Editor’s note: Angus Scrimm, who passed away over the weekend at 88, was a veteran horror actor best known for his role in Don Coscarelli’s 1979 cult classic “Phantasm.” In his later years ...

Born Lawrence Rory Guy in Kansas City, Kan., on Aug. 19, 1926, the son of Alfred David and Pearl Guy, Scrimm learned to love movies while a teenage usher in a local theater, Coscarelli said.

Angus Scrimm, the veteran character actor best known for playing the terrifying “Tall Man” in the Phantasm horror franchise, has died at the age of 89.His other credits included the 2008 film ...

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. “Phantasm” director Don Coscarelli reported ...

Angus Scrimm, The Tall Man Of ‘Phantasm,’ Has Passed Away At Age 89. Jason Nawara Entertainment Editor. January 10, 2016. The horror world has lost a big one.

Angus Scrimm, who is best known for having played the Tall Man in the Phantasm horror movies, died earlier tonight. Scrimm was 89 years old at the time of his death.

Angus Scrimm was the antithesis of a horror monster. He was a hard-working actor with a kind and gentle soul. But he had a wry sense of humor, too.

Ash vs Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell has paid tribute to Phantasm actor, and fellow horror icon, Angus Scrimm, who died on Saturday at the age of 89. Campbell and Scrimm both appeared in the 1992 ...

Angus Scrimm, the character actor who played the Tall Man in the 1979 horror movie "Phantasm" and its sequels, died Saturday. He was 89.

Angus Scrimm: In January, 2008, this ruddy-cheeked Irish fellow with a perpetual twinkle in his eye turned up at the Burbank, California, studio where Larry Fessenden was filming the infamous rant ...