Personal Info
Birth date
1923-08-14 (101 Years)
Day of death
2003-09-17
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as
George C. Sawaya
George Sawaja
George Sawaya
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".
Filmography
Perry Mason
7.719
Overview:
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.Quincy, M.E.
7.509
Overview:
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.Columbo
8.094
Overview:
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.Ironside
6.8
Overview:
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.The Andy Griffith Show
7.633
Overview:
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.Batman
7.298
Overview:
Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.Adam-12
6.929
Overview:
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.The Untouchables
7.839
Overview:
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.Star Trek
8.015
Overview:
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.Ben Casey
5.6
Overview:
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may have influenced the personality of the title character.The Beverly Hillbillies
6.858
Overview:
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.Emergency!
7.815
Overview:
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.Mission: Impossible
7.6
Overview:
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.The Lucy Show
7
Overview:
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.Burke's Law
6
Overview:
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.Dragnet
6.4
Overview:
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.Combat!
7.671
Overview:
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.Mannix
6.686
Overview:
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.The F.B.I.
5.455
Overview:
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.Get Smart
7.945
Overview:
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.Cannon
6.5
Overview:
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.The Name of the Game
6.8
Overview:
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.The Godfather Part II
8.571
Overview:
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.The Rookies
6.8
Overview:
The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department.The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7.185
Overview:
Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is Mr. Waverly. Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets of New York City, and accesses through several cover business such as Del Floria's Tailor Shop and the Masque Club. This secret intelligence service is called U.N.C.L.E. United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.Barnaby Jones
6.9
Overview:
Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of Cannon on the first episode of Barnaby Jones, "Requiem for a Son" and the two series had a two-part crossover episode in 1975, "The Deadly Conspiracy".Bat Masterson
6.071
Overview:
Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961. The series was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.Blade Runner
7.941
Overview:
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.The Time Tunnel
7.586
Overview:
The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science fiction television series, released by 20th Century Fox and broadcast on ABC. The show ran for one season of 30 episodes. Reruns are viewable on cable and by internet streaming. A pilot for a new series was produced in 2002, although it was not picked up.The Rebel
5.1
Overview:
After the end of the Civil War, a former Confederate Army private roams the Wild West, and, as a rogue drifter, gets involved in helping out various settlers threatened by various bad guys... THE REBEL is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. The Rebel was one of the few Goodson-Todman Productions outside of their game show ventures. Beginning in December 2011, The Rebel reruns began to air Saturday mornings on Me-TV.Acting
1984Repo Man as First Repo Victim
1982Voyagers! (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979Beggarman, Thief as Unknown
1979The Concorde... Airport '79 as Girard
1977Kingston: Confidential (1 Episode) as Willi
1976Quincy, M.E. (1 Episode) as Jason Talmadge (uncredited)
1976Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1 Episode) as Mike
1976St. Ives as Arab Bagman
1975When Things Were Rotten (1 Episode) as The Courier
1975The Devil's Rain as Steve Preston
1974Earthquake as Deputy Sherriff (uncredited)
1974Blazing Saddles as Townsman (uncredited)
1973The Snoop Sisters (1 Episode) as Scarface
1973The Don Is Dead as Garcia (uncredited)
1973Barnaby Jones (1, 1 Episode) as Ted, Driver
1972Moon of the Wolf as Attendant
1972The Streets of San Francisco (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Police Officer
1972The Rookies (1 Episode) as Unknown
1972Emergency! (1, 1 Episode) as Injured Stuntman (uncredited), Dr. Duncan (uncredited)
1971McMillan & Wife (1 Episode) as Al
1971Monty Nash (1, 1 Episode) as Fitzgerald, Phil
1971Bearcats! (1 Episode) as Tower Guard
1971Columbo (1, 1 Episode) as Man, Legation Guard (uncredited)
1971Cannon (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1971Private Duty Nurses as Ahmed
1969Sam Whiskey as Unknown
1968The Boston Strangler as Police Officer (uncredited)
1968Panic in the City as Karl Sinden (Mr. X)
1968Adam-12 (1, 1 Episode) as Bandit, Jake Benson
1968The Name of the Game (1 Episode) as Harv Miller
1968Sol Madrid as 3rd Dietrich Gunman
1968It Takes a Thief (1, 1 Episode) as Observer, 1st Policeman
1967Mannix (1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Lew, Safecracker (uncredited), Driver (uncredited), Henchman on Boat (uncredited)
1967Custer (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967Ironside (1 Episode) as Cabbie
1966Mission: Impossible (1, 1 Episode) as Guard (uncredited), Weapons Guard (uncredited)
1966Shane (1 Episode) as Indian #1
1966The Time Tunnel (1 Episode) as French Sailor
1966Star Trek (1 Episode) as Second Soldier
1966Batman as Quetch
1966Batman (2 Episodes) as Templar
1965The Lollipop Cover as The Fighter
1965The F.B.I. (1, 1 Episode) as Marty Greene, George Weldon
1965Get Smart (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1965The Money Trap as Angelo
1965Fort Courageous as Indian
1965Branded (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965Convict Stage as Adam Scott
1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1 Episode) as Hoodlum #1
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Guard (uncredited), Hans, Thuggee, Henchman (uncredited), Tribesman, Thrush Agent (uncredited)
1964The Rogues (1 Episode) as Panuji
1963Burke's Law (1 Episode) as Officer
1963Arrest and Trial (1 Episode) as 2nd Reporter
1963Drums of Africa as Arab
1962Combat! (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Pierre, GI, German Sergeant
1962The Lucy Show (1 Episode) as Pete
1962The Beverly Hillbillies (1 Episode) as First Indian Chief
1962The Lloyd Bridges Show (1, 1 Episode) as Everett, Umpire
1962Hands of a Stranger as Tony Wilder
1961Everything's Ducky as Simmons
1961Straightaway (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Ben Casey (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961The Murder Men as Unknown
1960The Andy Griffith Show (1 Episode) as Jealous Boyfriend
1959The Untouchables (3, 1 Episode) as Hood (uncredited), Coogan's Bodyguard (uncredited)
1959The Rebel (1 Episode) as Groder
1958Bat Masterson (1 Episode) as Harry Sutton
1958Yancy Derringer (1 Episode) as Club Patron (uncredited)
1958Curse of the Faceless Man as Tony, Tony (uncredited)
1957Perry Mason (1 Episode) as Connor
1956Hot Cars as Det. Fred Holmes
1956Emergency Hospital as Jack Larson, ambulance driver (uncredited)
1956The Black Sleep as Sailor-Subject
1955The Prodigal as Kavak
1954Day of Triumph as James the Less
1954Dragnet as McQueen
1951Dragnet (5 Episodes) as Unknown
1951The Living Christ (1 Episode) as Pharisee
Crew
1982Blade Runner ... Stunts
1981Escape from New York ... Stunts
1981Bustin' Loose ... Stunts
1981Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen ... Stunts
1980Cheech & Chong's Next Movie ... Stunts
1979The Concorde... Airport '79 ... Stunt Coordinator
1978FM ... Stunts
1978Cops and Robin ... Stunt Coordinator
1975The Master Gunfighter ... Stunts
1975The Four Deuces ... Stunt Coordinator
1974The Godfather Part II ... Stunts
1974Earthquake ... Stunts
1973Magnum Force ... Stunts
1972The Poseidon Adventure ... Stunts
1971Dirty Harry ... Stunts
1968The Boston Strangler ... Stunts
1967Bonnie and Clyde ... Stand In
1953Desert Legion ... Stunts