We kennen James het beste, in zijn rol van 'Victor Bennett' in Charmed. Hij speelt de vader van de drie zussen Phoebe, Piper en Prue. Dus ook de man van de overleden Patty Halliwell, hun moeder.
James was in den beginne helemaal niet geïnteresseerd in acteren. Hij volgde 'Rechten' op de universiteit van Oregon. Na afgestudeerd te hebben, verhuisde hij naar New York, waar hij acteerlessen nam, en al eens optrad in kleine theaters. Ook haalde hij een 'Masters Degree' in psychologie aan de Pepperdine Universiteit in 1996. Hij is waarschijnlijk het best gekend in zijn hoofdrol als 'George Hazard' in de 30 uur durende mini-serie 'North and South', hier gekend als 'Noord en Zuid'.
James heeft een zeer lange lijst van televisie, film en toneel optredens, opgedaan gedurende zijn twintig-jarige carrière. Bv films waar hij een hoofdrol in had : 'Beaches', John Sayles 'Eight Men Out', 'Love Crimes' en 'Walking Thunder'. Een paar televisie shows : 'Harvest of Fire' samen met Lolita Davidovitch, 'Full Circle', 'The other woman', 'The President's Child' met Donna Mills, 'When Dark Man Calls' en 'Poor Little Rich Girl' waarin hij Cary Grant speelt, met Farrah Fawcett als tegenspeelster. Zijn eerste hoofdrol als een televisie acteur was in een serie genaamd 'Remington Steele' en later deed hij mee in 'Shell game' samen met Margot Kidder.
Tevens had hij verschillende gastrollen doorheen de jaren in populaire TV shows zoals, 'Becker', 'Sabrina' en 'Star Trek - Voyager'. Ook speelde hij de vader van Reese Witherspoon in de grote film hit 'Legally Blonde'.
Films, TV Shows
notable TV Guest Appearances
- "Charmed" playing "Victor Bennett" in episode: "Still Charmed and Kicking" (episode # 8.1) 25 September 2005
- "Wildfire" playing "Ken Davis" in episode: "Loyalty" (episode # 1.12) 12 September 2005
- "Wildfire" playing "Ken Davis" in episode: "Impressions" (episode # 1.11) 5 September 2005
- "Wildfire" playing "Ken Davis" in episode: "Mothers" (episode # 1.3) 11 July 2005
- "Wildfire" playing "Ken Davis" in episode: "Trust" (episode # 1.2) 27 June 2005
- "Wildfire" playing "Ken Davis" in episode: "Pilot" (episode # 1.1) 20 June 2005
- "Charmed" playing "Victor Bennett" in episode: "Something Wicca This Way Goes" (episode # 7.22) 22 May 2005
- "American Dreams" playing "George Mason" in episode: "It's My Life" (episode # 3.17) 30 March 2005
- "American Dreams" playing "George Mason" in episode: "No Satisfaction" (episode # 3.16) 23 March 2005
- "Crossing Jordan" playing "Dean Hargrave" in episode: "Family Affair" (episode # 4.12) 30 January 2005
- "American Dreams" playing "George Mason" in episode: "Tidings of Comfort and Joy" (episode # 3.9) 21 November 2004
- "Charmed" playing "Victor Bennett" in episode: "Cheaper by the Coven" (episode # 7.3) 26 September 2004
- "Charmed" playing "Victor Bennett" in episode: "Hyde School Reunion" (episode # 6.17) 14 March 2004
- "American Dreams" playing "George Mason" in episode: "The Long Goodbye" (episode # 2.9) 30 November 2003
- "American Dreams" playing "George Mason" in episode: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" (episode # 2.2) 5 October 2003
- "Charmed" playing "Victor Bennett" (archive footage) in episode: "Cat House" (episode # 5.18) 13 April 2003
- "Charmed" playing "Victor Bennett" in episode: "The Day the Magic Died" (episode # 5.15) 16 February 2003
- "American Dreams" playing "George Mason" in episode: "Great Expectations" (episode # 1.12) 12 January 2003
- "Charmed" playing "Victor Bennett" in episode: "Sympathy for the Demon" (episode # 5.7) 3 November 2002
- "American Dreams" playing "Mr. Mason" in episode: "New Frontier" (episode # 1.3) 13 October 2002
- "American Dreams" playing "Mr. Mason" in episode: "The End of the Innocence" (episode # 1.2) 6 October 2002
- "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" playing "Ben, Josh's Father" in episode: "The Competition" (episode # 6.17) 5 April 2002
- "Charmed" playing "Victor Bennett" in episode: "Marry-Go-Round" (episode # 4.15) 14 March 2002
- "Becker" playing "Dan" in episode: "The Ex-Files" (episode # 4.12) 14 January 2002
- "Charmed" playing "Victor Bennett" in episode: "Charmed Again: Part 1" (episode # 4.1) 4 October 2001
- "Star Trek: Voyager" playing "Jaffen" in episode: "Workforce: Part 2" (episode # 7.17) 28 February 2001
- "Charmed" playing "Victor Bennett" in episode: "Just Harried" (episode # 3.15) 22 February 2001
- "Star Trek: Voyager" playing "Jaffen" in episode: "Workforce: Part 1" (episode # 7.16) 21 February 2001
- "Charmed" playing "Victor Bennett" in episode: "The Good, the Bad and the Cursed" (episode # 3.14) 15 February 2001
- "Charmed" playing "Victor Bennett" in episode: "We All Scream for Ice Cream" (episode # 3.10) 18 January 2001
- "Touched by an Angel" playing "Nick" in episode: "Millennium" (episode # 6.11) 2 January 2000
- "Profiler" playing "James Lofton" in episode: "Las Brisas" (episode # 3.20) 15 May 1999
- "Diagnosis Murder" playing "David McReynolds" in episode: "Open and Shut" (episode # 5.2) 25 September 1997
- "The Cape" playing "Jeff" in episode: "Just Like Old Times" (episode # 1.20) 5 May 1997
- "7th Heaven" playing "Bill Sanders" in episode: "Brave New World" (episode # 1.16) 17 February 1997
- "Home Improvement" playing "Captain Jenkins" in episode: "At Sea" (episode # 6.1) 17 September 1996
- "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" playing "Jack Olsen" in episode: "The Dad Who Came in From the Cold" (episode # 3.13) 14 January 1996
- "Murder, She Wrote" playing "Boyd Venton" in episode: "Death 'N Denial" (episode # 11.13) 22 January 1995
- "Heaven Help Us" playing "Max" in episode: "The Last Great Hope" (episode # 1.7) 3 October 1994
- "Princesses" playing "Michael Decrow" in episode: "Pilot" (episode # 1.1) 27 September 1991
- "Midnight Caller" playing "Richard Clark" in episode: "Nighthawk's Got the Blues" (episode # 2.22) 1990
- "Matt Houston" playing "Fletcher/Jason Haywood" in episode: "The High Fashion Murders" (episode # 3.8) 16 November 1984
- "Jessie" playing "The Streak" in episode: "The Lady Killer" (episode # 1.2) 25 September 1984
- "Hotel" playing "Pike" in episode: "Christmas" (episode # 1.11) 21 December 1983
- "Fantasy Island" playing "Eddie Random" in episode: "Random Choices/My Mother, the Swinger" (episode # 7.8) 3 December 1983
- "Trapper John, M.D." playing "Ace Bukowski" in episode: "The Agony of D'Feet" (episode # 5.8) 20 November 1983
- "Cheers" playing "Herb 'H.W.' Sawyer" in episode: "Friends, Romans, and Accountants" (episode # 1.7) 11 November 1982
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