Peter Savage
Acting
Biography
Peter Savage was born on September 9, 1920 in Calabria, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Raging Bull (1980), Cauliflower Cupids (1970) and The Runaways (1965). He was married to Eleanor Smyrski. He died on December 29, 1981 in St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles.
Born: September 9, 1920
Place of Birth: Calabria, Italy
Known For
Taxi Driver
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
Hypnorotica
A hypnotherapist treats erotically damaged patients including a female abused by an older Vietnam vet who suffers flashbacks of his rape and murder of a peasant girl. A violent film on par with Shaun Costello's Forced Entry.
Raging Bull
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
New York, New York
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
Crazy Joe
The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
Vigilante
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, he goes berserk and vows revenge.
Cauliflower Cupids
Johnny Stiletto, godfather to the Cauliflower Cupids gang (six world boxing champions), decides to leave crime so his daughter can have a better life.
Sylvia
Sylvia is seemingly a quiet, reserved, saintly person living on a quiet, reserved well-manicured street in upper-middle class suburbia. However, Sylvia is hiding a secret - she has a multiple promiscuous personality disorder. However, one of her other persona's is about to cross the line.
Firepower
A mercenary is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal, a woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.
Double Agent 73
Underworld drug king Toplar is flooding the market with low-grade heroin. Agent 99 gets a bit too close to the truth, but manages to gasp out a clue as to the identity of Toplar: he has a scar. Jane (Agent 73) is called in to find Toplar, and gets a camera implanted in her breast in order to photograph the bad guys she dispatches so headquarters will be able to identify Toplar when she finds him. Meanwhile she begins falling in love with fellow agent Jim.
Filmography
as Thomas "Mr. T." Stokes
as Jackie Curtie
as Lawyer
as Horace Morris' Assistant
as Doctor Balaban
as The John
as DeMarco
as Bill / Boss
as Dr. Lawrence Thurston
as Johnny Stiletto