	A Woman Called Moses	McCracken	70
79	1979	Turnabout		55
80	1979	Paris	Lew Castle	50
81	1981	Hill Street Blues	Howard Hunter	76
82	1984	Hunter	Jack Small	72
83	1984	Who's the Boss?	Cornelius	74
84	1986	Dress Gray	Maj. Clifford Bassett	54
85	1986	L.A. Law	Party Guest (uncredited)	71
86	1989	Brotherhood of the Rose		67
87	1989	Around the World in 80 Days	Jenks	66
88	1989	Doogie Howser, M.D.	David Howser	66
89	1990	Cop Rock	Lt. Howard Hunter (uncredited)	40
90	1997	Brooklyn South	Stan Jonas	97
91	1998	Invasion America	General Gordon (voice)	66
92	1999	Batman Beyond	Harry (voice)	81
93	1999	Batman Beyond	Foreman (voice)	81
94	2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Jim Remington	80
95	2001	The Guardian	Bill Magee	68
96	2005	The Closer	Judge Edward Crosby	79

James B. Sikking

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