RIP: Art Evans

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Art Evans died on Saturday, December 21, 2024.  The cause of death was complications from diabetes.  Mr. Evans was 82.

Art Evans began his career as a stage actor.  His first screen appearance was in 1972.  Mr. Evans had an uncredited role in the early Brian DePalma film, Sisters.  In 1975, Art Evans received his first credited role in the television movie The Orphan and the Dude.  For the next forty plus years Mr. Evans appeared in movie and television roles.

Television projects that feature Art Evans include: The Orphan and the Dude; Chico and the Man; Police Woman; Minstrel Man; Roosevelt and Truman; King (3 episodes); Some Kind of Miracle; The Cracker Factory; I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; MASH; Skag; The Boy Who Drank Too Much; World War III; The Fall Guy; The Seduction of Gena; Hill Street Blues (3 episodes); American Playhouse; Long Time Gone; Nine to Five (12 episodes); 227; In the Heat of the Night; Doogie Houser MD; Midnight Caller; A Different World (2 episodes); Mad About You (2 episodes); CBS Schoolbreak Special; Roc; Family Matters; Dream On; Walker, Texas Ranger; LA Heat; Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction; After All; City of Angels; The X-Files; Monk; Everybody Hates Chris; Lincoln Heights (2 episodes); The Sarah Silverman Program; Pretend Time (2 episodes); Last Man Standing; Beauty and the Baller (3 episodes); A House Divided (3 episodes); Real Husbands of Hollywood and The Proud Family Louder and Louder (2 episodes).

Feature films that Art Evans appeared in include: Sisters; Claudine; Death Wish; Amazing Grace; Leadbelly; Fun with Dick and Jane; The In-Laws; The Main Event; The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again; Christine; A Soldier’s Story; Tough Turf; Into the Night; Fright Night; Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling; Ruthless People; Native Son; White of the Eye; The Mighty Quinn; Adventures in Babysitting; Die Hard II; Revenge of the Nerds; Trespass; CB4; Tales from the Hood; The Story of Us; Interstate 60; Young Cesar; Shades of Ray and Church.

I probably first saw Art Evans in Death Wish.  I know by the time he appeared in Die Hard 2, I recognized him from his many guest appearances on television and movies.  My favorite Art Evans roles are the parts he played in Die Hard 2 and A Soldier’s Story.  Of course I always liked his performances in everything I ever saw him in.

Out thoughts and prayers go out to Art Evans’ family, friends and fans.