James Read

James Read

Birthday: 1953-07-31

Place of birth: Buffalo, New York, USA

Also known as: James Christopher Read

imdb_id: nm0416856

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.

Played in movies:

The President's Child

Score: 10.0

Eight Men Out

Score: 6.9

A Lot Like Love

Score: 6.8

Legally Blonde

Score: 6.8

Beaches

Score: 6.7

Blue Thunder

Score: 6.2

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

Score: 6.1

Walking Thunder

Score: 6.1

Celebration Family

Score: 6.0

Not Another Teen Movie

Score: 5.8

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

Score: 5.7

Fame

Score: 5.7

The Initiation

Score: 5.5

Indiscreet

Score: 5.4

Love Crimes

Score: 4.1

Full Circle

Score: 4.0

Web of Deceit

Score: 1.0

All Signs of Death

Score: 0.0

When the Dark Man Calls

Score: 0.0

Midas Valley

Score: 0.0

The Other Woman

Score: 0.0

Lace 2

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Princesses

Score: 8.5

Wildfire

Score: 8.4

This Is Us

Score: 8.2

Station 19

Score: 8.2

Charmed

Score: 8.2

Columbo

Score: 8.1

Bosch: Legacy

Score: 8.0

Castle

Score: 8.0

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Score: 7.8

Cold Case

Score: 7.8

Star Trek: Voyager

Score: 7.8

The Cape

Score: 7.7

The Orville

Score: 7.6

NCIS

Score: 7.6

Cheers

Score: 7.6

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

North and South

Score: 7.5

Home Improvement

Score: 7.4

Crossing Jordan

Score: 7.2

Touched by an Angel

Score: 7.2

Becker

Score: 7.1

In Plain Sight

Score: 7.1

Diagnosis: Murder

Score: 7.1

Remington Steele

Score: 7.1

Profiler

Score: 7.0

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Score: 6.9

Hotel

Score: 6.8

Trapper John, M.D.

Score: 6.5

7th Heaven

Score: 6.4

Matt Houston

Score: 6.2

Lace II

Score: 5.8

Pepper Dennis

Score: 5.2

American Dreams

Score: 5.1

Push

Score: 5.0

Shell Game

Score: 5.0

Jessie

Score: 5.0

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

Score: 4.5

Intimate Portrait

Score: 4.5

Heaven Help Us

Score: 2.0