George Sawaya

from Los Angeles - California - USA

Artwork for Blazing Saddles

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".

Timeline

1984Aged 61

  • Poster for Repo Man

    First Repo Victim

1982Aged 59

  • Poster for Blade Runner

    Stunts

1981Aged 58

  • Poster for Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

    Stunts

  • Poster for Bustin' Loose

    Stunts

  • Poster for Escape from New York

    Stunts

1980Aged 57

  • Poster for Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

    Stunts

1979Aged 56

  • Poster for The Concorde... Airport '79

    Girard

1978Aged 55

  • Poster for Cops and Robin

    Stunt Coordinator

  • Poster for FM

    Stunts

1976Aged 53

  • Poster for St. Ives

    Arab Bagman

1975Aged 52

  • Poster for The Devil’s Rain

    Steve Preston

  • Poster for The Four Deuces

    Stunt Coordinator

  • Poster for The Master Gunfighter

    Stunts

1974Aged 51

  • Poster for Blazing Saddles

    Townsman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Earthquake

    Deputy Sherriff (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Godfather Part II

    Stunts

1973Aged 50

  • Poster for The Don Is Dead

    Garcia (uncredited)

  • Poster for Magnum Force

    Stunts

1972Aged 49

  • Poster for Moon of the Wolf

    Attendant

  • Poster for The Poseidon Adventure

    Stunts

1971Aged 48

  • Poster for Private Duty Nurses

    Ahmed

  • Poster for Dirty Harry

    Stunts

1970Aged 47

  • Poster for Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Stunts

1969Aged 46

  • Poster for Sam Whiskey

    (Unknown)

1968Aged 45

  • Poster for Sol Madrid

    3rd Dietrich Gunman

  • Poster for Panic in the City

    Karl Sinden (Mr. X)

  • Poster for The Boston Strangler

    Police Officer (uncredited)

1967Aged 44

  • Poster for Bonnie and Clyde

    Stand In

1966Aged 43

  • Poster for Batman

    Quetch

1965Aged 42

  • Poster for Convict Stage

    Adam Scott

  • Poster for Fort Courageous

    Indian

  • Poster for The Money Trap

    Angelo

  • Poster for The Lollipop Cover

    The Fighter

1963Aged 40

  • Poster for Drums of Africa

    Arab

1962Aged 39

  • Poster for Hands of a Stranger

    Tony Wilder

  • Poster for Five Weeks in a Balloon

    Nomad Chief (uncredited)

1961Aged 38

  • Poster for The Murder Men

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Everything's Ducky

    Simmons

1958Aged 35

  • Poster for Curse of the Faceless Man

    Tony (uncredited)

1956Aged 33

  • Poster for The Black Sleep

    Sailor-Subject

  • Poster for Hot Cars

    Det. Fred Holmes

  • Poster for Emergency Hospital

    Jack Larson, ambulance driver (uncredited)

1955Aged 32

  • Poster for The Prodigal

    Kavak

1954Aged 31

  • Poster for Dragnet

    McQueen

  • Poster for Day of Triumph

    James the Less

1953Aged 30

  • Poster for Desert Legion

    Stunts

1952Aged 29

  • Poster for The Narrow Margin

    Reporter (uncredited)