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Jamie Walters is an American actor, singer, firefighter and paramedic. In season 5 through 7 of Beverly Hills, 90210, the first series of the Beverly Hills, 90210 continuity, he portrayed Ray Pruit.

Biography

Jamie Walters was born as James Leland Walters Jr. on June 13, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts in the USA. Th the age of 12, he got his first guitar, and at the age of 13, he started playing in garage bands. After high scool, he studied film at the New York University and acting at The Actors Space in New York City.[1]

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Jamie Walters in a Levi's commercial, 1988

In 1988, Jamie Walters appeared in a series of Levi's commercials. He then moved to Los Angeles where he intended to pursue an acting and musical career. In 1990, he had a small role on the TV movie Everyday Heroes. In 1991, he got a leading role in the movie Shout, together with John Travolta and Heather Graham. He also performed the song Rockin' the Pad on the soundtrack album of the movie.

In 1992, he starred in the TV series The Heights as a member of a rock band. The TV series was abandoned after only 12 episodes. The theme song How Do You Talk to an Angel sung by Jamie Walters, however, was published as a single and became number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 14, 1992.

Beverly Hills, 90210

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Jamie Walters als ray Pruit in Beverly Hills, 90210

In Beverly Hills, 90210, Jamie Walters first appeared in the season 5's episode 5 Rave On. He had recurring appearances throughout season 5 (25 episodes out of 32) and was a main cast member in episodes 1 through 13 of season 6. He later appeared as a guest star in episode 30 Ray of Hope and in the season 7's episode 10 Lost in Las Vegas.


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Jamie Walters - Why & The Comfort of Strangers

Ray Pruit performs his songs Why and The Comfort of Strangers in A Song for My Mother

In his role as Ray Pruit, Jamie Walters also performed some of the songs which were contained on his albums.[2]

from Jamie Walters:

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Jamie Walters - Reckless - BH90210

Ray Pruit performs the song Reckless in Ray of Hope

from Ride:


Filmography

Movies:

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with John Travolta in "Shout"

  • 1990 Everyday Heroes as Erik Linderman (TV Movie)
  • 1991 Shout as Jesse Tucker
  • 1992 Bed & Breakfast as Mitch
  • 1994 Vanishing Son II and Vanishing Son IV as Reggie Valmont (TV Movies)
  • 1995 Burnzy's Last Call as Shannon
  • 1996 God's Lonely Man as Hustler
  • 2000 The Mumbo Jumbo as Thomas Doubting

TV series:

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Jamie Walters in the Season 6 credits of Beverly Hills, 90210

  • 1989/92 Quantum Leap as yYoung Max and Al 'Bingo' Calavicci (2 episodes)
  • 1991-1992 The Young Riders as Frank James (3 episodes)
  • 1992 The Heights as Alex O'Brien (13 episodes)
  • 1994-1996 Beverly Hills, 90210 as |Ray Pruit (40 episodes)
  • 1999 To Serve and Protect as Jeremy (2 episodes)
  • 2001 Dead Last as Vance Harmon (1 episode)
  • 2009 Confessions of a Teen Idol as himself (8 episodes)

Discography

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Cover of Jamie's debut album

Singles (selection):

  • 1992 How Do You Talk to an Angel (No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 14, 1992)
  • 1994 Hold On (peak position 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 )
  • 1995 Why

Albums:

  • 1994 Jamie Walters (certified as Platinum Album)
  • 1997 Ride (certified as Gold Album)
  • 2002 Believed

Images

→ see also Gallery:Jamie Walters#Images and Category:Images of Jamie Walters

Videos

→ see also Gallery:Jamie Walters#Videos

External links


References

  1. Rodolpho, Adolfo; Talboo, A.J.; Jacobs, Adam: Music Lifted TV's Jamie Walters. In: Toledo Blade, April 27, 1995 (online on Google News)
  2. Jamie Walters/Ray Pruit songs performed on en.allexperts.com
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