---
name: "Lonny Chapman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lonny-chapman"
fi1m_id: "lonny-chapman"
imdb_id: "nm0152452"
tmdb_id: 95598
wikidata_id: "Q1699103"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 October 1920"
died: "12 October 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T14:52:44.532195+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."
---

# Lonny Chapman

## Identity

Lonny Chapman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lonny-chapman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lonny-chapman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0152452
- **TMDB ID:** 95598
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1699103
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonny_Chapman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699103, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152452/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95598

Actor. Born 1 October 1920 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Died 12 October 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 October 1920, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- **Died:** 12 October 2007
- **Active:** 1963–1979
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 86 (1), 1970s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonny_Chapman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699103, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152452/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95598

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Birds*](https://film.one/film/the-birds.md) (86)

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## Biography

Lonny Chapman (1920–2007) was an American actor. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he grew up in Joplin, Missouri, attended Joplin Junior College and the University of Oklahoma, and served in the US Marine Corps during the Second World War.

Chapman began his career on Broadway, with roles in *Come Back, Little Sheba* (1950) and other plays. His film appearances include Deke Carter in *The Birds* (1963), as well as parts in *East of Eden* (1955), *Baby Doll* (1956) and *Norma Rae* (1979). He had numerous guest roles on television series including *Murder, She Wrote*, *The A-Team*, *McCloud* and *NYPD Blue*.

In 1973 he founded the Group Repertory Theatre in North Hollywood and served as its artistic director until his death; the company was later renamed the Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Norma Rae* (1979), Fi1m 82, as Gardner — [page](https://film.one/film/norma-rae.md)
- *The Birds* (1963), Fi1m 86, as Deke Carter — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birds.md)

## Complete filmography (76)

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

- *The Hunted* (2003), as Zander
- *Reindeer Games* (2000), as Old Timer
- *L.A. Doctors* (1998), series, Actor
- *Phantoms* (1998), as Old Man at Bar (uncredited)
- *Nightwatch* (1997), as Old Watchman
- *The Rape of Doctor Willis* (1991), as Dr. McMahon
- *Shades of L.A.* (1990), series, Actor
- *The China Lake Murders* (1990), Actor
- *52 Pick-Up* (1986), as Jim O'Boyle
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Sheriff Harry Casey, John Donovan
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Addison Langley, Jack Bowen, Frank Hemet
- *Cave-In!* (1983), as Walt Charles
- *Who Will Love My Children?* (1983), as Milton Hammond
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, as Henderson
- *The Rainmaker* (1982), as H.C. Curry
- *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Falker
- *Hotel* (1982), series, as Edgar Ellsworth
- *The Border* (1982), as Andy
- *The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid* (1981), as Chuck Noll
- *Amy* (1981), as Virgil Goodloe
- *Running Scared* (1980), as Pa Beecher
- *When Time Ran Out...* (1980), as Kelly
- *Lawman Without a Gun* (1979), as Sheriff Harvey Johnson
- *Blind Ambition* (1979), series, as L. Patrick Gray
- *Hanging by a Thread* (1979), series, as Charles Minton
- *Norma Rae* (1979), as Gardner — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/norma-rae.md)
- *Terror Out of the Sky* (1978), as Earl Logan
- *Vega$* (1978), series, as James Rayborn
- *The Bad News Bears Go to Japan* (1978), as Louis the Gambler
- *Police Story: No Margin for Error* (1978), Actor
- *King* (1978), series, as Chief Frank Holloman
- *Black Beauty* (1978), series, as Samuel Livingston
- *Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn* (1977), as Eddie Duncan
- *Moving Violation* (1976), as Sheriff Rankin
- *The Witch Who Came from the Sea* (1976), as Long John
- *Medical Story* (1975), series, Actor
- *The Last Survivors* (1975), as David Broadhead
- *Earthquake* (1974), as LAPD Captain (uncredited)
- *Return of the Big Cat* (1974), as Frank Brannen
- *Kodiak* (1974), series, as George Taylor
- *Where the Red Fern Grows* (1974), as Sheriff
- *Big Rose* (1974), as Lt. John Moore
- *The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton* (1974), as Fred Benson
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Lt. Follmer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *The Boy and the Bronc Buster* (1973), as Lem Thompson
- *Hunter* (1973), as Albert Treadway
- *Cotter* (1973), as Deputy Higgins
- *Run, Cougar, Run* (1972), as Harry Walker
- *Visions...* (1972), as Martin Binzech
- *The Screaming Woman* (1972), as Police Sergeant
- *The Cowboys* (1972), as Homer's Father
- *Welcome Home, Soldier Boys* (1971), as Danny's Father
- *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as Father
- *McCloud* (1970), series, as Kramer
- *The Reivers* (1969), as Maury McCaslin
- *Then Came Bronson* (1969), series, as Sheriff
- *Take the Money and Run* (1969), as Jake - Convict
- *The Stalking Moon* (1968), as Purdue
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Ralph Currier
- *Hour of the Gun* (1967), as Turkey Creek Johnson
- *A Covenant with Death* (1967), as Musgrave
- *The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones* (1966), as Roy
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Edward Hughes — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *For the People* (1965), series, Actor
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Jock Sims — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *The Birds* (1963), as Deke Carter — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birds.md)
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Lt. Wymar
- *Everglades* (1961), series, Actor
- *The DuPont Show of the Week* (1961), series, as Seaman Cromwell
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Phillip Werris
- *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Actor
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Jack Talley
- *Baby Doll* (1956), as Rock
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Tom
- *East of Eden* (1955), as Roy Turner (Automobile Mechanic) (uncredited)
- *Young at Heart* (1954), as Ernest Nichols

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