Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Renowned Actor, John James, Jeff Colby of “Dynasty”.

John James, is a beloved actor who is perhaps best remembered for his portrayal of “Jeff Colby”, the “loving but unloved” husband of “Fallon” on the mega-hit TV series “Dynasty”, earning a Golden Globe Award nomination. 

He also played “Jeff Colby” in the spin-off series, “The Colbys”, earning 2 Soap Opera Digest nominations. And he returned as “Jeff Colby” one last time in the 1991 miniseries, “Dynasty: The Reunion”. 

In addition to that iconic role, John James has had a long and diverse career. His movie credits include “Icebreaker”, “Peril”, “Illegal Aliens”, “The Lost Day”, “Evil at the Door”, “My Son Hunter”, “Find Her” and “Axcellerator”, for which he and his fellow cast members won the Rising Tide Award at the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival. 

On TV, he portrayed “Tom Bergman” in “Search for Tomorrow”, and he was “Jeff Martin” in “All my Children”, and on “As the World Turns”, he was “Dr. Rick Decker”. He’s also appeared in many other shows like “Fantasy Island”, “The Love Boat”, “Touched by an Angel”, “A Friend in the Woods” and “Tales”. He has co-starred in many TV movies including “He’s Not Your Son”, “Haunted by Her Past”, “Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter”, “Partners in Love”, “Lightning: Fire From the Sky”, “Christmas Camp” and “Christmas in Tune”. He’s also had an extensive career in the theatre. 

Harvey Brownstone is a retired judge of the Ontario Court of Justice and was the first openly gay judge in Canada. He is also the bestselling author of “Tug of War: A Judge’s Verdict on Separation, Custody Battles and the Bitter Realities of Family Court” and hosted “Family Matters with Justice Harvey Brownstone,” a television talk show on matters involving the family justice system.

​After a distinguished legal career, Harvey was appointed a judge at the age of 38 in 1995.  He has presided in family and criminal courts.   He has been a trailblazer in several ways.  He was the first openly gay judge in Canada.  He was the first sitting judge in the world to write a national best seller and to host a TV talk show.  

​Harvey has been a role model and icon in the LGBTQ community.  When same-sex marriage was legalized in Canada in 2003, he was the only judge to make himself publicly available to officiate at weddings for lesbian and gay couples travelling to Toronto from all over the world to get married.  In 2007, he officiated at the wedding of Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, the American couple whose marriage triggered the 2013 United States Supreme Court decision overturning the definition of “spouse” in the federal Defense of Marriage Act.  

​In February 2021, Harvey launched his online talk show “Harvey Brownstone Interviews” on his own YouTube channel. He saw this as an interesting hobby.   Within several months, the show attracted hundreds of thousands – and then eventually, millions – of viewers.  Because of the overwhelming success of the show, Harvey decided to retire from the judiciary on December 31, 2021 after having presided as a full-time judge for 26 1/2 years.  Free from the constraints imposed upon judges regarding the expression of opinions and the endorsement of private enterprise, Harvey now happily devotes his full-time attention to hosting “Harvey Brownstone Interviews” as a regular member of the public – albeit one with a rather illustrious and unique career history.  

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For more information about Harvey Brownstone, here’s his Wikipedia page: 

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