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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.


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Born:
Jul 31, 1953 In Buffalo - New York - USA
Movie/TV Credits:
57
First Appeared:
In the movie All Signs of Death
Latest Project:
Series This Is Us 2016-09-20
Known For
Poster of Push
Poster of Heaven Help Us
Poster of Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Poster of Lace II
Filmography
Movie All Signs of Death Westin Nye 2025
Series This Is Us Duffy Collins 2016-09-20
Movie Fame Alice's Dad 2009-09-23
Series Castle Anton McHugh 2009-03-09
Series Pepper Dennis Unknown 2006-04-04
Series Wildfire Ken Davis 2005-06-20
Movie A Lot Like Love Brent Friehl 2005-04-21
Series Cold Case Unknown 2003-09-28
Movie Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Elle's Father 2003-07-02
Series American Dreams Unknown 2002-09-29
Movie Legally Blonde Elle's Father 2001-07-13
Series Crossing Jordan Unknown 2001-09-24
Movie Not Another Teen Movie Preston's Father 2001-12-07
Series Push 1998-04-06
Movie Indiscreet Zachariah Dodd 1998-08-28
Series Charmed Victor Bennett 1998-10-07
Series Becker Unknown 1998-11-02
Movie Walking Thunder Abner Murdock 1997-01-01
Series The Cape Unknown 1996-09-09
Series 7th Heaven Unknown 1996-08-26
Series Profiler Unknown 1996-09-21
Series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Ben 1996-09-27
Movie Full Circle Judge Carter 1996-09-09
Series Star Trek: Voyager Unknown 1995-01-16
Movie When the Dark Man Calls Detective Michael Lieberman 1995-06-14
Movie The Other Woman Michael 1995-03-26
Series Heaven Help Us Unknown 1994-08-25
Series Touched by an Angel Unknown 1994-09-21
Series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Unknown 1993-09-12
Series Diagnosis: Murder Unknown 1993-10-29
Series Intimate Portrait Unknown 1993-11-14
Movie Love Crimes Stanton Gray 1992-01-24
Movie The President's Child Sen. James Guthrie 1992-10-27
Series Princesses Unknown 1991-09-27
Series Home Improvement Unknown 1991-09-17
Movie Web of Deceit Paul Evanston 1990-10-17
Movie Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn Hugh 1990-10-21
Series Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story Cary Grant 1989-04-30
Movie Eight Men Out Claude 'Lefty' Williams 1988-09-02
Movie Beaches Michael Essex 1988-12-21
Series Shell Game 1987-01-08
Movie Midas Valley Josh Landau 1985-06-27
Series Lace II Daryl Webster 1985-05-05
Movie Lace 2 Daryl Webster 1985-09-01
Series North and South George Hazard 1985-11-03
Series Jessie Unknown 1984-09-18
Movie The Initiation Peter 1984-12-07
Series Murder, She Wrote Unknown 1984-09-30
Movie Blue Thunder Policeman at Bridge 1983-02-05
Series Hotel Unknown 1982-08-21
Series Cheers Unknown 1982-09-30
Series Remington Steele Murphy Michaels 1982-10-01
Series Matt Houston Unknown 1982-09-26
Movie The Sleep of Death Marquis' Servant 1980-11-01
Series Trapper John, M.D. Unknown 1979-09-23
Series Columbo Unknown 1971-09-15
Series Hallmark Hall of Fame Unknown 1951-12-24