Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/11/1928
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
James Luisi
Biography
A native New Yorker, James Luisi attended St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights on a basketball scholarship. He served in the Army during the Korean War. He then played one season (1953-54) with the Baltimore Bullets in the National Basketball Association. His acting career began on the stage with early parts coming in the Broadway musicals "Sweet Charity" and "Zorba". His early movies were minor, though his "beefcake" appeal was evident in 1973's I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973) in which he rarely wore a shirt. Most of his later work was on TV. In 1976 he shared a "best actor" daytime E...
Known For
Feds!
as Sperry
Star 80
as Roy
The Hidden
as Ferrari Salesman
Future Cop
as Paterno
Cat Ballou
as Spider Levinsky
Stunts
as Alvin Blake
Norma Rae
as George Benson
I Escaped from Devil's Island
as Dazzas
Cry Rape
as Det. Kroger
The Renegades
as Lt. Joe Marciano
The Take
as Benedetto
Murphy's Law
as Ed Reineke
Killer's Delight
as Sgt. Vince De Carlo
Ben
as Ed
Moment by Moment
as Dan Santini
Lethal Woman
as Colonel Jerry Maxim
Honky Tonk
as Blackie
Contract on Cherry Street
as Al Palmini / Arnold Palmer
Our Family Business
as Frank
Fade to Black
as Capt. M.L. Gallagher
Career Timeline
1996
1984
1983
1982
1980
1979
1978
Moment by Moment
as Dan Santini
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
as Jimmy Karalla
Vega$
Role unknown
Sword of Justice
Role unknown
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Role unknown
Love Is Not Enough
as Harry Foreman
Killer's Delight
as Sgt. Vince De Carlo
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
as Lazzeri