Actor James McEachin, finest identified for the Perry Mason TV motion pictures and the 1973 police drama collection Tenafly, handed away on January 11, 2025, on the age of 94. No reason for dying has been given. Born on Might 20, 1930, McEachin joined the U.S. Military when he was solely 17 years previous, spending a number of years within the navy. Finally, he was wounded in an ambush and left for useless earlier than being rescued. When he returned dwelling, he labored as a firefighter and a police officer in New Jersey earlier than transferring to Southern California.
In California, he first turned to music, the place he was generally known as Jimmy Mack. On this time, McEachin served as a songwriter, composer, expertise supervisor, document producer and label proprietor, working with stars akin to Otis Redding and the group The Furys. McEachin recalled strolling down Melrose Avenue sooner or later and being approached and requested to do a film. It led to his first function in I Crossed the Shade Line (1966), often known as The Black Klansman.