James McEachin
ActingAlso Known As
Jimmy Mack
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.
Movies
(55 total)
2010
as Victor Milson
True Grit
as Judge Parker's Bailiff (uncredited)
Play Misty for Me
as Al Monte
Hello, Dolly!
as Laborer (uncredited)
Coogan's Bluff
as Man (uncredited)
The Undefeated
as Jimmy Collins
Buck and the Preacher
as Kingston
Fuzz
as Det. Arthur Brown
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Groundstar Conspiracy
as Bender
That Certain Summer
as Mr. Early, the Conductor
Uptight
as Mello
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
as Lt. Ed Brock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
as Lt. Ed Brock
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Dead Don't Die
as Frankie Specht
The Black Klansman
as Lonnie
The Brotherhood of the Bell
as Police Detective
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
as Police Sergeant Clifford Brock
TV Shows
(44 total)
Columbo
as Walter Mearhead
Columbo
as Billy Jones
Murder, She Wrote
as Grover Dillon
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Major Cromwell
All in the Family
as Mr. Turner
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Richard Selvan
Matlock
as Frank Daniels
Matlock
as Hollis Greeley
The Rockford Files
as FBI Agent David Shore
Diagnosis: Murder
as Lewis Lomax
Hill Street Blues
as Reggie Hill
Quincy, M.E.
as Dr. Maxwell
Hunter
as Frank Garriman
T. J. Hooker
as Lt. Franks
St. Elsewhere
as Harris Jeffries
The Wild Wild West
as Agent #2
Ironside
as Luther
Ironside
as Jerry Maxon
Mannix
as Benjy (uncredited)