---
name: "James J. McNamara"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-j-mcnamara"
fi1m_id: "james-j-mcnamara"
tmdb_id: 2530514
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T16:54:20.629731+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# James J. McNamara

## Identity

James J. McNamara

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-j-mcnamara
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-j-mcnamara
- **TMDB ID:** 2530514
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2530514

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2530514

## Biography

James J. McNamara is a film and television producer. He produced the 1980 comedy *Hardly Working*, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis. McNamara joined the troubled production as producer and raised approximately one million dollars to complete post-production after earlier financing difficulties.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hardly Working* (1980), Fi1m 45, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hardly-working.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Flipper* (1996), Producer
- *Super Force* (1990), series, Executive Producer
- *Hardly Working* (1980), Producer — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/hardly-working.md)

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