Biography

International stage and screen actor, John Phillip Law made his Broadway debut in Garson Kanin's "Come One Strong" with Van Johnson and Carroll Baker. He then appeared in the original New York Production of "The Changeling" with Fay Dunaway at the "Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center".

His training at the Neighborhood Playhouse sent him on a show business odyssey. He sang and danced as Judge Aristide Forrestier in "Can Can", stalked the stage in two productions of "Dracula" and won the hearts of children as The Aviator in "The Little Prince".

His star rose as the romantic Russian submariner in Norman Jewison's 60's hit "The Russians Are Coming". His subsequent films, now classics, include "Barbarella", "Hurry Sundown", "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad", "Danger Diabolik", "The Sergeant", "The Hawaiians", "Death Rides A Horse", and "The Love Machine".

Son of an actress and a deputy sheriff, John grew up on Hollywood studio back lots and is a second generation graduate of Hollywood High. He went on to study engineering and psychology at Cal Poly and the University of Hawaii. He is an inveterate traveler and has starred in more than fifty films produced in over twenty countries.

He has appeared opposite numerous distinguished european as well as U.S. actors, including Alan Arkin, Claudia Cardinale, Bo Derek, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, Mel Gibson, Richard Harris, Charlton Heston, Burt Lancaster, Sophia Loren, Groucho Marx, Sam Neil, Anthony Quinn, George Raft, Rod Steiger and Ugo Tognazzi. He's worked for such noted producers and director's as Robert Wise, Otto Preminger, Carlo Ponti, Franco Rossi, Dino De Laurentiis, Roger Vadim, George Cosmatos, and Dennis Hopper. In television he starred in the acclaimed mini-series "The Best Place to Be" with Donna Reed. He also starred in two Italian Series, "Little Women of Today" and "Europa Mission" both for RAI TV in Rome. Back home he guest-starred as the father of Cricket on "The Young and the Restless".

Being multi-lingual you never know in what part of the world John Phillip Law will be shooting next. One of his European pictures "Stardust" with Alberto Sordi and Monica Vitti, was voted the most poular Italian movie of the past 20 years by the Italian people.

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