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Birthday: Jul 31, 1953
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, USA

James Read

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Lace 2 Daryl Webster 1985
Eight Men Out Lefty Williams 1988
Beaches Michael Essex 1988
The Initiation Peter 1984
Love Crimes Stanton Gray 1992
Full Circle Judge Carter 1996
Walking Thunder Abner Murdock 1997
A Lot Like Love Brent Friehl 2005
The Other Woman Michael 1995
Indiscreet Zachariah Dodd 1998
Web of Deceit Paul Evanston 1990
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn Hugh 1990
Legally Blonde Elle's Father 2001
Midas Valley Josh Landau 1985
Not Another Teen Movie Preston's Father 2001
When the Dark Man Calls Detective Michael Lieberman 1995
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Elle's Father 2003
All Signs of Death Westin Nye 1970
The President's Child Sen. James Guthrie 1992
Blue Thunder Policeman at Bridge 1983
Fame Alice's Dad 2009
Series Cast Year
Murder, She Wrote Boyd Venton 1984
Cheers H.W. Sawyer 1982
Columbo Wesley Corman 1971
Castle Anton McHugh 2009
Remington Steele Murphy Michaels 1982
Trapper John, M.D. 1979
Home Improvement Captain Jenkins 1991
Touched by an Angel Nick 1994
Cold Case Prof. Robert Boreki (2008) 2003
Crossing Jordan Dean William Hargrave 2001
Charmed Victor Bennett 1998
American Dreams Mr. Mason 2002
Hotel 1982
Diagnosis: Murder David McReynolds 1993
Profiler 1996
Becker Dan 1998
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 1993
7th Heaven James Carver 1996
The Cape 1996
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951
Pepper Dennis Mr. Brinkman 2006
Intimate Portrait Self 1993
Princesses 1991
Matt Houston 1982
Jessie 1984
Shell Game 1987
Heaven Help Us 1994
Push 1998
North and South George Hazard 1985
Wildfire Ken Davis 2005
Star Trek: Voyager Jaffen 1995
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Ben 1996
Lace II Daryl Webster 1985
Bosch: Legacy RHD Capt. Rick Seals 2022
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story Cary Grant 1989
This Is Us Duffy Collins 2016
The Orville Admiral Christie 2017
Station 19 Jonathan Clifton Tucker 2018
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