James Read

James Christopher Read (born July 31, 1953) is an American actor. He acted in many movies and television series. He is best known for the North and South miniseries (1985, 1986, 1994). He was born in Buffalo, New York.

Filmography

The following is some of the movies and television programms Read has been in.

Year	Title	role
1983	Blue Thunder	Policeman
	Remington Steele	Murphy Michaels
1984	The Initiation	Peter
1985	North and South, Book I	George Hazard
	Midas Valley	Josh Landau
	Lace II	Daryl Webster
	Robert Kennedy & His Times	Teddy Kennedy
1986	North and South, Book II	George Hazard
1987	Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story	Cary Grant
	Celebration Family	James Marston
	Shell Game	Riley/John Reid
1988	Beaches	Michael Essex
	Eight Men Out	Claude "Lefty" Williams
1990	Web of Deceit	Paul Evanston
	Columbo: Uneasy Lies the Crown	Dr. Wesley Corman
	Lola (TV pilot)	Peter Baltic
1992	The President's Child	Senator James Guthrie
	Love Crimes	Stanton Gray
1994	North and South, Book III	George Hazard
1995	When the Dark Man Calls	Det. Michael Lieberman
	The Other Woman	Michael Bryan
1996	Full Circle	Judge Carter
	Harvest of Fire	Scott
1997	Walking Thunder	Abner Murdock
1998	Indiscreet	Zachariah Dodd
2001	Charmed	Victor Bennett
	Not Another Teen Movie	Preston's Father
	Legally Blonde	Elle's Father
2002	Intimate Portrait: Finola Hughes	Himself
2003	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Elle's Father
	American Dreams	George Mason
	Charmed: Behind the Magic	Victor Bennett
2004	The Making of North and South	Himself / George Hazard
2005	Wildfire	Ken Davis
	A Lot Like Love	Brent Friehl
2009	Fame	Alice's dad
2010	All Signs of Death	Westin Nye
	Persons Unknown	Fairchild

Other websites

• James Read on IMDb