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 TV miniseries based on the "North and South" novels by John Jakes 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 & 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 Masters Degree in psychology from Pepperdine University.
Filmography
2008
Wildfire - Ken Davis (semi-regular appearances)
2007
Wildfire - Ken Davis (semi-regular appearances)
2006
Wildfire - Ken Davis (semi-regular appearances)
Charmed - Victor Bennett (semi-regular appearances)
Pepper Dennis - guest-appearance
2005
American Dreams - George Mason (semi-regular appearances)
Charmed - Victor Bennett (semi-regular appearances)
Wildfire - Ken Davis (semi-regular appearances)
A Lot Like Love - Brent Friehl
Crossing Jordan - guest-appearance
2004
American Dreams - George Mason (semi-regular appearances)
Charmed - Victor Bennett (semi-regular appearances)
The Making of North and South - Himself / George Hazard
2003
Charmed - Victor Bennett (semi-regular appearances)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde - Elle's Father
American Dreams - George Mason (semi-regular appearances)
Charmed: Behind the Magic - Victor Bennett
2002
Charmed - Victor Bennett (semi-regular appearances)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch - guest-appearance
Becker - guest-appearance
Intimate Portrait: Finola Hughes - Himself
2001
Charmed - Victor Bennett (semi-regular appearances)
Not Another Teen Movie - Preston's Father
Legally Blonde - Elle's Father
Star Trek: Voyager - two guest-appearances
2000
Touched by an Angel - guest-appearance
1999
Profiler - guest-appearance
1998
Indiscreet - Zachariah Dodd
Push - guest-appearance
1997
Diagnosis Murder - guest-appearance
The Cape - guest-appearance
7th Heaven - guest-appearance
Walking Thunder - Abner Murdock
1996
Home Improvement - guest-appearance
Full Circle - Judge Carter
Harvest of Fire - Scott
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - guest-appearance
1995
When the Dark Man Calls - Det. Michael Lieberman
The Other Woman - Michael Bryan
Murder, She Wrote - guest-appearance
1994
Heaven Help Us - guest-appearance
Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III - George Hazard
1992
The President's Child - Sen. James Guthrie
Love Crimes - Stanton Gray
1991
Princess - guest-appearance
1990
Web of Deceit - Paul Evanston
Columbo: Uneasy Lies the Crown - Dr. Wesley Corman
Midnight Caller - guest-appearance
Lola - Peter Baltic
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn - unknown
1988
Beaches - Michael Essex
Eight Men Out - Claude "Lefty" Williams
1987
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story - Cary Grant
Celebration Family - James Marston
Shell Game - Riley/John Reid
1986
North and South, Book II - George Hazard
1985
North and South, Book I - George Hazard
Midas Valley - Josh Landau
Lace II - Daryl Webster
Robert Kennedy & His Times - Teddy Kennedy
1984
The Initiation - Peter
Matt Houston - guest-appearance
Jessie - guest-appearance
1983
Blue Thunder - Policeman
Remington Steele - Murphy Michaels (1982-83)
Trapper John, M.D. - guest-appearance
Fantasy Island - guest-appearance
Hotel - guest-appearance
1982
Cheers - guest-appearance
unknown years
A Journey of Love
External links
James Read at the Internet Movie Database
James Read article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
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