Jim Youngs
Born (1956-10-13) October 13, 1956
Old Bethpage, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
RelativesJohn Savage (brother)
Robin Young (sister)

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

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. Gainos and his Porky's co-stars launched a Kickstarter campaign in an effort to produce the film.[1][2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
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 You Talkin' to Me? Bronson Green
1988 Keys to Freedom Zach Mitchum
1993 Skeeter Roy Boone
1993 Cyborg 2 Pinwheel Exec #1
1995 The Dangerous Henry Lautrec Uncredited

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1980–1981 Secrets of Midland Heights John Grey 11 episodes
1981 Splendor in the Grass Alan 'Toots' Tuttle Television film
1982 The Executioner's Song Sterling Baker
1987 Roses Are for the Rich Lonnie Norton
1987 Private Eye Billy Ray Episode: "Blue Hotel Pt.1"
1990 Wiseguy Richie Burns / Jimmy 2 episodes
1991 American Playhouse Zachary Episode: "Triple Play II"
1992 Silk Stalkings Johnny Rider Episode: "In Too Deep"
1994 Babylon 5 Frank Benson Episode: "And the Sky Full of Stars"
1995 NYPD Blue Det. Mulligan Episode: "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".


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