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name: "Jim Lovell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-lovell"
roles: ["Actor","Novelist"]
born: "25 March 1928"
died: "7 August 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:35.146564+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."
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# Jim Lovell

Actor and novelist. Born 25 March 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Died 7 August 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Novelist
- **Born:** 25 March 1928, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 7 August 2025
- **Active:** 1976–1995
- **Also known as:** James Arthur Lovell Jr., James "Jim" Lovell, James Lovell, James A. Lovell Jr.

## Biography

Jim Lovell (1928–2025) was an American astronaut who also contributed to film as the co-author of the book on which the 1995 feature *Apollo 13* was based, and appeared in a cameo role as Captain James Lovell in the 1976 film *The Man Who Fell to Earth*.

He commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 and had earlier served as command module pilot on Apollo 8. Lovell received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Apollo 13* (1995), Fi1m 84, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/apollo-13.md)
- *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (1976), Fi1m 82, as James Lovell — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-fell-to-earth.md)

## Also known for

- *Apollo 11* (2019), Self
- *For All Mankind* (1989), Self - Narrator - Apollo 8, Apollo 13 (voice)
- *In the Shadow of the Moon* (2007), Himself
- *Apollo 13: Survival* (2024), Self (archive footage)
- *Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo* (2017), Himself
- *Apollo: Missions to the Moon* (2019), Self - Command Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage)

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