J.A. Preston

J.A. Preston

James Allen Preston Sr. (born November 13, 1932) is an American actor. Preston is best known for his role as Ozzie Cleveland on the NBC primetime television series Hill Street Blues which originally aired from 1981 until 1987. Preston was born November 13 (1932) in Washington, D.C. In addition to his role on Hill Street Blues, Preston is also known for his roles as Leo Daltry in Dallas, Richard Matthews in Santa Barbara, court-martial judge Col. J. A. Randolph, USMC in the 1992 film A Few Good Men, and the minor but important role of a USAF Major General in Air Force One (1997). He was a series regular in the short-lived CBS sitcom All's Fair which ran just one season (1976-77). In it he played an assistant to conservative newspaper columnist Richard Barrington (played by Richard Crenna). Preston also appeared on the NBC television series The A-Team as a judge (Col. Thomas Milo) presiding over a military tribunal convened to try the A-Team. He also appeared in 3 episodes of Martin as Gina’s (Tisha Campbell-Martin) father Dr. Cliff Waters.

  • Title: J.A. Preston
  • Popularity: 5.1
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1932-11-13
  • Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  • Homepage:
  • Also Known As: J. A. Preston
img

J.A. Preston Movies

  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

    Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

    6.254 1985 HD

    An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the U.S. President.

    img
  • 1990
    imgMovies

    Narrow Margin

    Narrow Margin

    6.4 1990 HD

    An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically...

    img
  • 1994
    imgMovies

    MacShayne: Winner Takes All

    MacShayne: Winner Takes All

    5 1994 HD

    MacShayne is a gambler and small time con-man. After serving a short stretch in jail, he goes to Las Vegas to see his son, but when he gets there,...

    img
  • 1981
    imgMovies

    Body Heat

    Body Heat

    6.969 1981 HD

    In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.

    img
  • 1990
    imgMovies

    Fire Birds

    Fire Birds

    5.1 1990 HD

    A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug...

    img
  • 1980
    imgMovies

    High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

    High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

    4.2 1980 HD

    Former Marshal Will Kane and his Amish bride, Amy, return to Hadleyville a year after he resigned and find the town in the grip of a bounty-hunting...

    img
  • 1991
    imgMovies

    Aftermath: A Test of Love

    Aftermath: A Test of Love

    5.2 1991 HD

    Based on a true story, an adoring wife and mother is taken hostage during a robbery and brutally murdered.

    img
  • 1981
    imgMovies

    The White Lions

    The White Lions

    1 1981 HD

    A college professor, his wife, and daughter go the the wilds of Africa to live, and study the rare white lions of the region.

    img
  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Steel Justice

    Steel Justice

    3 1992 HD

    David Nash has lost his son and his will to live. But the boy appears in his dreams, as well as his Robosaurus toy ! A mythical figure will help Nash...

    img
  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Desperate

    Desperate

    1 1987 HD

    In this thinly-veiled, though uncredited, new version of Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not," here a prospective series pilot, an ex-sailor living in...

    img
  • 1996
    imgMovies

    Harvest of Fire

    Harvest of Fire

    5.4 1996 HD

    In a small Amish community, three barns are burnt down almost simultaneously. FBI agent Sally Russwell is sent in to investigate this possible hate...

    img
  • 1980
    imgMovies

    The Plutonium Incident

    The Plutonium Incident

    5 1980 HD

    A plutonium plant employee becomes the target of management, as well as union harassment, when she tries to blow the whistle on the company for...

    img
  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Silver Streak

    Silver Streak

    6.74 1976 HD

    A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no...

    img
  • 1990
    imgMovies

    The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

    The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

    8 1990 HD

    A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army, particulary his court-martial for insubordination regarding segragation.

    img
  • 1992
    imgMovies

    A Few Good Men

    A Few Good Men

    7.542 1992 HD

    When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing...

    img
  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Contact

    Contact

    7.428 1997 HD

    A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and...

    img
  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Captain Ron

    Captain Ron

    5.5 1992 HD

    When mild-mannered Martin Harvey finds out that he has inherited a vintage yacht, he decides to take his family on a Caribbean vacation to retrieve...

    img
  • 1993
    imgMovies

    The Gifted

    The Gifted

    3 1993 HD

    Psychic descendents of an African tribe reunite to save Earth. 5000 years ago certain members of the Dogon tribe in West Africa were granted psychic...

    img
  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Black Cop

    Black Cop

    1 1970 HD

    Black Cop is a film documentary that shows the lives of individuals who are caught inexorably in intense community pressures that arise because they...

    img
  • 1973
    imgMovies

    The Spook Who Sat by the Door

    The Spook Who Sat by the Door

    6.3 1973 HD

    A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.

    img
  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Two-Minute Warning

    Two-Minute Warning

    6.1 1976 HD

    A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter...

    img
  • 2011
    imgMovies

    Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door

    Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door

    1 2011 HD

    A documentary looking at the making and legacy of The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973).

    img
  • 1979
    imgMovies

    Real Life

    Real Life

    6.6 1979 HD

    A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking...

    img
  • 1994
    imgMovies

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

    7.2 1994 HD

    A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accused of murdering a prominent TV personality.

    img
  • 1988
    imgMovies

    The George McKenna Story

    The George McKenna Story

    6.2 1988 HD

    Washington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it of drugs, gangs, low moral of teachers, and restore...

    img
  • 1974
    imgS6 E24

    Good Times

    Good Times

    7.938 1974 HD

    Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by...

    img
  • 1992
    imgS5 E24

    Martin

    Martin

    7.671 1992 HD

    Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her best...

    img
  • 1993
    imgS3 E13

    seaQuest DSV

    seaQuest DSV

    7.1 1993 HD

    In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine...

    img
  • 1971
    imgS9 E27

    All in the Family

    All in the Family

    7.835 1971 HD

    Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

    img
  • 1975
    imgS11 E24

    The Jeffersons

    The Jeffersons

    7.296 1975 HD

    Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from...

    img
  • 1984
    imgS4 E22

    Punky Brewster

    Punky Brewster

    7.355 1984 HD

    An abandoned waif and her dog are taken in by a cranky apartment manager who becomes her guardian in this family-friendly sitcom.

    img
  • 1975
    imgS3 E24

    Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

    7 1975 HD

    With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, she’s Wonder Woman. Beautiful Amazon...

    img
  • 1981
    imgS6 E11

    Gimme a Break!

    Gimme a Break!

    6.652 1981 HD

    Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the...

    img
  • 1978
    imgS14 E23

    Dallas

    Dallas

    6.748 1978 HD

    The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly...

    img
  • 1994
    imgS6 E22

    Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

    7.2 1994 HD

    Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The...

    img
  • 1977
    imgS2 E22

    Carter Country

    Carter Country

    5.667 1977 HD

    Carter Country is an American television sitcom that ran from 1977 to 1979 on ABC.

    img
  • 1985
    imgS2 E21

    Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

    7.5 1985 HD

    A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg...

    img
  • 1979
    imgS5 E22

    Hart to Hart

    Hart to Hart

    6.8 1979 HD

    Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.

    img
  • 1985
    imgS5 E13

    Moonlighting

    Moonlighting

    7.5 1985 HD

    After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various...

    img
  • 1983
    imgS5 E13

    The A-Team

    The A-Team

    7.5 1983 HD

    A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as...

    img
  • 1989
    imgS7 E13

    Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

    7.959 1989 HD

    Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in...

    img
  • 1987
    imgS5 E22

    21 Jump Street

    21 Jump Street

    7.098 1987 HD

    21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers...

    img
  • 1997
    imgS1 E2

    House of Frankenstein

    House of Frankenstein

    5.5 1997 HD

    Detective Coyle is trying to solve several bizarre murders and is having no luck finding a suspect. But when his girlfriend turns into a werewolf and...

    img
  • 1993
    imgS4 E22

    Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

    Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

    7 1993 HD

    A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man...

    img
  • 1996
    imgS4 E8

    The Sentinel

    The Sentinel

    7.1 1996 HD

    The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series. In the jungles of peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses. Now, Detective Jim...

    img
  • 1981
    imgS7 E22

    Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

    7.6 1981 HD

    A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

    img
  • 1990
    imgS24 E8

    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.391 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

    img
  • 1994
    imgS9 E22

    Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

    7.2 1994 HD

    Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

    img
  • 1982
    imgS1 E18

    The New Odd Couple

    The New Odd Couple

    4.5 1982 HD

    The New Odd Couple is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1982–1983, and was an updated version of the 1970s television series The Odd...

    img
  • 1977
    imgS1 E21

    James at 16

    James at 16

    6.1 1977 HD

    James at 15 (later James at 16) is an American drama series that aired on NBC during the 1977–1978 season. Protagonist James Hunter is the son...

    img