James McEachin

James McEachin

Birthday: 1930-05-20

Place of Birth: Rennert, North Carolina, USA

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

2010
2010

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American s...

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Fuzz
Fuzz

Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city....

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Buck and the Preacher
Buck and the Preacher

A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West....

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The Dead Don't Die
The Dead Don't Die

In the 1930s, a sailor trying to prove that his brother was wrongly executed for murder finds himsel...

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Play Misty for Me
Play Misty for Me

A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps...

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The Judge and Jake Wyler
The Judge and Jake Wyler

A retired lady judge runs a private detective agency with a charming ex-con as her leg man and vario...

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The Groundstar Conspiracy
The Groundstar Conspiracy

A break-in and sabotage attempt occurs at a top secret research institute and the culprit is cornere...

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Allison Sydney Harrison
Allison Sydney Harrison

The story, set in San Francisco, depicts the adventures of Allison Sydney Harrison, a high-school st...

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Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?

The visitor that you might expect for Christmas is not who shows up in this film. Instead, a mysteri...

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Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

An American soldier manages to endure his captivity in a Vietnamese POW camp by keeping alive the me...

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The Alpha Caper
The Alpha Caper

A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull off a $30-million ar...

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That Certain Summer
That Certain Summer

The first US teleplay to deal sympathetically with homosexuality. Divorced San Francisco contractor...

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Deadlock
Deadlock

The murder of a journalist, coming shortly after the killings of a black teenager and a white cop, t...

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Coogan's Bluff
Coogan's Bluff

Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prison...

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The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill

D.A. Paul Ryan doesn't buy self-defense when a pharmacist fatally shoots an armed robber and brings ...

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O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

Suddenly widowed by an accident, a deputy sheriff from the Midwest becomes a customs agent and crack...

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Short Walk to Daylight
Short Walk to Daylight

Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthq...

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Hello, Dolly!
Hello, Dolly!

Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserl...

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True Grit
True Grit

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging h...

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Gridlock
Gridlock

A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an ...

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Sworn to Vengeance
Sworn to Vengeance

3 kids have been brutally murdered. Sergeant Stewart gets the job investigating this macabre case. H...

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If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

James Lake (Raymond St. Jacques) is an escaped black convict imprisoned for a murder he didn't commi...

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The Undefeated
The Undefeated

After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are...

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The Neon Ceiling
The Neon Ceiling

A housewife and her teenage daughter, fleeing their boring lives, stop in a diner in the California ...

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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including W...

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Honeyboy
Honeyboy

Rico 'Honeyboy' Ramirez is a Puerto Rican from the South Bronx who finds fame and fortune as a middl...

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Lawman Without a Gun
Lawman Without a Gun

During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern t...

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The Black Klansman
The Black Klansman

After his daughter is killed by the KKK, a black man seeks revenge by passing as white and becoming ...

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Samurai
Samurai

Lee Cantrell, a young San Francisco attorney by day, at night becomes a samurai warrior, and battles...

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Uptight
Uptight

Set against the backdrop of a community mourning the recent MLK assassination, Black militants build...

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Every Which Way but Loose
Every Which Way but Loose

Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun

A priest is murdered and the main suspect is a nun....

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

Perry is suing a gutter trash newspaper that is running a story about a love affair between him and ...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace

Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months ...

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The Brotherhood of the Bell
The Brotherhood of the Bell

A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past — in his college days he bec...

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Double Exposure
Double Exposure

White collar crime, a crooked PI and a top notch homicide forensics team come together in this low-b...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder

A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his case...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin

A hockey player of friend of Ken Malansky's is accused of murdering a team owner. Perry takes the ca...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen

The chief suspects in the murder of an author are the numerous colleagues whom he continuously plagi...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer

Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had ...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter

Perry is at TV station "KGGY" to be interviewed but thanks to the interference of main anchor-person...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

David Katz is a world famous magician and he comes to Denver with his group to perform for a charity...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo

Sleazy talk show host Ted Mayne writes a tell-all book, which enrages and embarrasses several very p...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

Anthony Caruso, an old friend of Perry Mason, comes to Denver on the request of Dee Morrison. She's ...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing

A painter, believed to be dead, returns to make allegations that a gallery owner is selling counterf...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accuse...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

The owner of a cosmetics company is unveiling a new cream which she claims she's been using. She's b...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and deman...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride

Perry Mason is invited to the marriage of the daughter of an old friend of his. But after the ceremo...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host

Dr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss

On the set of a popular daytime soap opera 'Mile High', actress Kris Buckner is being forced off by ...

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Crosscurrent
Crosscurrent

Two San Francisco detectives investigating a murder committed on one of the city's famous cable cars...

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The Lawyer
The Lawyer

Tony Petrocelli, a bright young lawyer practicing in the rich cattle town of Baker, becomes embroile...

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The Legend of Lylah Clare
The Legend of Lylah Clare

A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biogra...

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Christina
Christina

An unemployed engineer accepts a $25,000 bribe to marry a beautiful and mysterious woman so that she...

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