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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Amy Saltz to David Selby
John Savage Biography (1949?-)
Original name, John Youngs; born August 25, 1949 (some sources cite 1950 or 1954), in Old Bethpage, NY; son of Floyd (in insurance sales) and Muriel (a homemaker) Youngs; brother of Jim Youngs (an actor) and Gail Youngs (an actress); married Susan Baptist (an actress), c. 1967 (marriage ended, c. 1969); married Sandi Schultz (an actress and nurse), 1993; children: (first marriage) Jennifer Youngs (an actress), Lachlan. Addresses: Agent: Artists Agency, 10000 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 305, Los Angeles, CA 90067.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, producer, director
- Birth Details
- August 25, 1949?
- Old Bethpage, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- Rocco, The Master Beater, 1969
- Boy friend, Love Is a Carousel, 1970
- Loney, Bad Company, Paramount, 1972
- The Kid, Steelyard Blues (also known as The Final Crash), Warner Bros., 1973
- Terry Lambert, The Killing Kind, Media Trend, 1973
- Robert Strong, The Sister-in-Law, Crown International, 1975
- Claude Hooper Bukowski, Hair, United Artists, 1979
- Steven, The Deer Hunter, Warner Bros., 1979
- Karl Hettinger, The Onion Field, Avco-Embassy, 1979
- Roary, Inside Moves, Associated, 1980
- Bittercreek Newcomb, Cattle Annie and Little Britches, Universal,1981
- Charles Heller, The Amateur, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
- Captain Oscar Brady, Brady's Escape (also known as The Long Ride and Hosszu vagta), Satori, 1984
- Ivan Bibic, Maria's Lovers, Cannon, 1985
- John Cassady, Salvador, Hemdale, 1986
- Frank Morgan, Soldier's Revenge (also known as Vengeance of a Soldier and La venganza de un soldado), Continental, 1986
- Marco Venieri, Hotel Colonial, Orion, 1987
- Beast/prince, Beauty and the Beast, Cannon, 1987
- Frank Ellsworth, The Beat (also known as The Conjurer), Vestron, 1987
- Jeff Richardson, Caribe, SC Entertainment, 1988
- Leon Abrahams, Any Man's Death, 1988
- Amnon Yehoshua, Point of View (also known as War Shepherdsand Nekudat re'ut), Contrast, 1989
- Clifton, Do the Right Thing, Universal, 1989
- Michael Bergman, Hunting, Paramount Home Video, 1990
- Father Andrew Hagen, The Godfather Part III (also known as Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part III), Paramount, 1990
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Voice in the Dark, Trident Releasing, 1990
- Boris, Ottobre rosa all'Arbat, 1990
- Blaine, Mountain of Diamonds (also known as The Burning Shore and La montagna dei diamanti), 1991
- Melvin Devereux, Door to Silence (also known as Door into Silence,
The Doors to Silence, and Le porte del silenzio), Filmirage, 1991
- Wintrop, Buck at the Edge of Heaven (also known as Buck ai confini del cielo), Media Creative Entertainment, 1991
- Wallace Roberts, Primary Motive, Ascension Films, 1992
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Favola crudele, 1992
- Albert, Killing Obsession, Poor Robert Productions, 1994
- Sanders, Deadly Weapon (also known as Tuono di proiettile),Light Age Filmworks, 1994
- Franz Kluge, C.I.A. II Target: Alexa, PM Home Video, 1994
- Wieland, Berlin '39, Light Age Filmworks, 1994
- Greg, The Takeover, Live Entertainment, 1995
- Bobby, The Crossing Guard, Miramax, 1995
- Jack Reed, Carnosaur 2, New Horizons Home Video, 1995
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Fatal Choice, 1995
- Dr. Ian Lazarre, Where Truth Lies, Paramount Home Video, 1996
- Santapietro, One Good Turn, BMG Video, 1996
- Joe Stromberg, Flynn (also known as My Forgotten Man), Beyond Distribution Sydney, 1996
- Padre Lewis, A Corner of Paradise (also known as En doft av paradiset,
Et hjoerne af paradis, and Un rincon en el paraiso), 1996
- Lenny, Beautiful Thing, Sony Pictures Classics, 1996
- McCrea, White Squall, Buena Vista, 1996
- Dwayne, American Strays, A-pix Entertainment, 1996
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Notti di paura (also known as Across Red Nights and Mosca), 1997
- Ray West, Little Boy Blue, Jazz Pictures, Inc., 1997, Castle Hill,1998
- Zero, Club Vampire, Concorde, 1997
- Bruce "The Mouse" Strauss, The Mouse (also known as Upper Cut), Strand Releasing, 1997
- Dennis Rice, Managua, Cabin Fever Entertainment, 1997
- Deputy Rogers, Hollywood Safari, PM Entertainment, 1997
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Last Cut, 1997
- Captain Wolfgang Mueller, Frontline, Showcase Entertainment, 1998
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Centurion Force, 1998
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Burning Down the House, 1998
- Sergeant McCron, The Thin Red Line, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
- Johnny Land, Message in a Bottle, Warner Bros., 1999
- Simon, Summer of Sam, Buena Vista, 1999
- Hugh Sutpen, Something between Us, 1999
- James Tarling, Christina's House, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
- Sheriff Burns, Redemption of the Ghost, World International Network, 2000
- Carver, Dead Man's Run, Giants Entertainment, 2001
- Johnny Red, The Anarchist Cookbook, Freedonia Productions, 2002
- H2O, Downtown: A Street Tale, Downtown LLC, 2002
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Film Work
- Producer, The Mouse (also known as Upper Cut), Strand Releasing, 1997
- Producer, Burning Down the House, 1998
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Television Appearances
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Movies
- Peter, All the Kind Strangers (also known as Evil in the Swamp), 1974
- Eric Swensen (title role), "Eric," The Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC,1975
- Title role, The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (also known as Gibbsville: The Turning Point of Jim Malloy and John O'Hara's Gibbsville), NBC, 1975
- Victor Herman, Coming Out of the Ice, 1982
- Rick Cahill, Nairobi Affair, 1984
- Kevin Dunne, Silent Witness, 1985
- David Algood, Shattered Image, USA Network, 1994
- Andrew Kendrick, Red Scorpion 2 (also known as Red Scorpion 2:The Spear of Destiny), HBO, 1995
- Emile Lautrec, The Dangerous, HBO, 1995
- Tim Bishop, Amnesia, The Movie Channel, 1996
- Brinkman, Firestorm (also known as Markus 4), Cinemax, 1997
- Billy Jackson, Before Women Had Wings (also known as Oprah Winfrey Presents: Before Women Had Wings), ABC, 1997
- Bear, Hostile Intent (also known as The Guardian Systems),HBO, 1997
- Slater, The Jack Bull, HBO, 1999
- Steve, The Virginian, TNT, 2000
- Jack Wald, They Nest (also known as Creepy Crawlers), USA Network, 2002
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Miniseries
- Urchin, Great Expectations, The Disney Channel, 1989
- Bob Herbert, OP Center (also known as Tom Clancy's OP Center), NBC, 1995
- Spitz, Mia, Liebe meines Lebens (also known as Mia per sempre), 1998
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Series
- Jim Malloy, Gibbsville, NBC, 1976
- Victor Robinson, Nightworld (also known as Lost Souls and Nightworld: Lost Souls), 1998
- Colonel Donald Michael, Dark Angel (also known as James Cameron's Dark Angel), Fox, 2000-2001
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Episodic
- "Gray Wolf," Cade's County, CBS, 1971
- Nick Kissler, Birdland, ABC, 1994
- "Revenge Is the Nuts," Tales from the Crypt, Showtime and syndicated, 1994
- Henry Trondheim, "Dod Kalm," The X-Files, Fox, 1995
- "Bone of Contention," Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, 1995
- Lucas, "The Conversion," The Outer Limits, Showtime, 1995
- Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins, "Patriot," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS,1996
- Captain Rudy Ransom (some sources cite John Ransom), "Equinox: Parts 1 & 2," Star Trek: Voyager, UPN, 1999
- Simon, "When Sunny Gets Blue," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 2001
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Specials
- Tim Donovan, "The Little Sister" (also known as "Forbidden" and "The Tender Age"), American Playhouse, PBS, 1986
- Noah, Desperate, ABC, 1987
- Narrator, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (also known as Dear America), HBO, 1987
- Bernie Morton, "Date Rape," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC, 1988
- Ben Kane, "Love Off Limits," CBS Schoolbreak Special, CBS, 1993
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Other
- The police officer, The Accident, 1993
- (Uncredited) Daybreak, 1993
- Donald Lydecker, Dark Angel (pilot), Fox, 2000
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Television Work
- Coproducer, Children of Africa, 1993
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Stage Appearances
- (Stage debut) The Drunkard, off-Broadway production, c. 1963
- Dov, Ari (also known as Leon Uris' Ari), Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1971
- Bobby, American Buffalo, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1977
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You Never Can Tell, 1977
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Of Mice and Men, 1987
- Appeared in Fiddler on the Roof,
The Hostage, and Siamese Connections.
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Major Tours
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, U.S. cities, 1973
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WRITINGS
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Film Music
- Score, The Sister-in-Law, Crown International, 1975
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Television Music
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Movies
- Song, "Loving Somebody," "Eric," The Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1975
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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People Weekly, March 6, 1995, p. 77-78
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TV Zone, September, 2001, pp. 32-34
Electronic
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Sci-Fi Talk, http://www.scifitalk.com, August 26, 2002
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