John Savage (actor)

----Infobox actor
name = John Savage


birthname = John Youngs
birthdate = birth date and age|1949|08|25
birthplace = Old Bethpage, New York, USA
deathdate =
occupation = Actor
spouse = Susan Youngs (1967-1969) 2 Children
Sandi Schlutz (1993 - Present)

John Savage (born John Youngs; August 25, 1949) is an American film actor, producer, production manager, and composer.

Acting career

His first major film role was as Steven in the 1978 film, "The Deer Hunter", a fictional story of a group of Rusyn American steel workers during the Vietnam War era.

One of his most famous roles was as Claude Bukowski in the film "Hair" (1979). He had a brief but powerful role in Terrance Malick's war epic, "The Thin Red Line".

In recent years he has been seen on the small as well as the big screen. He was the recurring character of Donald Lydecker in the first and second seasons of "Dark Angel" and portrayed Captain Ransom in the two part episode "Equinox" from "".

Another recurring role found him as Henry Scudder in the HBO-produced television series "Carnivàle". In 2005, he appeared on "". Most recently when, he has lent his voice to a monologue on the title track of the album, "This Town," by Steve Smith of Dirty Vegas.

Family

Savage was born in Old Bethpage, New York, the son of Muriel, a homemaker, and Floyd Youngs, who worked in insurance sales. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/60/John-Savage.html John Savage Biography (1949?-) ] ] His sister is Boston-based radio and television personality Robin Young. His brother is actor Jim Youngs. He is also the father of actress/singer Jennifer Youngs and her brother Lachlan. He has a grandson, Zolan Kanno-Youngs.

Filmography

* "Bad Company" (1972)
* "The Sister In-Law" (1974)
* "The Deer Hunter" (1978)
* "Hair" (1979)
* "The Onion Field" (1979)
* "Inside Moves" (1980)
* "The Amateur" (1981)
* "Maria's Lovers" (1984)
* "Salvador" (1986)
* "Do the Right Thing" (1989)
* "Hunting" (1989)
* "The Godfather Part III" (1990)
* "Flynn" (1991)
* "Lost Souls" (1998)
* "The Thin Red Line" (1998)
* "Christina's House" (1999)
* "" (1999) (TV - 2 part episode)
* "Dark Angel" (2000-2001) (TV series)
* "The Anarchist Cookbook" (2002)
* "Carnivàle" (2003-2005) (TV series)
* "" (2007)
*"Confessions of a Pit Fighter" (2007)

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0001698|name=John Savage
*Memoryalpha|John Savage
*Articles about John Savage, a Malibu resident, can be found at [http://www.malibutimes.com/shared-content/search/index.php?search=go&o=0&l=20&s=relevance&r=Subject%2CAuthor%2CContent&d1=01-04-1950&d2=01-18-2008&q=John+Savage The Malibu Times] .