Michael Sacks

Born: 1948-09-11

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Sacks (born September 11, 1948) is an American actor and tech executive who played the role of Billy Pilgrim in George Roy Hill's Slaughterhouse Five, an adaptation from the novel by Kurt Vonnegut. Sacks also appeared in Steven Spielberg's The Sugarland Express, as the kidnapped highway patrolman; The Amityville Horror, as James Brolin's character's friend and coworker; and Hanover Street, with Harrison Ford. On Broadway, he was the bewildered Viet Nam vet "Mark" in Kennedy's Children by Robert Patrick. He apparently retired from the entertainment industry in 1984; his last role was in the made for TV film Why Me?, with Annie Potts. After spending time working in technology positions on Wall Street, Sacks in 2004 joined the online bond trading company, MarketAxess, as head of global applications development. He was employed by Morgan Stanley from 1994 to 2004, as executive director, global head of bond technology for the fixed income division. Other assignments at MS included chief operating officer for fixed income technology and global head of technology for the foreign exchange division. Prior to Morgan Stanley he held positions at Salomon Brothers, Inc. and IBM Research Division. Mr. Sacks has an A.B. in Social Relations from Harvard College and a M.S. in Computer Science from Columbia University. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Sacks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​


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The Amityville Horror

as Jeff
Released: 1979-07-27

George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and...

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The Sugarland Express

as Patrolman Maxwell Slide
Released: 1974-03-31

Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and...

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Hanover Street

as 2nd Lieut. Martin Hyer
Released: 1979-05-18

Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated...

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Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

as Pete
Released: 1983-02-27

Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of...

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Slaughterhouse-Five

as Billy Pilgrim
Released: 1972-03-15

Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time,...

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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

as Melvin Purvis
Released: 1977-12-01

The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. The film follows...

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Why Me?

as Dr. Harry Jarrick
Released: 1984-03-12

An Air Force nurse about to leave the service is badly disfigured about her face in a car...

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The House of God

as Wayne Potts
Released: 1984-01-01

Comedy about a couple of interns in a hospital named 'The House of God'.

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Bunco

as Dixon
Released: 1977-01-01

Tom Selleck is a member of the "Bunco" squad the squad in charge of nabbing con men, cheats, and...

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The Great Niagara

as Lonnie Grant
Released: 1974-09-24

An embittered old man is obsessed with conquering the Niagara River and Niagara Falls. He...

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Split Image

as Gabriel
Released: 1982-10-03

An impressionable young man finds himself literally enslaved by a modern-day religious cult. In...

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Carola

as Henri Marceau
Released: 1973-02-06

Norman Lloyd directed this televised production of Jean Renoir's World War II-era play. Taking...

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