John Savage (born John Smeallie Youngs; August 25, 1949) is an American actor, best known for his roles in the films The Deer Hunter, The Onion Field, Hair and Salvador. He is also known for his role as Donald Lydecker in the TV series Dark Angel.

Early life

Savage was born in Old Bethpage, New York to Floyd-Jones Youngs, an insurance salesman who served on Guadalcanal during World War II with the Marine Corps. and Muriel (née Smeallie), a housewife. His sisters are Boston-based radio and television personality Robin Young and actress Gail Youngs. His brother is actor Jim Youngs.

Career

His first major film role was as Steven in the 1978 film, The Deer Hunter, the story of a group of Russian American steel workers during the Vietnam War. He also had a lead role in 1979's The Onion Field, the true story of policeman Karl Hettinger's personal struggle after witnessing the murder of his partner.

One of his most famous roles was as Claude Bukowski in Miloš Forman's 1979 film Hair.

He had a brief role in Terrence Malick's war film, The Thin Red Line. In the late 1970s, he also appeared on Broadway in David Mamet's play, "American Buffalo" with Robert Duvall. In 1991 he was featured in a starring role in Italian director Lucio Fulci's final film Door to Silence, a psychological thriller shot in Louisiana.

In more recent years he has been seen on the small as well as the big screen. He was the recurring character of Donald Lydecker in the first and second seasons of Dark Angel and portrayed Captain Ransom in the two part episode "Equinox" from Star Trek: Voyager.

Another recurring role found him as Henry Scudder in the HBO-produced television series Carnivàle. In 2005, he appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He lent his voice to a monologue on the title track of the album, This Town, by Steve Smith of Dirty Vegas (album released February 18, 2008). In September 2009, he appeared in the second episode of Season 2 of the Fox network drama Fringe.

He most recently starred in the western thriller The Sorrow with Kirk Harris and Michael Madsen for director Vernon Mortensen. He also played a supporting role in Hit List.

Selected filmography

References

External links

• John Savage at the Internet Movie Database

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Robert L. Webber (October 14, 1924 â€" May 19, 1989) was an American actor.

He appeared in dozens of films and television series, roles that included Juror No. 12 in the classic 1957 film 12 Angry Men.

Early life

Webber was born in Santa Ana, California, the son of Alice and Robert Webber, who was a merchant seaman. Webber graduated from Oakland Technical High School, and served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, serving on Guam and Okinawa.

Career

Webber had a 40-year career as a character actor, during which he appeared as Juror No. 12 in 12 Angry Men (1957), as Dudley Moore's gay lyricist in 10 (1979) and Cybill Shepherd's father in the hit series Moonlighting. Other notable turns were in the films The Sandpiper, in which he played a supporting role as Elizabeth Taylor's character's former lover, opposite Richard Burton; The Nun and the Sergeant, in which he played the lead; The Dirty Dozen, where he played a general who disliked a character played by Lee Marvin; one of the many L.A. lowlifes Paul Newman encounters in the anti-hero saga Harper; a hitman in Sam Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia; and a killer in the Dean Martin spy spoof, The Silencers.

Personal life

Webber was married to actress and model Miranda "Sammy" Jones on October 1, 1953, and was divorced in July, 1958. He died from Lou Gehrig's disease at age 64 in Malibu, California, and is survived by his second wife Del Mertens, whom he married on April 23, 1972.

Filmography

Film

Television and radio

References

External links

• Robert Webber at the Internet Movie Database
• Robert Webber at the Internet Broadway Database
• Robert Webber at Find a Grave

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Steve Forrest (born William Forrest Andrews; September 29, 1925 â€" May 18, 2013) was an American actor who was well known for his role as Lt. Hondo Harrelson in the short-lived television series S.W.A.T. which ran from 1975 to 1976. He was also known for his Razzie-winning performance in Mommie Dearest.

Life and career

He was born William Forrest Andrews in Huntsville, Texas. He was the son of Annis (née Speed) and Charles Forrest Andrews, a Baptist minister. Forrest was the 12th of 13 children. One of his older brothers was film star Dana Andrews. Forrest enlisted in the United States Army at age 18 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. In 1950, he earned a bachelor's degree with honors from the UCLA, majoring in theater with a minor in psychology.

He worked as a stagehand at the La Jolla Playhouse outside San Diego. There Gregory Peck discovered him, cast him in La Jolla's production of Goodbye Again, and then arranged for Forrest's first screen test with MGM, where he was signed to a contract.

Among Forrest's notable films were So Big, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year â€" Actor, The Longest Day, North Dallas Forty, and Mommie Dearest. He had cameo roles in the comedies Spies Like Us and Amazon Women on the Moon, and the 2003 film version of S.W.A.T.

Forrest was also a trained vocalist, and he made his debut on Broadway as prizefighter Bob Stanton in the 1958 production of The Body Beautiful opposite Mindy Carson, Jack Warden and Brock Peters.

In 1965, Forrest and his family moved to London, where he starred as John Mannering in the title role of the British crime drama The Baron. His other television credits included The DuPont Show with June Allyson, Storefront Lawyers, S.W.A.T., Hollywood Wives, and Rod Serling's hour-long Twilight Zone episode "The Parallel" (as well as Serling's Night Gallery segment "The Waiting Room").

On a 1969 episode of Gunsmoke titled "Mannon" he portrayed Will Mannon (one of the very few men ever to outdraw Matt Dillon), then reprised the character 18 years later for the 1987 television film Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge with James Arness.

Jock Ewing, the character played by Jim Davis in the television series Dallas from 1978 to 1981, was presumed to have been killed in a helicopter crash during the 1981-82 season, although Jock's body was never found. In the 1986-87 season of Dallas, Steve Forrest played Wes Parmalee, a man who claimed to be Jock Ewing.

Personal life

Forrest married Christine Carilas on December 23, 1948. They had three sons: Michael, Forrest and Stephen.

A very accomplished golfer, Forrest often played in charity tournaments, including, on the American team, at the Bing Crosby Great Britain vs. U.S.A. Tournament at Gleneagles course.

Forrest died on May 18, 2013 in Thousand Oaks, California, aged 87, from undisclosed causes.

Partial filmography

Radio appearances

References

External links

• Steve Forrest at the Internet Movie Database
• Steve Forrest at the Internet Broadway Database
• Steve Forrest at AllMovie
• Obituary - Hollywood Reporter
• Obituary - Dignity Memorial

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Michael Leonard Williams, KSG (9 July 1935 â€" 11 January 2001) was an English actor who played both classical and comedy roles. He was the husband of actress Dame Judi Dench.

Early life and career

Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, he attended St. Edward's College and worked as an insurance assessor before going into the theatre.

His first film appearance was in 1962, and he subsequently appeared frequently on television (notably in Elizabeth R), and in British films such as Educating Rita (1983) and (along with Dench) Henry V (1989). In the latter, in perhaps an irresistible casting decision, he played his namesake, the Shakespearean character named Michael Williams. In 1967, he played in Peter Whitehead's documentary Benefit of the Doubt on Peter Brook's anti-Vietnam play "US", along with Peter Brook and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

His many radio roles included crime reporter George Cragge in In the Red and its sequels, and Dr. Watson in the BBC's complete run of Sherlock Holmes adaptations.

Williams provided voices for the Woodland Animations BBC Television series Charlie Chalk, created by Ivor Wood.

Personal life

He married Judi Dench on 5 February 1971, in the same year that they co-starred in a stage production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi. They had one daughter, Tara Cressida Williams (b. 1972), known as Finty Williams, who is also an actress. Finty is a single parent to a son, Sam Williams (b. 6 June 1997)

Williams chaired the British Catholic Stage Guild for a number of years before he was incapacitated by illness.

He was the President of the Roman Catholic Actors' Guild.

Williams served as an enthusiastic supporter of the project to build the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia, USA. A plaque commemorating Williams' contributions hangs in the completed playhouse.

Shortly before his death from lung cancer at the age of 65, Williams was appointed a Knight of St Gregory (KSG) by Pope John Paul II for his contribution to Catholic life in Britain. The honour was officially bestowed upon him at home on 10 January 2001. He died the next day.

Selected television roles

Selected radio roles

Selected film roles

Stage appearances

Principal stage appearances; mostly with the Royal Shakespeare Company:

Also appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Theatre-Go-Round Festival, Round House Theatre, London, 1970.

References

External links

• Michael Williams at the Internet Movie Database
• Performances listed in Theatre Archive, University of Bristol

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The following is a list of cast members who voiced or portrayed characters appearing in the Star Wars film series. The list is sorted by film and character, as some of the characters were portrayed by multiple actors.

Indicators only apply for characters portrayed within multiple categories. All characters without indicators were introduced within the category they are listed on. The cast is divided in six categories: main saga (M), anthology series (A), animated series and Star Wars: The Clone Wars film (S), books (B), comic books (C), and the non-canonical Legends series (L).

List indicators:

• ^M denotes the character was introduced within the main saga.
• ^A denotes the character was introduced within the anthology series.
• ^S denotes the character was introduced within an animated series or The Clone Wars film.
• ^B denotes the character was introduced within a novel.
  • ^LB denotes the character originated within a non-canonical Star Wars Legends novel before being introduced into the Star Wars canon.
• ^C denotes the character was introduced within a comic book or graphic novel.
  • ^LC denotes the character originated within a non-canonical Star Wars Legends comic book or graphic novel before being introduced into the Star Wars canon.
• ^+ denotes the character introduced within the current category, but also has an extend plot-line within another category. (Example: ^+A would denote the character was introduced within the current category but has an extended plot-line in the anthology series, alternatively ^+S would denote an extend plot-line in the animated series, and ^+AS would denote extended plot-lines on both categories.)

Star Wars canon

Main saga

Anthology series

A series of stand-alone films was announced in 2013, with the first; Rogue One released in 2016, with a further two films planned for release in 2018 and 2020. The films do contain some characters and cast from the main series, along with new characters.

Animated series and Star Wars: The Clone Wars film

For the cast of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated film and animated series, see:

• List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars cast members

For the cast of the Star Wars Rebels animated series, see:

• List of Star Wars Rebels characters

Legends films and television series

With the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company, the Star Wars Holiday Special and Ewok prequel films: Caravan of Courage and The Battle for Endor, as well as most comics and books produced since the originating 1977 film Star Wars, were re-branded as Star Wars Legends and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014. Despite the decanonization, the television films do retain many major cast members from the original trilogy reprising their roles; the Holiday Special featured most of the cast from the original film, while the Ewok prequel films featured Warwick Davis reprising his role as Wicket, who originated in Return of the Jedi.

References

• The Star Wars Actors Database Over 1000 Star Wars actors listed with biographies, photos, in-depth credit listings and more.

Internet Movie Database

• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
• Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
• Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
• Star Wars Episode IX

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Patrick Johnson (born February 19, 1993) is an American actor, known for playing "Ray 'Ray J' Santino Jr." in Necessary Roughness.

Born in Orlando, Florida, Johnson is the fifth of six children. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He and three of his siblings were signed to their first agent in Nashville. Within three weeks, he was out on his first audition and booked the job. He is part of the cast of the USA Network show Necessary Roughness, playing "Ray 'Ray J' Santino, Jr." The series premiered on June 29, 2011.

Filmography

Accolades

References

External links

• Patrick Johnson at the Internet Movie Database

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Jeffrey "Jeff" Dale Branson (born March 10, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ronan Malloy on The Young and the Restless, Jonathan Lavery on All My Children, and Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light.

Career

Branson originated the role of Jonathan Lavery on the ABC soap opera All My Children on June 15, 2004. Although he was off the air from mid-April until August 2005 while his character was believed dead in an explosion, Branson remained on contract the entire time. Branson's last appearance on All My Children aired on December 18, 2007.

Branson's work prior to All My Children included a 2000 guest spot on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He had a small part that year in the film Shaft and in 2002 he was in the feature film Wolves of Wall Street.

In 2003, he played the role of a younger Alan Spaulding on Guiding Light; coincidentally also played Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light up until the last episode of the show, 18 September 2009.

In 2005, Branson received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on All My Children as Jonathan Lavery. In 2009, he received his second Daytime Emmy Award nomination for his portrayal of Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light. He won this award, tied with Vincent Irizarry from All My Children.

In June 2010, Branson began work on The Young and the Restless in the role of Ronan Malloy. Ronan is Nina Webster's long-lost son that was stolen as a baby and put up for adoption. He plays an undercover FBI agent on a mission to bust corrupt cops in Genoa City involved in a drug ring. He left the show from February to August 2011. On June 26, 2012 he arrived back in Genoa City because of Victor Newman. In 2012 Branson won the Dankies Award for outstanding supporting actor for his role as Ronan Malloy.

Branson also played the character of "Johnny" in the 2010 film I Spit on Your Grave, a remake of a 1978 revenge film.

Branson's television appearances outside of daytime drama include episodes of NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Mentalist, and Supernatural.

References

External links

• Jeff Branson at the Internet Movie Database
• Jeff Branson at AllMovie
• Official website

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