James McEachin
Actor
Biography
James McEachin was born on May 20, 1930 in Rennert, North Carolina. At the age of 18 he joined the US Armed Forces and served in the Korean War earning many medals of valor to include the Purple Heart and Silver Star. After leaving the military he spent time as a policeman and then fireman before moving to California and becoming a record producer. After a short stint in the music industry McEachin went into acting and spent many years in film and television. Not yet content he took time away from acting to become an award-winning author and maker of audio books. In 2005 McEachin was appointed as a US Army Reserve Ambassador and spends his free time speaking to soldiers, veterans and America. In late 2006 he produced the film-short Old Glory, a film short for the soldier, veteran and patriot in us all. In 2008 McEachin opened his one-man play, Above the Call; Beyond the Duty at the John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, DC and his since played Casa Manana, Ft. Worth, TX, Brentwood Theater, Los Angeles, CA, and Merle Reskin Theatre, Chicago, IL.
McEachin is married with three grown children and resides in So Cal.
Filmography
True Grit
as Judge Parker's Bailiff (uncredited) 1969
Play Misty for Me
as Al Monte 1971
Every Which Way but Loose
as Herb 1978
Hello, Dolly!
as Laborer (uncredited) 1969
Coogan's Bluff
as Man (uncredited) 1968
The Undefeated
as Jimmy Collins 1969
Buck and the Preacher
as Kingston 1972
Fuzz
as Det. Arthur Brown 1972
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Reporter (uncredited) 1968
The Groundstar Conspiracy
as Bender 1972
That Certain Summer
as Mr. Early, the Conductor 1972
Uptight
as Mello 1968
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
as Lt. Ed Brock 1995
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
as Lt. Ed Brock 1986
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Policeman (uncredited) 1968
The Dead Don't Die
as Frankie Specht 1975