Marco St. John

Marco St. John (born Marco John Figueroa Jr.; May 7, 1939) is an American actor who has appeared in films and television programs. He is known for his role as the horny truck driver in the 1991 film Thelma & Louise and for playing Sheriff Cal Tucker in the 1985 horror film Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.

Biography

Marco St. John was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Iris (née Davidson) and Marco Juan Figueroa Sr.^[1]

St. John has had many TV roles, starred in many TV films and had roles on soap operas. He starred on Search for Tomorrow in 1975 as Joey Kimball, as Paul Stewart in 1969–70 on As the World Turns and in All My Children.

St. John made guest appearances on TV programs such as Naked City, Route 66, Bonanza, Gunsmoke and Walker, Texas Ranger.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean	Bobo
1972	The Mind Snatchers	Lawrence Shannon
1976	The Next Man	Justin
1978	Superman	Mugger's Arm in Alley	Uncredited
1980	Night of the Juggler	Hampton Richmond Clayton III
1982	Cat People	Policeman
1984	Tightrope	Leander Rolfe
1985	Friday the 13th: A New Beginning	Sheriff Cal Tucker
1989	The Package	Marth
1990	State of Grace	Cavello
1991	Thelma & Louise	Truck Driver	Uncredited
1993	Hard Target	Dr. Morton
1995	The Dangerous	Polk
1997	The Truth About Juliet	Jack Green
2001	The Rising Place	Defense Attorney
	The Waking	Deputy Wilkes
2002	The Badge	Big Six Rayburn
2003	Tough Luck	Charlie
	Undermind	Mr. Laurie
	Runaway Jury	Daley
	Monster	Evan / Undercover "John"
	Vicious	Col. Hardwick
2004	The Punisher	Police Chief Morris
	Mr. 3000	Reporter
2005	At Last	Frank Singleton
2006	Things That Hang from Trees	Sheriff Hank Bullard
	Beyond the Wall of Sleep	Dr. Fenton
	In	Cimanno
2007	Flakes	Tre Zeringue
2008	New Orleans, Mon Amour	Sinclar
	My Mom's New Boyfriend	Inspector Laborde
	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Mr. Willow
	Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous	Morris Grey Esq.
2009	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Eugene Gratz
2010	Leonie	Routolo
	Dylan Dog: Dead of Night	Borelli
2011	Rites of Spring	The Stranger
2012	The Philly Kid	Doctor
	The Campaign	Husband	Uncredited
2013	Shadow People	Professor Norman Fisher
	The Butler	Warren E. Burger	Uncredited
2014	Barefoot	Mr. Vincent
2015	Zipper	John Tamlin
	Parallels	Promoter
	Sweet Kandy	Warden Lester Cribbs
	Return to Sender	Older Man
	Fantastic Four	DC Military Official (Area 57)
	Relentless Justice	Ingrassia
2016	Partners	Captain Jack MacDonald
	Indiscretion	Governor Wallace
2017	Mississippi Murder	Det. Eddie
	Novitiate	Father Luca
2018	Urban Country	Judge Jacobs

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962	Naked City	Dom Capado	Episode: "Daughter Am I in My Father's House"
1963	Route 66	Johnnie Simmons	Episode: "Soda Pop and Paper Flags"
1967	Coronet Blue	Ted	Episode: "A Time to Be Born"
1970	As the World Turns	Dr. Paul Stewart	Episode dated February 27, 1970
1972	Bonanza	Plank	Episode: "Riot"
1972–1974	Gunsmoke	Darcy / Virgil Bonner	2 episodes
1973	Bridget Loves Bernie	Roger Melton	Episode: "Greener Pastures"
1976	Kojak	Tony Papas	Episode: "Birthday Party"
	Ball Four	Rayford Plunkett / Raymond Plunkett	6 episodes
1977	Contract on Cherry Street	Eddie Manzaro	Television film
	Ryan's Hope	Police Officer	Episode #1.631
1980	Beulah Land	Blaylock	Episode: "Part III"
1981	American Playhouse	Banfield	Episode: "Until She Talks"
1982	The Six of Us	Kevin Tree	Television film
1983	Dixie: Changing Habits	Emcee
1984	Remington Steele	Doc Gridley	Episode: "Second Base Steele"
1987	The New Mike Hammer	Milo's Henchman	Episode: "A Face in the Night"
	The Equalizer	Victor Thorpe	Episode: "First Light"
1988–1990	In the Heat of the Night	Jay Turkus / Joe Ed Thaxton	2 episodes
1989	Kojak: Fatal Flaw	Payton	Television film
1990	Blue Bayou	Morley Rickerts
1991	This Gun for Hire	Tom Scott
	Major Dad	Barney Flatt	Episode: "Major Moonlighting"
1994–1996	Walker, Texas Ranger	Evan Calder / Officer Strangis	2 episodes
1995	Pointman	Martin Hirsch	Episode: "Judgement Day"
1996	The Big Easy	Elliott Booker	Episode: "The Gambler"
1999	Homicide: Life on the Street	Bus Driver McCusker	Episode: "Shades of Gray"
2000	Sacrifice	Dr. Hector Salcodo	Television film
2004	Frankenfish	Chief
	The Brooke Ellison Story	Literature Professor
2005	Snow Wonder	Judge Tilma
2007	Girl, Positive	Parent
2010	Memphis Beat	Mayor Brian Talmadge	Episode: "I Shall Not Be Moved"
2010–2013	Treme	Dr. Roger McAlary	7 episodes
2012–2013	Suit Up	Tom Wilshire	9 episodes
2015	I Killed My BFF	Simon	Television film
2016	Roots	Second Gambler	Episode: "Part 3"
2017	Mississippi River Sharks	Big Bill	Television film
2019	I Am the Night	Miller	Episode: "Matador"