James N. Harrell
Birthday: 1918-09-03
Place of Birth: Waco, Texas, USA
Biography: James Nelson Harrell was an American actor with a career spanning several decades. He graduated from Baylor University and held a Master's Degree in Drama from Trinity University. Harrell studied acting at the original Baylor Theater with Paul Baker in the 1930s and, in 1940, was invited to join Michael Chekhov's Acting Studio in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He appeared in films such as Michael (1996) and The Green Mile (1999). Harrell's extensive work in theater and film left a lasting impact on the acting community.
Movies
A Bullet for Pretty Boy
A biography of Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, a gangster who started his career at a young age after se...
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Raggedy Man
Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town ...
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Race with the Devil
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness...
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Urban Cowboy
After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, ...
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The Good Old Boys
An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintainin...
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Lost Angels
Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill...
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The Dollmaker
During World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a factory...
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
A radio host is victimised by the notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal hunts them....
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Flesh and Bone
Haunted by memories of his father murdering a family, Arlis Sweeney prefers to keep to himself, focu...
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Resurrection
The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she h...
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Country
Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus...
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The Whole Shootin' Match
Lloyd and Frank, two lifelong friends and self-styled entrepreneurs in Austin, try to find the get-r...
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Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
A gambler, a Texas ranger and an FBI agent are investigating a series of vigilante murders....
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Houston, We've Got a Problem
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massi...
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Leap of Faith
Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around Americ...
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Pair of Aces
A Texas Ranger has to protect his two daughters as he investigates a serial killer who is attacking ...
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JFK
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans dis...
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Paper Moon
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be...
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Don't Hang Up!
A young woman, Amanda Post (Susan Bracken), is summoned to the house in which she grew up to attend ...
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The Lone Star Kid
The Lone Star Kid is about a compassionate eleven year old boy who becomes mayor of a small town whe...
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A Family Thing
Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and paren...
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Nadine
Hairdresser Nadine Hightower wants to retrieve the risqué photos she once posed for, but when she vi...
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The Hot Spot
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and ...
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The Sugarland Express
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resol...
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Encounter with the Unknown
Three eerie tales based on actual events are enacted in this film. First, three college students pla...
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Texasville
Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming q...
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Michael
Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a w...
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Outlaw Blues
An aspiring musician is released from prison to find that a song he had written while locked up has ...
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The Great Waldo Pepper
A biplane pilot and WWI veteran takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the ...
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Noon Wine
The drama, adapted from a story by Katherine Anne Porter, tells of a Swedish immigrant who arrives o...
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Rolling Thunder
A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. He...
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Varsity Blues
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of a...
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A Slipping Down Life
A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer....
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Hope Floats
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping...
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Riverbend
A black major and his men are on the run from a rigged court-martial and hide out in a small Georgia...
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