"In Back to the Future, Tolkan portrayed the bow tie-wearing vice-principal Gerald Strickland, who eyeballed students for trouble in the halls of the fictitious Hill Valley high school."
"Tolkan also appeared in Top Gun as commanding officer Tom Stinger Jardian, who humorously responded to Capt Pete Maverick Mitchell's career choice with, 'God help us.'"
"Born in Calumet, Michigan, Tolkan served in the Navy during the Korean War and eventually made his way to New York, where he spent a quarter century acting in theater roles."
James Tolkan passed away at the age of 94 in Lake Placid, New York. He was known for his roles as authoritarian figures in films like Back to the Future and Top Gun. In Back to the Future, he played vice-principal Gerald Strickland, while in Top Gun, he portrayed commanding officer Tom Stinger Jardian. Tolkan served in the Navy during the Korean War and had a successful theater career in New York. He is survived by his wife, Parmelee Welles.
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