I'm trying to remember the name of a former TV star who was very seriously
injured in a motorcycle accident quite a few years ago. Believe he lost an
arm and a leg on the right side of his body and wondering whatever happened
to him.
Anybody remember the name and what happened to him?
Chris in Pearland, TX
Christine wrote:
Hi Christine,
You must be thinking of James Stacy. His girlfriend was killed in the
motorcycle accident that took his arm and leg. He got some parts after
his injuries, but then was convicted of molesting an 11 year old girl, I
believe in 1996. He was released from prison in 2001 and is now living
in retirement.
Ron Crain
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<<You must be thinking of James Stacy. His girlfriend was killed in the
motorcycle accident that took his arm and leg. He got some parts after
his injuries, but then was convicted of molesting an 11 year old girl, I
believe in 1996. He was released from prison in 2001 and is now living
in retirement.>>
He also attempted suicide a number of years ago by jumping off a cliff.
Did a little bit of checking and discovered he's got an active website at
http://www.jamesstacy.com with a fairly busy guestbook and a pretty graphic
letter describing the accident aftermath from one of the people who helped him
at the scene.
Sounds like he may have finally gotten his head and his life straightened out.
AC
There is nothing at that site about his imprisonment. I'd be
interested in hearing his take on all of that. (Apparently, his
"molestation" of that girl wasn't especially serious, and he might
have gotten probation if he hadn't subsequently been arrested for
stalking other preteen girls in his neighborhood.)
The only thing I think I remember about Stacy's accident is that it
wasn't his fault, and that he was struck by someone who was driving in
the wrong lane. Also that he'd just met the girl who was killed.
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This is what I get when I attempted to visit the website
This webpage is no longer available. Thank you for your interest.
> In the previous article, ApplCinamn <applc...@aol.comnospam> wrote:
> > He also attempted suicide a number of years ago by jumping off a
> > cliff. Did a little bit of checking and discovered he's got an
> > active website at http://www.jamesstacy.com with a fairly busy
> > guestbook and a pretty graphic letter describing the accident
> > aftermath from one of the people who helped him at the scene.
> >
> > Sounds like he may have finally gotten his head and his life
> > straightened out.
>
> There is nothing at that site about his imprisonment. I'd be
> interested in hearing his take on all of that. (Apparently, his
> "molestation" of that girl wasn't especially serious, and he might
> have gotten probation if he hadn't subsequently been arrested for
> stalking other preteen girls in his neighborhood.)
>
> The only thing I think I remember about Stacy's accident is that it
> wasn't his fault, and that he was struck by someone who was driving in
> the wrong lane. Also that he'd just met the girl who was killed.
I think I remember reading that Stacy's accident happened near George
(Superman) Reeves's house, on the same street, and that they found one
of Stacy's legs on the house next door to the Reeves house. George
Reeves had an accident in his sports car there, too, the same year he
died (1959). (All of this is subject to faulty memory.)
Interesting. Because it was definitely there a day or two ago.
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His accident ocurred on Coldwater Canyon Drive a street that is often used
in LA for those who wish to cross over the hills from Beveryl Hills to
Sherman Oaks. A California law, "The Stacy law," was one result of the
terrible accident.
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That is extremely odd. It was sure there last night when I read it.
Cindy
<<That is extremely odd. It was sure there last night when I read it.>>
It *is* strange, isn't it? I spent a good 20 minutes there myself last night
reading some of the guestbook entries from his fans and just clicking around.
They made mention of the website having been down and how glad they were it was
now back up. There was a nice photo of him in a suit, sitting down, where he
looked kind of like a skinny Raymond Burr in his later years with the salt and
pepper hair and beard. The photo was apparently taken in 1985 as an autographed
version of it was for sale as well, along with a number of others. I was a bit
surprised there weren't any recent pictures since he (or his webmaster) was
adding things to the site now and then.
The first time I ever saw the guy was in "My Kidnapper, My Love"; I'm not
familiar with the "Lancer" series he was on early in his career. I remember
hearing about his problems with the stalking and the suicide attempt. There's
always an element of compassion in me when I hear about his troubles. He went
through something so horrific and it obviously screwed up his mind and his life
big time. Ultimately, unless he's truly out of his mind and clinically insane
(which, apparently, he is not) it's no excuse for whatever crimes he may be
guilty of--his is just one of those situations that makes you wonder what might
have been had not that one awful moment happened.
AC
I visited it last night as well, something is definitely amiss. It appears
that the site could have been hacked, but who knows.
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> >> This is what I get when I attempted to visit the website
> >>
> >> This webpage is no longer available. Thank you for your interest.
> >
> > That is extremely odd. It was sure there last night when I read it.
> >
> > Cindy
>
> I visited it last night as well, something is definitely amiss. It appears
> that the site could have been hacked, but who knows.
Most of the site's pages are still available in Google's cache:
Dave
But then I checked, for the heck of it, the bio page (and other pages)
that came back on the Google search and they were there--just not the
home page: http://www.jamesstacy.com/bio.html
I used to get him and Michael (Mickey) Callan mixed up with each other.
Well, they do like alike. And that last name may be spelled Callen. It's
not his real one anyway, as Stacy's isn't either.
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Thanks for that link. As you said, all the pages are there except the
homepage. A fascinating story about the missing belt buckle. I wonder
how it went missing. ÿbob
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> A California law, "The Stacy law," was one result of the
> terrible accident.
What are the provisions of this law?
For anyone interested in reading them, I dug the GIF files of the
accident letter out of my browser's cache. I converted them to
greyscale JPG files to save a little bandwidth, and put them at:
http://www.panix.com/~baldwin/report1c.jpg
http://www.panix.com/~baldwin/report2c.jpg
I think it has something to do with (in)voluntary (?) testing of blood
alcohol levels of motorists when there is a fatality in an accident. I
could be wrong though.
Cindy
Stacy successfully sued the restaurant and bartender claiming they should
have stopped serving an obviously intoxicated patron. Restaurants and bars
throughout California, as well as employers having company parties, were
required to take a more responsible attitude when serving alcohol.
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I googled for this but couldn't find anything. Please, what is the
Stacy Law?
I know I've read that thing about Stacy's accident happening near
George Reeves's house, but from what you say it can't be so. Reeves
lived at 1579 Benedict Canyon Dr. The 1900 block of Coldwater Canyon
Dr. (just to pick the middle) is across the Santa Monica National
Recreation Area and seems to be two miles away as the super-hero flies
(and more than three and a half miles away by road, because you have to
drive around the southern border of the recreation area).
>Stacy successfully sued the restaurant and bartender claiming they should
>have stopped serving an obviously intoxicated patron.
What became of the driver, do you know?
Ellie
>
>In the previous article, Dave Garrett <da...@compassnet.com> wrote:
>> Most of the site's pages are still available in Google's cache:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/j0ll
>
>For anyone interested in reading them, I dug the GIF files of the
>accident letter out of my browser's cache. I converted them to
>greyscale JPG files to save a little bandwidth, and put them at:
>
> http://www.panix.com/~baldwin/report1c.jpg
> http://www.panix.com/~baldwin/report2c.jpg
What amazes me is that the guy lived through those injuries at all,
let alone the time it took for emergency services to attend. The
neighbour who applied pressure to Stacey's groin to slow down the
bleeding from his severed leg saved his live. I learned that technique
in first-aid courses, but wondered if it would work in an injury like
Stacey's. Obviously it does. ÿbob
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"Sometime jewel found in ashes." - Charlie Chan
>What amazes me is that the guy lived through those injuries at all,
>let alone the time it took for emergency services to attend.
And he survived throwing himself off a cliff. The fates seem determined to keep
that man alive.
Honestly, if I had survived what he did, I'm not so sure I wouldn't have gone
out of my mind and thrown myself off a cliff or more likely out of the hospital
window since I probably wouldn't have waited years after the accident to do it.
I really do hope things will be better for him from now on. He is a father and
grandfather; hopefully, his family will help keep him motivated.
Ellie
Michael Callan and James Stacy did play brothers in a 1982 thriller titled
"Double Exposure," so you're not the only one to notice the resemblance.
The interesting thing about that movie is that, as far as I can remember, there
were absolutely no references in the dialogue to Stacy's disability. I got the
impression that the part was written for an able-bodied actor (forgive me if
"able-bodied" is now considered offensive, but I can't think of any other way
to put it), but they decided there was no reason Stacy couldn't play it as
written. An admirable decision, although...
(SPOILER)
At the end of the movie, James Stacy is revealed to be the killer...despite the
fact that some of the murders (like snapping Sally Kirkland's neck) would have
been impossible for him to do, even with a prosthetic arm. It just struck me as
a little odd...
Erich
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shot 60 feet, while handcuffed to a live alligator...AND...I will act...like a
BABY!" - Fritz the Evil Butler
Cindy
Wow. I've definitely got Michael Callan mixed up with SOMEONE else. I
thought he committed suicide in the 60's or early 70's. I wonder who I'm
thinking of.
Cindy
> > Michael Callan and James Stacy did play brothers in a 1982 thriller titled
> > "Double Exposure," so you're not the only one to notice the resemblance.
> >
>
> Wow. I've definitely got Michael Callan mixed up with SOMEONE else. I
> thought he committed suicide in the 60's or early 70's. I wonder who I'm
> thinking of.
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That must be who I was thinking of. Kind of the same look. They were all
TV stars during the same time period, weren't they?
Cindy
Ellie
> > > Wow. I've definitely got Michael Callan mixed up with SOMEONE else. I
> > > thought he committed suicide in the 60's or early 70's. I wonder who
> I'm
> > > thinking of.
> >
> > ..Peter Deuel?...
> >
>
> That must be who I was thinking of. Kind of the same look. They were all
> TV stars during the same time period, weren't they?
..in fact, their first headlining gigs on TV were in Screen Gems sitcoms that
aired on Tuesday nights at the start of the 1966-67 season -- Callan in
"Occasional Wife" on NBC at 8:30 Eastern/Pacific and Deuel in "Love on a
Rooftop" on ABC at 9:30 Eastern/Pacific...
>By the way, does anyone know if James Stacy has ever worn any prostheses,
>either for a role or in real life? I've never seen him with any.
>
>Ellie
I think some have the history mixed up on Stacy, or perhaps they don't
kow/care what type of person he really is, if your interested read the
article : (Article pasted below) I am friends with some of his fans,
what they have told me, and I personally don't believe is that James
claimed the mother gave him permission to touch her daughter, their
claim is the mother was also a drunk. IMO the fact he tried to kill
himself after his conviction tells me more than anything one of his
fans says or what they try to ignore about him.
His fans tend to ignore those little details about him.
TROUBLE: HITTING BOTTOM AFTER FIGHTING BACK FROM A GRISLY ACCIDENT
ACTOR JAMES STACY, HIS LIFE IN TATTERS, GOES TO PRISON
People Magazine
By CURTIS RIST and JEANNE GORDON
May 13, 1996
For a time, James Stacy seemed a rakish figure who knew how to
live on the edge. "He was fabulous," says Susan Reeves, an old
friend who in 1962 met up with the handsome actor and his future
wife, singer Connie Stevens, now 57, on a trip to Rome. The
first night, after Stevens fell asleep, Stacy took off with
Reeves. Stealing a motor scooter from a local butcher, they
briefly zoomed through the hallways of her pension, then sped
off to tour the city. "It was beautiful in the early morning
hours," says Reeves, laughing at the memory.
Not all of Stacy's nights were so romantic. On Sept. 28, 1973,
the actor--who was 35 and best-known for a gig on the CBS
western Lancer--was racing his motorcycle through the Hollywood
Hills just after midnight. Stacy, who was working as a kind of
B-level Rock Hudson in movies opposite actresses such as Raquel
Welch, had just picked up a 26-year-old waitress named Pia
Isataki and was taking her for a spin. But, as they rounded a
turn, a drunk driver swerved into them, knocking them onto the
road. Isataki bled to death from a severed leg. Stacy survived
but lost his left arm and leg.
As they would later with a stricken Christopher Reeve,
Hollywood's elite rallied around the injured actor--who was
suddenly more famous than ever. The next spring, his by then
ex-wife Stevens helped stage a gala that raised $118,000 toward
his expenses. "Because of you, I'll smile again," Stacy told the
crowd, including Frank Sinatra and Barbara Streisand, as he stood
at the podium on one crutch. "I'm gonna do good things with the
money!"
It hasn't turned out that way. Even though he had a comeback as
an actor--and earned two Emmy nominations--Stacy's life today is
a shambles. Now 59, he sits in a cell in the Chino Men's Prison
in California, where he is serving a six-year term for molesting
an 11-year-old girl at his house in Meiners Oaks, 70 miles north
of Los Angeles. At his trial in November, the judge also found
Stacy guilty of "prowling"--terrorizing two teenage sisters by
entering their nearby home. When he was led out of court in a
wheelchair after the sentencing on March 5, Stacy--strands of
gray hair hanging down the neck of his prison jumpsuit--smiled
wanly and waved at the few family members who had come. "Oh,
Daddy, no!" sobbed Heather Elias, 28, his daughter with his
second wife, actress Kim Darby (True Grit), now 47. Later, in
his cell, Stacy, at the very least a confused and
self-contradictory man these days, wavered about taking
responsibility for his actions. "It makes me look like a goddamn
pedophile," he told PEOPLE. Then he added morosely, "I can't
believe that I'm stuck in this damn mess."
Stacy's life once seemed promising. Born Maurice Elias in East
L.A., he was one of six children of Lois, a waitress, and Louie,
a bookmaker. While his father took bets and dodged police,
Maurice began working as an usher at a movie house, where, he
says, "I first started loving films."
He dreamed of playing professional football. At 19, after a year
at Glendale College, California, he was drafted by Canada's
British Columbia Lions. Cut after two months, he took a bus to
Manhattan to try acting. After being in a Pepsi commercial, he
returned to L.A. for a spot as David Nelson's frat pal Fred on
TV's The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. ("I had lines like,
'Hey, Rick, want a hamburger?' " he recalls.) In 1962, while
shooting Summer Magic in Palm Springs, he met Stevens, who was
filming Palm Springs Weekend. The two married the next year but
divorced amicably in 1966. "Connie was always working, and I was
always home," he says.
A year later, Stacy met Darby while filming a Gunsmoke episode.
They married in March 1968 but divorced the next June after
Darby told a judge Stacy "did not love me anymore." By then he
had moved on to Lancer. After it went off the air in 1971, Stacy
says, "things were coming my way." But while he was waiting, the
accident occurred. To some, it seemed inevitable. "He was a wild
character," says a Hollywood publicist who recalls Stacy as a
drinker and a brawler. But he was also charismatic and inspired
those attending his Hollywood gala. Their donations were
augmented by $1.9 million he won in a 1976 lawsuit against the
L.A. bar that had sold drinks to the driver who had struck him.
After the accident, Stacy had probably the best roles of his
career. He earned an Emmy nomination for playing a disabled
Vietnam veteran in the 1977 TV movie Just a Little
Inconvenience, and another in 1986 for his portrayal of a
mugging victim on Cagney & Lacey. But all the while, he was
drinking more heavily. "He had a dependency on alcohol and
anger," says friend Eleanor Dudley, who had met Stacy when they
were teenagers. After his accident, she says, his sweetly
rebellious side turned into frustration and bitterness. Looking
for a change, Stacy assumed custody of Heather in 1979 and moved
the 9-year-old to his modest home in Meiners Oaks. "My dad has a
big heart," says Heather, now a full-time mother who lives in
the house with her 10-month-old son, Luke, and her boyfriend
Lester Maxwell, a house painter. "It's just with the alcohol, it
gets so distorted."
In the late 1980s, Stacy was usually too drunk to work. He moved
about in an electric wheelchair and squandered his money on
drinking holidays--basically he was known as a moody drunk. By
last year he had few friends other than Patrice Loher, a nurse
who lived nearby. On March 26, 1995, Loher's daughter, 11,
visited Stacy while her mother was at work. He bought the girl a
pizza in exchange for a massage. and he admits he touched her
genitals. But Stacy insists, rather pathetically, that it wasn't
molestation. "She wanted to learn acupressure," he says. "I
touched her for five seconds."
He might have gotten off with probation, prosecutors say, but
for what came next. On June 18, as a family with two girls, ages
12 and 16, moved into town, Stacy lingered outside the
house--even after the parents asked him to leave. When they left
to pick up more boxes, Stacy wheeled inside. "Come talk to me, I
know you're in there!" he yelled in a drunken haze, and was
later arrested. A week after, Stacy appeared in the backyard of
Joan Archer, a schoolteacher, whose daughters 10 and 11, were
playing on a trampoline with a friend. She heard cries and ran
outside to find Stacy racing toward them in his wheelchair.
Again he was arrested, but prosecutors dropped the charge at his
trial.
After pleading no contest last November, Stacy checked into a
Ventura County rehab facility but was thrown out for trying to
take control of the classes. In despair, he flew to Hawaii,
where he drank a pint of whiskey and took a cab to the top of a
1,200-foot cliff for a suicide dive. He jumped but was rescued
from a ledge 45 feet below. He remembers that he lay there,
thinking, "I even screwed this up."
Arrested at the hospital and later flown back to Ventura County,
he was sentenced to a long term for a first offender, in part
because the judge agreed with the prosecution's assertion that
he had a "propensity for pedophilia." Stacy insists his basic
problem is drinking. "I mean, Jesus, God, rehab would have done
it," he says. At other times, he vows that he's "ready to take a
look at myself for the first time" and make some changes.
Susan Reeves believes change is possible. "God didn't want him
to die," she says, "and so he's going to get a second chance."
But the victim, now 12, still suffers. "She is angry. She feels
embarrassed," says Loher, who says the trial upset her so much
she couldn't go to school all the next week.
Stacy has been down before, but this time there are no galas
planned and no celebrities coming to visit. He can attend daily
AA meetings in jail, but for the most part he is left alone with
his thoughts--perhaps the most agonizing punishment of all.
"Every once in a while I hit reality," says Stacy, "and I just
scream, 'God, no!'"
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> On 07 Aug 2003 00:23:27 GMT, applc...@aol.comnospam (ApplCinamn)
> wrote:
>
> >By the way, does anyone know if James Stacy has ever worn any prostheses,
> >either for a role or in real life? I've never seen him with any.
> >
> >Ellie
>
> His fans tend to ignore those little details about him.
>
> TROUBLE: HITTING BOTTOM AFTER FIGHTING BACK FROM A GRISLY ACCIDENT
> ACTOR JAMES STACY, HIS LIFE IN TATTERS, GOES TO PRISON
> People Magazine
> By CURTIS RIST and JEANNE GORDON
> May 13, 1996
>
I was in love with her for several years after "Better Off Dead" came
out. She was perfect. "And to drink ... Peru!"