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James McKenzie (VII) More at IMDbPro »
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Birth Name
James Charles McKenzie

Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)

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James McKenzie was born in Newport, Fife, Scotland. In the 1980s he worked in the Philippines, where he began a very prolific career in B-movie actioners, many of them made for Silver Star Film Company (called Kinavesa in the Philippines), produced by K.Y. Lim. He had small bit parts in few Hollywood movies with such artists as Chuck Norris, Linda Blair, Chris Penn, George Takei and Jackie Chan. The Philippine Archipelago was a popular location for making movies because of the low cost and similarity to Vietnam, with Manila Bay often being portrayed as Miami. Over the decade, he appeared in countless Filipino features and some Italian productions which were all shot in the area. James's clean-cut looks meant he was often cast as a pilot, doctor or a policeman. James moved to Hong Kong in 1990 where he worked in many local productions before moving back to Aberdeen Scotland. The idea for his book, "The Mystery of Yamashita's Map" was conceived while working in the Far East



Actor (17 titles)
1990 Battle Rats
Special Force Men (as Jim McKenzie)

1989 Bloodfist
Fight Punter (uncredited)

1989 Ang pumatay ng dahil sa iyo
Donovan

1989 Alien from the Deep
Scientist

1989 Harimao
British Army Captain

1988 The Firing Line
Rebel

1988 Whiteforce
Board member

1988 Last Platoon
Phil

1988 Desert Warrior
Kitano

1988 Tough Cops
Policeman

1987 Olongapo... The Great American Dream
American sailor

1987 Double Target
Helicopter Pilot

1987 Strike Commando
Radek's soldier

1987 Sweet Revenge
Diner (uncredited)

1987 Killer Instinct
Townshead's Aide

1987 SFX Retaliator
Jim

1985 Ninja Warriors
Goon

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