James Tolkan
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Miami Vice Character
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Born
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June 20, 1931, Calumet, Michigan
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Active
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1960-present
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James S. Tolkan (born June 20, 1931, Calumet, Michigan) is an American character actor, mainly playing authoritarian types, who appeared as Mason Mather, a rival tele-evangelist to the Rev. Bill Bob Proverb in the episode "Amen... Send Money" of the series Miami Vice.
Selected Filmography
Year | Film | Notes | MV Actors Appeared |
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1960 | Naked City (TV series) | First TV appearance | |
1966 | The Three Sisters | First movie appearance | |
1973 | The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Matthew Cowles Joe Santos Steven Keats | |
Serpico | |||
1979 | The Amnityville Horror | ||
1981 | Wolfen | Edward James Olmos | |
1983 | WarGames | ||
1985 | Back to the Future | Played Mr. Strickland | |
1985-86 (13 episodes) | Mary (TV series) | ||
1986 | Top Gun | ||
1987 | Masters of the Universe | Meg Foster | |
1988 | Split Decisions | Jeff Fahey | |
1989 | Back to the Future: Part II | ||
1990 | Back to the Future: Part III | ||
Dick Tracy | Madonna | ||
1992 | Boiling Point | Wesley Snipes Viggo Mortensen Paul Gleason | |
1993-94 | Cobra (TV series, 22 episodes) | ||
1996 | Underworld | ||
2001-02 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Most recent TV appearance | Bill Smitrovich |
2006 | Heavens Fall | Most recent movie appearance | Smitrovich and David Strathairn |