Acting
James McEachin
1930-05-20 · 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.
Known for
2010
Sudden Impact
True Grit
Columbo
Play Misty for Me
Every Which Way but Loose
Murder, She Wrote
The Six Million Dollar Man
Hello, Dolly!
Coogan's Bluff
All in the Family
Hawaii Five-O
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Matlock
The Undefeated
The Rockford Files
Movie credits · 56
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Double Exposure
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
Sworn to Vengeance
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
UFO Cafe
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
2010
Sudden Impact
Allison Sydney Harrison
Honeyboy
Gridlock
Lawman Without a Gun
Samurai
Every Which Way but Loose
The Dead Don't Die
Christina
The Alpha Caper
The Judge and Jake Wyler
That Certain Summer
Short Walk to Daylight
Fuzz
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Buck and the Preacher
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Crosscurrent
TV credits · 33
First Monday
Diagnosis: Murder
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
Snoops
Matlock
Crazy like a Fox
Murder, She Wrote
Hunter
St. Elsewhere
T. J. Hooker
Hill Street Blues
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Quincy, M.E.
The Invisible Man
The Rockford Files
Harry O
Petrocelli
The Six Million Dollar Man
Tenafly
Emergency!
Columbo
All in the Family
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Then Came Bronson
Hawaii Five-O
Adam-12
The Name of the Game
It Takes a Thief
Mannix
Cowboy in Africa
Ironside
Dragnet
The Wild Wild West
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