James B. Sikking
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.
Known for
Wild About Harry
Made of Honor
The Closer
Fever Pitch
Submerged
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Nowhere to Land
Batman Beyond
Mutiny
Invasion America
The Ring
Dare to Love
Tyson
Dead Badge
In Pursuit of Honor
Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou
Seduced by Evil
The Pelican Brief
Doing Time on Maple Drive
Final Approach
Cop Rock
Narrow Margin
Desperado: Badlands Justice
The Final Days
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Around the World in 80 Days
Brotherhood of the Rose
Too Good to Be True
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
Bay Coven
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Soul Man
L.A. Law
Morons from Outer Space
First Steps
Who's the Boss?
Hunter
The Jesse Owens Story
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Up the Creek
Imps*
The Star Chamber
The Magic Statue
Outland
Hill Street Blues
The Competition
Ordinary People
Trouble in High Timber Country
The Electric Horseman
Paris
A Woman Called Moses
Capricorn One
The Incredible Hulk
Kill Me If You Can
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
Operation Petticoat
Man From Atlantis: Killer Spores
Eight Is Enough
Battle of the Network Stars
Charlie's Angels
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Delvecchio
The Bionic Woman
Ellery Queen
Starsky & Hutch
The Rockford Files
Little House on the Prairie
The Terminal Man
Outrage
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
The President's Plane Is Missing
The Alpha Caper
Coffee, Tea or Me?
Brother on the Run
Scorpio
Family Flight
The Streets of San Francisco
M*A*S*H
The Bob Newhart Show
Search
The Rookies
The New Centurions
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Man On A String
The Astronaut
Gidget Gets Married
Columbo
Cannon
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Inside O.U.T.
The Night God Screamed
Night Gallery
The Immortal
Love, American Style
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Room 222
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Charro!
Here Come the Brides
The Doris Day Show
Adam-12
The Name of the Game
Mannix
Point Blank
Ironside
In Like Flint
The Invaders
Mission: Impossible
The F.B.I.
The Loner
Hogan's Heroes
My Mother the Car
Run for Your Life
Von Ryan's Express
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
12 O'Clock High
My Favorite Martian
The Fugitive
The Outer Limits
Combat!
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Virginian
Bonanza
Rawhide
Perry Mason
Five Guns West