Angus Scrimm

Angus Scrimm
Scrimm at the Monstermania Convention, New Jersey, May 2007
Born	Lawrence Rory Guy August 19, 1926 (1926-08-19) (age 83) Kansas City, Kansas
Other name(s)	Lawrence Guy, Rory Guy
Occupation	Film, television, voice actor
Years active	1973–present

Angus Scrimm (born August 19, 1926) is an American actor, perhaps best known for playing the Tall Man in the 1979 horror movie Phantasm and its sequels.^[1]

Scrimm was born in Kansas City, Kansas. He was originally a journalist and has written 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. He won a Grammy (as Rory Guy) for his liner notes.^[2]

Scrimm stands approximately 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m). To appear even taller when playing the Tall Man, he wore suits that were several sizes too small, and platform shoes. His Phantasm role led to a steady acting career in theatre and television. In recent years Scrimm had a recurring role as an SD-6 agent on Alias.^[3]

Filmography

• Phantasm (1979)
• Witches' Brew (1980)
• The Lost Empire (1983)
• Phantasm II (1988)
• Transylvania Twist (1989)
• Subspecies (1990)
• Mindwarp (1992)
• Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)
• Wishmaster (1997)
• Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)
• The Off Season (2004)
• Incident On and Off a Mountain Road (2005)
• Automatons (2006)
• Satanic (2006)
• I Sell The Dead (2008)
• Phantasm V: Vengeance (2012)

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• The Phantasm Archives Unpublished Interview from 1992
• Masters of Horror Interview: Angus Scrimm
• Phantasm Web Site

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