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Angus Scrimm

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The evil screen villain Angus Scrimm, most famous as "The Tall Man" in Don Coscarelli's Phantasm and its sequels, grew up in Kansas City, but in his teens moved to California and studied drama at USC under William C. de Mille (brother of Cecil B. DeMille). His film debut came as another "Tall Man" he played Abraham Lincoln in an educational film made by Encyclopaedia Brittanica... See full bio »

Born:

Lawrence Rory Guy
in Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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2012 Disciples (video) (post-production)
Winston
 
2012 John Dies at the End
 
2011 Femme Fatales (TV series)
Dr. Chandler
– The Clinic (2011) … Dr. Chandler
 
2010 Satan Hates You
Dr, Michael Gabriel
 
2009 Spaceman on Earth (short)
Mr. Grouch
 
2008 I Sell the Dead
Dr. Quint
 
2008 Red 71
Coroner
 
2006 Automatons
The Scientist
 
2006 Robert and Theresa (short)
William
 
2006 Satanic
Dr. Barbary
 
2005 Masters of Horror (TV series)
Buddy
– Incident on and Off a Mountain Road (2005) … Buddy
 
2001-2005 Alias (TV series)
Calvin McCullough
– In Dreams... (2005) … Calvin McCullough
– Phase One (2003) … Calvin McCullough
– Snowman (2002) … Calvin McCullough
– Masquerade (2002) … Calvin McCullough
– A Broken Heart (2001) … Calvin McCullough
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2004 The Off Season
Ted
 
2003 Coupling (TV series)
Manny
– Present Tense (2003) … Manny
 
2003 The Jersey (TV series)
Merlin
– Origins: Part 1 (2003) … Merlin
 
2002 Legend of the Phantom Rider
Preacher
 
2001 The Nightmare Room (TV series)
Fatemaster
– Locker 13 (2001) … Fatemaster
 
2001 FreakyLinks (TV series)
Wilson Ashcroft
– Subject: The Harbingers (2001) … Wilson Ashcroft
 
1998-2000 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (TV series)
Pete Ringwald / Pete Ringwald (The Gravedigger's Nemesis)
– The Find/The Golden Cue/The FBI Story/The Gravedigger's Nemesis/Last Rites (2000) … Pete Ringwald (The Gravedigger's Nemesis)
– The Getaway (1998) … Pete Ringwald
 
2000 Bel Air
Photographer
 
1998 Phantasm IV: Oblivion
The Tall Man / Dr. Jebediah Morningside
 
1997 Wishmaster
Narrator (voice)
 
1996 Vampirella (video)
High Elder
 
1996 Fatal frames: Fotogrammi mortali
Man in Grey
 
1994 Munchie Strikes Back
Kronas
 
1994 Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
The Tall Man
 
1993 Deadfall
Dr. Lyme
 
1992 Munchie
Undertaker
 
1992 Mindwarp
Seer/Systems Operator
 
1991 Subspecies
King Vladislav
 
1989 Transylvania Twist
Stefen
 
1989 The Nutt House (TV series)
Grim Reaper
– Suites, Lies and Videotape (1989) … Grim Reaper
 
1988 Phantasm II
The Tall Man
 
1986 Chopping Mall
Dr. Carrington (as Lawrence Guy)
 
1985 The Lost Empire
Dr. Sin Do/Lee Chuck
 
1980 Nightkill
Desert Rat (scenes deleted) (uncredited)
 
1980 Witches' Brew
Carl Groton (as Lawrence Guy)
 
1979 Phantasm
The Tall Man
 
1978 Secrets of Three Hungry Wives (TV movie)
Man Guest (as Lawrence Guy)
 
1978 Project U.F.O. (TV series)
Malan
– Sighting 4008: The Desert Springs Incident (1978) … Malan (as Lawrence Guy)
 
1977 A Piece of the Action
Monk (as Lawrence Guy)
 
1976 Jim, the World's Greatest
Jim's Father (as Rory Guy)
 
1973 Scream Bloody Murder
Dr. Epstein (as Rory Guy)
 
1973 Sweet Kill
Henry (as Rory Guy)
 
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2005 Phantasmagoria (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
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2007 Scare Me: Behind the Screams (documentary) (voice)
 
2006 Working with a Master: Don Coscarelli (video documentary short)
 
2005 Phandom (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Phantasmagoria (video documentary)
Himself - 'The Tall Man' (also archive footage)
 
1997 Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America! (documentary)
Himself
 
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2001 Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (video documentary)
The Tall Man (Phantasm)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1989) Reprised his famous Tall Man character in a TV commercial for Fangoria magazine See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Lawrence Guy | Rory Guy

Height:

6' 4" (1.93 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

If I did the Tall Man once more, I think I'd like to make him darker and scarier again. Seems to me he softened up a bit in the last episode. I'm quite happy though with the existing quartet of films as a complete and final entity. See more »

Trivia:

Being a teenager, he worked as a theater usher where he learned by heart all of the dialogue of the movie playing there, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. See more »

Trademark:

His deep voice See more »

Star Sign:

Leo