James Tolkan, known to moviegoers as Professor Strickland from the Back to the Future trilogy, has died. The actor, who died at the age of ninety-four, worked for fifty-five years in films, series and stage plays, but became known especially in the aforementioned film trilogy and Top Gun.
James Tolkan died at the age of ninety-four Back to the future is a Top Gun its star. The actor died on Thursday in Saranac Lake, New York, the cause of his death has not yet been disclosed – reports Deadline.
James Tolkan was born on June 20, 1931 in Calumet, Michigan. He served in the Navy during the Korean War and then moved to New York where he studied acting. He began his career in local theater productions and eventually appeared in nine Broadway plays. His most notable stage role was Agent Dave Moss played by David Mamet Glengarry Glen Ross in his drama in 1984–85.
In the 1960s, he appeared in television series, where he only worked as a supporting actor, but later appeared as a partner of Al Pacino and Diane Keaton.
The breakthrough: the Back to the Future trilogy
The real breakthrough was in 1985 Back to the future brought him, in Robert Zemeckis’s cult film he played Mr. Strickland, the assistant principal, and then returned in the second and third parts, in the latter he also played the teacher’s wild west ancestor. One year a Back to the future after its premiere Top Gunplayed alongside Tom Cruise, he adjusted the newly graduated pilots.
For 55 years, James Tolkan worked almost without interruption, appearing in small and large roles Miami Vicein and a Dick Tracyin. The actor’s last film roles were in 2013 Phil Spector in the TV movie, where he played a judge, and played in the 2015 Bones and scalpsalso in
He was happily married to his wife for 54 years, and his family asked the actor’s admirers to donate to animal shelters or animal rescue organizations in his memory.
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