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James Christopher Read (born July 31, 1953) is an American actor, best known for his role of George Hazard in the North and South television miniseries. Read was born in Buffalo, New York, as the second of three children in family (has an older brother and a younger sister). He started acting as a student of law at the University of Oregon that he graduated from in 1976. He studied acting in New York and then did several off Broadway and regional theatres such as The Denver Center Theatre Company, where he had a couple of leading roles and spent three seasons. In 1998 additionally, he... MORE

James Christopher Read (born July 31, 1953) is an American actor, best known for his role of George Hazard in the North and South television miniseries. Read was born in Buffalo, New York, as the second of three children in family (has an older brother and a younger sister). He started acting as a student of law at the University of Oregon that he graduated from in 1976. He studied acting in New York and then did several off Broadway and regional theatres such as The Denver Center Theatre Company, where he had a couple of leading roles and spent three seasons. In 1998 additionally, he earned his Masters Degree in psychology from Pepperdine University. Read is best known for his role as George Hazard in the three North and South TV miniseries (1985, 1986 and 1994) based on the John Jakes trilogy of novels of the same name (his co-star; Patrick Swayze taught him how to ride a horseback), and for his co-starring role in the movie Beaches. He had a recurring role on The WB series Charmed as Victor Bennett and was also a regular during the first season of Remington Steele. Recently, he could be seen as Ken Davis in the ABC family drama Wildfire and an ambassador Franklin Fairchild in LESS