Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 31, 1953
Place of Birth:
Buffalo, New York, USA
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James Read
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Christopher Read (born July 31, 1953) is an American actor.
Read was born in Buffalo, New York. He started acting as a student of the University of Oregon where he graduated in 1976. He studied acting in New York and then did several off Broadway and regional theatres such as The Denver Center Theatre Company, where he had a couple of leading roles and spent three seasons.
Read is perhaps best known for his role as George Hazard in the three North and South TV miniseries (1985, 1986 and 1994) based on the John Jakes trilogy of novels of the same name, and for his co-starring role in the movie Beaches. Read is married to actress Wendy Kilbourne, whom he met on the set of North and South. He had a recurring role on The WB series Charmed as Victor Bennett and was also a regular during the first season of Remington Steele. Currently, he may be seen as Ken Davis in the ABC family drama Wildfire.
In 1998, he also earned his Masters Degree in psychology from Pepperdine University.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Fame | Alice's Dad |
| 2005 | A Lot Like Love | Brent Friehl |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Elle's Father |
| 2001 | Legally Blonde | Elle's Father |
| 2001 | Not Another Teen Movie | Preston's Father |
| 1998 | Indiscreet | Zachariah Dodd |
| 1997 | Walking Thunder | Abner Murdock |
| 1996 | Full Circle | Judge Carter |
| 1995 | The Other Woman | Michael |
| 1995 | When the Dark Man Calls | Detective Michael Lieberman |
| 1992 | Love Crimes | Stanton Gray |
| 1992 | The President's Child | Sen. James Guthrie |
| 1990 | Web of Deceit | Paul Evanston |
| 1990 | Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | Hugh |
| 1988 | Eight Men Out | Lefty Williams |
| 1988 | Beaches | Michael Essex |
| 1985 | Lace 2 | Daryl Webster |
| 1985 | Midas Valley | Josh Landau |
| 1984 | The Initiation | Peter |
| 1983 | Blue Thunder | Policeman at Bridge |
| All Signs of Death | Westin Nye |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bosch: Legacy | RHD Capt. Rick Seals |
| 2018 | Station 19 | Jonathan Clifton Tucker |
| 2017 | The Orville | Admiral Christie |
| 2016 | This Is Us | Duffy Collins |
| 2009 | Castle | Anton McHugh |
| 2006 | Pepper Dennis | Mr. Brinkman |
| 2005 | Wildfire | Ken Davis |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Prof. Robert Boreki (2008) |
| 2002 | American Dreams | Mr. Mason |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Dean William Hargrave |
| 1998 | Charmed | Victor Bennett |
| 1998 | Becker | Dan |
| 1998 | Push | |
| 1996 | Profiler | |
| 1996 | 7th Heaven | James Carver |
| 1996 | The Cape | |
| 1996 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Ben |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Jaffen |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Nick |
| 1994 | Heaven Help Us | |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | David McReynolds |
| 1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self |
| 1991 | Home Improvement | Captain Jenkins |
| 1991 | Princesses | |
| 1989 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story | Cary Grant |
| 1987 | Shell Game | |
| 1985 | North and South | George Hazard |
| 1985 | Lace II | Daryl Webster |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Boyd Venton |
| 1984 | Jessie | |
| 1982 | Cheers | H.W. Sawyer |
| 1982 | Remington Steele | Murphy Michaels |
| 1982 | Hotel | |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | |
| 1971 | Columbo | Wesley Corman |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame |