Attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972-1976
Had a bit role in Cocktail (1988) where he can be sitting at the Jamaican bar.
He received no credit.
Jim Walsh, Eckhouse's character on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), was ranked #41 in TV
Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004
issue].
Has two sons, James Gabriel Eckhouse (Gabe) and John Alexander Eckhouse
(Zander Eckhouse).
In 1972 he graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ilinois.
Acting in a play "The Goat or Who is Sylvia" playing the
character Ross, at Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, California. (March 2005)