Pepper Dennis/"Dennis, Bulgari, Big Losers..." (2006, TV Series) - Mr. Brinkman
A Lot Like Love (2005, movie rated PG-13) - Brent Friehl (father of Amanda Peet's character Emily Friehl).
Wildfire/(2005-2008, TV series) - Ken Davis, the wealthy owner of a horse ranch and divorced father of two teenagers (Junior and Dani).
Crossing Jordan/"Family Affair" (2005, TV series) - Dean William Hargrave. A young girl dies after falling from her horse, but is it really murder?
Charmed: Behind the Magic (2003, TV special) - Victor Bennett.
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003, movie rated PG-13) - father of Elle Woods (Reece Witherspoon). James appears in the cast listing, but he does not appear in the movie. My guess: His part was cut to make the movie run shorter.
Intimate Portrait: Finola Hughes (2002, TV series) - himself. (Finola plays Patty Halliwell, mother of the Charmed sisters and ex-wife of Victor Bennett).
American Dreams/"New Frontier" + 7 other episodes. (2002-2005, TV series) - George Mason.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch/"The Competition" (2002, TV series) - Ben. When Sabrina's boyfriend Josh boasts that he can beat her in tennis, she concocts a potion to make her more competitive. But it backfires when she and Josh's mother kick the backsides of Josh and his father (Read) in a "battle of the sexes" match.
Becker/"The Ex Files" (2002, TV series) - Dan Fallon. Reggie (Terry Farrell) becomes infatuated with Dan (Read), Becker's old med school friend who's recently divorced.
Not Another Teen Movie (2001, movie rated R) - Preston's father.
Legally Blonde (2001, movie rated PG-13) - Mr. Woods, the martini drinking father of Elle Woods (Reece Witherspoon).
Star Trek Voyager/"Workforce, Parts 1 & 2" (2001, TV series) - Jaffen. Voyager's crew is kidnapped, brainwashed and forced to work in an alien power plant. Read plays "Jaffen", an alien who becomes romantically involved with Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and helps Voyager's crew to escape.
Charmed/"We All Scream for Ice Cream" + 12 other episodes (2001-2006, TV series) - Victor Bennett (the Charmed sisters' father).
Touched By An Angel/"Millennium" (2000, TV series) - Nick. This episode revolves around a woman (Ann Margaret) whose boyfriend's (Read) intention to propose marriage on New Year's Eve forces her to resolve her troubled past.
Profiler/"Las Brisas" (1999, TV series) - James Lofton. Young women working in a maquiladora factor on the border are turning up dead. James plays the sleazy factor owner.
Indiscreet (1998, movie rated R) - Zachariah Dodd. A wealthy lawyer (Read) hires a detective (Luke Perry) to find out if his wife is cheating on him and is soon murdered.
Push (1998, TV series) - A series about Olympic hopefuls in California Southern University's athletic program.
Seventh Heaven/"Brave New World" (1997, TV series) - Bill Sanders. Reverend Camden (Stephen Collins) tries to convince a deadbeat dead (Read) to pay child support for his daughter's needs.
Walking Thunder (1997, movie rated PG) - Abner Murdoch. An 1800's New England carpenter (John Denver) moves his family to the American West and befriends a mountain man (Read).
Diagnosis Murder/"Open and Shut" (1997, TV series) - Judge David McReynolds. A college freshman with a secret lover (Read) is found murdered in a hotel room.
The Cape/"Just Like Old Times" (1997, TV series) - Jeff Mason. A fast-talking manufacturer's rep (Read) is sent to the space center to cover up the fact that his company is behind schedule.
Danielle Steele's Full Circle (1996, TV movie) - Judge Carver. A woman, traumatized by rape, learns to trust and love again while working as a prosecutor. James plays the judge with whom she eventually finds happiness.
Harvest of Fire (1996, movie rated PG) - Scott. An arsonist is terrorizing an Amish community and the pursuing FBI agent (Lolita Davidovich) must decide between her career or her relationship with her boyfriend (Read).
Home Improvement/"At Sea" (1996, TV series) - Captain Jenkins. In their Tool Time Salute to Engines, Tim and Al visit the USS Constellation and are escorted around the ship by its captain (Read).
Lois & Clark: New Adventures of Superman/"Dad Who Came In From The Cold" (1996, TV series) - Jack Olsen. Lois & Clark help Jimmy Olsen and his secret agent father (Read) track down a computer diskette and save the world.
The Other Woman (1995, TV movie) - Michael Bryan. A woman dying of cancer (Jill Eikenberry) tries to get her two daughters to accept the new wife of her ex-husband (Read).
When the Dark Man Calls (1995, TV movie) - Lt. Michael Leiberman. A radio talk show host (Joan Van Ark) is stalked by the man who killed her parents when she was a child. James plays the police detective who investigates the case and begins an affair with the talk show host.
Murder, She Wrote/"Death 'N Denial" (1995, TV series) - Boyd Venton
Heaven & Hell: North and South, Book 3 (1994, TV miniseries) - George Hazard. This series begins with the post-Civil War reconstruction era.
Heaven Help Us/"The Last Great Hope" (1994, TV series) - Max.
The President's Child (1992, TV movie)- Senator James Guthrie (Read) is a presidential candidate who had a love child with a now-famous reporter (Donna Mills) and his campaign manager is determined to keep the boy a secret.
Love Crimes (1991, movie rate R) - Stanton Grey. A district attorney (Sean Young) tracks a man (Patrick Bergin) who seduces then abuses women by catering to their submissive fantasies. James plays Young's boss and married lover.
Princesses (1991, TV series pilot) - Michael DeCrow. Tracy's (Julie Hagerty) shady fiance' (Read) has a checkered past.
Web of Deceit (1990, TV movie) - Paul Evanston. A San Francisco lawyer (Linda Purl) returns to her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia to defend a murder suspect. But her investigation is complicated when an old lover - who is also the prosecutor (Read) - rekindles their relationship.
NOTE: Since James' acting credits list is 4 pages long, I'm only typing in one page at a time to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome.
The credits above are the latest. The remaining 2 pages will be added later.
