John Phillip Law

John Phillip Law, May 13, age 70: The strikingly handsome Law never shot to superstardom, though his following was and is enormous among fans of '60s and '70s American film. Probably best known for his campy role in "Barbarella," Law also was memorable in films like "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming... more" and "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad," and in "The Love Machine" opposite Dyan Cannon. He was multilingual and starred in nearly as many Italian films as American ones. He was cheerful about the arc of his career and grounded about what Hollywood was all about. As his character in "Barbarella" quipped, "An angel does not make love; an angel is love."

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