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.

Filmography

• Bosch: Legacy — RHD Capt. Rick Seals
• Station 19 — Jonathan Clifton Tucker
• The Orville — Admiral Christie
• This Is Us — Duffy Collins
• Castle — Anton McHugh
• 2009Fame — Alice's Dad
• In Plain Sight — Damon Schmidt
• Pepper Dennis — Mr. Brinkman
• 2005A Lot Like Love — Brent Friehl
• Wildfire — Ken Davis
• Cold Case — Prof. Robert Boreki (2008)
• 2003Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde — Elle's Father
• NCIS — Alan Newhall
• American Dreams — Mr. Mason
• Crossing Jordan — Dean William Hargrave
• 2001Legally Blonde — Elle's Father
• 2001Not Another Teen Movie — Preston's Father
• Becker — Dan
• Charmed — Victor Bennett
• 1998Indiscreet — Zachariah Dodd
• Push
• 7th Heaven — James Carver
• 1996Full Circle — Judge Carter
• Profiler — James Lofton
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Ben
• The Cape
• Star Trek: Voyager — Jaffen
• 1995The Other Woman — Michael
• 1995Walking Thunder — Abner Murdock
• 1995When the Dark Man Calls — Detective Michael Lieberman
• Heaven Help Us
• Touched by an Angel — Nick
• Diagnosis: Murder — David McReynolds
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Jack Olsen
• 1992Love Crimes — Stanton Gray
• 1992The President's Child — Sen. James Guthrie
• Home Improvement — Captain Jenkins
• Princesses
• 1990Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn — Hugh
• 1990Web of Deceit — Paul Evanston
• Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story — Cary Grant
• 1988Beaches — Michael Essex
• 1988Eight Men Out — Lefty Williams
• 1987Celebration Family — James Marston
• Shell Game
• 1985Lace 2 — Daryl Webster
• Lace II — Daryl Webster
• 1985Midas Valley — Josh Landau
• North and South — George Hazard
• Jessie
• Murder, She Wrote — Boyd Venton
• 1984The Initiation — Peter
• 1983Blue Thunder — Policeman at Bridge
• Cheers — H.W. Sawyer
• Hotel — Pike
• Matt Houston
• Remington Steele — Murphy Michaels
• Trapper John, M.D.
• Columbo — Wesley Corman
• Hallmark Hall of Fame
• All Signs of Death — Westin Nye

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Intimate Portrait — Self