Anthony James, the lanky character actor who played sleazy, menacing types in such films asIn the Heat of the Night,Unforgiven and High Plains Drifter, has died.
He was 77. James died Tuesday of cancer, according to an obituary announcement posted by a funeral home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Remarkably, James' career was bookended by appearances in two best picture Oscar winners: He made his big-screen debut as Ralph Henshaw, a racist manning a diner counter, in Norman Jewison'sIn the Heat of the Night(1967), then wrapped things up as Skinny Dubois, a hostile owner of a bordello, in Clint Eastwood'sUnforgiven(1992).
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