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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 ...
Angus Scrimm was chosen to portray the main villain because when Coscarelli and Scrimm worked together in a previous film, Scrimm was able to frighten a child by just staring at him while raising one eyebrow (this action later becomes one of the Tall Man's most iconic behaviors).
Phantasm is a 1979 American science fantasy horror film that was directed, written, photographed, and edited by Don Coscarelli.The first film in the Phantasm franchise, it introduces the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), a supernatural and malevolent undertaker who turns the dead of Earth into dwarf zombies to be sent to his planet and used as slaves.
Angus Scrimm, the character actor who played the Tall Man in the 1979 horror movie ?Phantasm? and its four sequels, died Saturday. He was 89. Angus Scrimm, star of 'Phantasm' movies, dies at 89
The job proved profitable on its face, but both Arthur and Willie's ability to make money was severely hampered by the interference of Doctor Quint (Angus Scrimm), who frequently blackmailed the two into obtaining corpses for free under threat of notifying the police of their activities. This blackmail continued for numerous years.
Phantasm II is a 1988 American science fantasy horror film and the sequel to Phantasm (1979). It was written and directed by Don Coscarelli and stars Angus Scrimm, James LeGros and Reggie Bannister.
The Tall Man (played by Angus Scrimm) is an alien undertaker, who is building an army of the living dead by sending corpses to his home planet for conversion. The Tall Man was once a 19th century human named Jebediah Morningside, who invented a dimensional portal that sent him to unknown places before bringing him back to Earth as the monster ...
Reggie Bannister and Angus Scrimm are still in great shape and raring to go." [1] In March 2005, Coscarelli was in the final stages of talks with New Line Cinema to produce a new entry. A reported wrote the new film was "being developed as a relaunch and as a possible trilogy about Mike's coming of age". [2] This version never came to fruition.