James Read
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-07-31 (71 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 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
Acting
All Signs of Death
as Westin Nye
(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)
Legally Blonde
as Elle's Father
(2001)
Not Another Teen Movie
as Preston's Father
(1998)
Indiscreet
as Zachariah Dodd
(1997)
Walking Thunder
as Abner Murdock
(1996)
Full Circle
as Judge Carter
(1995)
The Other Woman
as Michael
(1995)
When the Dark Man Calls
as Detective Michael Lieberman
(1992)
Love Crimes
as Stanton Gray
(1992)
The President's Child
as Sen. James Guthrie
(1990)
(1990)
Web of Deceit
as Paul Evanston
(1988)
Beaches
as Michael Essex
(1988)
Eight Men Out
as Lefty Williams
(1985)
Lace 2
as Daryl Webster
(1985)
Midas Valley
as Josh Landau
(1984)
The Initiation
as Peter
(1983)
Blue Thunder
as Policeman at Bridge