James Acheson


Biography

James Acheson was a prolific actor who created a name for himself largely on the big screen. Acheson's early acting career mostly consisted of roles in various films, such as the action flick "P.O.W. the Escape" (1986) with David Carradine and the action picture "Assassination" (1987) with Charles Bronson. He additionally landed roles in the TV movies "Perfect People" (ABC, 1987-88) a...

Biography

James Acheson was a prolific actor who created a name for himself largely on the big screen. Acheson's early acting career mostly consisted of roles in various films, such as the action flick "P.O.W. the Escape" (1986) with David Carradine and the action picture "Assassination" (1987) with Charles Bronson. He additionally landed roles in the TV movies "Perfect People" (ABC, 1987-88) and "Body Language" (USA, 1991-92). His film career continued throughout the nineties in productions like the action movie "Strange Days" (1995) with Ralph Fiennes and "Kazaam" (1996). He also worked in television around this time, including a part on "Reasonable Doubts" (NBC, 1991-93). Acheson continued to exercise his talent in the nineties and the early 2000s, taking on a mix of projects like "The Garden of Redemption" (Showtime, 1996-97), "Sons of Thunder" (CBS, 1998-99) and "Mozart and the Whale" (2005) starring Josh Hartnett. His credits also expanded to "Journey to the End of the Night" (2006). Most recently, Acheson produced the crime adaptation "Mad Money" (2008) with Diane Keaton.

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Dolls (1987) -- (Movie Clip) Just My Imagination Having reached the spooky mansion after getting stuck in the storm, after Judy (Carrie Lorraine) imagined dad and step-mom David and Rosemary (Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon) being murdered by her teddy-bear, they finally break in, greeted by watchful Guy Rolfe and Hilary Mason, in director Stuart Gordon’s Dolls, 1987.
Dolls (1987) -- (Movie Clip) The Elves Got One Of The Girls! About halfway into the feature, Brit punk hitchhiker Isabel (Bunty Bailey) has thievery in mind, sheltering from storms in the home of creepy elderly doll-makers, but the toys, indulging some tendencies suggested earlier, get violent, young fellow visitor Judy (Carrie Lorraine) catching the finalè, in director Stuart Gordon’s Dolls, 1987.
White Comanche (1968) -- (Movie Clip) He's The One! Having survived a bar fight, "half-breed" Johnny Moon (William Shatner) takes fire from the showgirl (Rosanna Yanni) recently raped by his Indian twin-brother, then is rescued by Sheriff Logan (Joseph Cotten) in the Italian-Spanish spaghetti Western White Comanche, 1968.
White Comanche (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Take Your Hands Off Me! William Shatner as "Notah," working during a break after the first season of Star Trek on NBC, is not only white but also the only shirtless Comanche raiding a stagecoach carrying Rosanna Yanni (as "Kelly") in the Spanish-made Italian-financed spaghetti Western White Comanche, 1968.
White Comanche (1968) -- (Movie Clip) I Know My Responsibilities Sheriff Logan (Joseph Cotten) meets Johnny Moon (William Shatner) then comes to the aid of Kelly (Rosanna Yanni) who's just been assaulted by Moon's evil twin (also Shatner) in the low-rent spaghetti Western White Comanche, 1968.
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) --(Movie Clip) It's For You Having bungled trying to burn the traveler's check register, bank robber Sonny (Al Pacino) and partner Sal (John Cazale) learn from the manager (Sully Boyar) that cop Moretti (Charles Durning) is on the phone, in Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon, 1975.
Crest Of The Wave (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Have A Look At This Midget American Navy scientist Bradville (Gene Kelly) setting terms with Brit Lt. Wharton (John Justin), whose previous supervisor was killed working with the new explosive compound they’re testing, joined by his tech crew (Jeff Richards, Fred Wayne), in the Boulting brothers’ Crest Of The Wave, 1954.
Machine That Kills Bad People, The -- (Movie Clip) This Is A Comedy Presumably it's the director Roberto Rossellini narrating, a preamble to his small-town Italian fantasy, beginning with three post-war American tourists and their local host, part of a largely un-credited cast, only a hint of the wild events ahead, in The Machine That Kills Bad People, 1952.
Long Memory, The -- (Movie Clip) He's Come The Wrong Night Davidson (John Mills) entering his flashback, with girlfriend Fay (Elizabeth Sellars), her drunken father (Fred Johnson), racketeer Boyd (John Chandos) with thugs, visiting their boat, in director Robert Hamer's The Long Memory, 1952.
Long Memory, The -- (Movie Clip) It's A Bit Lonely Opening scenes, introducing newly released wrongly convicted Davidson (John Mills), cop Lowther (John McCallum) and trash-picker Jackson (Michael Martin-Harvey), from director Robert Hamer's brit-Noir The Long Memory, 1952.
Risky Business -- (Movie Clip) Old Time Rock'n'Roll Parents (Janet Carroll, Nicholas Pryor) with their pre-vacation comments to Joel (Tom Cruise), leading to his famous underwear routine to Bob Seger's Old Time Rock'n'Roll, in Risky Business, 1983.

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