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James Brolin Biography (1940?-)

Original name, James Bruderlin (some sources cite Brunderlin); born July 18,1940 (some sources cite 1941 or 1942), in Los Angeles, CA; son of Harry (a building contractor) and Helen (a homemaker) Bruderlin; married Jane Cameron Agee, c. 1967 (divorced, c. 1985); married Jan Smithers (an actress), 1986 (divorced, 1995); married Barbra Streisand (a singer, actress, producer, director, writer, and composer), July 1, 1998; children: (first marriage) Josh (an actor), Jess (son); (second marriage) Molly Elizabeth (an actress). Addresses: Agent: Jim Osborne, International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Manager: Jeff Wald, Jeff Wald Entertainment,3000 West Olympic Blvd., Building 2, Suite 1400, Santa Monica, CA 90404.; Publicist: Susan Dubow, Bragman/Nyman/Cafarelli, 9171 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300,Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, producer

Birth Details

July 18, 1940?

Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Dr. Steven Kiley, Marcus Welby, M.D. (also known as Robert Young, Family Doctor), ABC, 1969-1976
• Peter McDermott, Hotel (also known as Arthur Hailey's Hotel), ABC, 1983-1988
• Host, Reunion, syndicated, 1990
• Luke Larson, Angel Falls, CBS, 1993
• Reese Wheeler, Extreme (also known as Edgeville and Extreme Rescue), ABC, 1994-1995
• Host, World of Discovery (also known as ABC's World of Discovery), ABC, 1997
• Lieutenant Colonel Bill "Raider" Kelly, Pensacola: Wings of Gold,syndicated, 1997
• Host, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? (also known as Beyond Belief), Fox, 1998-1999
• Movies
• Tom Phelan, Short Walk to Daylight (also known as The Night theEarth Shook), ABC, 1972
• Joe Hart, Class of '63, ABC, 1973
• Chuck Brenner, Trapped (also known as Doberman Patrol), ABC, 1973
• Clayton Pfanner, Steel Cowboy, NBC, 1978
• Paul Marshall, The Ambush Murders, CBS, 1982
• Jim Timony, Mae West, ABC, 1982
• Mike McKay, White Water Rebels, CBS, 1983
• Ward McNally, Cowboy, CBS, 1983
• Harry Wilde, Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues, CBS, 1985
• Ross Nelson, Hold the Dream, syndicated, 1986
• Nick Atkins, Intimate Encounters (also known as Encounters in the Night), NBC, 1986
• Michael Wakefield, Deep Dark Secrets (also known as Intimate Betrayal), NBC, 1987
• Martin Shrevelowe, Finish Line, TNT, 1989
• Dr. Alan Lanier, Nightmare on the 13th Floor, USA Network, 1990
• Cliff Murphy, Back Stab (also known as Backstab), syndicated, 1991
• John Parsley, Gunsmoke: The Long Ride, CBS, 1993
• Hal, Visions of Murder (also known as The Calling), NBC, 1993
• Professor Spencer Jones, Parallel Lives, Showtime, 1994
• Ryan Allison, A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor, NBC, 1994
• Tom McClean, "City Boy," WonderWorks Family Movie, PBS, 1994
• McCabe, Terminal Virus (also known as Last Chance), Showtime, 1995
• Ron Showman, Hijacked: Flight 285, ABC, 1996
• Greg Hollander, To Face Her Past, CBS, 1996
• Elliott Manning, Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season (also known asHarts in High Season), The Family Channel, 1996
• Manson Whitley, A Marriage of Convenience, Lifetime, 1998
• Ted Brennan, To Love, Honor, and Betray, CBS, 1999
• Dave Passenger, Children of Fortune, CBS, 2000
• Miniseries
• Victor Mason, Voice of the Heart, syndicated, 1990
• Mac Graham, And the Sea Will Tell, CBS, 1991
• Colonel Acoca, Sidney Sheldon's "The Sands of Time," syndicated, 1992
• Episodic
• "The Resurrection of Annie Ahearn," Bus Stop, ABC, 1961
• "Madame President," Margie, ABC, 1962
• Valentine's Day, ABC, 1965
• Spencer, "The Saboteur," Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 1965
• "Patty Meets the Great Outdoors," Patty Duke Show, ABC, 1965
• Sergeant Thibideaux, "R/X for a Sick Bird," 12 O'Clock High, ABC,1965
• Dalton Wales, "Incident at Hanging Tree," The Monroes, ABC, 1966
• "Silent Night, Deadly Night," The Monroes, ABC, 1966
• "Range War," The Monroes, ABC, 1966
• Reggie, "The Catwoman Goeth," Batman, ABC, 1966
• Ralph Staphylococcus, "The Cat and the Fiddle," Batman, ABC, 1966
• "Sacrifice," Blue Light, ABC, 1966
• "Man with Two Faces," The Long, Hot Summer, ABC, 1966
• "Mark of Death," The Monroes, ABC, 1967
• Kid Gulliver, "Ring around the Riddler," Batman, ABC, 1967
• "Crime Wave at Buffalo Springs," The Virginian, NBC, 1969
• "Love and the Note," Love, American Style, ABC, 1971
• "Shine a Light on Me," Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law, ABC, 1972
• "Who Killed the Soap Star?," Burke's Law, CBS, 1994
• Scott Porter, "A Leap of Faith," Promised Land, CBS, 1996
• Edgar Wellman, Jr., "Lanford's Elite," Roseanne, ABC, 1997
• Edgar Wellman, Jr., "Some Enchanted Merger," Roseanne, ABC, 1997
• James Piolin, El Informal, 2001
• Specials
• City vs. Country, ABC, 1971
• Love Boat Fall Preview Party, ABC, 1984
• Host, Time Warner Presents the Earth Day Special (also known as Earth Day Special), ABC, 1990
• To the Ends of the Earth, USA Network, 1994
• Host, "Lion: Africa's King of the Beasts," ABC's World of Discovery, ABC, 1994
• Cornelius (in archive footage), Behind the Planet of the Apes, American Movie Classics, 1998
• Host, Body Human 2000: Love, Sex, and the Miracle of Birth, 1999
• Narrator, Skyscraper's Going Up, The Discovery Channel, 1999
• Pilots
• Dr. Steven Kiley, Marcus Welby, M.D. (also known as A Matter ofHumanities), ABC, 1969
• Peter McDermott, Hotel, ABC, 1982
• California, 1996
• Awards Presentations
• The 37th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards, 1985
• The Golden Globe Awards, 1987
• The 28th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, NBC, 1993
• The 29th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, NBC, 1994
• Other
• Host, Beyond the Call, 1993
• Der Schwarze Fluch--Toedliche Leidenschaften, 1994
• Television Work
• Series
• Executive producer, Pensacola: Wings of Gold, syndicated, 1997
• Television Director
• Episodic
• Hotel (also known as Arthur Hailey's Hotel), ABC, between 1983 and 1988
• Pensacola: Wings of Gold, syndicated, c. 1997
• Also directed an episode of The Young Riders.
• Film Appearances
• (Uncredited) Take Her She's Mine, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963
• (Uncredited) Party guest, Goodbye, Charlie, Twentieth Century-Fox,1964
• Morituri, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965
• Student at leaf rally, Dear Brigette, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965
• Private Ames, Von Ryan's Express, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965
• (Uncredited) Notre Dame quarterback, John Goldfarb Please Come Home, 1965
• Technician, Fantastic Voyage (also known as Microscopia andStrange Journey), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
• Technician, Our Man Flint, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
• Ted Robertson, Way ... Way Out, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
• Skip McCoy, Cape Town Affair (also known as Escape Route Cape Town), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
• Sergeant Phil Lisi, The Boston Strangler, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
• Sergeant Jerome K. Weber, Skyjacked (also known as Sky Terror), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
• John Blane, Westworld, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973
• Clark Gable, Gable and Lombard, Universal, 1976
• Wade Parent, The Car, Universal, 1977
• Commander Charles Brubaker, Capricorn One, Warner Bros., 1978
• George Lutz, The Amityville Horror, American International Pictures, 1979
• Sean Boyd, Night of the Juggler (also known as New York Killer), Columbia, 1980
• The Gringos, Warner Bros., 1980
• Stone, High Risk, American Cinema, 1981
• P. W., Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Warner Bros., 1985
• B. D. Sweetman, Bad Jim, 1989
• The Ultimate Challenge, 1989
• High Score, 1990
• (As Jim Brolin) Max Waters, Ted and Venus, Double Helix Films, 1991
• Michael, Twin Sisters, Vidmark Entertainment, 1992
• John Evans, Gas, Food, Lodging, IRS Releasing, 1992
• Henry, Cheatin' Hearts (also known as Paper Hearts), Trimark Pictures, 1993
• Alan Lesard, We the People, 1994
• Colonel Jones, Savate (also known as The Fighter), 1994
• Detective Atwater, Relative Fear (also known as The Child),1994
• Liam O'Donnell, Indecent Behavior II, 1994
• Warden Munsey, The Expert, 1994
• David Hawkner, Tracks of the Killer, Live Entertainment, 1995
• John Richardson, El aroma del copal (also known as Scent of Copal and Scent of Vengeance), Curb Entertainment, 1995
• Himself, Cannes Man (also known as Canne$ Man), Rocket Pictures Home Video, 1996
• Lieutenant Kincaid, Blood Money, Bad Blood Productions, 1996
• Ed Johnson, Goodbye America, Quantum Entertainment, 1997
• Reverend Red, Lewis & Clark & George, Dark Matter Productions/Davis Entertainment Classics, 1997
• John, My Brother's War (also known as Flashpoint), ConcordePictures, 1997
• Captain Ramsey, Haunted Sea, Concorde Pictures, 1997
• General Ralph Landry, Traffic (also known as Traffic--Die Machtdes Kartells), USA Films, 2000
• Master of Disguise, Columbia, 2002
• A Guy Thing, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002
• Appeared in The Visual Bible: The Gospel according to Matthew.
• Film Work
• Executive producer, Cheatin' Hearts (also known as Paper Hearts), Trimark Pictures, 1993
• Executive producer, We the People, 1994
• Director, My Brother's War (also known as Flashpoint), Concorde Pictures, 1997
• Also executive producer of Final Justice.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• People Weekly, June 2, 1997, pp. 58-59; March 9, 1998, p. 78; December 28, 1998, p. 75; July 5, 1999, p. 78