James Nelson Harrell was an American actor with a career spanning several decades. He graduated from Baylor University and held a Master's Degree in Drama from Trinity University. Harrell studied acting at the original Baylor Theater with Paul Baker in the 1930s and, in 1940, was invited to join Michael Chekhov's Acting Studio in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He appeared in films such as Michael (1996) and The Green Mile (1999). Harrell's extensive work in theater and film left a lasting impact on the acting community.
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A biography of Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, a gangster who started his career at a young age after se...
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During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be...
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Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resol...
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Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness...
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A biplane pilot and WWI veteran takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the ...
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A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. He...
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An aspiring musician is released from prison to find that a song he had written while locked up has ...
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After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, ...
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The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she h...
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Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town ...
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Dramatization of the sensational Texas court case of the late '60s involving a noted Houston plastic...
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A radio host is victimised by the notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal hunts them....
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Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and ...
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Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming q...
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Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around Americ...
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Haunted by memories of his father murdering a family, Arlis Sweeney prefers to keep to himself, focu...
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Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and paren...
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Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping...
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In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of a...
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Varsity Blues (1999) | Murray | 6.2 | |
| 2 | A Slipping Down Life (1999) | Doctor | 1 | |
| 3 | Hope Floats (1998) | Harry Calvert | 7.2 | |
| 4 | Michael (1996) | Old Geezer #1 | 5.5 | |
| 5 | A Family Thing (1996) | Earl Pilcher Sr. | - | - |
| 6 | Flesh and Bone (1993) | Woody | - | - |
| 7 | Leap of Faith (1992) | Ramsey | 6.5 | |
| 8 | JFK (1991) | Sam Holland | 7.3 | |
| 9 | The Hot Spot (1990) | Elderly Man (as James Harrell) | 6 | |
| 10 | Texasville (1990) | Odessa Oil Man | 5 | |
| 11 | Nadine (1987) | Deacon | - | - |
| 12 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) | Cut-Rite Manager | 6.8 | |
| 13 | Raggedy Man (1981) | Ticket Taker | - | - |
| 14 | Murder in Texas (1981) | Minister | - | - |
| 15 | Urban Cowboy (1980) | Minister at Gravesite | 3 | |
| 16 | Resurrection (1980) | Doc Lurkin | 7 | |
| 17 | Rolling Thunder (1977) | Grandpa | 7 | |
| 18 | Outlaw Blues (1977) | Cop Chauffeur | 7 | |
| 19 | Race with the Devil (1975) | Gun Shop Owner | 8.3 | |
| 20 | The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) | Farmer | 5 | |
| 21 | The Sugarland Express (1974) | Mark Fenno | 5.4 | |
| 22 | Paper Moon (1973) | The Minister | 8 | |
| 23 | A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970) | Sam Floyd | 5 |

