Jim Youngs

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Jim Youngs
Born (1956-10-13) October 13, 1956 (age 68)
OccupationActor
Relatives John Savage (brother)
Robin Young (sister)

Jim Youngs (born October 13, 1956) is an American actor.

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Early life

Youngs was born in Old Bethpage, New York, the brother of actor John Savage and journalist Robin Young.

Career

He appeared in such films as The Wanderers , Footloose , Out of Control , Youngblood , The Price of Life , Hotshot (1987), Nobody's Fool , You Talkin' to Me? (1987) and Skeeter .

In 1990, he portrayed Michael Santana's cop brother-in-law "Richard Burns" in Wiseguy season 4 episode "Point of No Return". In 1994, he portrayed "Benson" in Babylon 5 episode "And the Sky Full of Stars". In 2012, Youngs was mentioned in speculative reporting that he would reunite with Tony Ganios, his co-star in The Wanderers , in a teen-sex comedy to be called Daddies' Girls. Ganios and his Porky's co-stars launched a Kickstarter campaign in an effort to produce the film. [1] [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 The Wanderers Buddy
1983 The Final Terror Jim
1984 Footloose Chuck Cranston
1984 Out of Control Cowboy
1986 Youngblood Kelly Youngblood
1986 Nobody's Fool Billy
1986 Hotshot Jimmy Kristidis
1987 The Price of Life Zachary
1987 You Talkin' to Me? Bronson Green
1988Keys to FreedomZach Mitchum
1993 Skeeter Roy Boone
1993 Cyborg 2 Pinwheel Exec #1
1995The DangerousHenry LautrecUncredited

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980–1981 Secrets of Midland Heights John Grey11 episodes
1981 Splendor in the Grass Alan 'Toots' TuttleTelevision film
1982 The Executioner's Song Sterling Baker
1987 Roses Are for the Rich Lonnie Norton
1987 Private Eye Billy RayEpisode: "Blue Hotel Pt.1"
1990 Wiseguy Richie Burns / Jimmy2 episodes
1991 American Playhouse ZacharyEpisode: "Triple Play II"
1992 Silk Stalkings Johnny RiderEpisode: "In Too Deep"
1994 Babylon 5 Frank BensonEpisode: "And the Sky Full of Stars"
1995 NYPD Blue Det. MulliganEpisode: "Large Mouth Bass"

References

  1. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : PORKY'S Movie 30th Anniversary Interview Tony Ganios Meat Tuperallo The Wanderers WISEGUY. YouTube .
  2. "Daddies' Girls: First 3D teen/Sex comedy with original cast of Porky's « Movie Prop Collectors". Archived from the original on 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-26.