Name
John Phillip Law
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1937-09-07
Deathday
2008-05-13 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Phillip Law (September 7, 1937 – May 13, 2008) was an American film actor with over one hundred movie roles to his credit. He was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Phyllis Sallee and the brother of actor Thomas Augustus Law (also known as Tom Law). He was best known for his roles as the blind angel Pygar in the 1968 science fiction cult classic anti-war film Barbarella, and as news anchor Robin Stone in the 1971 movie The Love Machine. (The latter reteamed him with Alexandra Hay, his costar from the 1968 "acid comedy" Skidoo.) He also gained attention in the title role of the 1968 thriller Danger: Diabolik and as a Russian sailor stranded in a New England village in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming. Tall (six-foot-five) and handsome, with steel blue eyes, Law became a male sex symbol in the 1960s. He was a VIP guest at Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion and in Hollywood society. While he never achieved superstar status, he became a popular action hero, particularly in the Italian movie market, with movies ranging from science fiction, and fantasy to comedy, westerns, drama, and war movies. Law co-starred in Roger Corman's 1971 film Von Richthofen and Brown, playing Manfred von Richthofen opposite Don Stroud's Roy Brown. Corman used Lynn Garrison's Irish aviation facility, complete with replica World War I aircraft. Garrison taught Law the basics of flying so that he could take off and land, making some of the footage more realistic. Some other of Law's movies have also become cult classics, including The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Death Rides a Horse and Attack Force Z. Two of Law's films, Danger: Diabolik and Space Mutiny, were also featured in the movie-mocking TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000. In 2001 he appeared in Roman Coppola's directorial debut CQ, an homage to the Italian spy/sci-fi B-movies in which Law often starred during the 1960s. Law's final credited film role was in 2008's Chinaman's Chance. In his personal life, he was once married to actress Shawn Ryan, with whom he had a daughter named Dawn. His doctors told him in late 2007 that he had pancreatic cancer and only six months to live. Law died May 13, 2008, at his Los Angeles home. His remains were cremated and the ashes remain with his daughter, Dawn and his grandson, Ryan.
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Known For
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In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Dura...
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Four different directors present lighthearted stories about married Italian couples and th...
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Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let ...
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Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front of him by a gang, sets out 15 years...
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Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, ...
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The Tarzan story from Jane's point of view. Jane Parker visits her father in Africa where ...
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- 1979 Ring of Darkness as The Exorcist
- 1968 Danger: Diabolik as Diabolik
- 1970 Strogoff as Michael Strogoff
- 1968 Barbarella as Pygar
- 1966 The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! as Alexei Kolchin
- 1976 The Cassandra Crossing as Major Stark
- 1988 Space Mutiny as Flight Cmdr. Elijah Kalgan
- 1981 Tarzan the Ape Man as Harry Holt
- 1968 Skidoo as Stash
- 2001 CQ as Chairman
- 1980 The Pioneers as A.P Karns
- 1993 Angel Eyes as Steven Fox
- 1992 Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars as Harry Billings
- 1987 Moon in Scorpio as Allen
- 1982 Attack Force Z as Lieutenant Veitch
- 2004 The Three Faces of Terror as Professor Peter Price
- 1973 The Golden Voyage of Sinbad as Captain Sinbad
- 1967 Death Rides a Horse as Bill Meceita
- 1974 Open Season as Greg
- 1990 Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One as Col. Barberon
- 2000 Bad Guys as Chief Wilford Brimley
- 1971 Von Richthofen and Brown as Baron Manfred von Richthofen
- 2006 Ray of Sunshine
- 1999 Wanted as 1. Verfolger
- 1970 The Hawaiians as Noel Hoxworth
- 1990 Alienator as Ward Armstrong
- 1977 Eyes Behind the Wall as Arturo
- 1988 Blood Delirium as Charles Saint Simone
- 1968 The Sergeant as Pfc. Tom Swanson
- 1988 Thunder 3 as Deputy Sheriff
- 1967 Hurry Sundown as Rad McDowell
- 1975 The Spiral Staircase as Steven Sherman
- 1976 A Whisper in the Dark as Alex
- 1984 Hijacked to Hell as Ted Barner
- 1969 Diary of a Telephone Operator as Crispino
- 1987 Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown as Maximilian Steiner
- 1989 Nerds of a Feather as (uncredited)
- 1971 The Love Machine as Robin Stone
- 2007 The Swinging Lust World of John Philip Law as Himself
- 1988 A Case of Honor as Capt. Roger L. Barnes
- 1985 American Commandos as Kelly
- 1976 Your God My Hell
- 1978 Der Schimmelreiter as Deichgraf Hauke Haien
- 1977 Target of an Assassin as Shannon
- 1988 Striker as Frank Morris
- 1989 Cold Heat as R.C. Mallon
- 1964 Three Nights of Love as Fra Felice
- 1975 Doctor Justice as Dr. Benjamin Justice
- 1983 Tin Man as Dr. Edison
- 1987 The Overthrow as Shaw
- 1962 Smog
- 1970 Mondo Rocco
- 1999 Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs as Self
- 2002 Curse of the Forty-Niner as Sheriff Murphy
- 1972 Monsters and Magic as Self
- 1995 Burning Heart as Böhme
- 1978 The Devil's Bed as John Vanetti
- 2000 Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre as Self
- 1967 The Harem as (uncredited)
- 1996 Hindsight as Vincent Lehman
- 1971 The Last Movie as Little Brother
- 1964 High Infidelity as Ronald
- 1973 Stardust as John
- 1979 The Best Place to Be as Dr. Gary Mancini
- 2005 Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film as Self
- 1985 Night Train to Terror as Harry Billings (segment "The Case of Harry Billings")
- 1987 Gila and Rik as Alessio
- 1993 The Mountain of the Lord as Brigham Young
- 2008 Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance as Foreman Dan
- 1985 Rainy Day Friends as Dr. Stephen Kendrick
- 2004 Mario Bava: Operazione paura as Self
- 1993 The Day of the Pig as Azazel
- 2021 Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies as Self - (archive footage)
- 2004 Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock as John Hardesky / The Cat (voice)
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Sven Torvald
- 1994 Spider-Man ( 2 episodes ) as John Hardesky / The Cat (voice)
- 1990 Le Gorille ( 13 episodes ) as der Finne
- 1993 The Alaska Kid ( 13 episodes )
- 2001 Murder in the Mountains ( 1 episode ) as Bob Snyder
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as George Wetlin
