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Sep 18, 2016 · Sept. 18, 2016. James Stacy, who played a gunslinging drifter on the television western “Lancer” and, after losing an arm and a leg in a 1973 motorcycle accident, turned in memorable ...
Nov 17, 2021 · James Stacy’s Life Changed Forever in 1973 after an Accident Left Him with Irreparable Damage. James Stacy was a TV actor in the 50s to 70s, but a tragic accident saw him be typecast as an amputee and shortened his once very promising career. 70s TV actor James Stacy was involved in a tragic motorcycle accident that caused him to lose his arm ...
- Becoming James Stacy
- James Stacy’s Dreams of Stardom
- From Rising Star to A Double-Amputee
- Descent Into A Difficult Time
- From Cowboy to Convicted Felon
- Revisited in Quentin Tarantino’s Upcoming Film
Actor James Stacy was born Maurice William Elias on December 23, 1936, in Los Angeles. The second child of three siblings, he grew up in a multicultural, working-class family. His father, Louie, was of Lebanese descent and worked diligently as a bookmaker. His American-born mother, Lois, was of Irish-Scottish descent and made a living as a waitress...
Stacy’s first gig was starring in a Pepsi-Cola commercial. By the late 1950s, Stacy had secured but a few roles as an extra on TV shows like Highway Patrol and Sayonara. Stacy was doing reasonably well for a newcomer in the industry, and his first regular TV appearance was on the 1956 family sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, playing Ricky...
In September 1973, Stacy took his then-girlfriend Claire Cox out for a spin on his motorcycle, driving up Benedict Canyon Road in Hollywood. But what was supposed to be an idyllic ride turned into a nightmare within a split second after a car crashed into the actor’s bike. Stacy miraculously survived but lost both his left arm and his left leg. Cox...
Despite appearances, Stacy had difficulties adjusting on set. He butted heads with everyone in the cast and crew, including his co-star Barbara Hershey, who was supposed to be his character’s love interest. Stacy recalledhis outbursts during shooting: Co-star Lee Majors, who had helped Stacy to secure the role in the first place, was able to convin...
James Stacy’s life continued its downward spiral. Five years after his retirement in 1991, he was arrested for molesting the 11-year-old daughter of a friend. According to a Los Angeles Times report, the young girl reported the incident to her mother after the actor had invited her to his home in Ojai, California, for a swim and fondled her genital...
James Stacy also has a connection to an upcoming feature film. At the time of the horrendous Manson Family killing spree in 1969, James Stacy’s ex-wife, Connie Stevens, lived not too far from the house where the starlet Sharon Tate and four others Hollywood socialites including coffee heiress Abigail Folger and celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebringwere...
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1. Maurice William Elias (December 23, 1936 – September 9, 2016), known professionally as James Stacy, was an American film and television actor who starred in the late 1960s TV western Lancer . In 1973, Stacy was hit by a drunk driver while riding his motorcycle, resulting in his left leg being severed. His left arm, nearly severed in the ...
Sep 19, 2016 · Actor James Stacy, who is most known for the series "Lancer" and losing his left arm and leg in a motorcycle accident in 1973, died over the weekend. ... in a 1990 interview. In 1996, Stacy was ...
Oct 2, 1977 · October 1, 1977 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. NEW YORK -- Before one can think to say, "Don't get up," James Stacy is hopping across the floor of his hotel room so he can turn off a clattering TV set. He is ...
Sep 19, 2016 · By Chris Barton, Los Angeles Times. LOS ANGELES — Actor James Stacy, best known for portraying the title role in the late 1960s Western TV series “Lancer,” has died in Ventura. He was 79 ...
