- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJames Foster Neal
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- James Neal was born on September 7, 1928 in Oak Grove, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Murder in Coweta County (1983), Watergate (1994) and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962). He was married to Dianne Ferrell Neal, Ellen Julie Neal and Victoria Jackson. He died on October 21, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- SpousesDianne Ferrell Neal(1990 - October 21, 2010) (his death)Ellen Julie Neal (divorced, 1 child)Victoria Jackson (divorced, 1 child)
- Special Watergate prosecutor who won the convictions of Richard Nixon aides H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and John Mitchell in 1974.
- Attorney. Among his clients were John Landis (whom he successfully defended against charges of voluntary manslaughter after Vic Morrow, Renee Chen, and My-ca Dinh Le were killed on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)); George Nichopoulos against charges that he over-prescribed drugs to Elvis Presley; and Exxon in the wake of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
- Watergate prosecutor who won convictions against former attorney general John Mitchell, as well as John Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman, advisors to President Richard Nixon.
- In 1985, was named by Fortune magazine as of the country's five best trial lawyers.
- Son of a tobacco and strawberry farmer, Robert Gus Neal and Emma Neal. He played football at the University of Wyoming where he graduated with a Bachelor's Degree. He served in the United States Marines. After the Marines, he graduated with a law degree from the Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville, Tennessee and studied tax law at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
- I just shrivel up, instead of 5 foot 8, I become 5 foot 6. [when ask about how he felt when he lost a case]
- It's no fun casting stones. This government that's represented here does not cast stones with joy or happiness. But to keep society going, stones must be cast. People must be called to account.
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