Jim Lovell: Jim Lovell. Actor: Apollo 13. James Arthur Lovell Jr. is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 which, after a critical failure en route, circled the...
Known For: Apollo 13 (Captain of USS Iwo Jima(uncredited)), The Man Who Fell to Earth (Capt. James Lovell, Commander of Apollo 13(as Capt. James Lovell)), Belleau Wood (Writer), In the Shadow of the Moon (Self(as James Lovell))