James McEachin
Date of birth: 1930-05-20
Place of birth: Rennert, North Carolina, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jimmy Mack
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.
Movie Credits
2010
1984-12-06
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American s
Fuzz
1972-07-14
Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.
Buck and the Preacher
1972-03-17
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
The Dead Don't Die
1975-01-14
In the 1930s, a sailor trying to prove that his brother was wrongly executed for murder finds himsel
Play Misty for Me
1971-10-01
A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps
The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972-12-02
A retired lady judge runs a private detective agency with a charming ex-con as her leg man and vario
The Groundstar Conspiracy
1972-06-12
A break-in and sabotage attempt occurs at a top secret research institute and the culprit is cornere
Allison Sydney Harrison
1983-08-19
The story, set in San Francisco, depicts the adventures of Allison Sydney Harrison, a high-school st
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?
1990-12-23
The visitor that you might expect for Christmas is not who shows up in this film. Instead, a mysteri
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972-01-30
An American soldier manages to endure his captivity in a Vietnamese POW camp by keeping alive the me
The Alpha Caper
1973-10-06
A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull off a $30-million ar
That Certain Summer
1972-11-01
The first US teleplay to deal sympathetically with homosexuality. Divorced San Francisco contractor
Deadlock
1969-02-22
The murder of a journalist, coming shortly after the killings of a black teenager and a white cop, t
Coogan's Bluff
1968-10-02
Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prison
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
1971-01-11
D.A. Paul Ryan doesn't buy self-defense when a pharmacist fatally shoots an armed robber and brings
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
1971-04-02
Suddenly widowed by an accident, a deputy sheriff from the Midwest becomes a customs agent and crack
Short Walk to Daylight
1972-10-24
Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthq
Hello, Dolly!
1969-12-12
Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserl
True Grit
1969-06-11
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging h
Gridlock
1980-10-02
A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an
Sworn to Vengeance
1993-03-22
3 kids have been brutally murdered. Sergeant Stewart gets the job investigating this macabre case. H
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
1968-10-08
James Lake (Raymond St. Jacques) is an escaped black convict imprisoned for a murder he didn't commi
The Undefeated
1969-10-04
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are
The Neon Ceiling
1971-02-08
A housewife and her teenage daughter, fleeing their boring lives, stop in a diner in the California
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968-06-19
When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including W
Honeyboy
1982-10-17
Rico 'Honeyboy' Ramirez is a Puerto Rican from the South Bronx who finds fame and fortune as a middl
Lawman Without a Gun
1979-05-30
During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern t
The Black Klansman
1966-06-01
After his daughter is killed by the KKK, a black man seeks revenge by passing as white and becoming
Samurai
1979-04-30
Lee Cantrell, a young San Francisco attorney by day, at night becomes a samurai warrior, and battles
Uptight
1968-12-28
Set against the backdrop of a community mourning the recent MLK assassination, Black militants build
Every Which Way but Loose
1978-12-16
Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
1986-05-29
A priest is murdered and the main suspect is a nun.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
1987-11-15
Perry is suing a gutter trash newspaper that is running a story about a love affair between him and
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
1988-02-28
Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months
The Brotherhood of the Bell
1970-09-17
A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past — in his college days he bec
Double Exposure
1994-04-16
White collar crime, a crooked PI and a top notch homicide forensics team come together in this low-b
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989-04-09
A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his case
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
1989-11-09
A hockey player of friend of Ken Malansky's is accused of murdering a team owner. Perry takes the ca
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
1990-01-21
The chief suspects in the murder of an author are the numerous colleagues whom he continuously plagi
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990-05-20
Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991-01-06
Perry is at TV station "KGGY" to be interviewed but thanks to the interference of main anchor-person
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
1991-05-14
David Katz is a world famous magician and he comes to Denver with his group to perform for a charity
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
1992-03-01
A painter, believed to be dead, returns to make allegations that a gallery owner is selling counterf
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
1992-05-05
Sleazy talk show host Ted Mayne writes a tell-all book, which enrages and embarrasses several very p
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993-12-17
Anthony Caruso, an old friend of Perry Mason, comes to Denver on the request of Dee Morrison. She's
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994-05-10
A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accuse
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
1992-10-30
Perry Mason is invited to the marriage of the daughter of an old friend of his. But after the ceremo
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993-02-19
The owner of a cosmetics company is unveiling a new cream which she claims she's been using. She's b
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995-04-10
Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and deman
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
1993-05-21
Dr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
1993-11-29
On the set of a popular daytime soap opera 'Mile High', actress Kris Buckner is being forced off by
Crosscurrent
1971-11-19
Two San Francisco detectives investigating a murder committed on one of the city's famous cable cars
The Lawyer
1970-03-10
Tony Petrocelli, a bright young lawyer practicing in the rich cattle town of Baker, becomes embroile
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968-08-21
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biogra
Christina
1974-03-06
An unemployed engineer accepts a $25,000 bribe to marry a beautiful and mysterious woman so that she