Anthony James, best known for playing villains in films and television shows, died in Massachusetts on May 26. He was 77 years old at the time.

James Anthony was born on July 22, 1942, and died two months before his 78th birthday from cancer. According to his obituary, James grew up in a poor family and worked as a house cleaner with his mother to make ends meet in Los Angeles. After graduating from high school, he relocated to Los Angeles with his mother to pursue his acting career.

The late actor, who went by the stage name Anthony James, was barely 26 years old when he made his breakthrough as a killer in Norman Jewison’s film In the Heat of the Night.

With his final film performance as Skinny Dubois in Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven,” James retired in the early 1990s. The film, like his debut, In the Heat of the Night, received an Academy Award for Best Picture.

Anthony James was a fantastic actor who was described as tall and slim with a commanding presence on screen. Vanishing Point, Burnt Offerings, World Gone Wild, Blue Thunder, and other works by him are well-known. Married… with Children, Beauty and the Beast, The A-Team, Police Story, and others are among his major television shows.

Anthony James has worked alongside a number of notable actors throughout the course of his 27-year acting career, including Sidney Poitier, Jeff Bridges, Clint Eastwood, Richard Harris, Blythe Danner, and others. Anthony James was a nasty person on television, according to his obituary. Jimmy Anthony, on the other hand, was a sweetheart with a natural talent for the arts.

Anthony James devoted his entire life to the arts, writing, and performing. Social media is the source of this image.

James went on to have a long and successful career as a painter and writer after retiring from his nearly 30-year acting career. He relocated to England, where he painted and sold his work to galleries in Boston, Japan, and elsewhere. In 1994, he also published Language of the Heart, a collection of his paintings and writings. Jimmy Anthony also penned a book titled Acting My Face, which he dedicated to his mother.

James Anthony was never married and did not have any children. He devoted his entire life to several types of art. Jimmy Anthony, nicknamed Anthony James, is survived by his pals, who looked after and consoled him in his dying days at his home. Similarly, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are receiving all donations in Anthony’s honor.

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