John Phillip Law

Born: 1937-09-07

​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. Description above from the Wikipedia John Phillip Law, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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as Pygar
Released: 1968-10-10

In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil...

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The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

as Captain Sinbad
Released: 1973-12-20

Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the...

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The Last Movie

as Little Brother
Released: 1971-09-29

After a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind, witnessing...

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The Cassandra Crossing

as Major Stark
Released: 1976-12-18

Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them...

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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

as Alexei Kolchin
Released: 1966-05-25

When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its...

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Death Rides a Horse

as Bill Meceita
Released: 1967-08-31

Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front of him by a gang, sets out 15 years later...

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Attack Force Z

as Lieutenant Veitch
Released: 1982-06-01

Tim Burstall directs then-up-and-comers Mel Gibson and Sam Neill in this action-packed Cannes...

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Tarzan the Ape Man

as Harry Holt
Released: 1981-08-07

The Tarzan story from Jane's point of view. Jane Parker visits her father in Africa where she...

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Danger: Diabolik

as Diabolik
Released: 1968-01-24

International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after...

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CQ

as Chairman
Released: 2001-05-12

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own...

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Hurry Sundown

as Rad McDowell
Released: 1967-02-09

Post-WWII, a corporation seeks Georgia farmland, but two owners—a white veteran and a black...

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Night Train to Terror

as Harry Billings (segment "The Case of Harry Billings")
Released: 1985-05-01

God and Satan are on a train discussing the fate of three individuals. The stories of the people...

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Ring of Darkness

as The Exorcist
Released: 1979-10-29

Once a Satanist who surrendered her soul and body to the devil himself, Carlotta Rhodes begins...

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Stardust

as John
Released: 1973-11-15

The lives of two local professional dancers change suddenly as American soldiers stop in their...

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Alienator

as Ward Armstrong
Released: 1990-02-08

A space commander sends a female android to Earth to destroy an escaped convict.

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Faye

as Self - Actor, Hurry Sundown (archive footage)
Released: 2024-05-15

Through honest reflection, complemented by insight from colleagues and friends, Faye Dunaway...

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Space Mutiny

as Flight Cmdr. Elijah Kalgan
Released: 1988-08-01

A pilot is the only hope to stop the mutiny of a spacecraft by its security crew, who plot to...

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Angel Eyes

as Steven Fox
Released: 1993-03-17

Angel is a disturbed teen who becomes obsessed with her nice stepfather Steven. After her mother...

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Skidoo

as Stash
Released: 1968-12-19

Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on...

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The Spiral Staircase

as Steven
Released: 1975-01-31

A mute young woman is stalked by a serial killer at her uncle's mansion.

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Von Richthofen and Brown

as Baron Manfred von Richthofen
Released: 1971-06-30

Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von...

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The Hawaiians

as Noel Hoxworth
Released: 1970-06-17

A wanderer returns home only to find political turmoil, disease and romantic difficulties.

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A Case of Honor

as Capt. Roger L. Barnes
Released: 1988-01-01

A Case of Honor is a 1991 film directed by Eddie Romero. After escaping from a Vietnamese pow...

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The Love Machine

as Robin Stone
Released: 1971-08-14

An ambitious TV newscaster has an affair with the wife of a network executive to get a promotion.

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Smog

as uncredited
Released: 1962-10-04

An ambitious Italian attorney has his flight delayed in Los Angeles. The vapid lawyer goes to...

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High Infidelity

as Ronald
Released: 1964-01-22

Four different directors present lighthearted stories about married Italian couples and their...

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Eyes Behind the Wall

as Arturo
Released: 1977-06-07

Ivano it’s a wheelchair bound man with some strange perversions.He gets his sexual kicks by...

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Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

as Foreman Dan
Released: 2008-05-14

1870's America. A Chinese immigrant falsely accused of murdering a white woman is viciously...

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Target of an Assassin

as Shannon
Released: 1977-12-10

An ailing African leader is kidnapped by a nurse after being admitted to hospital, and finds...

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Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One

as Col. Barberon
Released: 1990-11-17

Only one enemy has ever beat him. Now he needs her to save his life.

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The Sergeant

as Pfc. Tom Swanson
Released: 1968-12-20

THE SERGEANT is the story of the dark inner struggle of Master Sergeant Albert Callan to...

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Open Season

as Greg
Released: 1974-08-01

Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic...

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Strogoff

as Michael Strogoff
Released: 1970-10-28

A captain in the Czar's army encounters danger and romance while carrying a secret message...

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Curse of the Forty-Niner

as Sheriff Murphy
Released: 2002-10-01

A group of friends discover gold deep inside an old mine. But by taking the gold and think...

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A Whisper in the Dark

as Alex
Released: 1976-08-12

Martino is a young child who claims to have an invisible friend called Luca. His parents assume...

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Nerds of a Feather

as (uncredited)
Released: 1989-12-31

Filled with the fast-paced thrills of a 007 epic and the suave sophistication of a Pee Wee...

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Diary of a Telephone Operator

as Crispino
Released: 1969-11-06

Marta works as a telephone operator for a telephone company. She lives with her friend Nanda in...

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Thunder III

as Deputy Sheriff
Released: 1988-08-13

They took his wife... but he's still Walking Tall, they drew First Blood, but he's gonna fight...

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Three Nights of Love

as Fra Felice
Released: 1964-10-08

Omnibus film with individual segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco...

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Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown

as Maximilian Steiner
Released: 1987-03-20

A biopic about Austrian composer Johann Strauß.

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Doctor Justice

as Dr. Benjamin Justice
Released: 1975-12-17

Based on the title character, a World Health Organisation (WHO) doctor and martial arts expert...

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The Mountain of the Lord

as Brigham Young
Released: 1993-03-01

Recounts the 40-year history of building the Salt Lake Temple, shown as if recounted by Wilford...

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Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs

as Self
Released: 1999-12-25

A tribute to stopmotion supremo and special effects genius extraordinaire Ray Harryhausen, the...

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Hindsight

as Vincent Lehman
Released: 1996-01-01

Things heat up when a promising young actor begins an affair with a glamorous model in order to...

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The Harem

as uncredited
Released: 1967-10-06

A seductive woman pushes three men to the limits toying with their sexual desires and male pride.

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Moon in Scorpio

as Allen
Released: 1987-10-14

A Vietnam vet with PTSD and his new wife are invited for their honeymoon aboard his war buddy's...

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Hijacked to Hell

as Ted Barner
Released: 1984-11-30

Released directly to video, this action film features John Phillip Law as Ted Barner, a...

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The Best Place to Be

as Dr. Gary Mancini
Released: 1979-05-27

A widow's life is thrown into turmoil by her hippie daughter, her rebellious teenage son, and an...

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Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film

as Self
Released: 2005-06-14

Famous comic book artist Stephen R. Bissette, creator of DC Comic Book character "The Swamp...

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Wanted

as 1. Verfolger
Released: 1999-10-08

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American Commandos

as Kelly
Released: 1985-11-11

A group of Vietnam vets are sent to Southeast Asia to destroy drug-smuggling operations in the...

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The Pioneers

as A.P Karns
Released: 1980-11-30

Wu Linfang, an immigrant from the mainland to Taiwan more than a hundred years ago, grows from a...

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Striker

as Frank Morris
Released: 1988-03-17

John Slade is hired to rescue a journalist named Frank Morris from a Sandinista prison in...

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Blood Delirium

as Charles Saint Simone
Released: 1988-08-08

After his beloved wife dies, an unbalanced painter who believes himself to be the reincarnation...

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The Three Faces of Terror

as Professor Peter Price
Released: 2004-08-20

In the first story two grave robbers, thieving from an ancient Etruscan burial ground, gets in...

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Der Schimmelreiter

as Deichgraf Hauke Haien
Released: 1978-03-29

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The Devil's Bed

as John Vanetti
Released: 1978-01-01

A young engineer is supposed to do surveyings for a projected nuclear power station in an...

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Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre

as Self
Released: 2000-10-01

Director Garry S. Grant’s insightful documentary celebrates the work and legacy of auteur...

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The Overthrow

as Shaw
Released: 1987-12-03

On their way to cover a sporting event in Argentina, reporter John Teller and photographer Bob...

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Bad Guys

as Chief Wilford Brimley
Released: 2000-08-17

Two undercover cops accidentally find themselves in the middle of a small-town bank robbery.

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Burning Heart

as Böhme
Released: 1995-01-25

Follows the life of the famous German politician, writer, and communist activist, Gustav Regler,...

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Monsters and Magic

as Self
Released: 1972-01-01

A behind the scenes look at the making of "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad".

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Ray of Sunshine

as uncredited
Released: 2006-08-17

Rachael, an aspiring pianist with a troubled past, disguises herself as a boy and searches for...

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Mario Bava: Operazione paura

as Self
Released: 2004-04-30

Mario Bava Operazione Paura", hosted by Joe Dante, is an hommage of the Master of the Terror,...

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Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars

as Harry Billings
Released: 1992-01-01

A suicidal drunk-driver is forced to serve as bait to lure young girls into a private sanitarium...

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Rainy Day Friends

as Dr. Stephen Kendrick
Released: 1985-12-20

A tough street kid from the L.A. barrios is discovered during an examination to have stomach...

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Mondo Rocco

as uncredited
Released: 1970-02-04

Mondo Rocco is a collection of short films weaved together as it was seen in the Park Theater in...

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The Love Boat

as George Wetlin
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Sven Torvald
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Spider-Man

as John Hardesky / The Cat (voice)
First aired: 1994-11-19

Bitten by a neogenetic spider, Peter Parker develops spider-like superpowers. He uses these to...

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SOKO Kitzbühel

as Bob Snyder
First aired: 2001-11-15

SOKO Kitzbühel is an Austrian television series produced by ORF and ZDF. It is a spin-off of the...

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The Alaska Kid

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-12-01

The Alaska Kid is a 1991 German / Russian / Polish television miniseries, based on Jack London's...

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Le Gorille

as der Finne
First aired: 1990-04-29

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