James MacKrell
- Actor
Jim MacKrell's broadcast career has spanned decades and has included
every aspect of communications, from local and network commercials to
hosting specials to guest-starring in popular series and features. For
the four years of its run, Jim was the star of the hit NBC game-show,
Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974).
He also hosted
The Game Game (1969) (CBS),
Quiz Kids (1978) (Columbia Pictures
TV), plus numerous other shows. Jim's career has taken him to all areas
of television and movies. His theatrical credits include such memorable
films as Woody Allen's
Annie Hall (1977),
Albert Brooks'
Defending Your Life (1991),
Semi-Tough (1977),
Gremlins (1984) and
Teen Wolf (1985) with
Michael J. Fox. He has had
guest-starring roles on television in
Dallas (1978),
Soap (1977),
Moonlighting (1985) and
The Golden Girls (1985),
amongst over 40 others. His made-for-TV movies include
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977),
Run, Don't Walk (1981) and
A Reason to Live (1985).
Jim was also a regular on
General Hospital (1963),
Capitol (1982) and
Days of Our Lives (1965).
As a performer/writer/producer, Jim has made advertising a major focal point of his career. He has been corporate spokesman for giants such as Chevrolet and Disney. He has starred in spots for household names such as Whirlpool, Fiber Con, Serta, Goodyear, Mattel, Oster, Radio Shack, Exxon, Entex, and more. He also has appeared as a spokesman for industrials and corporate films for Toyota, Exxon, Xerox, Shell, Coca Cola, and more. For 14 years, Jim was the corporate host for the National Easter Seals Telethon and he wrote and produced several projects for ACTA Communications in Chicago.
A veteran of radio, his credits include some of the top radio stations in the nation, including KMPC Los Angeles, KFI Los Angeles, WMEX Boston, WNOE New Orleans, WFUN Miami. In recent years, he hosted a top-rated talk show in Houston, Texas, on 97 Talk.
With acting, hosting, writing and producing highly-motivating sales films and to having most of his life laid out in Video Rental Stores across the country, there is not an avenue of entertainment or marketing in which Jim MacKrell has not excelled.
As a performer/writer/producer, Jim has made advertising a major focal point of his career. He has been corporate spokesman for giants such as Chevrolet and Disney. He has starred in spots for household names such as Whirlpool, Fiber Con, Serta, Goodyear, Mattel, Oster, Radio Shack, Exxon, Entex, and more. He also has appeared as a spokesman for industrials and corporate films for Toyota, Exxon, Xerox, Shell, Coca Cola, and more. For 14 years, Jim was the corporate host for the National Easter Seals Telethon and he wrote and produced several projects for ACTA Communications in Chicago.
A veteran of radio, his credits include some of the top radio stations in the nation, including KMPC Los Angeles, KFI Los Angeles, WMEX Boston, WNOE New Orleans, WFUN Miami. In recent years, he hosted a top-rated talk show in Houston, Texas, on 97 Talk.
With acting, hosting, writing and producing highly-motivating sales films and to having most of his life laid out in Video Rental Stores across the country, there is not an avenue of entertainment or marketing in which Jim MacKrell has not excelled.
