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Scrimm, Angus, 1926-2016

LC control no.no2016105874
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Personal name headingScrimm, Angus, 1926-2016
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Variant(s)Guy, Lawrence Rory, 1926-2016
Guy, Rory, 1926-2016
Birth date1926-08-19
Death date2016-01-09
Place of birthKansas City (Kan.)
Place of deathTarzana (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Field of activityActors Authors
Found inJim, the World's Greatest, 1975: container (Angus Scrimm)
IMDb, August 8, 2016 (Angus Scrimm (1926-2016); actor; born August 19, 1926 in Kansas City, Kansas; died January 9, 2016 in Tarzana, California; birth name: Lawrence Rory Guy; most famous as "The Tall Man" in Don Coscarelli's Phantasm (1979) and its sequels)
Wikipedia, August 8, 2016 (Angus Scrimm; 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; 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; 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; Scrimm won a Grammy (credited as Rory Guy, as were his early film roles) for his liner notes)
Associated languageeng