James McEachin
Acting • Born 1930-05-20
Biography
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
99 credits
2010
Movie • 1984
Victor Milson
Fuzz
Movie • 1972
Det. Arthur Brown
Buck and the Preacher
Movie • 1972
Kingston
The Dead Don't Die
Movie • 1975
Frankie Specht
Play Misty for Me
Movie • 1971
Al Monte
The Judge and Jake Wyler
Movie • 1972
Quint
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Movie • 1972
Bender
Allison Sydney Harrison
Movie • 1983
Lt. Jesse Herman
UFO Cafe
Movie • 1990
Frank
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Movie • 1972
Loughton
The Alpha Caper
Movie • 1973
Scat
That Certain Summer
Movie • 1972
Mr. Early, the Conductor
Deadlock
Movie • 1969
Noah
Coogan's Bluff
Movie • 1968
Man (uncredited)
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
Movie • 1971
Eddie Jewell
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
Movie • 1971
Timothy
Short Walk to Daylight
Movie • 1972
Ed
Hello, Dolly!
Movie • 1969
Laborer (uncredited)
True Grit
Movie • 1969
Judge Parker's Bailiff (uncredited)
Gridlock
Movie • 1980
Speed-O
Sworn to Vengeance
Movie • 1993
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
Movie • 1968
Defense Counsel
The Undefeated
Movie • 1969
Jimmy Collins
The Neon Ceiling
Movie • 1971
Highway Patrolman
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Movie • 1968
Policeman (uncredited)
Honeyboy
Movie • 1982
Nate Walker
Lawman Without a Gun
Movie • 1979
Harris McIntyre
The Black Klansman
Movie • 1966
Lonnie
Samurai
Movie • 1979
Richardson
Uptight
Movie • 1968
Mello
Every Which Way but Loose
Movie • 1978
Herb
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
Movie • 1986
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Movie • 1987
Harry Forbes
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Movie • 1988
Police Sergeant Clifford Brock
The Brotherhood of the Bell
Movie • 1970
Police Detective
Double Exposure
Movie • 1994
Detective Becker
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Movie • 1989
Lt Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Movie • 1989
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
Movie • 1990
Lt. Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Movie • 1990
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
Movie • 1991
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Movie • 1991
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
Movie • 1992
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
Movie • 1992
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Movie • 1993
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Movie • 1994
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
Movie • 1992
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Movie • 1993
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Movie • 1995
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
Movie • 1993
Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
Movie • 1993
Lt. Ed Brock
Crosscurrent
Movie • 1971
Don Cope
The Lawyer
Movie • 1970
Striker
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Movie • 1968
Reporter (uncredited)
Christina
Movie • 1974
Donovan
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Lewis Lomax
First Monday
TV • 2002
Jerome Morris
Columbo
TV • 1971
Walter Mearhead
Tenafly
TV • 1973
Harry Tenafly
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Dewey Randolph
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Patrolman
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Officer Wood
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Lt. Moore
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Freddy Rivers
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Rivers
Cowboy in Africa
TV • 1967
Dr. Lee Matsis
Matlock
TV • 1986
Frank Daniels
The Bold Ones: The Senator
TV • 1970
Hamilton
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Reggie Hill
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Henderson
Crazy like a Fox
TV • 1984
Brigga
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Jackson
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Garth
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
FBI Agent David Shore
Dragnet
TV • 1967
Off. Tim Miles
Ironside
TV • 1967
Luther
Ironside
TV • 1967
Jerry Maxon
Mannix
TV • 1967
Benjy (uncredited)
Columbo
TV • 1971
Billy Jones
Hunter
TV • 1984
Frank Garriman
All in the Family
TV • 1971
Mr. Turner
It Takes a Thief
TV • 1968
Gate Guard
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Major Cromwell
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV • 1979
Richard Selvan
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Grover Dillon
The Invisible Man
TV • 1975
Leland McCallister / James Smith
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Lt. Crockett
Snoops
TV • 1989
Del Morris
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Lt. Franks
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Stuart
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Agent #2
Dragnet
TV • 1967
2nd Officer
Then Came Bronson
TV • 1969
Spud
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
TV • 1990
Sam Frank
Harry O
TV • 1974
Teaser Strock
It Takes a Thief
TV • 1968
Earl Danton
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Harris Jeffries
Matlock
TV • 1986
Hollis Greeley
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Dr. Maxwell