
James Read
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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.
Known For

Charmed

Star Trek: Voyager

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Cold Case

Station 19

Crossing Jordan

Castle

7th Heaven

This Is Us

The Orville

Columbo

Bosch: Legacy

Profiler

Murder, She Wrote

American Dreams

Touched by an Angel

Trapper John, M.D.

Becker

Cheers

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Diagnosis: Murder

Home Improvement

The Cape

Princesses

Not Another Teen Movie

Legally Blonde

Blue Thunder

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

A Lot Like Love

Wildfire

The Other Woman

Remington Steele
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