1937-09-07 ( 87 years old ) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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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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Movies
Faye
2024-05-15
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
2008-05-14
The Swinging Lust World of John Philip Law
2007-01-01
Ray of Sunshine
2006-08-17
Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film
2005-06-14
The Three Faces of Terror
2004-08-20
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004-04-30
Curse of the Forty-Niner
2002-10-01
CQ
2001-05-12
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
2000-10-01
Bad Guys
2000-08-17
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
1999-12-25
Wanted
1999-10-08
Hindsight
1996-01-01
Burning Heart
1995-01-25
The Day of the Pig
1993-08-04
Angel Eyes
1993-03-17
The Mountain of the Lord
1993-03-01
Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars
1992-01-01
Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One
1990-11-17
Alienator
1990-02-08
Nerds of a Feather
1989-12-31
Cold Heat
1989-11-11
Thunder III
1988-08-13
Blood Delirium
1988-08-08
Space Mutiny
1988-08-01
Striker
1988-03-17
A Case of Honor
1988-01-01
The Overthrow
1987-12-03
Moon in Scorpio
1987-10-14
Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown
1987-03-20
Gila and Rik
1987-01-01
Rainy Day Friends
1985-12-20
American Commandos
1985-11-11
Night Train to Terror
1985-05-01
Hijacked to Hell
1984-11-30
Tin Man
1983-01-01
Attack Force Z
1982-06-01
Tarzan the Ape Man
1981-08-07
The Pioneers
1980-11-30
Ring of Darkness
1979-10-29
The Best Place to Be
1979-05-27
Der Schimmelreiter
1978-03-29
The Devil's Bed
1978-01-01
Target of an Assassin
1977-12-10
Eyes Behind the Wall
1977-06-07
The Cassandra Crossing
1976-12-18
Your God My Hell
1976-09-01
A Whisper in the Dark
1976-08-12
Doctor Justice
1975-12-17
The Spiral Staircase
1975-01-31
Open Season
1974-08-01
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973-12-20
Stardust
1973-11-15
Monsters and Magic
1972-01-01
The Last Movie
1971-09-29
The Love Machine
1971-08-14
Von Richthofen and Brown
1971-06-30
Strogoff
1970-10-28
The Hawaiians
1970-06-17
Mondo Rocco
1970-02-04
Diary of a Telephone Operator
1969-11-06
The Sergeant
1968-12-20
Skidoo
1968-12-19
Barbarella
1968-10-10
Danger: Diabolik
1968-01-24
The Harem
1967-10-06
Death Rides a Horse
1967-08-31
Hurry Sundown
1967-02-09
Three Nights of Love
1964-10-08
High Infidelity
1964-01-22
Smog
1962-10-04
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