Harper, James 1948- (J. W. Harper, James W. Harper)

PERSONAL

Born October 8, 1948, in Bell, CA.

Addresses:

Agent—Craig Wyckoff and Associates, 11350 Ventura Blvd., Suite 100, Studio City, CA 91604.

Career:

Actor.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Mr. Roder, Firstborn (also known as First Born and Moving In), Paramount, 1984.

Willie Rainach, Blaze, Buena Vista, 1989.

Police officer, Last Exit to Brooklyn (also known as Letzte Ausfahrt Brooklyn), 1989, Cinecom International Pictures, 1990.

Malcolm Rollins, Mortal Sins (also known as Dangerous Obsession, Divine Obsession, and God's Payroll), Panorama Entertainment, 1990.

Frank Ross, The Servants of Twilight (also known as Dean R. Koontz's "The Servants of Twilight"), Trimark Pictures, 1991.

Lieutenant Laster, Switch (also known as Blake Edwards' "Switch"), Warner Bros., 1991.

Senior FBI official, One Tough Bastard (also known as North's War and One Man's Justice), Live Entertainment, 1995.

Supportive admiral, Down Periscope (also known as Abajo el periscopio, Cilgin denizalti, Giu le mani dal mio periscopio, Locos a bordo, Mission—Rohr frei!, Nagi peryskop, Nao mexas no meu periscopio, Periskope dol!, Perskooppi pystyyn, Titta, vi dyker!, Touche pas a mon periscope, Tuez a viz ala, and Y a-t-il un commandant pour sauver la Navy?), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996.

Admiral Kelso, Armageddon (also known as Armageddon—Das jungste Gericht and Armageddon—giudizio finale), Buena Vista, 1998.

Third FBI agent, The Insider (also known as Insider, Man of the People, Revelations, 60 Minutes, Untitled Michael Mann Project, and The Untitled Tobacco Project), Buena Vista, 1999.

Man in delicatessen, Squint, 2001.

Government agent, Psychic Driving (short film), Symerra Productions, 2005.

Mr. Stanton, Divided We Stand, Providence Productions, 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

Voice for English version, Trigun (anime; also known as Tribun #1: The $$60,000,000,000 Man and Toraigan), Cartoon Network and other channels, beginning 2003, series originally broadcast by TV Tokyo, beginning 1998.

Jordan Lovell, General Hospital: Night Shift, SOAPnet, 2007.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Detective Orsini, Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker (also known as Hunt for the Night Stalker), NBC, 1989.

Man with neck brace, Love and Lies (also known as True Betrayal), 1990.

Governor Faubus, The Ernest Green Story, Disney Channel, 1993.

Orin Moser, Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back (also known as Broken Promises), CBS, 1993.

Staff doctor, The Switch, CBS, 1993.

Dr. Isaacs, Widow's Kiss, HBO, 1994.

Winston, Witch Hunt, HBO, 1994.

Charles Pettit, If Someone Had Known, NBC, 1995.

Longy Zwillman, Lansky, HBO, 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

(As J. W. Harper) First servant to Cornwall, "King Lear," Great Performances, PBS, 1974.

Blick, "The Time of Your Life," Theatre in America, PBS, 1976.

Reverend Salvation, "The Cradle Will Rock" (musical), America's Musical Theater, PBS, 1985.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Principal Riley, "School Daze," Freddy's Nightmares (also known as Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series, Freddy, le cauchemar de vos nuits, Freddyn painajaiset, Las pesadillas de Freddy, and Les cauchemars de Freddy), syndicated, 1989.

Dan Galloway, "The Talk Show," Matlock, NBC, 1990.

Lieutenant colonel Wilson, "Acceptable Losses," Tour of Duty (also known as Operation Vietnam), CBS, 1990.

Michael Stoner, "On Your Honor," L.A. Law, NBC, 1990.

Vincent Loggia, "Sea Bride—June 3, 1954," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1990.

Jimmy DeGalla, "Hello, Goodbye," Life Goes On (also known as Glenbrook), ABC, 1991.

Jennings, "The First Time," Sisters, NBC, 1992.

Max Morofsky, "The Rose Cadillac," Tequila and Bonetti, CBS, 1992.

Rao Vantika, "The Passenger," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as Deep Space Nine, DS9, and Star Trek: DS9), syndicated, 1993.

(In archive footage) Dan Galloway, "The Murder Game," Matlock, ABC, 1994.

Vegas Bob, "The Trash Man," Deadly Games, UPN, 1996.

Karl, "Party, Party," Frasier (also known as Dr. Frasier Crane), NBC, 1998.

Dr. Terry Gerber, "A Goy and His Dog," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1999.

"C.Q.," Pensacola: Wings of Gold (also known as Pensacola), syndicated, 1999.

"Inheritance," Profiler, NBC, 1999.

"Night Traps," Pensacola: Wings of Gold (also known as Pensacola), syndicated, 1999.

Admiral Hodges, "Promises," JAG, CBS, 2000.

Clyde Durant, "The Treachery of Compromise," Judging Amy, CBS, 2001.

Tommy Reedle, "Peeping Tommy," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2001.

Dr. Jay Weiss, "My Name Is Amy Gray …," Judging Amy, CBS, 2005.

Some sources cite appearances in other programs, including an appearance as Spengler in Diagnosis Murder, CBS.

Stage Appearances:

First servant to Cornwall, King Lear, New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theatre, New York City, 1974.

Blick, The Time of Your Life, Acting Company, New York City, 1975-76.

Kent, King Lear, Acting Company, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1978.

Swedish general, Mother Courage and His Children, Acting Company, American Place Theatre, 1978.

Reverend Salvation and Professor Trixie and understudy for other roles, The Cradle Will Rock (musical), Acting Company, American Place Theatre, 1983.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

(As James W. Harper) Voice of Prelate Zeratul, StarCraft, 1998.

Voices of Admiral Gerard DuGalle and Prelate Zeratul, StarCraft Expansion Set: Brood War, 1998.

Voices of the wanderer, Tal Rasha, and Griez, Diablo II, 2000.