John Phillip Law (Barbarella's Pygar) Has Passed Away

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 11:47am

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5joC_rSNShNeNoNP2K1cg1hGHkQSgD90MFNH80

Actor John Phillip Law, angel in 'Barbarella,' dies at 70

LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Phillip Law, the strikingly handsome 1960s movie actor who portrayed an angel in the futuristic "Barbarella" and a lovesick Russian seaman in "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming," has died. He was 70.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:01pm

They never mention Law's performance in THE LOVE MACHINE. Sloppy journalism or merciful omission?

[Auggie27]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:10pm

"He's movin' on ... he's Robin Stone..." Remember the Burt B. song warbled by La Warwick under the credits? And the ham sandwich of a movie, all cut up and reassembled so that it made no sense. Unlike his memorable turn with wings, in LOVE MACHINE he was supposed to be so seductive woman couldn't resist him, but he came across like an aging NAMBLA poster, alas.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:18pm

A shame. Who'd have thought they could make a crappy movie out of a Jacqueline Susann novel?

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:24pm

Not much of an actor, but a very handsome man. I urge, implore, and beg all of you to check out DANGER DIABOLIK, a spy-actioner that not only rivals VALLEY OF THE DOLLS for sixties so-bad-its-good gooeyness, but was paid tribute to in the Beastie Boys "Body Movin'" video and the great, little-seen movie CQ.


Danger Diabolik

Updated On: 5/16/08 at 12:24 PM

[Mamie]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 1:02pm

I thought he was adorable in "The Russians are Coming". I often wondered what had become of him.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 2:01pm

sigh....he made me swoon

[Mamie]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 2:21pm

A bit of an interview with him re the 60's and Timothy Leary, et al. I'm not sure exactly when this was made but I thought he was still devastatingly handsome!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpKF7azXwRI

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 3:41pm

Here's the trailer for Danger: Diabolik!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSmTcie3lg4

oh....my....

Just added to my Netflix!

[RetroBoy]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 5:10pm

he was also in Preminger's HURRY SUNDOWN alongside Jane Fonda, Michael Caine, Diahann Carroll and Faye Dunaway.

he was a last minute replacement for the role in THE LOVE MACHINE and he not only had to suffer from a bad script but also from wearing some ill fitting suits tailor made for the much shorter actor he was hired to replace.

i loved him in BARBARELLA and I agree that he was adorable in THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING.




Updated On: 5/16/08 at 05:10 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 5:57pm

He was one of those actors would should have had a much better & longer career & did not.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 7:18pm

When I see or hear his name, I think of The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Danger: Diabolik was featured on MST3K, and I just saw him in The Cassandra Crossing which was shown on TCM.