James Read

Personal Info

Birthday

July 31, 1953

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Buffalo, New York, USA

Also Known As

James Christopher Read

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.

Known For

NCIS

Castle

Columbo

Star Trek: Voyager

Charmed

Murder, She Wrote

Cheers

Bosch: Legacy

Filmography

2009
Fame
as Alice's Dad
2005
A Lot Like Love
as Brent Friehl
2003
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
as Elle's Father
2001
Not Another Teen Movie
as Preston's Father
Legally Blonde
as Elle's Father
1998
Indiscreet
as Zachariah Dodd
1997
Walking Thunder
as Abner Murdock
1996
Full Circle
as Judge Carter
1995
When the Dark Man Calls
as Detective Michael Lieberman
The Other Woman
as Michael
1992
The President's Child
as Sen. James Guthrie
Love Crimes
as Stanton Gray
1990
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
as Hugh
Web of Deceit
as Paul Evanston
1988
Beaches
as Michael Essex
Eight Men Out
as Lefty Williams
1987
Celebration Family
as James Marston
1985
Lace 2
as Daryl Webster
Midas Valley
as Josh Landau
1984
The Initiation
as Peter
1983
Blue Thunder
as Policeman at Bridge