---
name: "JD Souther"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jd-souther"
fi1m_id: "jd-souther"
imdb_id: "nm0816103"
tmdb_id: 82272
wikidata_id: "Q346374"
roles: []
born: "2 November 1945"
died: "18 September 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T02:46:09.516750+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# JD Souther

## Identity

JD Souther

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jd-souther
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jd-souther
- **IMDb ID:** nm0816103
- **TMDB ID:** 82272
- **Wikidata ID:** Q346374
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Souther, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q346374, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0816103/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82272

Actor. Born 2 November 1945 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Died 18 September 2024.

## Details

- **Born:** 2 November 1945, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 18 September 2024
- **Also known as:** John David Souther
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Souther, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q346374, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0816103/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82272

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Nashville*](https://film.one/tv/nashville-2012.md) (74)

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## Biography

J.D. Souther, also credited as John David Souther, was an American singer-songwriter and actor. Born on 2 November 1945 in Detroit, Michigan, he grew up in Amarillo, Texas, and died on 17 September 2024 in Sandia Park, New Mexico.

He co-wrote several hits recorded by the Eagles, including "Best of My Love", "New Kid in Town" and "Heartache Tonight", as well as songs for Linda Ronstadt. His solo recordings included the hit "You're Only Lonely" (1979). Souther appeared as Watty White in the television series *Nashville* (2012–2017) and had roles in films such as *Always* (1989), *Postcards from the Edge* (1990) and *My Girl 2* (1994). He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013.

*Sources: nytimes.com, imdb.com, americansongwriter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nashville* (2012), Fi1m 74, as Watty White — [page](https://film.one/tv/nashville-2012.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Nashville* (2012), series, as Watty White — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/nashville-2012.md)
- *Deadline* (2012), as Lucas Harper
- *The Pennsylvania Miners' Story* (2002), as Dennis 'Harpo' Hall
- *Purgatory* (1999), as Brooks / Jesse James
- *How to Make the Cruelest Month* (1998), as Uncle Jerry
- *My Girl 2* (1994), as Jeffrey Pommeroy
- *Postcards from the Edge* (1990), as Ted
- *Always* (1989), as The Singer

## Gallery

- ![JD Souther](https://film.one/media/person/3318005/gallery-fdd744a8527b.jpg) JD Souther — Steve Covault, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/JD_Souther.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![JD Souther](https://film.one/media/person/3318005/gallery-5ff9101f125c.jpg) JD Souther — Image via TMDB

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