Michael Sacks

Acting

Michael Sacks

Born September 11, 1948 · New York City, New York, USA (age 77)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Sacks (born September 11, 1948) is an American actor and tech executive who played the role of Billy Pilgrim in George Roy Hill's Slaughterhouse Five, an adaptation from the novel by Kurt Vonnegut. Sacks also appeared in Steven Spielberg's The Sugarland Express, as the kidnapped highway patrolman; The Amityville Horror, as James Brolin's character's…

Known For

The Amityville HorrorThe Amityville Horror · 1979
The Amityville Horror
6.31979
MovieHorror
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.
The Sugarland ExpressThe Sugarland Express · 1974
The Sugarland Express
6.61974
MovieCrimeDrama
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.
Split ImageSplit Image · 1982
Split Image
6.01982
MovieDrama
An impressionable young man finds himself enslaved by a modern-day religious cult. In an effort to bring him back to reality, the boy's parents hire a deprogrammer to kidnap him and return him to his family.
The House of GodThe House of God · 1984
The House of God
3.21984
MovieComedyDrama
Comedy about a couple of interns in a hospital named 'The House of God'.
Slaughterhouse-FiveSlaughterhouse-Five · 1972
Slaughterhouse-Five
6.51972
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.
Hanover StreetHanover Street · 1979
Hanover Street
5.61979
MovieDramaRomance
Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverThe Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover · 1977
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
5.11977
MovieDramaHistory
The story of J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI from 1924-1972, following his racket-busting days through his reign under eight US presidents.
The Great NiagaraThe Great Niagara · 1974
The Great Niagara
6.31974
MovieDrama
An embittered old man is obsessed with conquering the Niagara River and Niagara Falls. He endangers his sons' lives by forcing them to challenge the falls by going over them in a barrel.

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