Tony Beckley -- Villain in When A Stranger Calls 1979 he died in 1980

 Not many people know who he is, Tony Beckley, he died after making his last role as a bad guy psycho in when a stranger calls in 1979 in 1980 I believe.

He was terminal ill when making when a stranger calls, he did a excellent job, the opening seen in beginning was best scary beginning that left me with looking everywhere in the house from watching that horror movie, like how Curt Dunkan hid in closets and where ever else, he is mysterious how he gets in character's houses, and the kids being killed 2 little kids and they did not even know they were dead for hours after JILL JOHNSON the baby sitter arrived and parents of kids left, no noises or screaming, he probably put his handover their mouths, how brutally they were murdered, ripped apart by this man with his bare hands and played in their blood, all over him, he was so sick twisted in this movie, and he looked like a crazy psychopath and acts like one, he was dying from cancer but other places say he had HIV/aids I don't know but in respect to him, I say its sad that the talented actor had to die so young, 50 about, he is one of my favorite actors as a villain and celebrity and is overlooked where he is buried, no one brothers to check out legacy of this awesome actor, doing such a great acting job when super ill terminally ill from cancer the aids conspiracy theory is false.

I wrote this short note here to honor him and as I watched that movie when a stranger calls when I was a kid in 90s I thought it wasn't too full of action, yes when I learned what it was doing, super creepy start and tense moment when he comes out of room upstairs, and his voice and other things made this movie creepy and scary especially the ending with Jill Johnson in bed and he was there and the private detective got a call Jill had a police incident involving Curt Dunken and when he tried calling the line was basically why the detective showed up at the house in end and shot him 3 times Curt with a 38 special snubnose revolver 6 shooter. 

May he rest in peace, I watched the movies remake one too and When a stranger calls back from 1993 with original people in it, both are good, the remake from 2006 is just girl in house and what happens with a sadistic killer who killed a bunch of kids and baby sitters and JILL JOHNSON in remake stopped the psycho path is remake but best is original to me anyways, I like all 3 movies but 1979 is best one but its worth watching all 3, When a Stranger Calls 1979, When a Stranger Calls Back 1993 s under rated and good as first actually better! and remake in 2006. I say they need to remake this movie again and change somethings around and make it super creepy but I doubt that will happen.