What is J. A. Preston?
{{Infobox person | birth_name = James Allen Preston | image = Good Times 1976.JPG | image_size = 220px | caption = Preston as Walter Ingles with his girlfriend Wilona Woods (portrayed by [[Ja'net Dubois]]) on ''[[Good Times]]'' circa 1976. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|11|13}} | birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | spouse = {{marriage|Merilyn Alsop<br>|1957|1972|reason=div.}} | children = 3 | education = [[North Carolina College]] | known_for = Ozzie Cleveland – ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' | yearsactive = 1971&ndash;2006 }} '''James Allen Preston Sr.''' (born November 13, 1932) is an [[Americans|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.<ref name=filmref>{{cite web|url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/90/J-A-Preston.html |title=J. A. Preston Biography ((?)-)| publisher=FilmReference.com| access-date= November 5, 2017}}</ref> He also starred as [[Major general|Major General]] in the 1997 movie ''[[Air Force One (movie)|Air Force One]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|0696430}} *{{IBDB name|87182}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Preston, J. A.}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:Actors from Washington, D.C.]] {{US-actor-stub}}