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Anthony James Dies: ‘Unforgiven’ & ‘In The Heat Of The Night’ Actor Was 77

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By Erik Pedersen Managing Editor 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 was 77. James had made a single brief appearance on a TV series when Norman Jewison cast him as the killer Ralph in 1967’s In the Heat of the Night, starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger.

The film went on to win five Oscars, including Best Picture. He would bookend his career with a key role in Unforgiven as the slimy brothel owner Skinny Dubois, who ends up on the losing end of Bill Munny’s gun.

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