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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Buffalo, New York, USA, 1953-07-31

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	Blue Thunder	Policeman at Bridge	62
2	1984	The Initiation	Peter	56
3	1985	Midas Valley	Josh Landau	0
4	1985	Lace 2	Daryl Webster	0
5	1988	Eight Men Out	Lefty Williams	69
6	1988	Beaches	Michael Essex	67
7	1990	Web of Deceit	Paul Evanston	0
8	1990	Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn	Hugh	61
9	1992	Love Crimes	Stanton Gray	45
10	1992	The President's Child	Sen. James Guthrie	0
11	1995	The Other Woman	Michael	0
12	1995	When the Dark Man Calls	Detective Michael Lieberman	0
13	1996	Full Circle	Judge Carter	40
14	1997	Walking Thunder	Abner Murdock	61
15	1998	Indiscreet	Zachariah Dodd	57
16	2001	Legally Blonde	Elle's Father	68
17	2001	Not Another Teen Movie	Preston's Father	58
18	2003	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Elle's Father	57
19	2005	A Lot Like Love	Brent Friehl	68
20		All Signs of Death	Westin Nye	0
21	2009	Fame	Alice's Dad	57

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame		87
2	1971	Columbo	Wesley Corman	81
3	1979	Trapper John, M.D.		65
4	1982	Hotel		68
5	1982	Matt Houston		62
6	1982	Cheers	H.W. Sawyer	76
7	1982	Remington Steele	Murphy Michaels	71
8	1984	Jessie		50
9	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Boyd Venton	75
10	1985	Lace II	Daryl Webster	52
11	1985	North and South	George Hazard	74
12	1987	Shell Game		50
13	1989	Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story	Cary Grant	45
14	1991	Home Improvement	Captain Jenkins	74
15	1991	Princesses		85
16	1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman		70
17	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	David McReynolds	71
18	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
19	1994	Heaven Help Us		20
20	1994	Touched by an Angel	Nick	72
21	1995	Star Trek: Voyager	Jaffen	78
22	1996	7th Heaven	James Carver	64
23	1996	The Cape		77
24	1996	Profiler		70
25	1996	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Ben	78
26	1998	Push		50
27	1998	Charmed	Victor Bennett	82
28	1998	Becker	Dan	72
29	2001	Crossing Jordan	Dean William Hargrave	72
30	2002	American Dreams	Mr. Mason	51
31	2003	Cold Case	Prof. Robert Boreki (2008)	78
32	2005	Wildfire	Ken Davis	86
33	2006	Pepper Dennis	Mr. Brinkman	52
34	2009	Castle	Anton McHugh	80
35	2016	This Is Us	Duffy Collins	82
36	2017	The Orville	Admiral Christie	76
37	2018	Station 19	Jonathan Clifton Tucker	82
38	2022	Bosch: Legacy	RHD Capt. Rick Seals	80