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Angus Scrimm

アンガス・スクリム　/　あんがす・すくりむ

American actor

August 19, 1926 – January 9, 2016　・　Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Kansas
actor
journalist
film actor

My Take

Angus Scrimm is one of those performers whose backstory makes the horror even better. Before he became the Tall Man in Phantasm, he was a journalist and author with a degree from USC, and you can feel that intelligence behind the menace. The scariest villains are the educated ones, and his quiet, towering dread had a precision that pure ham could never reach. I love that someone built a horror-icon legacy out of restraint rather than excess. He worked right up until his death in 2016 at 89, a reminder that craft and curiosity can carry a career across an entire lifetime.

Overview

Angus Scrimm (born Lawrence Rory Guy; August 19, 1926 – January 9, 2016) was an American actor, author, and journalist, known for his portrayal of the Tall Man in the 1979 horror film Phantasm and its sequels.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Angus Scrimm
Name (Japanese): アンガス・スクリム
Reading: あんがす・すくりむ
Born: August 19, 1926 – January 9, 2016
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Tiger
Origin: Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / journalist / film actor / television actor / voice actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Southern California

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Tall Man	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A0

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