This Guy Here is Dead. Cross Him Off Then.

James Gammon, star of Cabin Boy, has died of cancer of the liver and adrenal glands at the age of 70. The character actor with the face and voice like 12 miles of bad road, made notable appearances in westerns like Silverado and the Milagro Beanfield War, but is best remembered for stealing the movie Major League as Lou Brown, whitewall-selling manager of the Cleveland Indians. Other roles included Nash Bridges father, Nick; Osiris, a henchman of King Tut on Batman, three presidents – Ulysses S. Grant, Zachary Taylor and Teddy Roosevelt and was renowned for his stage performances, winning a Tony nomination in 1996 for the adaptation of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child.