Lou Perryman
{{Short description|American actor (1941–2009)}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Lou Perryman
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|birth_name = Louis Byron Perryman
|birth_date = August 15, 1941
|birth_place = Cooke County, Texas
|death_date = {{death date and given age|2009|4|1|67}}
|death_place = Austin, Texas, U.S.
|occupation = Actor
|other_names = Lou Perry
|years_active = 1977–2003
}}
Louis Byron Perryman (August 15, 1941 – April 1, 2009), also known as Lou Perry, was an American character actor. He acted in a number of small roles both on television and in films such as The Blues Brothers, Poltergeist, Boys Don't Cry and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.
He was a film crew member on the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre film.[http://www.fangoriaonline.com/home/news/15-rip/2000-rip-texas-chainsaw-2s-lou-perryman.html RIP Texas Chainsaw 2's Lou Perryman][http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/austinmovies/entries/2009/04/03/lou_perryman_passes_away.html Actor Lou Perryman, Texan to his bones, dies] In the sequel Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, he portrayed L.G., the radio station manager.
Perryman also starred in Texas independent filmmaker Eagle Pennell's The Whole Shootin' Match and Last Night at the Alamo.
Death
Perryman was killed in his home in Austin, Texas, on April 1, 2009, by a 26-year-old man named Seth Christopher Tatum.[http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=236839 Victim, suspect identified in S. Austin murder]{{Cite web |url=http://www.keyetv.com/content/news/topnews/story/Suspect-in-South-Austin-murder-now-in-custody/JxY-0toz5katSeDg2oXuBA.cspx |title=Suspect in South Austin murder now in custody |access-date=2009-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406105752/http://www.keyetv.com/content/news/topnews/story/Suspect-in-South-Austin-murder-now-in-custody/JxY-0toz5katSeDg2oXuBA.cspx |archive-date=2009-04-06 |url-status=dead }}
Tatum, who had recently been released from prison for aggravated robbery, had gone off his medications and had been drinking.[http://www.dreamindemon.com/2009/04/06/seth-tatum-murdered-louis-perryman/ Seth Tatum Murdered Louis Perryman] He later confessed that he had killed Perryman with an axe. On June 26, 2009 Tatum was indicted on two counts of capital murder. Tatum pleaded guilty to murder and was convicted on February 1, 2011. He was sentenced to life in prison.[http://www.statesman.com/news/local/man-gets-life-in-ax-murder-plea-deal-1226403.html Seth Christopher Tatum sentenced to life in prison] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204193926/http://www.statesman.com/news/local/man-gets-life-in-ax-murder-plea-deal-1226403.html |date=2011-02-04 }}
Filmography
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0675178}}
- [https://archive.today/20130123052314/http://www.fearzone.com/play/lou-perryman-interview Lou Perryman interview at FearZone]
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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male voice actors
Category:People from Cooke County, Texas
Category:Male actors from Austin, Texas
Category:People murdered in Texas
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:21st-century American male actors
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