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James Read: Biography

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Birth Name: James Christopher Read
Birth Place: Buffalo, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/31/1953, Leo
Profession: Actor

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James Read Fast Facts:

Studied law in college but fell in love with acting at school and switched career paths.
Appeared on the first season of Remington Steele (1982-83) as a private investigator.
Big break came when he was cast as Pennsylvania soldier George Hazard in the 1985 mini-series North and South, a part he reprised in the 1986 and 1994 sequels.
Fell in love with his North and South wife, played by Wendy Kilbourne, while filming and they later married.
Best known for his TV work playing dads on Charmed and Wildfire.

James Read Relationships:
Jackson Read - Son
Sydney Read - Daughter
Wendy Kilbourne - Wife
Lora Lee - Ex-wife
College:
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (1976); Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA (Masters in Psychology, 1998); attended University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

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Wildfire, Nicole Tubiola, James Read Vivian Zink/ABC Family

Wildfire, James Read, Ryan Sypek Vivian Zink/ABC Family

Wildfire, James Read, Nicole Tubiola Isabella Vosmikova/ABC Family

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