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Apr 8, 2021 · James Hampton, best known for his roles in “F Troop,” “Teen Wolf” and “The Longest Yard,” for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination, died Wednesday due to complications from ...
Apr 8, 2021 · Prolific actor James Hampton — known for roles in TV shows including “F Troop” of the 1960s and movies like the 1974 Burt Reynolds movie “The Longest Yard” — died Wednesday. He was 84.
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Apr 7, 2021 · James Hampton, who played the bumbling bugler Hannibal Dobbs on F Troop, the prison inmate Caretaker in the original The Longest Yard and Michael J. Fox’s furry father in Teen Wolf, has...
Apr 9, 2021 · He was 84. Hampton was best known for his roles in F Troop and Teen Wolf, as well as in The Longest Yard, for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination. He spent more than 50 years in the...
He is best known for his TV roles such as Private Hannibal Shirley Dobbs on F Troop (1965–1967), Leroy B. Simpson on The Doris Day Show (1968–1969), Love, American Style (1969–1974), and his movie roles such as "Caretaker" in The Longest Yard (1974), a role which garnered him a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising ...
Onscreen, he has played in films as diverse as The Longest Yard (1974) and Teen Wolf (1985), and is probably best remembered as the eager but inept bugler Private Hannibal Dobbs in the classic sitcom F Troop (1965). James Hampton died at age 84 of Parkinson's disease at his home in Fort Worth, Texas. Born July 9, 1936. Died April 7, 2021 (84)
Apr 8, 2021 · He went on to star as ranch hand Leroy B. Simpson on “The Doris Day Show.”. Hampton’s movie career began in the 1970s, and he starred as Caretaker in “The Longest Yard” (1974) alongside ...
