Angus Scrimm
| Angus Scrimm | |
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Scrimm in November 2011
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| Born | Lawrence Rory Guy August 19, 1926 Kansas City, Kansas, United States |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Other names | Lawrence Guy Rory Guy |
| Occupation | Actor, author |
| Years active | 1952–2016 |
Angus Scrimm (born Lawrence Rory Guy; August 19, 1926 – January 9, 2016) was an American actor and author, best known for playing the Tall Man in the 1979 horror film Phantasm and its sequels.
Life and career
Scrimm was born in Kansas City, Kansas. He was originally a journalist and wrote and edited for TV Guide, Cinema Magazine, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and many other publications. He has also written liner notes for many LPs and CDs for artists ranging from Frank Sinatra to the Beatles, as well as Arthur Rubinstein and Itzhak Perlman.[1] Scrimm won a Grammy (credited as Rory Guy, as were his early film roles) for his liner notes.[2]
Scrimm stood approximately 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m).[2] To appear even taller when playing the Tall Man, he wore suits that were several sizes too small and platform shoes.[citation needed] His Phantasm role led to a steady acting career in theater and television. Scrimm had a recurring role as an SD-6 agent on Alias.[3]
On January 9, 2016, he died at the age of 89 in Los Angeles.[3]
Filmography
- Sweet Kill (1973) Henry
- Scream Bloody Murder (1973) Doctor Epstein
- Jim the World's Greatest (1976) Jim's Father
- Phantasm (1979) The Tall Man
- Witches' Brew (1980) Carl Groton
- The Lost Empire (1983) Dr. Sin Do/Lee Chuck
- Phantasm II (1988) The Tall Man
- Transylvania Twist (1989) The Tall Man
- Subspecies (1990) King Vladislas
- Mindwarp (1992) The Seer
- Munchie Strikes Back (1994) Kronas
- Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994) The Tall Man
- Wishmaster (1997) Narrator
- Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998) The Tall Man
- The Off Season (2004) Ted
- Masters of Horror: Incident On and Off a Mountain Road (2005) Buddy
- Automatons (2006) The Scientist
- Satanic (2006) Dr. Barbary
- I Sell The Dead (2008) Doctor Quint
- Hollywood Horror (2009)
- Satan Hates You (2009) Dr. Michael Gabriel
- John Dies at the End (2012) Father Shellnut
- Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story (2015) uncredited cameo
- Phantasm V: Ravager (2016) The Tall Man
References
External links
- Angus Scrimm at the Internet Movie Database
- Angus Scrimm at AllMovie
- Five Minutes With Angus Scrimm interview by Michael Mercadante, 1990
- The Phantasm Archives Unpublished Interview from 1992
- Phantasm website
- PHANTASMAGORIA
- http://totalscifionline.com/interviews/861-angus-scrimm-talking-tall
- Articles with hCards
- Articles with unsourced statements from January 2016
- 1926 births
- 2016 deaths
- American male film actors
- American male journalists
- American male television actors
- American male voice actors
- Grammy Award winners
- Writers from Kansas City, Kansas
- Male actors from Kansas City, Kansas
- Writers from California
- Male actors from California
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
