James McEachin
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.
Acting
Movie
2010
as Victor Milson
1984
Movie
True Grit
as Judge Parker's Bailiff (uncredited)
1969
TV
Columbo
as Walter Mearhead
1971
TV
Columbo
as Billy Jones
1971
Movie
Play Misty for Me
as Al Monte
1971
Movie
Every Which Way but Loose
as Herb
1978
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Grover Dillon
1984
TV
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Garth
1974
TV
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Major Cromwell
1974
Movie
Hello, Dolly!
as Laborer (uncredited)
1969
Movie
Coogan's Bluff
as Man (uncredited)
1968
TV
All in the Family
as Mr. Turner
1971
TV
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Richard Selvan
1979
TV
Matlock
as Frank Daniels
1986
TV
Matlock
as Hollis Greeley
1986
Movie
The Undefeated
as Jimmy Collins
1969
TV
The Rockford Files
as FBI Agent David Shore
1974
TV
Hill Street Blues
as Reggie Hill
1981
TV
Diagnosis: Murder
as Lewis Lomax
1993
TV
Quincy, M.E.
as Dr. Maxwell
1976
TV
Hunter
as Frank Garriman
1984
TV
T. J. Hooker
as Lt. Franks
1982
TV
St. Elsewhere
as Harris Jeffries
1982
TV
The Wild Wild West
as Agent #2
1965