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Jim Boyce(I)

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James Reid Boyce was born, in Palo Alto, California, the third child of Mary Anderson Tomlinson & Richard Dudley Boyce. He attended grade school in Huntington Beach, California, & graduated from the Webb School in Claremont, California, in June, 1975. While a senior at Webb School he taught art & was very active in their theatre programs. Jim graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, where he majored in dramatics & technical theatre; he has enjoyed a number of leading roles in major productions & in musicals such as Sutherland's Law, The Omega Factor, A Sense of Freedom, Slumber Party Massacre, M*A*S*H, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, Knots Landing, Taggart, The Bogie Man, Sisters, Ed Wood, Crimson Tide, The Slab Boys, Crime & Punishment in Suburbia, and The Seller. He retired from acting to become a teacher.
BornOctober 28, 1957
BornOctober 28, 1957
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    The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
    The Slumber Party Massacre
    5.6
    • John Minor
    • 1982
    Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman in Crimson Tide (1995)
    Crimson Tide
    7.4
    • Diving Officer
    • 1995
    Patricia Arquette, Johnny Depp, Bill Murray, Jeffrey Jones, Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Landau, Lisa Marie, and George 'The Animal' Steele in Ed Wood (1994)
    Ed Wood
    7.8
    • Theatre Manager(as James Reid Boyce)
    • 1994
    Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
    Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
    5.8
    • Preppy Guy
    • 1985

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    • Matt Boren and Mikal P. Lazarev in Nobody Needs to Know (2003)
      Nobody Needs to Know
      5.5
      • James (angry businessman)
      • 2003
    • Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
      Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
      5.8
      • Mr. Dwyer
      • 2000
    • The Seller (1997)
      The Seller
      7.6
      • TV Announcer
      • 1997
    • The Slab Boys (1997)
      The Slab Boys
      5.9
      • Plainclothes Policeman
      • 1997
    • Mark McManus in Taggart (1983)
      Taggart
      7.4
      TV Series
      • George White
      • Truck Driver
      • 1992–1996
    • Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman in Crimson Tide (1995)
      Crimson Tide
      7.4
      • Diving Officer
      • 1995
    • Patricia Arquette, Johnny Depp, Bill Murray, Jeffrey Jones, Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Landau, Lisa Marie, and George 'The Animal' Steele in Ed Wood (1994)
      Ed Wood
      7.8
      • Theatre Manager (as James Reid Boyce)
      • 1994
    • Sela Ward, Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, and Sheila Kelley in Sisters (1991)
      Sisters
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Paramedic
      • 1993
    • The Bogie Man (1992)
      The Bogie Man
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • Dougie
      • 1992
    • Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, Constance McCashin, John Pleshette, and Ted Shackelford in Knots Landing (1979)
      Knots Landing
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Usher
      • 1986
    • Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
      Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
      5.8
      • Preppy Guy
      • 1985
    • Alan Alda, David Ogden Stiers, Gary Burghoff, William Christopher, Jamie Farr, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, and Loretta Swit in M*A*S*H (1972)
      M*A*S*H
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Danielson (as Jim Reid Boyce)
      • 1982
    • The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
      The Slumber Party Massacre
      5.6
      • John Minor
      • 1982
    • David Hayman in A Sense of Freedom (1981)
      A Sense of Freedom
      6.9
      • Sergeant Bobbie
      • 1981
    • John Carlisle, James Hazeldine, and Louise Jameson in The Omega Factor (1979)
      The Omega Factor
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Sergeant
      • 1979

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      • James Reid Boyce
    • Born
      • October 28, 1957
      • Palo Alto, California, USA
    • Parents
        Richard Dudley Boyce
    • Relatives
        William Thomas Boyce II(Sibling)

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