Jimmy Bangley, who grew up in the close-knit Kingsboro community,
graduated from Suffolk High School in 1974. His parents, Mary Frances
and James Bangley, gave their son - who had bitten by the acting bug as
a child - a trip to California for his high school graduation.
Although he returned home for several months, Bangley moved out there
the following year to pursue an acting career.
"Every year out there, he loved it out there more and more," Mary
Frances Bangley said. "He always wanted to make it on the stage and in
the movies."
Bangley performed in dozens of theatrical productions and comedy clubs
during his years on the West Coast. He also appeared in several movies,
including "Rollercoaster" and in 2001, Faye Dunaway's "The Yellow
Bird."
Bangley was probably more widely known for expertise in silver screen
actors.
He has appeared on more than 200 network television programs
representing Hollywood memorabilia and film costumes since the early
1990s. He died of a heart attack on 8th December 2004.
Bangley's sister, Mary Ann Edwards of Ivor, said her brother's research
into the silver screen stars of the past has been documented in
magazines, books and on television and the Internet.