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Anthony James

Actor

Born - 22 July 1942, Myrtle Beach, California, USA
Died - 26 May 2020

Dark-haired, dark-eyed, long-nosed, narrow-headed American 'villain' actor with skeletal facial features, very often in sinister or menacing roles. Born James Anthony of Greek parentage - his father ran a restaurant in Myrtle Beach - he was on TV in his early twenties, and made a notable film debut as the racist cafe server from In the Heat of the Night (1967). Further film credits included New Face in Hell (1968), Sam Whiskey (1969), ...tick...tick...tick (1970), Vanishing Point (1971), The Culpepper Cattle Co (1972), High Plains Drifter (1973), The Teacher (1974), Hollywood Cowboy (1975), Victory at Entebbe (1976), Return from Witch Mountain (1978), Ravagers (1979), Soggy Bottom USA (1981), Wacko (1982), Blue Thunder (1983), Nightmares (1983), World Gone Wild (1986), Mortuary Academy (1988), Slow Burn (1989), The Naked Gun Two and a Half: The Smell of Fear (1991) and Unforgiven (1992), his last before leaving acting to pursue a career as an artist. He died from cancer.