James Luisi

Infobox actor
name = James Luisi


caption =
birthdate = November 11, 1928
birthplace = New York City, New York
deathdate = death date and age|2002|6|7|1928|11|11
deathplace = Los Angeles, California

James A. Luisi (November 11 1928 [The articles on Luisi at tv.com [http://www.tv.com/james-luisi/person/26006/summary.html] and imdb.com (linked below) give a birthdate of November 11 for him, but other sources such as basketball-reference.com (linked below) and answers.com [http://www.answers.com/topic/james-luisi-actor-drama-thriller] give Luisi a November 2 birthdate.] - June 7 2002) was an American television actor. In a career spanning nearly forty years, Luisi appeared in various TV programs such as "Naked City," "Adam-12," "Matt Houston", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and "Silk Stalkings," and on Broadway in the original 1966 production of "Sweet Charity."

However, Luisi is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Doug Chapman during Seasons 3 through 5 of the series "The Rockford Files." Luisi's character Chapman detests the main character of the series, private investigator Jim Rockford (played by James Garner), and always tries to make things difficult for Rockford while the latter investigates his cases.

Before becoming an actor, Luisi was an NBA player; a member of the Baltimore Bullets from 1953 to 1954. At 6'2" (1.88 m) and 180 lb (82 kg), he played guard.

Luisi died of cancer in 2002.

ee also

* "The Rockford Files"
* "Sweet Charity"

References

External links

* (Main source of the biographical information in this article)
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/luisiji01.html NBA statistics] at basketball-reference.com