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Angus Scrimm - The Tall man/ Phantasm Series
The evil screen villain known as The Tall Man in Phantasm and the following sequels was born Lawrence Rory Guy at Kansas City, MO in in 1926.
In his teens Scrimm moved to California and studied drama at USC.
Believe it or not in his first film he played another tall man in the persona of Abraham Lincoln. It was actually an educational film for the Enclclopedia Britannica.
This film led him to a steady career in theatre, television and films. During these early years he used his real name. He changed his name to Angus Scrimm when he played in Phantasm.
Some of Angus Scrimm's film roles were:
As Rory or Lawrence Guy:
Scream Bloody Murder (1973) as Dr. Epstein
A Piece Of The Action (1977) as Monk
Witches Brew (1980) as Carl Gordon
As Angus Scrimm:
Phantasm (1979) as The Tall Man
The Lost Empire (1985) as Dr. Sin Do/ Lee Chuck
Phantasm 2 (1988) as The Tall Man
Mindwarp (1990) as Seer/Systems Operator
Subspecies (1991) as King Vladislav
Munchie (1993) as The Undertaker
Deadfall (1993) as Dr. Lyme
Phantasm 3: Lord Of The Dead (1994) as The Tall Man
Phantasm 4: Oblivion (1998) as The Tall Man
Legend Of The Phantom Rider (2002) as The Preacher
The Off Season (2004) as Ted
Satanic (2006) as Dr. Barbary
Automations (2006) as The Scientist
I Sell The Dead (2008) as Dr. Quint
Satan Hates You (2010) as Dr. Michael Gabriel
Disciples (2012-Direct To Video) as Winston
The director of the original Phantasm film that Mr. Scrimm acted in was Don Coscarelli. Coscarelli was only 18 years old at the time he produced this film.
By now you are probably wondering what type of person this villain really is in real life. Right?
Just the opposite of what you seen on the screen.
Mr. Scrimm was also a journalist and writer before he became an actor. He has been an editor and writer for TV Guide, Cinema Magazine, The Los Angeles Herald Examiner and other publications.
Scrimm has writen liner notes for many LP records and compact discs from classical to jazz and has been nominated several times for Grammy Awards in this area.
He won a Grammy Award for Best Album notes -Classical in the year 1974. The album was entitled: : The Classical Erich Wolfgand Krngold.
But you won't find them written under the name of Angus Scrimm. He uses his real name: Rory or Lawrence Guy.
I have all of the Phantasm's films and have enjoyed Mr. Scrimm in all of them. I also enjoyed his performance in Legend Of The Phantom Rider as well.
I will have to look through my LP's and CD's and see I can find any liner notes by "The Tall Man".
As I mentioned, I had sent some scanned photos for him to sign and he actually called me inquiring about my mailing address. I had about a 15 minutes chat with him. A very nice person., he signed my photos and cards and sent some of his own as well.
But tonight when I go to bed I will leave might light on and pull the covers over my head and just hope that the tall man doen't appear.
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