Hawthorne James

Hawthorne James is an American character actor and director, known for his role as Big Red Davis in the 1991 film The Five Heartbeats. He is also known for his role as Sam, the injured bus driver, in Speed, George, the Night Guard at the Library, in Seven and series as NYPD Blue and guest-starring on Frasier as Bill in the season one episode "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street". He was born James Hawthorne in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Robert Hawthorne and A. M. Alene.

Seven
Speed
The Five Heartbeats
Campfire Tales
Mister Gates
Making The Five Heartbeats

Frasier · S1, E12

Miracle On Third Or Fourth Street

Frasier deals with depressing callers when he agrees to cover for the sportscaster on Christmas.
Charmed · S5, E4

Siren's Song

Cole and Phoebe both fall under the spell of the Siren, who lures husbands to her and entrances their wives to follow with the intent to kill, leaving Piper and Paige to figure out how to save Phoebe.
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders · S2, E11

Obey

When the body of an American singer is found on a rural road in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, the team is called to investigate.
NYPD Blue · S5, E21

Seminal Thinking

Medavoy uses a clever strategy to obtain a suspect's confession in the death of a prostitute; a misguided young man is accused of killing a sleazy car dealer.

Hawthorne James

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Guest Appearances