James B. Sikking
James B. Sikking (March 5, 1934 - July 13, 2024) was an American actor known for his role as Lt. Howard Hunter on the 1980s NBC TV series Hill Street Blues. He also starred on the ABC TV series Doogie Howser, M.D. as Dr. David Howser and on the short-lived 1997 CBS drama series Brooklyn South as Captain Stan Jonas. Sikking did the voice of General Gordon on the short-lived 1998 cartoon series Invasion America. His well-known films include The Competition, Outland, Up the Creek and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, in which he played Captain Styles, the captain of the USS Excelsior. Sikking's film career started in 1955. Sikking starred in the critically acclaimed 1992 Fox Network TV movie Doing Time on Maple Drive. He has made guest appearances on many TV series including Perry Mason, Rawhide, Bonanza, The Outer Limits, General Hospital, Hunter and Batman Beyond. Sikking was born in Los Angeles, California. His mother, Sue Sikking (née Paxton), was a founder of Santa Monica's Unity-by-the-Sea Church. He has two living brothers, Tom and Art, and a sister, Joy. James Barrie Sikking has a third brother, Robert Paxton Sikking born October 20, 1922, died April 22, 1988. His brother Bob served in the 101st Airborne and was a partial inspiration for Stephen Speilberg and Tom Hanks production Band of Brothers. Bob was awarded two purple hearts, the bronze star, and together with his fellow soldiers, received a presidential citation for their part in the Siege of Bastogne which led to the defeat of Hitler's sixth Army. His photograph as the first American soldier to reach Dachau Concentration Camp appears in the Imperial War Museum, London. Sikking is the father of actor Andrew Sikking.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Batman Beyond
8.1
M*A*S*H
7.911
The Rookies
6.8
Who's the Boss?
7.4
Starsky & Hutch
7.247
Little House on the Prairie
7.937
The F.B.I.
5.5
The Bionic Woman
7
Doogie Howser, M.D.
6.6
Hawaii Five-O
7.1
The Bob Newhart Show
7.5
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
7.15
The Streets of San Francisco
6.935
Room 222
6
Charlie's Angels
6.7
Hill Street Blues
7.6
Hogan's Heroes
7.5
Perry Mason
7.7
Combat!
7.6
Cannon
6.5
Eight Is Enough
6
Adam-12
7
Hunter
7.2
Invasion America
6.6
The Immortal
7.4
Rawhide
7.2
Battle of the Network Stars
7.2
Run for Your Life
7.2
The Fugitive
7.2
The Virginian
6.5
My Mother the Car
4.3
Cop Rock
4
Search
6.9
The Fugitive
7.2
Here Come the Brides
6
Night Gallery
7.8
Paris
5
Brooklyn South
9.7
Honey West
7
Night Gallery
7.8
Around the World in 80 Days
6.6
The Fugitive
7.2
Turnabout
5.5
Batman Beyond
8.1
Curb Your Enthusiasm
8
The F.B.I.
5.5
The F.B.I.
5.5
The F.B.I.
5.5
The F.B.I.
5.5
The F.B.I.
5.5
The F.B.I.
5.5
The F.B.I.
5.5
Delvecchio
0
The Outer Limits
7.8
The Outer Limits
7.8
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
8.6
Brotherhood of the Rose
6.7
Hawaii Five-O
7.1
A Woman Called Moses
7
Ellery Queen
7.4
The Rockford Files
7.5
The Rockford Files
7.5
Hogan's Heroes
7.5
Mannix
6.7
Mannix
6.7
12 O'Clock High
7.263
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
4
Ironside
6.8
Charlie's Angels
6.7
The Invaders
6.8
L.A. Law
7.1
Columbo
8.088
The Incredible Hulk
7.242
Mission: Impossible
7.6
Banyon
7
Operation Petticoat
6.96
Love, American Style
6.056
The Mod Squad
6.3
The Mod Squad
6.3
The Doris Day Show
5.3
The Mod Squad
6.3
The F.B.I.
5.5
The Name of the Game
6.8
Mission: Impossible
7.6
The Doris Day Show
5.3
The Doris Day Show
5.3
Hogan's Heroes
7.5
My Favorite Martian
6
The Loner
5.7
Bonanza
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.4
Bonanza
7.5
The Closer
7.9
Run for Your Life
7.2
Dress Gray
5.4
The Guardian
6.8
Movies
Outland
6.438
Made of Honor
6.45
Doing Time on Maple Drive
5.288
Narrow Margin
6.386
Capricorn One
6.762
Morons from Outer Space
4.744
The Star Chamber
6
Point Blank
7.041
Imps*
3.679
Up the Creek
5.7
Final Approach
6
Scorpio
6.1
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
5.5
Ordinary People
7.472
The Magic Statue
0
Tyson
6.1
The Ring
5.227
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
5
Gidget Gets Married
5.6
Man From Atlantis: Killer Spores
0
In Like Flint
6.13
Bay Coven
4.026
Five Guns West
4.2
The President's Plane Is Missing
6.2
In Pursuit of Honor
5.9
The Astronaut
5.7
Submerged
4.75
Inside O.U.T.
0
Brother on the Run
3
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
7.1
Too Good to Be True
3.3
The New Centurions
6.657
The Terminal Man
5.343
Kill Me If You Can
0
Nowhere to Land
5.3
Soul Man
5.317
Trouble in High Timber Country
0
First Steps
0
Charro!
5.4
Fever Pitch
6.211
Wild About Harry
5.4
Dare to Love
2
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
6.579
Seduced by Evil
7.5
The Night God Screamed
5.1
Outrage
6.1
Von Ryan's Express
7.093
The Electric Horseman
6.088
Desperado: Badlands Justice
0
The Pelican Brief
6.59
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
5.333
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
6.372
Dead Badge
6.75
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
6.3
Coffee, Tea or Me?
0
Family Flight
5.2
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
0
Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou
0
The Competition
6.2
Mutiny
4.8
Man On A String
7
The Alpha Caper
7
The Jesse Owens Story
7.9
The Final Days
6.8
Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.
0
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
0
The Strangler
6.3