Actor
George Sawaya
Born August 14, 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died September 17, 200331 films
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".
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First watchBlazing Saddles19747.2as Townsman (uncredited)Crafty railroad worker Bart becomes the first Black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad.View filmEssential films
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31 films as actor- 1984Repo ManFirst Repo Victim
- 1979The Concorde... Airport '79Girard
- 1976St. IvesArab Bagman
- 1975The Devil’s RainSteve Preston
- 1974EarthquakeDeputy Sherriff (uncredited)
- 1974Blazing SaddlesTownsman (uncredited)
- 1973The Don Is DeadGarcia (uncredited)
- 1972Moon of the WolfAttendant
- 1971Private Duty NursesAhmed
- 1969Sam Whiskey
- 1968The Boston StranglerPolice Officer (uncredited)
- 1968Panic in the CityKarl Sinden (Mr. X)
- 1968Sol Madrid3rd Dietrich Gunman
- 1966BatmanQuetch
- 1965The Lollipop CoverThe Fighter
- 1965The Money TrapAngelo
- 1965Fort CourageousIndian
- 1965Convict StageAdam Scott
- 1963Drums of AfricaArab
- 1962Five Weeks in a BalloonNomad Chief (uncredited)
- 1962Hands of a StrangerTony Wilder
- 1961Everything's DuckySimmons
- 1961The Murder Men
- 1958Curse of the Faceless ManTony (uncredited)
- 1956Hot CarsDet. Fred Holmes
- 1956Emergency HospitalJack Larson, ambulance driver (uncredited)
- 1956The Black SleepSailor-Subject
- 1955The ProdigalKavak
- 1954Day of TriumphJames the Less
- 1954DragnetMcQueen
- 1952The Narrow MarginReporter (uncredited)