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.
139 acting credits
Acting · 139
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Columbo
1971
Perry Mason
1957
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Mannix
1967
The Closer
2005
Bonanza
1959
The Fugitive
1963
M*A*S*H
1972
Ironside
1967
Charlie's Angels
1976
Hill Street Blues
1981
Mission: Impossible
1966
Love, American Style
1969
Adam-12
1968
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Guardian
2001
Hunter
1984
The Rockford Files
1974
The Virginian
1962
Hogan's Heroes
1965
Combat!
1962
Cannon
1971
The F.B.I.
1965
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Rawhide
1959
Starsky & Hutch
1975
The Outer Limits
1963
Batman Beyond
1999
Who's the Boss?
1984
Run for Your Life
1965
Night Gallery
1970
The Rookies
1972
Duckman
1994
The Name of the Game
1968
The Invaders
1967
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
My Favorite Martian
1963
The Bionic Woman
1976
Room 222
1969
Eight Is Enough
1977
The Mod Squad
1968
Brooklyn South
1997
Ellery Queen
1975
12 O'Clock High
1964
Honey West
1965
The Doris Day Show
1968
Search
1972
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
The Loner
1965
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
Banyon
1972
Here Come the Brides
1968
Cop Rock
1990
The Immortal
1970
Paris
1979
The Pelican Brief
1993
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
Delvecchio
1976
Made of Honor
2008
Outland
1981
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
My Mother the Car
1965
Von Ryan's Express
1965
Invasion America
1998
Ordinary People
1980
A Woman Called Moses
1978
Point Blank
1967
Capricorn One
1977
Fever Pitch
2005
Operation Petticoat
1977
Narrow Margin
1990
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
1972
Brotherhood of the Rose
1989
In Like Flint
1967
Dress Gray
1986
The New Centurions
1972
Soul Man
1986
Up the Creek
1984
The Star Chamber
1983
Turnabout
1979
Tyson
1995
Scorpio
1973
Imps*
1983
Charro!
1969
The Electric Horseman
1979
Bay Coven
1987
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
1973
The Terminal Man
1974
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974
Morons from Outer Space
1985
Mutiny
1999
The Final Days
1989
Submerged
2001
The Competition
1980
The Ring
1996
Wild About Harry
2009
Kill Me If You Can
1977
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
The Strangler
1964
First Steps
1985
Doing Time on Maple Drive
1992
In Pursuit of Honor
1995
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
1987
Trouble in High Timber Country
1980
Gidget Gets Married
1972
Desperado: Badlands Justice
1989
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
The Astronaut
1972
Man from Atlantis III: Killer Spores
1977
The Alpha Caper
1973
Seduced by Evil
1994
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988
The Magic Statue
1982
Invasion America
1998
Coffee, Tea or Me?
1973
Outrage!
1973
Dead Badge
1995
Final Approach
1991
Dare to Love
1995
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
1977
Five Guns West
1955
Too Good to Be True
1988
Family Flight
1972
Nowhere to Land
2010
Inside O.U.T.
1971
Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou
1995
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969
Brother on the Run
1973
Man on a String
1972
Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.
1977
The Night God Screamed
1971
Point Blank the Documentary
2024