James Widdoes
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James Widdoes (born November 15, 1953 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor, film director and film and television director, sometimes credited as Jamie Widdoes. He starred as senior student and Fraternity Chapter President Robert Hoover alongside John Belushi in the 1978 film National Lampoon's Animal House, as well as the 1979 TV series sequel Delta House. He has guest starred in many TV series episodes since then, including Remington Steele, Night Court, Dave's World and My Wife and Kids. Widdoes starred as father of the house Stan Pembroke in the 1984-85 seasons of Charles In Charge. Since 1998, he has directed and/or produced many episodes for various TV series. Some of these include Just the Ten of Us, Empty Nest, Anything But Love, Harry and the Hendersons, Boston Common, Brother's Keeper, Reba, 8 Simple Rules and The King of Queens.
Widdoes graduated from the prestigious Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut in 1972, and today sits as a chairman on the school's Performing Arts Advisory Committee. He began his acting career during college, starring in a production of The New Amen Show at the Diners Playhouse in Lexington, Kentucky in 1974. He next attended New York University's Tisch School of Arts, graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He then began performing on New York stages in productions such as the 1977 Equity Library Theatre revival of Wonderful Town and the 1982 off-Broadway show Is There Life After High School? for which he won a Theatre World Award.
In addition to chairing the Loomis Chaffee School's Performing Arts Advisory Committee, Widdoes is also active in many other community oriented programs. He sits on the Board of Directors for the Turning Point School; the Board of Trustees for the California Association of Independent Schools; the Board of Directors/Executive Committee for Camp Dudley-YMCA; and the Executive Advisory Board of the Gordie Foundation, an organization that promotes education and awareness to abuse of alcohol in young people, founded in memory of Lynn Gordon Bailey Jr. He is married to Brooks Hendrie, and has two sons; Charles Landauer and Sumner Dickinson.
