Anthony James, an instantly recognizable character actor who often played the creepy guy including in Best Picture Oscar winners In the Heat of the Night and Unforgiven, died May 26 of cancer. He w…
James had made a single brief appearance on a TV series when Norman Jewison cast him as the killer Ralph in 1967’sstarring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. The film went on to win five Oscars, including Best Picture.as the slimy brothel owner Skinny Dubois, who ends up on the losing end of Bill Munny’s gun. That 1992 pic starring and helmed by Eastwood won four Academy Awards, including the marquee prize, and would be James’ final screen credit.
Born Jimmy Anthony on July 22, 1942, in Myrtle Beach, SC, he reversed his name to avoid confusing with another actor. After high school, he and his mother to a train to Los Angeles, where he pursued acting. After his screen days, James focused on painting, and more than 100 of his works were sold at galleries in Boston, New York, San Francisco, Santa Fe, NM, and Japan.a book of his paintings and poetry, in 1994.
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