James J. Sloyan

• Born: in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '70s-'90s
• Major Genres: Drama, Crime
• Career Highlights: Xanadu, The Traveling Executioner
• First Major Screen Credit: The Traveling Executioner (1970)

Biography

American actor James J. Sloyan's first film was 1970's The Travelling Executioner; he subsequently played major feature roles in films as diverse as The Sting (1973) and Xanadu (1980). Sloyan was a regular on TV's Westside Medical (1977, top-billed as Dr. Sam Lanagan) and Oh Madeline (1987, as Charlie Wayne, husband of series star Madeline Kahn), and a semi-regular as insurance investigator Robert Butler on the 1990-91 season of Murder She Wrote. His many TV-movie roles include Ronald Ziegler in 1978's Blind Ambition. These days, Sloyan is a habitue of science fiction shows, with guest spots on The X-Files, Strange Luck, and all three of the latter-day Star Trek incarnations (The Next Generation, Deep Space 9 and Voyager). James J. Sloyan is married to actress Deirdre Lanahan. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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