What is Angus Scrimm?
[[File:Angus Scrimm 2011.jpg|thumb|Scrimm in November 2011.]] '''Lawrence Rory Guy''' (August 19, 1926 &ndash; January 9, 2016), better known as '''Angus Scrimm''', was an [[Americans|American]] actor and writer. He best known for playing [[Tall Man (Phantasm)|the Tall Man]] in the [[horror movie]] ''[[Phantasm (film)|Phantasm]]'' (1979) and its [[sequel]]s, ''[[Phantasm II]]'' (1988), ''[[Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead]]'' (1994), ''[[Phantasm IV: Oblivion]]'' (1998), and his final movie ''[[Phantasm: Ravager]]'' (2016). He also appeared in the television series ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''. He wrote [[liner notes]] for musician such as [[Frank Sinatra]] to [[The Beatles]]. He won a [[Grammy Award]] for his liner notes. Scrimm was born in [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], [[Kansas]]. He studied at the [[University of Southern California]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. Scrimm died on January 9, 2016 in Los Angeles, aged 89.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/10/angus-scrimm-obituary-phantasm|title=Phantasm star Angus Scrimm dies at 89|last=Collis|first=Clark|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=January 10, 2016|access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0780133}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Scrimm, Angus}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Kansas]] [[Category:American journalists]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Los Angeles]] [[Category:American Grammy Award winners]] [[Category:Writers from Kansas]] {{US-bio-stub}}