Reina James Reina James Reina James (born 1947) is a British author. She has written two novels, the first of which won the Society of Authors’ McKitterick Prize in 2007. James was born in 1947, shortly after her parents arrived in the UK from South Africa. Her father was the actor Sid James. During her teenage years she played in a folk group before marrying and starting a family. In her late 20s she appeared in the stage play "John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert" by Willy Russell, and later appeared in Russell's musical "Blood Brothers". Having worked since the 1980s
James Bate (actor) James Bate (actor) James Bate (10 April 1945 — 19 May 1992) was a British actor of television, film and stage, who was best known for playing David Allman in the ITV crime thriller series "Sleuth". Bate was born into a working class family, Bate was raised along with his brothers in a two-bedroomed apartment in the London Borough of Islington by his father who was a steel worker and his mother who was a midwife. James was his stage name. He was named Anthony and chose the acting name of James as there was another actor called Anthony Bate.