George Sawaya
Born: 1923-08-14 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2003-09-17
Known For: Acting
Biography
George Sawaya (August 14, 1923 – September 17, 2003) was an American stuntman and actor. He acted in almost one hundred different films and television episodes, but always as minor characters. His careerwas relatively consistent from the 1950s to the 1980s. Sawaya acted in the original Star Trek several times, first as Chief Humboldt in "The Menagerie, Part I" and then as Klingons in "Errand of Mercy" and "Day of the Dove".
Filmography
1984
- Repo Man as First Repo Victim
1982
- Blade Runner ... (Stunts)
- Voyagers!
1981
- Escape from New York ... (Stunts)
- Bustin' Loose ... (Stunts)
- Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen ... (Stunts)
1980
- Cheech & Chong's Next Movie ... (Stunts)
1979
- The Concorde... Airport '79 as Girard
- Beggarman, Thief
1978
- FM ... (Stunts)
- Cops and Robin ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1977
- Kingston: Confidential as Willi
1976
- Quincy, M.E. as Jason Talmadge (uncredited)
- Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II as Mike
- St. Ives as Arab Bagman
1975
- When Things Were Rotten as The Courier
- The Devil’s Rain as Steve Preston
- The Master Gunfighter ... (Stunts)
- The Four Deuces ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1974
- The Godfather Part II ... (Stunts)
- Blazing Saddles as Townsman (uncredited)
- Earthquake as Deputy Sherriff (uncredited)
1973
- Barnaby Jones as Ted
- Magnum Force ... (Stunts)
- The Snoop Sisters as Scarface
- The Don Is Dead as Garcia (uncredited)
1972
- Emergency! as Injured Stuntman (uncredited)
- The Rookies
- The Streets of San Francisco
- The Poseidon Adventure ... (Stunts)
- Moon of the Wolf as Attendant
1971
- Columbo as Man
- Cannon
- McMillan & Wife as Al
- Dirty Harry ... (Stunts)
- Bearcats! as Tower Guard
- Monty Nash as Fitzgerald
- Private Duty Nurses as Ahmed
1970
- McCloud as Hitman Tommy Lucas (uncredited)
- Tora! Tora! Tora! ... (Stunts)
1969
1968
- Adam-12 as Bandit
- The Name of the Game as Harv Miller
- It Takes a Thief as Observer
- The Boston Strangler as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Sol Madrid as 3rd Dietrich Gunman
- Panic in the City as Karl Sinden (Mr. X)
1967
- Mannix
- Ironside as Cabbie
- Bonnie and Clyde ... (Stand In)
- Custer
1966
- Star Trek as Second Soldier
- Batman as Templar
- Mission: Impossible as Guard (uncredited)
- The Time Tunnel as French Sailor
- Shane as Indian #1
- Batman as Quetch
- Star Trek: The Menagerie as Chief Humboldt (uncredited)
1965
- Get Smart
- The F.B.I. as Marty Greene
- Branded
- Fort Courageous as Indian
- The Money Trap as Angelo
- Convict Stage as Adam Scott
- The Lollipop Cover as The Fighter
1964
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Hoodlum #1
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Guard (uncredited)
- The Rogues as Panuji
1963
- Burke's Law as Officer
- Arrest and Trial as 2nd Reporter
- Drums of Africa as Arab
1962
- The Beverly Hillbillies as First Indian Chief
- Combat! as Pierre
- The Lucy Show as Pete
- The Lloyd Bridges Show as Everett
- Five Weeks in a Balloon as Nomad Chief (uncredited)
- Hands of a Stranger as Tony Wilder
1961
- Ben Casey
- Straightaway
- The Murder Men
- Everything's Ducky as Simmons
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Jealous Boyfriend
1959
- The Untouchables as Hood (uncredited)
- The Rebel as Groder
1958
- Bat Masterson as Harry Sutton
- Yancy Derringer as Club Patron (uncredited)
- Curse of the Faceless Man as Tony
1957
- Perry Mason as Connor
1956
- The Black Sleep as Sailor-Subject
- Hot Cars as Det. Fred Holmes
- Emergency Hospital as Jack Larson, ambulance driver (uncredited)
1955
- The Prodigal as Kavak
1954
- Dragnet as McQueen
- Day of Triumph as James the Less
1953
- Desert Legion ... (Stunts)
1952
- The Narrow Margin as Reporter (uncredited)
1951
- Dragnet
- The Living Christ as Pharisee