Tommy Janor Hollis March 22 1954 September 9 2001 was an American film television and stage actor A native of Jacksonville Texas his first major film appearance was in Ghostbusters as the mayors aide 1984 He played Earl Little in the Spike Leedirected movie Malcolm X 1992 Hollis died in New York City from complications of diabetes He had no children Source Article Tommy Hollis from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30