
Brian James
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Search complete. 15 mentions across 7 episodes found for "Brian James".
Sep 21, 2026
Crimewave (Episode #199)
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11:47Paul RosenGUEST
ahead.
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11:48Paul RosenGUEST
But to speak to some of my favorite things in the movie, you mentioned Paul L. Smith, but him and Brian James, the hitmen, are the late, great,
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11:56Scott WeinbergHOST
brusque, Tough-looking, funny character actor.
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11:59Scott WeinbergHOST
Everybody remembers him from his great moments in Blade Runner.
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12:02Scott WeinbergHOST
But you know Brian James from countless things, and he's no longer with us.
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12:06Scott WeinbergHOST
He's missed.
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12:07Scott WeinbergHOST
And Paul L. Smith, I believe, is also.
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12:47Scott WeinbergHOST
Yeah, that must be great.
Episode 647: 60 Minutes into - Under Pressure
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16:22ChrisHOST
I was like, "Oh, I'm sure I know that name." But then when you see people on screen, you're like, "Oh, I've seen-"
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16:27DaveHOST
You sort of know them, but you're expecting, like, a Brian James or somebody like that-
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16:31ChrisHOST
Oh, fully
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16:31DaveHOST
... to appear.
48 Hrs.
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32:28Barry GermanskyHOST
yeah he is lucky
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32:29Wayne KramerHOST
And Brian James, who plays Kehoe, the cop in 48 Hours.
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32:34Wayne KramerHOST
And talk about a guy who had an iconic career playing sort of bad guys, including Blade Runner, right?
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32:42Barry GermanskyHOST
Which was released the same year.
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32:44Wayne KramerHOST
He plays one of those Cajun killers out in the swamps.
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32:48Barry GermanskyHOST
That's right.
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32:48Wayne KramerHOST
Brian James, when we talk about Another 48 Hours, I'm sorry for people who maybe haven't seen it, but we're giving spoilers in the show because the conceders, you have seen these movies.
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32:59Wayne KramerHOST
But Brian James is a cop in 48 Hours, actually an ally of Nick Nolte's Jack Cates.
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Captain Sensible: Eccentricity, Satire, and Pop‑Punk in 70s Britain
Sep 5 · 2 Mentions
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In June nineteen seventy-six, the London scene was just getting its first punk pulse.
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The Damned formed with vocalist Dave Vanian, guitarist Brian James, drummer Rat Scabies, and a young bassist named Sensible.
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1:43speaker_1UNKNOWN
Brian James was quick to point out that a good band needs an image that breaks from hippie softness.
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1:50speaker_1UNKNOWN
Short hair, all black, and he nudged Sensible to trade in the bass for a guitar.
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1:56speaker_1UNKNOWN
So that's how our lineup really stuck together.
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The Damned, Dave Vanian, and the Birth of Gothic Punk
Sep 5 · 1 Mention
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1:43speaker_1UNKNOWN
Banion's theatrical stage presence, complete with a tattered cape, crimson lips, and the uncanny charisma of an immortal vampire, was immediately recognizable.
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And his vocals layered over Brian James' jagged guitar lines, and Rat Scabey's relentless drumming established a new template where vocal power was matched by visual drama.
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setting him apart from contemporaries like the Sex Pistols, whose emphasis remained largely on attitude rather than performance.
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Yet beyond the shock factor, Vanian's choice to embody a mythic nocturnal figure signaled a latent cultural hunger for darker narratives, and it prefigured the burgeoning gothic subculture that would absorb punk's feral energy into a more somber, cinematic aesthetic.
This Whole Episode Is Bomp! Records
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28:01BijanHOST
And of course, we started out that set with the legendary Stiv Baderz with It's Cold Outside.
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28:05BijanHOST
Just a note on Stiv, he went on to co-found the band Lords of the New Church with Brian James of The Damned.
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28:11BijanHOST
That band had a cameo in the 1988 film Tape Heads.
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28:15BijanHOST
The whole film is just hysterical.
Pinocchio Unstrung and Tales from the Crypt Season 3 Part 2
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37:49JeffHOST
and Hal, because goodness, she's good looking in this.
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37:52JeffHOST
Brian James, the late great character actor Brian James.
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37:55JeffHOST
I used to love seeing him pop up and stuff.
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37:57JeffHOST
I really miss him.
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40:29JeremyHOST
That's, you know, it is the horror tool.
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40:32JeremyHOST
So I love this episode.
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40:35JeremyHOST
I think throughout the whole thing really does hinge on the fact that the the like log camp manager's wife has to be hot enough to make the story work and and she is in this so it does land um the whole thing comes together beautifully at the end and it's just it's a fun episode from start to finish and everybody sells it well um what's his name uh uh steve that brian james plays steve right the controlling like
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41:07JeffHOST
asshole yes