James N. Harrell

James Nelson Harrell , also known as James N. Harrell, was an American actor.

He was 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 masters degree in Drama from Trinity University. He studied acting at the original Baylor Theater with Paul Baker in the 1930s and in 1940 was invited to join Michael Chekhovs Acting Studio in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He 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. Harrell 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. He taught acting at the Dallas Theater Center and had leading roles in numerous productions, including Anse Bundren i

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