James McEachin

Acting

Born May 20, 1930, Rennert, North Carolina, USA

James McEachin was born on May 20, 1930 in Rennert, North Carolina. At the age of 18 he joined the US Armed Forces and served in the Korean War earning many medals of valor to include the Purple Heart and Silver Star. After leaving the military he spent time as a policeman and then fireman before moving to California and becoming a record producer. After a short stint in the music industry McEachin went into acting and spent many years in film and television. Not yet content he took time away from acting to become an award-winning author and maker of audio books. In 2005 McEachin was appointed as a US Army Reserve Ambassador and spends his free time speaking to soldiers, veterans and America. In late 2006 he produced the film-short Old Glory, a film short for the soldier, veteran and patriot in us all. In 2008 McEachin opened his one-man play, Above the Call; Beyond the Duty at the John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, DC and his since played Casa Manana, Ft. Worth, TX, Brentwood Theater, Los Angeles, CA, and Merle Reskin Theatre, Chicago, IL. McEachin is married with three grown children and resides in So Cal.

Filmography

• First Monday — Jerome Morris
• 1995Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester — Lt. Ed Brock
• 1994Double Exposure — Detective Becker
• 1994Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle — Lt. Ed Brock
• Diagnosis: Murder — Lewis Lomax
• 1993Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss — Lt. Ed Brock
• 1993Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal — Lt. Ed Brock
• 1993Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host — Lt. Ed Brock
• 1993Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives — Lt. Ed Brock
• 1993Sworn to Vengeance
• 1992Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing — Lt. Ed Brock
• 1992Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride — Lt. Ed Brock
• 1992Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo — Lt. Ed Brock
• 1991Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin — Lt. Ed Brock
• 1991Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter — Lt. Ed Brock
• Max Monroe: Loose Cannon — Sam Frank
• 1990Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen — Lt. Brock
• 1990Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer — Lt. Ed Brock
• 1990UFO Cafe — Frank
• 1989Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin — Lt. Ed Brock
• 1989Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder — Lt Ed Brock
• Snoops — Del Morris
• 1988Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace — Police Sergeant Clifford Brock
• 1987Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel — Harry Forbes
• Matlock — Frank Daniels, Hollis Greeley
• 1986Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun — Lt. Ed Brock
• 19842010 — Victor Milson
• Crazy like a Fox — Brigga
• Hunter — Frank Garriman
• Murder, She Wrote — Grover Dillon
• 1983Allison Sydney Harrison — Lt. Jesse Herman
• 1983Sudden Impact — Detective Barnes
• 1982Honeyboy — Nate Walker
• St. Elsewhere — Harris Jeffries
• T. J. Hooker — Lt. Franks
• Hill Street Blues — Reggie Hill
• 1980Gridlock — Speed-O
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century — Richard Selvan
• 1979Lawman Without a Gun — Harris McIntyre
• 1979Samurai — Richardson
• 1978Every Which Way but Loose — Herb
• Quincy, M.E. — Dr. Maxwell
• 1975The Dead Don't Die — Frankie Specht
• The Invisible Man — Leland McCallister / James Smith
• 1974Christina — Donovan
• Harry O — Teaser Strock
• Petrocelli — Dr. Herb Shoate
• The Rockford Files — FBI Agent David Shore
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Garth, Major Cromwell
• Tenafly — Harry Tenafly
• 1973The Alpha Caper — Scat
• 1972Buck and the Preacher — Kingston
• Emergency! — Lt. Crockett, Milt
• 1972Fuzz — Det. Arthur Brown
• 1972Short Walk to Daylight — Ed
• 1972That Certain Summer — Mr. Early, the Conductor
• 1972The Groundstar Conspiracy — Bender
• 1972The Judge and Jake Wyler — Quint
• 1972Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol — Loughton
• All in the Family — Mr. Turner
• Columbo — Walter Mearhead, Billy Jones
• 1971Crosscurrent — Don Cope
• 1971O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra — Timothy
• 1971Play Misty for Me — Al Monte
• 1971The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill — Eddie Jewell
• 1971The Neon Ceiling — Highway Patrolman
• The Bold Ones: The Senator — Hamilton
• 1970The Brotherhood of the Bell — Police Detective
• 1970The Lawyer — Striker
• 1969Deadlock — Noah
• Hawaii Five-O — Captain John Anderson
• 1969Hello, Dolly! — Laborer (uncredited)
• 1969The Undefeated — Jimmy Collins
• Then Came Bronson — Spud
• 1969True Grit — Judge Parker's Bailiff (uncredited)
• Adam-12 — Dewey Randolph, Patrolman, Officer Wood, Lt. Moore, Freddy Rivers
• 1968Coogan's Bluff — Man (uncredited)
• 1968If He Hollers, Let Him Go! — Defense Counsel
• It Takes a Thief — Gate Guard, Earl Danton
• 1968The Legend of Lylah Clare — Reporter (uncredited)
• The Name of the Game — Henderson, Jackson, Stuart
• 1968Uptight — Mello
• 1968Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? — Policeman (uncredited)
• Cowboy in Africa — Dr. Lee Matsis
• Dragnet — Off. Tim Miles, 2nd Officer
• Ironside — Luther, Jerry Maxon
• Mannix — Benjy (uncredited)
• 1966The Black Klansman — Lonnie
• The Wild Wild West — Agent #2