Michael Sacks

Michael Sacks

Known for

Acting

Born

September 11, 1948 (age 78)

Birthplace

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Michael Sacks (born September 11, 1948) is an American actor and tech executive who played the role of Billy Pilgrim in George Roy Hill's Slaughterhouse Five, an adaptation from the novel by Kurt Vonnegut.

Sacks also appeared in Steven Spielberg's The Sugarland Express, as the kidnapped highway patrolman; The Amityville Horror, as James Brolin's character's friend and coworker; and Hanover Street, with Harrison Ford. On Broadway, he was the bewildered Viet Nam vet "Mark" in Kennedy's Children by Robert Patrick. He apparently retired from the entertainment industry in 1984; his last role was in the made for TV film Why Me?, with Annie Potts.

After spe...

Best known work

The Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror
1979
The Sugarland Express
The Sugarland Express
1974
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972
Hanover Street
Hanover Street
1979
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
1983
Split Image
Split Image
1982
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
Why Me?
Why Me?
1984
The House of God
The House of God
1984
The Great Niagara
The Great Niagara
1974

Filmography

  1. 1984

    Why Me?

    as Dr. Harry Jarrick

  2. 1984

    The House of God

    as Wayne Potts

  3. 1983

  4. 1982

    Split Image

    as Gabriel

  5. 1979

  6. 1979

    Hanover Street

    as 2nd Lieut. Martin Hyer

  7. 1977

  8. 1977

    Bunco

    as Dixon

  9. 1974

    The Great Niagara

    as Lonnie Grant

  10. 1974

  11. 1973

    Carola

    as Henri Marceau

  12. 1972

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    as Billy Pilgrim

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