James Read

Biography

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.

Most Known For

NCIS

as Alan Newhall

Columbo

as Wesley Corman

Castle

as Anton McHugh

This Is Us

as Duffy Collins

Star Trek: Voyager

as Jaffen

Charmed

as Victor Bennett

Murder, She Wrote

as Boyd Venton

Cheers

as H.W. Sawyer

Crossing Jordan

as Dean William Hargrave

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Ben

The Orville

as Admiral Christie

Cold Case

as Prof. Robert Boreki (2008)

Diagnosis: Murder

as David McReynolds

Station 19

as Jonathan Clifton Tucker

Home Improvement

as Captain Jenkins

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Jack Olsen

Bosch: Legacy

as RHD Capt. Rick Seals

Touched by an Angel

as Nick

Hotel

7th Heaven

as James Carver