James N. Harrell
(1918)
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演员
James Nelson Harrell, born in Waco, Texas to Margaret Teny and
Jefferson Whitfield Harrell, Chair of the Baylor University Mathematics
Department, graduated from Waco High School and Baylor University. He
held a Master's Degree in Drama from Trinity University. He studied
acting at the original Baylor Theater with Paul Baker in the 1930's and
in 1940 was invited to join Michael Chekhov's Acting Studio in
Ridgefield, Connecticut. Jim toured the East Coast with that company
and was playing Twelfth Night when the attack on Pearl Harbor brought
the United States into World War II, and most plays closed. Jim served
in the United States Army for four years in a tank company, in
Headquarters Eighth Service Command, in Special Services, and in
Occupied Japan. James Harrell, also known as "little Jimmy Harrell from
Waco, Texas", appeared in over 75 film productions; feature films and
television. James taught acting at the Dallas Theater Center and had
leading roles in numerous productions, including 'Anse Bundren' in
Journey to Jefferson, which toured Paris, Belgium and Germany. He also
taught stage and film acting at Southwest Texas State University for 24
years, retiring in 1994 as an Associate Professor.
