James Richard Beaumont, was a character that appeared in the later seasons of the popular American television series Dallas, played by Sasha Mitchell from 1989 to 1991.
James Beaumont was J.R. Ewing's son from his affair with Vanessa Beaumont in France; he was born in 1967. James was raised in Europe with his mother and her husband who he believed to be his father until his mother told him that his true father was Texas oil baron J.R. Ewing. James came to Dallas to seek out the father he never knew he had. James shocked everyone when he announced the he was J.R.'s son at a family dinner with all of the Ewings present. J.R. embraced James as his son but James proved to be manipulative. James resented his father's interference in his life from controlling James' business dealings and to attempting to break up James' relationship with Michelle Stevens. Seeking revenge on J.R., James conspired with J.R.'s wife, Cally and blocked J.R.'s release from a sanitarium.
James eventually married Michelle, but he later learned that his first marriage to Debra Lynn was never dissolved. Further, Debra Lynn had his child, James Richard Beaumont, Jr. (nicknamed "Jimmy"). James decided to stay married to Debra Lynn and annulled his marriage to Michelle. In the end, James, Debra Lynn and Jimmy decided to move back East to escape the control of J.R.
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