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Early life, family, educational background
American actor James Stewart Tolkan was born on June 20, 1931, in Calumet, Michigan, USA, to cattle dealer Ralph M. Toklan and Marjorie Tolkan.
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His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants, Harry and Anna Tolkan. Alexander and Sofia Silvola were his Finnish maternal grandparents.
James attended Coe College, Eastern Arizona College, the Actors Studio, and the University of Iowa. He served in the US Navy for a year and then studied at the Actors Studio, with Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg.
Career
Movie
He played Napoleon Bonaparte and his look-alike in 1945’s “Love and Death.” Woody Allen’s comedy represented a Russian literary satire. The following year, he played Tom Paine in “Independence.”
In 1973, he played a homophobic cop, Lieutenant Steiger, in “Serpico”. His character loudly accuses a gay encounter in the men’s room between cop Serpico and another cop. Sidney Lumet directed the neo-noir biographical crime.
In 1979, he played a Coroner in the supernatural horror film “The Amityville Horror”, based on Jay Anson’s novel of the same name, published in 1977, starring Margot Kidder and James Brolin, and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. Margot and James play a young couple who buy a house and are haunted by the forces who live there. The story is loosely based on the experience of the Lutz family in their home in Amityville, New York. A year before they moved in, there had been serial murders in the house. A remake of the film was released in 2005.
James played District Attorney Polito, a determined and cold-hearted lawyer in “Prince of the City” directed by Sidney Lumet in 1981. The following year, he played Lt. Glass in the comedy drama “Author! Author!” by Arthur Hiller.
He appeared in two films in 1983. As FBI agent George Wigan in “War Games,” which received three Academy Award nominations and won several awards, including a Saturn and a BAFTA. “WarGames” is based on urban legends and consists of four short films. He also voiced Bishop in the American horror anthology, “Nightmares,” starring Veronica Cartwright, Lance Henriksen, Emilio Estevez, and Cristina Raines.
In 1985, James Gerald Strickland was in “Back to the Future”, directed by Robert Zemeckis, and starring Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox.
The film was followed by two sequels and became famous for its realistic portrayal of various American eras. The National Film Registry has inaugurated the film, and the Library of Congress has preserved it for aesthetic, cultural, and historical significance. His character, Gerald Strickland, is the strict assistant principal of Hill Valley High School. In 1989, he reprized his role in the sequel to “Back to the Future Part II”. He calls the unnamed gang members “slugs” when they attack him as they drive past, and he shoots back. In 1990, he played Chief Marshal James Strickland, the grandfather of Mr. Strickland in “Back to the Future Part III.”, and reprized his role in the 1991 animated spin-off.
James played the no-nonsense Commander, Commander Tom “Stinger” Jardian, in the 1986 film “Top Gun.” He is known for the phrase, “Your ego is writing checks that your body can’t cash.” The action drama was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson in association with Paramount Pictures and directed by Tony Scott. Jack Epps Jr. and Jim Cash adapted the screenplay from the “Top Guns” article in a California magazine published three years earlier. Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Tom Skerritt, Kelly McGillis and Anthony Edwards star in the film, and Adrian Pasdar makes his debut as an actor.
Tom Cruise played a young Navy aviator, Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.
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Lieutenant Pete and Nick “Goose” Bradshaw, his Radar Intercept Officer, are given the opportunity to train in San Diego, California, at the United States Navy’s Fighter Weapons School at Naval Air Station Miramar. The film premiered on May 16, 1986 and received mixed reviews from critics, but effects, action sequences, acting and the aerial stunts received critical acclaim, and cinema attendance increased by 45% four weeks after its premiere. The film was a huge commercial success, grossing $356 million from a $15 million budget. The film continued to be popular even in 2013 when it was re-released in IMAX 3D. Berlin won an Academy Award for “Take My Breath Away”, for Best Original Song. In the video games “Top Gun”, James uttered the voice of Commander Hondo.
In 1987, he played hard-hitting detective Lubic in “Masters of the Universe,” and in 1990, Big Boy’s accountant Caprice was nicknamed “Numbers” in the Warren Beatty film “Dick Tracy.”
Television
James appeared as Evan Humboldt in the episode “Naked City” entitled “The Man Who Bit a Diamond in Half” in 1960, as Norman Keyes in “Remington Steele” from 1985 to 1987, and Mr. Bjornstead in “Miami Vice ‘1987.
He played Dr. Oates (alias Dr. Bloat) in the episode “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” titled “Day Damn One” in 1990. From 1992 to 1993, he starred as Mike Ragland in the short-lived ABC crime drama “The Hat Squad,” then FBI Special Agnet Korkos in the 1997 episode of ‘The Pretender’ entitled ‘Dragon House’.
From 2001 to 2002, James played more than a dozen characters in A&E’s “A Nero Wolfe Mystery,” including Mr. Joseph Pitcairn, Mr. Hackett and Leo Bingham. James also directed two episodes, “The Next Witness” and “Die Like a Dog”. He played Dean Chesny in the 2011 episode of “Leverage” titled “The Cross My Heart Job”.
Other
His debut was at East 74e Street theater in 1960, as Frank in “The Shoemaker And The Peddler”. He starred in “Macbeth” at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, in “The Cannibals” at St. Clement’s Church and in Arthur Miller’s “A View From The Bridge” at the Sheridan Square Playhouse. In 1965, he was Robert Duvall’s understudy in “A View from the Bridge.”
James starred in several productions, including ‘The Silent Partner’, ‘Twelve Angry Men’, ‘One Tennis Shoe’ and ‘Narrow Road To The Deep North’. He also appeared in David Mamet’s 1984 original Broadway production “Glengary, Glen Ross.”
Private life
James met his future wife while working as an executive at the American Place Theater in New York. They were married on August 28, 1971, in Lake Placid, New York, in a private ceremony at St. Eustace Episcopal Church. They are still married and currently live in Lake Placid.
Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts
On Rotten Tomatoes, his top rated films are “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” in 1973 and “Love and Death” – both had a score of 100%, “Back to the Future” got 96% and 1989’s “Second Sight” received 0% .
James likes to spend his free time collecting folk art.
Appearance
He is a bald man who is 1.68 m tall. James has blue, intense eyes, which helps him to be portrayed as overbearing and strict characters.
Wealth and salary
James’ net worth is estimated at over $5 million, as of mid-2020.
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