Anthony James, the lanky character actor who played sleazy, menacing types in such films as 'In the Heat of the Night,' 'Unforgiven and 'High Plains Drifter,' has died at 77
, in which he parodied his evil image in an over-the-top performance.
An only child, James Anthony was born to Greek immigrants on July 22, 1942, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. His father, George, built and owned a restaurant called The Mayflower but died when the boy was just 8. When he was 18, he and his mother, Marika, took a train to Union Station in Los Angeles after selling all of the family possessions. He cleaned bathrooms to pay for acting lessons, then made his onscreen debut with a one-line role on a 1966 episode of NBC's — four as Elbert Moses — and also appeared on
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