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![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: August 25, 1949 in Old Bethpage, Long Island, NY Biography:While attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, "John Savage" helped organize a children's theatre troupe, giving non-profit performances at various housing projects. When next heard from, Savage had won a Drama Circle award for his starring performance in a Chicago-New York revival of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." In films and television from 1972, Savage reached a watershed in 1975, starring as cub reporter Jim Malloy in the TV series "Gibbsville" and both starring in and composing the music for the theatrical feature "Sister-in-Law." His career continued to flourish as the 1970s drew to a close: he played paraplegic war veteran Steven in the Oscar-winning "The Deer Hunter" (1978), hippie convert Claude in Hair, guilt-ridden police officer Karl Hettinger in "The Onion Field" (1979) and the suicidal, physically challenged Roary in "Inside Moves" (1980). For reasons unknown, Savage's star... Full Biography
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