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My Take
John Phillip Law had the kind of face the 1960s couldn't resist, and his run captures that era beautifully. He broke through as a Russian sailor in a Cold War comedy, then went straight into the strange and stylish, playing the blind angel Pygar in Barbarella and trading shots with Lee Van Cleef in a spaghetti western. I admire how willing he was to lean into oddness rather than chase conventional leading-man roles. Being born in Hollywood itself feels almost too fitting. To me he's a snapshot of a moment when European and American cinema were blending, and he glided right through the middle of it.
Overview
John Phillip Law (September 7, 1937 – May 13, 2008) was an American actor. Following a breakthrough role as a Russian sailor in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), Law became best known for his roles as gunfighter Bill Meceita in the spaghetti western Death Rides a Horse (1967) with Lee Van Cleef, the blind angel Pygar in the science fiction film Barbarella (1968) with Jane Fonda, the title chara…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- John Phillip Law
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョン・フィリップ・ロー
- Reading
- じょん・ふぃりっぷ・ろー
- Born
- September 7, 1937 – May 13, 2008
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Ox
- Origin
- Hollywood, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / television actor / stage actor / film producer / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Hawaiʻi System
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.