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

CREDITS
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
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
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
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
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
Last Cut, 1997
Captain Wolfgang Mueller, Frontline, Showcase Entertainment, 1998
Centurion Force, 1998
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
Film Work
Producer, The Mouse (also known as Upper Cut), Strand Releasing, 1997
Producer, Burning Down the House, 1998
Television Appearances
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
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
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
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
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
Other
The police officer, The Accident, 1993
(Uncredited) Daybreak, 1993
Donald Lydecker, Dark Angel (pilot), Fox, 2000
Television Work
Coproducer, Children of Africa, 1993
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
You Never Can Tell, 1977
Of Mice and Men, 1987
Appeared in Fiddler on the Roof, The Hostage, and Siamese Connections.
Major Tours
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, U.S. cities, 1973
WRITINGS
Film Music
Score, The Sister-in-Law, Crown International, 1975
Television Music
Movies
Song, "Loving Somebody," "Eric," The Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1975

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

People Weekly, March 6, 1995, p. 77-78
TV Zone, September, 2001, pp. 32-34

Electronic

Sci-Fi Talk, http://www.scifitalk.com, August 26, 2002

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