Name
James N. Harrell
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1918-09-03
Deathday
2000-02-01 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Waco, Texas, USA
Biography
James Nelson Harrell was an American actor with a career spanning several decades. He graduated from Baylor University and held a Master's Degree in Drama from Trinity University. Harrell studied acting at the original Baylor Theater with Paul Baker in the 1930s and, in 1940, was invited to join Michael Chekhov's Acting Studio in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He appeared in films such as Michael (1996) and The Green Mile (1999). Harrell's extensive work in theater and film left a lasting impact on the acting community.
Known For
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Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorit...
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A radio host is victimised by the notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal h...
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During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or ...
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Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's bee...
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In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the ...
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Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas...
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Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling aro...
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Haunted by memories of his father murdering a family, Arlis Sweeney prefers to keep to him...
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After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called ...
- 1970 A Bullet for Pretty Boy as Sam Floyd
- 1981 Raggedy Man as Ticket Taker
- 1975 Race with the Devil as Gun Shop Owner
- 1980 Urban Cowboy as Minister at Gravesite
- 1995 The Good Old Boys as Pierson Phelps
- 1989 Lost Angels as Shelby
- 1984 The Dollmaker as Old John Miller
- 1986 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Cut-Rite Manager
- 1993 Flesh and Bone as Woody
- 1980 Resurrection as Doc Lurkin
- 1984 Country as Bank Officer, Jim
- 1979 The Whole Shootin' Match as Rhonda Lynn's Father
- 1991 Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind as Hoyle Barker
- 1974 Houston, We've Got a Problem as Newsman
- 1992 Leap of Faith as Ramsey
- 1990 Pair of Aces as Charlie
- 1991 JFK as Sam Holland
- 1973 Paper Moon as The Minister
- 1974 Don't Hang Up! as Dr. Crawther
- 1986 The Lone Star Kid
- 1996 A Family Thing as Earl Pilcher Sr.
- 1987 Nadine as Deacon
- 1990 The Hot Spot as Elderly Man (as James Harrell)
- 1974 The Sugarland Express as Mark Fenno
- 1972 Encounter with the Unknown as Brother Taylor
- 1990 Texasville as Odessa Oil Man
- 1996 Michael as Old Geezer #1
- 1977 Outlaw Blues as Cop Chauffeur
- 1975 The Great Waldo Pepper as Farmer
- 1985 Noon Wine as Tom Allbright
- 1977 Rolling Thunder as Grandpa
- 1999 Varsity Blues as Murray
- 1999 A Slipping Down Life as Doctor
- 1998 Hope Floats as Harry Calvert
- 1989 Riverbend as McBride (as Jim Harrell)
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Tom Allbright
