David St. James

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David St. James
Born
David Francis Jones

(1947-09-04) September 4, 1947 (age 77)
Alma mater University of Georgia, Officer Candidate School
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active1992–present

David Francis St. James (born September 4, 1947) is an American character actor [1] [2] and comedian.

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Career

In 1992, St. James began his acting career with an appearance in the film Man Trouble . St. James is best known for his recurring roles on multiple television series, including iCarly , General Hospital , Beverly Hills, 90210 , The Neighbors , Big Love , Monk , Preacher , The West Wing , and Frasier . [3] [4] [2] St. James appears on The West Wing as Congressman Darren Gibson and on iCarly as Mr. Howard, a mean teacher who hates his students and wife. He also appeared in Creative Differences as Dick. He has appeared in nearly 100 movies and has had many roles on television and in commercials. [3] [5] St. James is also known for his role as Admiral Broden in Space: Above and Beyond and Bob Garland in Donnie Darko .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Man Trouble Admissions Clerk
MonolithAttendant
1994 Direct Hit TechnicianDirect-to-video
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow News Director
1995 Forget Paris Airline Official
Drifting School Josh Hoffman
1996 Black Sheep Motorcycle Cop
Where Truth LiesVan Ness
1997 Alien Resurrection Dr. Dan Sprague (Surgeon)
1999 My Favourite Martian Prescott
Desert Thunder Gen. Norris
2000 Bounce Judge
Bobby's WhoreFather Cribbish
2001 Donnie Darko Bob Garland
Tomcats Priest
2002Angels Don't Sleep HereCharlie
2003 S.W.A.T. Polish Hostage
2004ConversationsKurtShort film
The Speeding TicketThe OfficerShort film
2005 Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School Cameron McGee
Black Dawn Julius MacabeAlso known as Foreigner 2: Black Dawn
Direct-to-video
2007 Evan Almighty Committee Member
2008Boob Jobs & JesusJackVoice
Short film
2009 The Revenant Mourner
Diamond ConfidentialChief KennardShort film
2010Creative DifferencesDick
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Old NASA Scientist
Harley's HillPotterShort film
2013The Smile ManDoctorShort film
2017 #RealityHigh Alfred
TBAReasonOfficer DanShort film
TBAAgents of Project Blue BookEx-President Dwight EinsenhowerPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Days of Our Lives Dr. Tony Love3 episodes
1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Polygraph TechnicianEpisode: "Strange Visitor (From Another Planet)"
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Harrison2 episodes
1994 NYPD Blue Line Up #6Episode: "A Sudden Fish"
Step by Step Dr. WeltmanEpisode: "Feeling Forty"
ER KaplanEpisode: "Blizzard"
1995 On Our Own Contractor #2Episode: "The Boarder"
Family Matters JoeyEpisode: "My Bodyguard"
White Dwarf King Joist's Royal GuardTelevision film
California Dreams Mr. LippinEpisode: "Two Too Much"
ABC Afterschool Special Coach SlocumEpisode: "Fast Forward"
Too Something Episode: "The Car"
Murphy Brown InformantEpisode: "Bad Company"
Beverly Hills, 90210 Hitman #1Episode: "One Wedding and a Funeral"
Seinfeld DoctorEpisode: "The Secret Code"
The Invaders Wood's LawyerEpisode: "Part II"
1995–2004 The Drew Carey Show Owen / Carpool Guy #12 episodes
1996 Melrose Place JackEpisode: "Triumph of the Bill"
Space: Above and Beyond Adm. Broden4 episodes
Crime of the Century Albert Osborn Jr.Television film
Coach Maître d'Episode: "Isn't It Romantic?"
1997 NewsRadio LawyerEpisode: "Complaint Box"
Murder One LawyerEpisode: "Chapter Seventeen, Year Two"
Living Single Maitre d'Episode: "High Anxiety"
Chicago Hope Dr. Arnold ThroopEpisode: "Brain Salad Surgery"
Alien Avengers II WardenTelevision film
Mike Hammer, Private Eye Banning, Ropa's LawyerEpisode: "A Penny Saved"
Murder One: Diary of a Serial KillerMiniseries
1998 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Harvey BlockEpisode: "Merry-Go-Round, Red Eyed Creature, Used Car Salesman, Surveillance Camera & Graffiti (A Touch of Evil special)", segment: "Graffiti"
Winchell Miami Reporter #4Television film
For Your Love Dr. BurgessEpisode: "The Runaround"
DiResta King of EnglandEpisode: "The Kid"
2000 Will & Grace SmittyEpisode: "Tea and a Total Lack of Sympathy"
Getting Away with Murder: The JonBenet Ramsey Story Television film
City of Angels BartonEpisode: "When Worlds Colitis"
The Hughleys Mr. LeeksEpisode: "Body Double"
All That Episode: "Kenan Thompson/LFO"
Resurrection Blvd. BlevinsEpisode: "Dos Padres"
Rude Awakening DoctorEpisode: "Telltale Heart"
The Michael Richards Show JudgeEpisode: "It's Only Personal"
2001 Just Shoot Me! Doctor AjayEpisode: "The Proposal: Part 2"
Providence Waiter #1Episode: "Falling"
Dead Last Bureaucrat #1Episode: "The Mulravian Candidate"
The Amanda Show Principal FlangeEpisode 33
Off Centre Hooded GuyEpisode: "Swing Time"
Alias Mr. FrancoEpisode: "Mea Culpa"
2001–2005 The West Wing Congressman Darren Gibson, R-MI / Rep. Darren Gibson, R-MI3 episodes
2002My Sister's KeeperGeorge ChapmanTelevision film
2003 Frasier Admissions OfficerEpisode: "Fathers and Sons"
2004 The Stones "Romancing the Stones"
The Bernie Mac Show HeadmasterEpisode: "It's Mac-ademic"
General Hospital Stuart Mest2 episodes
2005 Cuts The ButlerEpisode: "Reverse The Curse"
2006 Scrubs Mr. SommersEpisode: "My Extra Mile"
2006–2008 Everybody Hates Chris Mr. Phillips / Thomas2 episodes
2007 Monk Edward StilsonEpisode: "Mr. Monk Is at Your Service"
2008 Las Vegas Chapel OwnerEpisode: "Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast"
2008–2012 iCarly Mr. Howard6 episodes
2009 Lincoln Heights Tom CrawfordEpisode: "Lucky"
2011 Big Love RodEpisode: "Til Death Do Us Part"
iParty with Victorious Mr. HowardTelevision film
2012 The Neighbors The MinisterEpisode: "Juan of the Dead"
2012–2015 Community Professor Albrecht2 episodes
2013 1600 Penn KlausEpisode: "Meet the Parent"
2015 Shameless PastorEpisode: "I'm the Liver"
A S KMalicEpisode: "What Could Be the Harm"
2017 Powerless Prince EvilloEpisode: "Wayne Dream Team"
Trial & Error: Mystery NowWilliam Martin
Preacher Archbishop of CanterburyEpisode: "Dirty Little Secret"
2018 American Housewife Maitre d'Episode: "The Anniversary"
Here and Now Professor RubinEpisode: "From Sun Up to Sun Down"
This Is Us DoctorEpisode: "Vietnam"
2019 Schooled Mr. ScudamoreEpisode: "Rock for Jocks"
Good Trouble Jack TaylorEpisode: "A Very Coterie Christmas"
2020 Perry Mason Dr. Bundy / Doctor Bundy3 episodes
2024 Grotesquerie Bishop3 episodes

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