John James (actor)

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John James (born John James Anderson on April 18, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American actor, best known to international audiences for playing Jeff Colby in both the prime-time soap opera Dynasty and its spin-off series The Colbys throughout the 1980s. He has since made only occasional acting appearances on television since Dynasty ended in 1989.

James is the son of radio broadcaster Herb Oscar Anderson. He has been married since 1989 to former Miss Australia entrant (1978) Denise Coward and they have two children.

A veteran of daytime soaps, having appeared in Search For Tomorrow in the late 1970s, James recently returned to the genre playing Eric Decker on As The World Turns in 2003-2004. In May 2006, he was cast in the role of Dr. Jeff Martin (the first husband of Erica Kane played by series star Susan Lucci) on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children. He began airing the following month.