J. D. Cannon

• Name — J. D. Cannon • Birth Name — John Donovan Cannon • Born — 24 April 1922 • Birthplace — Salmon, Idaho, U.S. • Died — 20 May 2005 • Place of death — Hudson, New York, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1960–1991 • Education — American Academy of Dramatic Arts • Spouse — Alice McCamley (1947–2005, his death)

Cannon was a founding member of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival, starring in their productions of The Taming of the Shrew (1956) and Much Ado About Nothing (1961). He starred with James Earl Jones in the original off-Broadway production of Athol Fugard's Blood Knot (1964).

In 1979, Cannon was the presenter in an instructional video demonstrating an MCA DiscoVision video disc player.

Cannon married Alice McCamley, an actress and writer who appeared in Broadway productions including Company and Johnny Johnson. In 1962, he and Colleen Dewhurst starred in his wife's play Great Day in the Morning, based on her childhood in St. Louis. Cannon died at his home in Hudson, New York, on May 20, 2005, at the age of 83. Alice suffered a debilitating stroke in 2014 and died in 2017.

• Film • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1966 — An American Dream — Sergeant Walt Leznicki • 1967 — Cool Hand Luke — Society Red • 1969 — Krakatoa, East of Java — Danzig • 1969 — The Thousand Plane Raid — General Cotten Palmer • 1969 — Heaven with a Gun — Mace • 1970 — Cotton Comes to Harlem — Calhoun • 1971 — Lawman — Hurd Price • 1973 — Scorpio — Filchock • 1979 — The Concorde... Airport '79 — Lieutenant John Ratcliff — TV version only • 1980 — Raise the Titanic — Captain Joe Burke • 1982 — Death Wish II — New York District Attorney • 1982 — Beyond Witch Mountain — Deranian • 1987 — Street Justice — Dante • Television • 1961 — The Defenders — District Attorney — episode: "The Attack" • 1962 — The Defenders — District Attorney Manetto — episode: "The Locked Room" • 1962 — The Defenders — District Attorney Al Ashley — episode: "The Last Six Months" • 1962 — The Defenders — District Attorney — episode: "The Voices of Death" • 1963 — Wagon Train — Abel Weatherly — episode: “The Abel Weatherly Story” • 1963 — Combat! — Ted Slocum — episode: "The Quiet Warrior" • 1963 — The Defenders — District Attorney — episode: "Man Against Himself" • 1964 — The Defenders — District Attorney — episode: "Drink Like a Lady" • 1964 — The Defenders — District Attorney — episode: "Hero of the People" • 1965 — The Defenders — Assistant District Attorney Ashley — episode: "The Unwritten Law" • 1965 — The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Joe Brisson — episode: "Completely Foolproof" • 1965 — The Wild Wild West — Flory — episode: "The Night of the Deadly Bed" • 1967 — The Invaders — Ben Holman — Beachhead • 1967 — The F.B.I. — Robert Dewey — episode: "Flight Plan" • 1968 — Lancer — Morgan Price — episode: "Blood Rock" • 1968 — The Invaders — Peter Kalter — The Organization • 1969 — Bonanza — Colonel Hudson — episode: "The Fence" • 1969 — Gunsmoke — Jake MacGraw — episode: "MacGraw" • 1970–1977 — McCloud — Chief Peter B. Clifford — 45 episodes • 1971–1973 — Alias Smith and Jones — Harry Briscoe / Bannerman / Chief Detective • 1979 — Ike: The War Years — Gen. Walter Bedell Smith — TV Miniseries • 1983–1984 — Remington Steele — Elliot Walsh/Kevin Masters — 2 episodes • 1986 — Blacke's Magic — General Ellis Wersching — episode: "Address Unknown" • 1989 — The Return of Sam McCloud — Commissioner Peter B. Clifford — Television film • 1991 — Law & Order — Chet Burton — The Secret Sharers