8 Interesting Facts About John Savage

1. #002

   John Savage spent six years in South Africa (1988-1994) and worked with Nelson Mandela for the anti-apartheid movement.

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2. #003

   John Savage was an assistant production manager on specific scenes of Spike Lee's Malcolm X (1992), which were shot while John was living in South Africa and working with Nelson Mandela for the anti-apartheid movement. John had appeared in Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989) a few years earlier and would later appear in Lee's Summer of Sam (1999).

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3. #004

   In the early 1970s, John Savage won the Drama Circle Award for his stage portrayal of Billy Bibbitt in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

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4. #005

   John Savage was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" in John Willis' Screen World, Volume 31.

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5. #006

   In his early years, John Savage organized the Manhattan Children's Theatre Group, which performed in public housing projects.

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6. #007

   John Savage's younger sister, Gail Youngs, was married to actor Robert Duvall between 1982 and 1986.

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7. #011

   John Savage is a graduate of AADA (the American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1969.

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8. #012

   John Savage is the older brother of actor Jim Youngs and Gail Youngs.

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