James Read

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-07-31 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Buffalo, New York, USA

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 Bea...

Acting

1985

Lace 2

as Daryl Webster

1988

Eight Men Out

as Lefty Williams

1988

Beaches

as Michael Essex

1984

1992

Love Crimes

as Stanton Gray

1996

Full Circle

as Judge Carter

1997

Walking Thunder

as Abner Murdock

2005

A Lot Like Love

as Brent Friehl

1995

The Other Woman

as Michael

1998

Indiscreet

as Zachariah Dodd

1990

Web of Deceit

as Paul Evanston

2001

Legally Blonde

as Elle's Father

1985

Midas Valley

as Josh Landau

2001

Not Another Teen Movie

as Preston's Father

1995

When the Dark Man Calls

as Detective Michael Lieberman

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All Signs of Death

as Westin Nye

1992

The President's Child

as Sen. James Guthrie

1983

Blue Thunder

as Policeman at Bridge

2009

Fame

as Alice's Dad

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