David Sage
American television actor
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David Sage is an American character actor known for his various roles primarily in television in the 1980s and 1990s.
David Sage | |
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| Born | United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1980–2002 |
Career
Film
Sage began his career in the Italian film Cannibal Holocaust (1980).[1] He was in Galaxies Are Colliding (1992)[2] and The Birdcage.[3][4][5]
Television
Among the many shows in the 1980s, Sage was in were The Quest, The Greatest American Hero, Cagney & Lacey, Falcon Crest, Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and Murder, She Wrote. During the 1990s, he was in Seinfeld, Star Trek: The Next Generation,[6] Monsters, Picket Fences, and The Young and the Restless. Sage was in nine made-for-TV movies: Love, Mary (1985),[7] Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988), Rock Hudson (1990),[8][9][10] Shattered Dreams (1990),[11][12][13] Just Life (1990), A Private Matter[14][15] (1992), Bonanza: The Return (1993),[16] Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993),[17] and Where Are My Children? (1994).[18] He was cast in one miniseries: Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989).[19][20][21]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Cannibal Holocaust | Alan's Father[a] | Ruggero Deodato | Italian cannibal film |
| 1992 | Galaxies Are Colliding | Reverend | John Ryman | Comedy film |
| 1996 | The Birdcage | Senator Eli Jackson | Mike Nichols | Comedy film Based on the 1978 French film La Cage aux Folles, itself an adaptation of the 1973 play[22] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | The Quest | Guest | Episode: "Last One There Is a Rotten Heir" |
| 1983 | Bay City Blues | Friedman | Episodes:
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| The Greatest American Hero | Offocial | Episode: "It's Only Rock and Roll" | |
| 1984 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Dwayne Morton | Episode: "The George Street Motors" |
| 1985 | St. Elsewhere | Surgeon | Episode: "Red, White, Black, and Blue" |
| Cagney & Lacey | Joseph Singleton | Episode: "Con Games" | |
| Me and Mom | Guest | Episode: "A Killing in the Market" | |
| Love, Mary | Dr. Miller | Made-For-TV movie directed by Robert Day[7] | |
| Hunter | Guest | Episode: "Rich Girl" | |
| 1985–87 | Falcon Crest |
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Episodes:
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| 1985–88 | Highway to Heaven |
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3 episodes |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | Professor | Episode: "Profile in Silver / Button, Button" |
| Newhart | President of a Country | Episode: "Pre-Nups" | |
| Hill Street Blues | Councilman | Episode: "The Best Defense" | |
| 1986–92 | L.A. Law |
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Episodes:
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| 1987 | Superior Court | Peter Holbrooke | Episode: "Teenage Abuse" |
| 1988 | Shakedown on the Sunset Strip | Mayor Fletcher Bowron | Made-For-TV movie directed by Walter Grauman |
| Dallas | Senator Walter | Episode: "The Lady Singeth" | |
| Murder, She Wrote | Stavros | Episode: "Wearing of the Green" | |
| 1989 | Studio 5-B | Dr. Restow | Episode: "The Aftermath" |
| Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North | Jenner[a] | Miniseries directed by Mike Robe | |
| Christine Cromwell | Fred Mascarpone | Episode: "Easy Come, Easy Go" | |
| Anything But Love | Guest | Episode: "Breast of Friends" | |
| 1990 | Rock Hudson | Harold Rhoden | Made-For-TV movie directed by John Nicolella Based on My Husband, Rock Hudson by Phyllis Gates[23][24][25] |
| Who's the Boss? | Don Lester | Episode: "Dear Landlord" | |
| Shattered Dreams | Father Oberleiss[a] | Made-For-TV movie directed by Robert Iscove | |
| Just Life | N/a | Made-For-TV movie directed by Dan Lerner | |
| Monsters | Lawyer | Episode: "Cellmates" | |
| 1991 | Gabriel's Fire | Judge Wittenbauer | Episode: "A Prayer for Goldsteins" |
| She-Wolf of London | Horrace Menzies | Episode: "Habeas Corpses" | |
| Quantum Leap | Judge | Episode: "Future Boy – October 6, 1957" | |
| 1992 | Roseanne | Priest | Episode: "Bingo" |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Tamin | Episode: "Violations" | |
| A Private Matter | Doctor #3 | Made-For-TV movie directed by Joan Micklin Silver | |
| Seinfeld | Dr. Dembrow | Episode: "The Wallet" | |
| 1993 | Picket Fences | Judge Banks | Episode: "Duty Free Rome" |
| Bonanza: The Return | Miller Swanson | Made-For-TV movie directed by Jerry Jameson | |
| Babylon 5: The Gathering | Business Man #2 | Made-For-TV movie directed by Richard Compton | |
| 1994 | Where Are My Children? | Federal Judge | Made-For-TV movie directed by George Kaczender Part of The ABC Sunday Night Movie |
| 1994–95 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman |
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Episodes:
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| 1995 | Babylon 5 | Centauri Merchant | Episode: "Acts of Sacrifice" |
| Diagnosis Murder | Clayburgh the Jeweler | Episode: "All American Murder" | |
| 1995–96 | Campus Cops | Captain Hingle | 9 episodes |
| 1997 | The Young and the Restless | Reverend | Episode: "1.6034" |
| 1998 | JAG | Judge Lonigan | Episode: "The Martin Baker Fan Club" |
| Any Day Now | Guest | Episode: "Quit Bein' Suck a Scaredy Cat" | |
| 1999 | The West Wing | John Van Dyke | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2000 | Get Real | Priest | Episode: "Absolution" |
| 2002 | The Practice | Judge Robert M. Breech | Episode: "Judge Knot" |
