- Once had Playboy Playmate Spencer Scott Miss October 2007 as a member of his Magnum's Models Team. She still appears on his site in the cover girl archives.
- In addition to creating Magnum's Models he also created SO-MOD known as the Southern Model Expo and Entertainment Convention allowing all aspects of the modeling and entertainment world to network together.
- On the Horror Movie Survival he holds an Executive Producer Credit and IMDB credit for the same but it does not appear on the film itself.
- Has worked in Private Investigation and Private Security for years, but once applied to be in the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division.
- Once held a Federal Firearms License to sell firearms, but his Magnum nickname actually started in High School when he started his training as a Private Investigator.
- Has actually run for public office three times including City Commissioner in Toccoa, GA 1991 as one of the youngest at 23 to ever run and then twice for Constable in Warren County, Kentucky.
- Magnum is an Eagle Scout and a member of the National Eagle Scout Association.
- Even though he ran for office three times he considers his first loss a success as neither him or his rival ever slang mud at each other even becoming friends after the election and the man he lost to passed everything from Magnum's Platform except one within six months of being sworn in. A remarkable feat in the world of politics.
- First full film he was involved with all aspects of Production was Batman Date With Destiny, a Fan Film Directed by his friend and award winning author Landon Cary Dalton.
- One of the hardest things he ever did filming was to play the role of both Sheriff Jake Madison and his Evil Twin Brother in Bloody Sisterly Love a Production he was also Directing and Producing.
- Was once the Assistant Coach of the former Shopnbc Fulfillment Center Basketball Team and was on it the first year they ever had a winning team in the local Industrial League at Parks and Rec in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Although not really a great player himself he was at every game except the day his Mom died and the team dedicated the game in Memory of his Mother that night.
- On the set of Bloody Sisterly Love while working to get some standard special effects done had fire blow back onto his face slightly burning a place on his face. It could have been much worse not for the safety precautions he demands of both himself and those working with him as Independent Film Actors almost always do their own stunts.
- In the movie Witch Graveyard from Bloody Valley Films James Magnum Cook's name shows up being read by an actor in the film.
- Had several poems published under his real name in a few books and won an award for one titled "Woman's Loving Touch".
- Owns a small collection of Shipwreck Coins from around the world.
- Magnum along with his long term partner Shelley Curtis Clark and her daughter Sarah Nicole Grace hold credits on the web series Loonies from Director Reuben Rox as well as have their photos appearing in the film. Rox again uses them in the upcoming movie for late 2014 titled Return To Witch Graveyard. Rox and Magnum have a mutual respect and friendship that developed after the first Witch Graveyard Movie.
- In addition to appearing either image or name in other people's films Magnum has also shown up in Graphic Novels and Comic Books as himself.
- At the very end of credits for Bloody Sisterly Love there is a complete dedication to Jamie Stice who was murdered in April 2011. Stice and Magnum had known each other since she was 8 years old with him over the years becoming a close family friend and sometimes mentor.
- In addition to his model photography and management he has done a lot of general photography for years.
- In 2015 he had a chance to become a Special Deputy Sheriff with the Sheriff's Department in his native county of Kentucky. He was eventually turned down due most likely being such a high profile public person. Although somewhat of a disappointment he decided it was probably for the best.
- Although he is only 5'8" he may appear to be taller in some productions due to his shoes that he uses sometimes to make him go from his normal height to six foot tall.
- Magnum has survived several car crashes over his life. He has even had over ten crashes with deer due to the region of Kentucky his home is located. One of the worst crashes involved a bad reaction to being given the wrong medication at the time he was a Federal Firearms License holder transporting a large amount of ammo in the vehicle. In that crash the car broke in half, his own side arm knocked off and over his head without any discharge landing on the road outside the car. Gasoline ran down the ditch where he had broken the car in half and no fire resulted only due to the rain from a few days prior the crash. Several people who are close to him within Warren County have knowledge of these crashes indicating he is one of the luckiest people they have ever seen considering the high number of crashes and most he walked away without any damage to himself.
- He once had a long term partner Shelley Curtis Clark who he parted ways with in summer of 2015. Both their personal and professional relationship ended abruptly!.
- Former Long Term Partner Shelley Curtis Clark and Magnum officially called all ties quits in 2015. Shelly and Magnum had already stopped their long term personal relationship some time before July 2015 and toward the last of July 2015 Magnum removed her from the Company as well!.
- James Magnum Cook has built an incredible network of Models, Actors and others within the Entertainment Business in a very short period of time. Looking at his background and friends you'll see someone from almost ever level of the entertainment business somehow connected to him. He often jokes about pretty good for a guy who thought he'd be out of business in 90 days!.
- Has down some small cross over parts as an actor in other people's productions. First small talking on screen role outside of Magnum Caliber Films was for Cellar Secret from Faux Pas Films where he plays the role of a Minister. That film is to be released in 2017!.
- In mid 2016 James Magnum Cook had his name and image added to a new board game in development.
- Often James Magnum Cook's name comes up in other people's film as a secondary character named specifically James Magnum Cook.
- Appears as a TV Minister in the Film Cellar Secret. It was the first speaking role in another Film Production Company other than his own. A very small role within the film, but Magnum has great respect for all filmmakers and often supports them in various ways!.
- James Magnum Cook was named by an actor playing James Magnum Cook as a fictional version of himself in the film Bloody Island. The full name of James Magnum Cook is spoken as a rich boy now doing Community Service for criminal acts. It was not the first film to have his real name he uses for film spoken in someone else's film, but it was the first time a fictional version of himself was used within in a film saying his name. Bloody Island was an Independent Kickstarter Campaign film from Director Joseph Kelley in 2016!.
- James Magnum Cook will be a Black Ops Character in Spy House a game in development in Canada to be released late 2017.
- Magnum was actually a Scouting Minister for the Lewis Chapel United Methodist Church when he was in High School and in the Boy Scouts. Ironically he would play a TV Minister in a Horror Films years later.
- A fictionalized novel of James Magnum Cook is scheduled to be out in late 2017. The novel is by author Douglas W. Daech who has several books already published on Amazon.com.
- Although his nickname is Magnum and was added to his name as a middle name for Entertainment Profession he is also often referred to as the Man of Adventure. Part of this is due to his free spirited nature of living life as an adventure and seeking out adventure experiences within in it.
- Magnum is also known as the Man of Adventure for the way he lives life and seeks out adventure experiences.
- On August 18th 2017 Strings Attached By Douglas W. Daech on Amazon became his strongest opening ever. This was the first fictional novel written around James Magnum Cook as a main character. It opened at 30,000 out of 8 million books on Amazon and was the strongest sales ever for the author. Mr. Daech said he believed it to be from a strong following Magnum had developed.
- James Magnum Cook is well known for working with some of the same actors over and over such as Rick Hunt, Cindy McDonald and Kayla Perkins.
- Lives on and operates from his private ranch near Bowling Green, Kentucky. Some parts of the Independent Films he has Directed and Produced have been filmed on location there.
- James Magnum Cook is trained in both regular First Aid, CPR, and AED with additional training in Herbal First Aid knowing how to use the plants and things in nature for emergency situations in the wild.
- The DVD Cover Photo with former Cover Girl/Actress Barbie White for Bloody Sisterly Love was photographed by Magnum in the real Graveyard that sits on his ranch in Kentucky.
- One of the things that James Magnum Cook really enjoys is planes and anything involving aviation. He is a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association as well as the Experimental Aircraft Association.
- Country Singer Rick Ryman wrote the song James Magnum Private Eye loosely based on James Magnum Cook. Song was first performed in March 0f 2024 live at Five Broke Girls in Horse Cave Kentucky.
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