FrameThrower · Actors · James Brolin
James Brolin
3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1973–2002
Born 18 July 1940 · Los Angeles, California, USA
James Brolin is an American actor, producer and director. He has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 27, 1998.
He is best known for his TV roles such as Steven Kiley on Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969–1976), Peter McDermott on Hotel (1983–1988), John Short on Life in Pieces (2015–2019), and the Narrator on Sweet Tooth and his film roles such as Sgt. Jerome K.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1973–2002
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film1973
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film1971
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series1970
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 195 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work James takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 51% of their frames are night, 47% low key — the look of the work James takes.
Time of day
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 195 frames from James Brolin's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.