Art Evans

Arthur James “Art” Evans was an American actor who made multiple film and television program appearances over the span of five decades. His acting career started with Frank Silvera's Theater of Being in Los Angeles. He took a starring role in "The Amen Corner," which transferred to Broadway in 1965. His first uncredited acting performance in film was "Claudine" in 1974. His first credited role was in "Chico and the Man" as Bubba in the episode "Too Many Crooks," which aired in 1976. He is probably best known for his role as Leslie Barnes in the action 1990s film "Die Hard 2: Die Harder," in which he plays an air traffic control tower employee. Evans has also appeared in "Fright Night" and "Fright Night II," as well as many appearances in a variety of television shows such as "M*A*S*H" and "Hill Street Blues." In 1984, Evans co-starred in the all-star African-American drama "A Soldier's Story" as the memorable brown-nosing character, Wilkie. His talents for many instruments came in handy when playing Blind Lemon Jefferson in the movie "Leadbelly." Also starred in the music video for Stevie Wonder's "Go Home."

Known For: Acting

Born: Berkeley, California, USA, 1942-03-27

Died: 2024-12-21

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1973	Sisters	African Room Waiter (uncredited)	67
2	1974	Claudine	Young Brother (uncredited)	71
3	1974	Death Wish	Police Officer at Precinct (uncredited)	69
4	1974	Amazing Grace	Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)	66
5	1975	The Orphan and the Dude	Curtis 'The Dude' Brown	0
6	1976	Leadbelly	Blind Lemon Jefferson	61
7	1977	Minstrel Man	Tambo	0
8	1977	Fun with Dick and Jane	Man At Bar	65
9	1977	Big Time	Buzz Murdock	40
10	1978	Youngblood	Junkie	42
11	1979	Some Kind of Miracle	Elvis	0
12	1979	The Cracker Factory	Abdul	95
13	1979	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	Principal	42
14	1979	The In-Laws	Treasury Truck Driver	67
15	1979	The In-Laws	Driver	67
16	1979	The Main Event	Fighter	52
17	1979	The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again	Baggage Master	64
18	1980	Skag		0
19	1980	The Boy Who Drank Too Much	Intern	20
20	1980	First Family	Longo's Right Hand Man	30
21	1982	Between Two Brothers	Sanitation Worker	0
22	1982	Wrong Is Right	Warehouse Guard	55
23	1982	Class Reunion	Carl Clapton	50
24	1983	Christine	Auto Assembly Worker (uncredited)	69
25	1984	The Seduction of Gina	Delivery Man	56
26	1984	A Soldier's Story	Private Wilkie	68
27	1984	Solomon Northup's Odyssey	Walton	62
28	1985	Tuff Turf	Security Guard	59
29	1985	Into the Night	Jimmy	65
30	1985	Seduced	Cop #1	25
31	1985	Handsome Harry's	Speedy Simms	0
32	1985	Fright Night	Detective Lennox	70
33	1986	Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling	Arturo	65
34	1986	Long Time Gone	Neighbor #1	50
35	1986	Ruthless People	Lt. Bender	66
36	1986	Native Son	Doc	52
37	1987	White of the Eye	Mendoza	58
38	1988	School Daze	Cedar Cloud	57
39	1989	The Mighty Quinn	Jump Jones	61
40	1990	Downtown	Henry Coleman	57
41	1990	Mom	Lt. Hendrix	53
42	1990	Die Hard 2	Leslie Barnes	70
43	1991	Revenge of the Nerds Unaired Pilot	Wallace Carter	10
44	1992	The Finishing Touch	Lieutenant Morman	21
45	1992	Trespass	Bradlee	63
46	1993	CB4	Albert Sr.	60
47	1993	Bitter Harvest	Earl Yates	45
48	1995	Tales from the Hood	Eli (segment "KKK Comeuppance")	63
49	1995	Bushwhacked	Marty (uncredited)	53
50	1996	The Great White Hype	Minister	52
51	1997	Metro	Lt. Sam Baffett	57
52	1998	Always Outnumbered	Markham Peale	64
53	1999	After All		0
54	2000	The Cheapest Movie Ever Made		0
55	2001	Rhapsody	James Tanner	15
56	2001	Boys Klub	Father Sal	56
57	2002	Interstate 60	Otis	74
58	2003	The Watermelon Heist	Mailman	10
59	2003	Super Spy: The Final Exit	Willie Ray	0
60	2004	Gas	Will	80
61	2004	Never Die Alone	Mr. Waters	54
62	2007	Young Cesar		100
63	2008	Jada	Howard	0
64	2008	Shades of Ray	Tyler	66
65	2010	Machete Joe	Sammy	15
66	2010	House Under Siege	Jack Miller	35
67	2010	Church: The Movie	Pastor Jones	0
68	2010	Anderson's Cross	Grandfather	43
69	2013	iSteve	Ol’ Mose	49
70	2013	Alien Rising	General Tabor	39
71	2016	You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night	Himself	68

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	MAS*H	Dolan	79
2	1974	Chico and the Man		58
3	1974	Police Woman	Russ Singer	63
4	1978	King	A.D. King	69
5	1981	Hill Street Blues	Driver #2	76
6	1981	Hill Street Blues	William Teacher	76
7	1981	Hill Street Blues	Floyd Joyner	76
8	1982	World War III	Buford	62
9	1982	9 to 5	Morgan	68
10	1985	227		68
11	1987	A Different World	Mr. Johnson	71
12	1989	Doogie Howser, M.D.		66
13	1989	Family Matters		68
14	1990	Dream On	Dr. Perry	69
15	1991	Roc	The Repairman	78
16	1992	Mad About You	Ike	67
17	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Walt Taylor	70
18	1993	The X-Files	Argyle Saperstein	84
19	1997	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Wally (segment "They Towed My Car")	72
20	1999	L.A. Heat		73
21	2002	Monk	Rusty	79
22	2007	Lincoln Heights		87
23	2007	The Sarah Silverman Program.	Commander	64
24	2011	Last Man Standing	Mort	73
25	2022	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	Charlie (voice)	61

Art Evans

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Television