# Jim Storm (actor)

James Storm (born August 12, 1943) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Gerard Stiles on the 1960s horror soap opera Dark Shadows.

## Career

Storm's first television appearance was as the second Dr. Larry Wolek on One Life to Live for which he replaced actor, Paul Tulley. It was a role Storm played from 1968 to 1969. His brother, Michael, followed him in the role. He next portrayed Gerard Stiles on Dark Shadows from 1970 to 1971, appearing in 79 episodes. He played a different character with the same name in the 1971 spinoff film Night of Dark Shadows.
Storm's next soap role was on The Secret Storm starting in 1971, and then he moved on to The Doctors (1979), Texas (1980–1981), The Young and the Restless as Neil Fenmore (1983–1986), Capitol (1986), The Bold and the Beautiful as Bill Spencer (1987–1994) and Sunset Beach (1997–1998), with some returns to B&B in the 2000s.
In 2010, it was announced that he would be appearing in the audio mini-series Dark Shadows: Kingdom of the Dead.

## Personal life

Storm is the brother of Michael Storm and the elder cousin of playwright John Steppling. He is married to Valerie Pronio-Storm.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1971 | Night of Dark Shadows | Gerard Stiles |
| 1977 | Blue Sunshine | Tommy |
| 1983 | Without a Trace | Reporter |
| 2001 | Firetrap | Jack Calloway |
| 2001 | Venomous | Sheriff Jack Crowley |
| 2007 | Dark Mirror | Frank |
| 2008 | Chain Link | Duncan |
| 2009 | Sex Drugs Guns | Scott Farber |
| 2011 | Dispatch | Charlie |
| 2013 | Blood of Redemption | Senator Roswald |
| 2013 | Spanners | Herodotus |
| 2014 | Falcon Song | Jabez |
| 2015 | Benjamin Troubles | Mason Ramsay |
| 2016 | The Veil | Gatekeeper |
| 2016 | The American Gandhi | Brad |
| 2017 | The Monster Project | Richard |
| 2018 | 4/20 Massacre | Rick |
| 2022 | Vice & Virtue | Virtue |
| TBA | Demon Lake | Sheriff Bo |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1970–1971 | Dark Shadows | Gerard Stiles | 81 episodes |
| 1973 | The Invasion of Carol Enders | Man who attacks Carol | Television film |
| 1974 | Kung Fu | Joe Billy | Episode: "Empty Pages of a Dead Book" |
| 1974 | Scream of the Wolf | Boy | Television film |
| 1974 | Murder in the First Person Singular | Savage Hawk | Television film |
| 1974 | Planet of the Apes | Romar | Episode: "Tomorrow's Tide" |
| 1975 | Trilogy of Terror | Eddie Nells | Television film |
| 1975 | The Kansas City Massacre | Larry De Vol | Television film |
| 1976 | Barnaby Jones | Resident | Episode: "The Fatal Dive" |
| 1976 | Police Woman | Minister | Episode: "The Lifeline Agency" |
| 1977 | The Rockford Files | Officer | Episode: "Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You" |
| 1977 | Dog and Cat | Change Maker | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1977 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Group Member | Episode: "Spider-Man" |
| 1977 | It Happened at Lakewood Manor | Attendant | Television film |
| 1979–1980 | The Doctors | Dr. Michael Powers | 143 episodes |
| 1980 | Farewell to the Planet of the Apes | Romar | Television film |
| 1981 | Texas | Jack Brent | 3 episodes |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Patrick Sheldon | Episode: "Hotshoes" |
| 1983 | Automan | Driver | Episode: "Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever" |
| 1983–1984 | The Young and the Restless | Neil Fenmore | 3 episodes |
| 1983, 1986 | St. Elsewhere | Dr. Oliver George | 2 episodes |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic | David Barr | Episode: "Breathing Room (Pilot)" |
| 1987 | Hotel | Dan Kates | Episode: "Unfinished Business" |
| 1987–2009 | The Bold and the Beautiful | Bill Spencer | 460 episodes |
| 1997–1998 | Sunset Beach | Charles Lakin | 13 episodes |
| 2006 | Freddie | Frank | Episode: "The Search for Grandpa Four" |
| 2007 | Bone Eater | Dick Krantz | Television film |
| 2009 | When Actors Need Money | Jim Storm | Television film |
| 2012 | ATSN: Stop the Threat | Lawyer / Office Worker | Episode: "The Office |
| 2014 | Fatal Acquittal | Tony | Television film |
| 2021 | A Dark Shadows Christmas Carol | Bob Cratchit | Television film |