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Anthony James

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Born: July 22, 1942
Died: May 26, 2020
From: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

Biography

Anthony James (born James Anthony; July 22, 1942 – May 26, 2020) was an American character actor who specialized in playing villains in films and television, many of them Westerns.

Known for

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

High Plains Drifter

In the Heat of the Night

Return from Witch Mountain

Vanishing Point

Blue Thunder

Burnt Offerings

Filmography

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2001

Poison - Greatest Videos Hits

Acting (Sleazy Business Manager in Fallen Angel Music Video)

1992

Acting (Skinny Dubois)

1991

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Acting (Hector Savage)

1989

Acting (Renzetti)

1988

Lady Mobster

Acting (Fowler)

Mortuary Academy

Acting (Abbott Smith)

1987

World Gone Wild

Acting (Ten Watt)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Acting (Subcommander Thei) 1 EP

Beauty and the Beast

Acting (Micah) 1 EP

Married... with Children

Acting (Adolph Van Pelt) 1 EP

1986

Sledge Hammer!

Acting (Iron Mike Heckelsmiller) 1 EP

George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head

Acting (The Bad Guys)

1985

Amazing Stories

Acting (Businessman) 1 EP

1984

Acting (Laird) 1 EP

Acting (Otto Minsky) 1 EP

1983

Acting (Store Clerk (segment "Terror In Topanga"))

Blue Thunder

Acting (Grundelius)

Acting (Flagg) 1 EPActing (Connors) 1 EPActing (Three-Finger Harry) 1 EP

1982

Acting (Zeke)

Knight Rider

Acting (Bobby Pell) 1 EP

Matt Houston

Acting 1 EP

Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

Acting (Scree)

1981

Simon & Simon

Acting 3 EP

The Fall Guy

Acting 1 EP

1980

Acting (Scorpio) 1 EP

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

Acting 1 EP

1979

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Acting (Varek) 2 EPActing (Mr. Graf) 1 EP

Acting (Ravager Leader)

B. J. and the Bear

Acting 1 EP

1978

The Fifth Floor

Acting (Derrick)

Acting 1 EP

Texas Detour

Acting (Beau Hunter)