George Sawaya

Acting · Crew

Born August 14, 1923, Los Angeles, California, USA

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

• 1984Repo Man — First Repo Victim
• 1982Blade Runner — Stunts
• Voyagers!
• 1981Bustin' Loose — Stunts
• 1981Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen — Stunts
• 1981Escape from New York — Stunts
• 1980Cheech & Chong's Next Movie — Stunts
• 1979The Concorde... Airport '79 — Girard, Stunt Coordinator
• 1978Cops and Robin — Stunt Coordinator
• 1978FM — Stunts
• Kingston: Confidential — Willi
• Quincy, M.E. — Jason Talmadge (uncredited)
• Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II — Mike
• 1976St. Ives — Arab Bagman
• 1975The Devil’s Rain — Steve Preston
• 1975The Four Deuces — Stunt Coordinator
• 1975The Master Gunfighter — Stunts
• When Things Were Rotten — The Courier
• 1974Blazing Saddles — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1974Earthquake — Deputy Sherriff (uncredited), Stunts
• 1974The Godfather Part II — Stunts
• Barnaby Jones — Ted, Driver
• 1973Magnum Force — Stunts
• 1973The Don Is Dead — Garcia (uncredited)
• The Snoop Sisters — Scarface
• Emergency! — Injured Stuntman (uncredited), Dr. Duncan (uncredited)
• 1972Moon of the Wolf — Attendant
• 1972The Poseidon Adventure — Stunts
• The Rookies
• The Streets of San Francisco — Police Officer
• Bearcats! — Tower Guard
• Cannon — 3rd Pursuer
• Columbo — Man, Legation Guard (uncredited)
• 1971Dirty Harry — Stunts
• McMillan & Wife — Al
• Monty Nash — Fitzgerald, Phil
• 1971Private Duty Nurses — Ahmed
• McCloud — Hitman Tommy Lucas (uncredited)
• 1970Tora! Tora! Tora! — Stunts
• 1969Sam Whiskey
• Adam-12 — Bandit, Jake Benson
• It Takes a Thief — Observer, 1st Policeman
• 1968Panic in the City — Karl Sinden (Mr. X)
• 1968Sol Madrid — 3rd Dietrich Gunman
• 1968The Boston Strangler — Police Officer (uncredited), Stunts
• The Name of the Game — Harv Miller
• 1967Bonnie and Clyde — Stand In
• Custer
• Ironside — Cabbie
• Mannix — Lew, Safecracker (uncredited), Driver (uncredited), Henchman on Boat (uncredited)
• 1966Batman — Quetch
• Batman — Templar
• Mission: Impossible — Guard (uncredited), Weapons Guard (uncredited)
• Shane — Indian #1
• Star Trek — Second Soldier
• The Time Tunnel — French Sailor
• Branded
• 1965Convict Stage — Adam Scott
• 1965Fort Courageous — Indian
• Get Smart — Brawler (uncredited), Edgar (uncredited), Jack the Ripper / Werewolf, Kopek
• The F.B.I. — Marty Greene, George Weldon
• 1965The Lollipop Cover — The Fighter
• 1965The Money Trap — Angelo
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. — Hoodlum #1
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Guard (uncredited), Hans, Thuggee, Henchman (uncredited), Tribesman, Thrush Agent (uncredited)
• The Rogues — Panuji
• Arrest and Trial — 2nd Reporter
• Burke's Law — Officer
• 1963Drums of Africa — Arab
• Combat! — Pierre, GI, German Sergeant
• 1962Five Weeks in a Balloon — Nomad Chief (uncredited)
• 1962Hands of a Stranger — Tony Wilder
• The Beverly Hillbillies — Indian Chief #1
• The Lloyd Bridges Show — Everett, Umpire
• The Lucy Show — Pete
• Ben Casey
• 1961Everything's Ducky — Simmons
• Straightaway
• 1961The Murder Men
• The Andy Griffith Show — Jealous Boyfriend
• The Rebel — Groder
• The Untouchables — Hood (uncredited), Coogan's Bodyguard (uncredited)
• Bat Masterson — Harry Sutton
• 1958Curse of the Faceless Man — Tony (uncredited)
• Yancy Derringer — Club Patron (uncredited)
• Perry Mason — Connor
• 1956Emergency Hospital — Jack Larson, ambulance driver (uncredited)
• 1956Hot Cars — Det. Fred Holmes
• 1956The Black Sleep — Sailor-Subject
• 1955The Prodigal — Kavak
• 1954Day of Triumph — James the Less
• 1954Dragnet — McQueen
• 1953Desert Legion — Stunts
• You Are There — Mark Antony
• 1952The Narrow Margin — Reporter (uncredited), Stunt Double
• Dragnet
• The Living Christ — Pharisee