J.D. Cannon

Biography: Though he could pass as a good-natured cabbie or down-to-earth dockworker with his chiseled features and gravelly voice, J.D. Cannon has played more than his share of villains, some of them psychotic in nature. A stage actor in the 1950s and 1960s, Cannon was first seen on the big screen in 1966's The American Dream. His breakthrough role in films was road-gang convict Society Red in Cool Hand Luke (1967). On television, J. D. Cannon was seen as hard-nosed Chief of Detectives Peter B. Clifford on the Dennis Weaver series McCloud (1970-77), and as General Hampton on Call to Glory (1985).

J.D. Cannon's Scores

  • TV
Average career score: 70
Highest Metascore: 71 Murder, She Wrote: Season 1
Lowest Metascore: 68 Law & Order: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
2 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
68 Law & Order: Season 1 Sep 13, 1990 Lawyer 8.5
tbd Murder, She Wrote: Season 3 Sep 28, 1986 Sheriff Bill McCoy tbd
71 Murder, She Wrote: Season 1 Sep 30, 1984 Bill Carmody 8.5
tbd Remington Steele: Season 2 Sep 20, 1983 Kenneth Masters tbd
tbd Remington Steele: Season 1 Oct 1, 1982 Elliot Walsh tbd
tbd Alias Smith and Jones: Season 3 Sep 16, 1972 Harry Briscoe / Briscoe tbd
tbd Alias Smith and Jones: Season 2 Sep 16, 1971 Harry Briscoe / Briscoe / Con Artist tbd
tbd Alias Smith and Jones: Season 1 Jan 5, 1971 Harry Briscoe / Brisco / Special Agent tbd
tbd Gunsmoke: Season 15 Sep 22, 1969 Jake tbd
tbd Bonanza: Season 10 Sep 15, 1968 Hudson tbd
tbd Mission: Impossible: Season 1 Sep 17, 1966 Miklos Klaar tbd
tbd The Wild Wild West: Season 1 Sep 17, 1965 Florey tbd
tbd The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Season 3 Oct 5, 1964 Brisson tbd
tbd Gunsmoke: Season 10 Sep 26, 1964 Pike Beechum tbd
tbd Rawhide: Season 7 Sep 25, 1964 Rose / Ware tbd
tbd Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 1 Sep 14, 1964 Admiral Falk tbd
tbd The Untouchables: Season 4 Sep 25, 1962 Al Remp / Joe Lassiter tbd