James Gammon

James Richard Gammon was an American actor, known for playing grizzled "good ol' boy" types in numerous films and television series. Gammon portrayed Lou Brown, the manager in the movies Major League and Major League II, fictionalized versions of the Cleveland Indians. He was also known for his role as the retired longshoreman Nick Bridges on the CBS television crime drama Nash Bridges.

20 April 1940

Born on the same birth day (20 April): Adolf Schärf • Aleksandr Dianin • Emperor Go-Kōmyō • Heinrich Göbel • John Eliot Gardiner • Johnny Gavin (footballer) • Julia Morris • Matthias Kuhle • Napoleon III • Nasiba Zeynalova • Rosalynn Sumners • Rose of Lima • Sebastian Faulks • Tonny Kessler

Born in the same month (April 1940): David Holford • Gilles Proulx • Jeroen Brouwers • Jim McNab • John Havlicek • Michael Cleary (rugby) • Mike Beuttler • Mike Vickers • Penelope Coelen • Souleymane Cissé (film director) • Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys • Wangarĩ Maathai • Władysław Komar • Ülo Õun