James Read
Actor
Biography
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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
Not Another Teen Movie
as Preston's Father 2001
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
as Elle's Father 2003
A Lot Like Love
as Brent Friehl 2005
Blue Thunder
as Policeman at Bridge 1983
Fame
as Alice's Dad 2009
Beaches
as Michael Essex 1988
Eight Men Out
as Lefty Williams 1988
The Initiation
as Peter 1984
Love Crimes
as Stanton Gray 1992
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
as Hugh 1990
Indiscreet
as Zachariah Dodd 1998
Walking Thunder
as Abner Murdock 1995
Full Circle
as Judge Carter 1996
The Other Woman
as Michael 1995
Web of Deceit
as Paul Evanston 1990
The President's Child
as Sen. James Guthrie 1992