James McEachin

James McEachin

Nascimento : 1930-05-20, Rennert, North Carolina, USA

História

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.

Perfil

James McEachin

Filmes

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Lt. Ed Brock
Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and demanding sitcom star.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Lt. Ed Brock
A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accused of murdering a prominent TV personality.
Double Exposure
Detective Becker
White collar crime, a crooked PI and a top notch homicide forensics team come together in this low-budget erotic thriller about a wife killed while in a hotel room with her lover.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Lt. Ed Brock
Anthony Caruso, an old friend of Perry Mason, comes to Denver on the request of Dee Morrison. She's married to famed photographer David Morrison, who wants to shoot a photo featuring his former models. The tricky thing is that all of his former models are also his former wives. But Dee knows Anthony can convince them to do it which he does. And David shoots them. Later Dee catches David it what appears to be in an inappropriate situation with his assistant. They have an argument and she leaves. Later David is found dead and she's arrested and Anthony defends her. And he suspects it could have been one of the wives
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
Lt. Ed Brock
On the set of a popular daytime soap opera 'Mile High', actress Kris Buckner is being forced off by co-star Mark Stratton. When she says that she'll 'kill him before she leaves the show', she makes herself the prime suspect when Stratton is murdered by someone poisoning him. As an old friend, Perry Mason comes to the help of Kris and agrees to defend her. Meanwhile Ken goes in search of information with the help of fan of the show.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
Lt. Ed Brock
Dr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arranges Perry to be interviewed by Winslow Keene who is also the station's owner. Winslow enrages the rest of the talk show hosts on the station by informing them of changes that he is making to their time slots. That night, Winslow is shot by a hit man hired by someone at the station and Sheila is set up for the murder. She calls in Perry and as usual Perry, Della and Ken swing into action to find out who really did it.
Sworn to Vengeance
3 kids have been brutally murdered. Sergeant Stewart gets the job investigating this macabre case. He is very determined to solve the case and he even listens to a woman that had a vision about the murders.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Lt. Ed Brock
The owner of a cosmetics company is unveiling a new cream which she claims she's been using. She's been keeping her age a secret and now reveals that she's 60 and owes her appearance to the cream. She's later killed and the formula missing. Her husband is arrested and Perry defends him.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason is invited to the marriage of the daughter of an old friend of his. But after the ceremony the uncle of the bride is dead. Certainly this is a case for Perry Mason.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
Lt. Ed Brock
Sleazy talk show host Ted Mayne writes a tell-all book, which enrages and embarrasses several very prominent women. One of them, actress Roxanne Shield, loses her composure during an interview and winds up making a televised death threat. Of course, when Ted is murdered, she is arrested. Witnesses claim they saw Roxanne outside his apartment that night and police later find the murder weapon in her car. Renowned defence attorney Perry Mason accepts the challenge of defending her in court.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
Lt. Ed Brock
A painter, believed to be dead, returns to make allegations that a gallery owner is selling counterfeits of his work. Later, the artist is murdered.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Lt. Ed Brock
David Katz is a world famous magician and he comes to Denver with his group to perform for a charity gala for disabled children. Also there is Perry and Della as all three are supporters of the charity. Kate Ford, an assistant with an arrogant attitude, tells David that she is, from now on, going to do an illusion in which an assistant is raised in a glass coffin only to disappear when the coffin is opened up in the air (while the assistant climbs out before the coffin is raised.) After a one night stand with David, Kate is pregnant and she blackmails David with this. David and his wife Judy can't have children so that comes as a double blow to them. However Kate, with her attitude, creates much hatred at her from the rest of the group. At the gala, the glass coffin is raised but when it opens Kate's dead body falls to the ground - strangled.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry is at TV station "KGGY" to be interviewed but thanks to the interference of main anchor-person Brett Huston the interview is pulled. Mostly everybody hates Brett as Brett knows all the station workers secrets. He has also written a memo insulting all of the main station players - Vic St. John - the station manager, Twyla Cooper - the producer, Chuck Gilmore - the sports reporter, Gary Slate - the weatherman, Cassie Woodfield - the reporter and Gillian Pope. Brett is shot dead with Gillian's gun and therefore is arrested for the crime. Gillian calls in Perry, Della and Ken to investigate. As Della and Perry set out to solve the mystery, Ken gets close to Cassie but she is a suspect and when it appears that somebody is trying to kill her, the mystery deepens..
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?
Frank
The visitor that you might expect for Christmas is not who shows up in this film. Instead, a mysterious stranger (Bridges) befriends a small-town eccentric (Mulligan) and confides in him that he is from another planet.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had a tremendous discussion with her husband and her manager.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
Lt. Brock
The chief suspects in the murder of an author are the numerous colleagues whom he continuously plagiarized.
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Lt. Ed Brock
A hockey player of friend of Ken Malansky's is accused of murdering a team owner. Perry takes the case.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Lt Ed Brock
A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his case.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Police Sergeant Clifford Brock
Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months after the sentencing, a new witness turns up to prove the man's innocence. Mason steps in to defend the man.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Harry Forbes
Perry is sueing a gutter trash newspaper that is running a story about a love affair between him and Della. The editor also has "dirt" files on an Army General, his banker and other "clients". All of them make little-concealed verbal threats to him at a party but the person that hated him most is a female reporter who the editor had just fired from the paper for attempting to write a serious story. She threatens him and soon after the editor is found, floating in his pool, shot. The reporter is arrested for the crime and Perry, who has a personal stake in this matter, with the aid of Della and Paul set out to solve the mystery. But the other suspects just want the case over with and will go to any lengths to protect their pasts and their secrets
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
Lt. Ed Brock
A priest is murdered and the main suspect is a nun.
2010 - O Ano em Que Faremos Contato
Victor Milson
A bordo da nave Leonov, uma tripulação que reúne americanos e soviéticos, está a caminho de um encontro com a Discovery, estacionada em órbita fixa. Aquilo que eles não sabem é que estão a caminho, também, de um futuro desconhecido para os humanos, e que o seu destino poderá ficar nas mãos do antigo computador da Discovery, o HAL-9000.
Honeyboy
Nate Walker
Rico 'Honeyboy' Ramirez is a Puerto Rican from the South Bronx who finds fame and fortune as a middleweight boxer. But he soon learns that it's not all it's cracked up to be when he loses sight of his goals. He becomes romantically involved with his attractive publicist, and then he has to prove himself in the ring after learning that his biggest victory was rigged by his shady, mob-connected, promoters.
Gridlock
Speed-O
A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system caught in a gridlock that John Beck, as a traffic expert, endeavors to unsnarl.
Samurai
Richardson
Lee Cantrell, a young San Francisco attorney by day, at night becomes a samurai warrior, and battles a crazed multi-millionaire who is planning to destroy the city with an earthquake machine.
Doido para Brigar... Louco para Amar
Herb
Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) é um caminhoneiro briguento que está acompanhado de um orangotango que ele ganhou em uma aposta. Eles começam a cruzar o sudoeste dos Estados Unidos para tentar encontrar uma cantora country por quem Philo ficou apaixonado.
Lawman Without a Gun
Harris McIntyre
During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a popular segregationist.
The Dead Don't Die
Frankie Specht
In the 1930s, a sailor trying to prove that his brother was wrongly executed for murder finds himself becoming drawn into the occult world.
The Alpha Caper
Scat
A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull off a $30-million armored car robbery.
A Juíza
Quint
A retired lady judge runs a private detective agency with a charming ex-con as her leg man and various parolees helping in the day-to-day operation.
Um Certo Verão
Um adolescente precisa lidar com a homossexualidade de seu divorciado pai. Considerado o primeiro filme de TV a retratar a homossexualidade de uma maneira prática e clara.
Short Walk to Daylight
Ed
Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.
Aliados Contra o Crime
Det. Arthur Brown
Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.
Conspiração Infernal
Bender
A break-in and sabotage attempt occurs at a top secret research institute and the culprit is cornered and captured. The problem is that he's been badly injured and claims to have lost his memory entirely. A cat-and-mouse game ensues between investigator Tuxan, the mystery intruder Welles and the people who sent him on the mission.
Um por Deus, Outro pelo Diabo
Kingston
Um filme de Western que marca a estréia de Sidney Poitier como diretor. Buck (Poitier), um ex-sargento Confederado da Cavalaria, escolta escravos libertos até a fronteira do Colorado. Junto com ele vai sua esposa (Ruby Dee) e um condenado picareta com uma bíblia na mão, chamado de O Padre (Belafonte). Atacados por racistas caçadores de recompensa, determinados a devolvê-los à sua antiga condição de escravos, Buck e seus seguidores têm que usar toda coragem para continuar seu caminho e ajudar a construir o Velho Oeste.
Crosscurrent
Don Cope
Two San Francisco detectives investigating a murder committed on one of the city's famous cable cars discover that the victim was the son of a shipping tycoon. The trail leads to a drug dealer, a shady physician and a nervous police captain
Perversa Paixão
Al Monte
Na cidade de Carmel, o popular radialista David passa uma noite com uma estranha que conhece num bar, Evelyn. A mulher, no entanto, é uma fã obcecada e passa a atormentar sua vida e a de todos que o cercam.
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
Timothy
Suddenly widowed by an accident, a deputy sheriff from the Midwest becomes a customs agent and cracks a narcotics ring. Pilot movie for the series "O'Hara, U.S. Treasury."
The Neon Ceiling
Highway Patrolman
A housewife and her teenage daughter, fleeing their boring lives, stop in a diner in the California desert. She runs up against the diner's owner, a gruff, beer-drinking artist whose life's work is the neon sculptures he creates and attaches to the ceiling.
D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
Eddie Jewell
D.A. Paul Ryan doesn't buy self-defense when a pharmacist fatally shoots an armed robber and brings the man up on manslaughter charges, for which he's convicted. However, when Ryan discovers the pharmacist's double life--he's been running a burglary ring out of the pharmacy, and the dead man may have been a member of said ring, he vacates the manslaughter conviction and sets out to nail him for murder instead.
A Irmandade do Sino
Police Detective
Um professor de sucesso tem sua carreira ameaçada por um segredo de seu passado - na época de faculdade ele tornou-se membro de uma poderosa sociedade secreta, e agora a sociedade tem uma missão para ele.
Crime Perfeito?
Striker
Tony Petrocelli, a bright young lawyer practicing in the rich cattle town of Baker, becomes embroiled in a murder case.
Alô, Dolly!
Laborer (uncredited)
Dolly Levy é uma viúva socialite que trabalha como casamenteira. Ela viaja para Yonkers para encontrar uma parceira para o "meio-milionário" Horace Vandergelder. Dory insentiva os dois funcionário de Vangergelder a viajar para Nova Yorque para procurar garotas onde acaba se metendo em grandes confusões.
Jamais Foram Vencidos
Jimmy Collins
Após a Guerra Civil, o ex Coronel da União John Henry Thomas e o ex Coronel Confederado James Langdon estão comandando dois grupos diferentes de pessoas através do México conturbado. John Henry e companhia estão levando cavalos para o impopular governo mexicano por US $ 35 por cabeça, enquanto Langdon lidera um grupo de refugiados sulistas que estão à procura de uma nova vida no México, depois de perder suas propriedades para Carpetbaggers (negociantes do norte). Os dois homens são forçados a acertar suas diferenças, a fim de lutar contra os dois bandidos e revolucionários que, como eles, tentam levar os seus amigos e parentes para a segurança.
Bravura Indômita
Judge Parker's Bailiff (uncredited)
Rooster Cogburn é um ex-xerife alcoólatra contratado por uma menina de 14 anos para vingar a morte de seu pai. Para pegar o criminoso, eles terão de entrar em um território indígena e enfrentar os comparsas do assassino que estão caçando, homens que não veem problema em matar uma adolescente.
Deadlock
Noah
The murder of a journalist, coming shortly after the killings of a black teenager and a white cop, threatens to inflame passions in the city. To prevent a riot, Lieutenant Sam Danforth and District Attorney Leslie Washburn are determined to find the killer, even though they do not exactly get along with each other and disagree over procedure.
Uptight
Mello
Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
Meu Nome é Coogan
Man (uncredited)
Um assistente de xerife do Arizona (Clint Eastwood) vai a Nova York para levar ao seu estado um homem suspeito de assassinato (Don Stroud). Mas, quando o prisioneiro escapa, o policial começa a persegui-lo, com métodos muito pessoais.
The Black Klansman
Lonnie
After his daughter is killed by the KKK, a black man seeks revenge by passing as white and becoming a Klansman.
Étude in Black
Billy Jones
Young and talented concert pianist Jenifer Welles is threatening to go public with details of her affair with brilliant symphony orchestra conductor Alex Benedict. Since Alex's strong-willed mother-in-law, Lizzi Fielding, is the chairman of the symphony board, he cannot risk the scandal.