R.I.P. James Karen, "Poltergeist" and "Return of the Living Dead" Star

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/new...id=mailsignout


James Karen, the instantly recognizable character actor who moved the cemetery’s headstones — but not the bodies — as the developer Mr. Teague in the modern horror classic Poltergeist, has died. He was 94.

The incredibly prolific Karen, who also was noteworthy in such films as The China Syndrome (1979) and The Return of the Living Dead (1985) and on the finale of NBC’s Little House on the Prairie — he’s the dastardly reason the town of Walnut Grove was blown up — died Tuesday at his Los Angeles home.


In the 80's, he was also the spokesman for supermarket chain Pathmark

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Walnut Grove was blown up?

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I know him *maainly* from ROTLD and he's awesome in it. Looks like I'm watching that film this October.

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Yes, Karen's character of Lassiter had owned the town and the townspeople had no chance of driving him away. So the townspeople decided to destroy the small town in The Last Farewell using dynamite.


More as to why the producers opted to use this method can be found here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160329...cray_story.htm

One thing I remember him for was his other team-up with Tobe Hooper in the remake of Invaders From Mars where he played the Army General.


RIP

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Great actor...worked a lot...I can't even recall how many movies he's popped up in...RIP.