James R. Schlesinger
Acting
February 15, 1929 (97 years old)
New York City, New York, USA
9
Acting Credits
Biography
James Rodney Schlesinger (February 15, 1929 – March 27, 2014) was an American economist and public servant who was best known for serving as Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1975 under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior to becoming Secretary of Defense, he served as Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) from 1971 to 1973, and as CIA Director for a few months in 1973. He became America's first Secretary of Energy under Jimmy Carter in 1977, serving until 1979. While Secretary...
Known For
Filmography
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
2011
as Self
6.3
Henry Kissinger: Secrets of a Superpower
2008
as Self
8
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
2007
as Self (archive footage)
7.1
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Policy
2005
as Self
The Fall of Saigon
1995
as Self
6.5
First Strike
1979
as Self
The Energy War
1979
as Self - US Secretary of Energy
7
NOVA
1974
as Self (archive footage)
7
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
6.5