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 (1979), Footloose (1984), Out of Control (1985), Youngblood (1986), The Price of Life (1987), Hotshot (1986), Nobody's Fool (1986), You Talkin' to Me? (1987) and Skeeter (1993).
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. Ganios and his Porky's co-stars launched a Kickstarter campaign in an effort to produce the film.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1979The WanderersBuddy1983The Final TerrorJim1984FootlooseChuck Cranston1984Out of ControlCowboy1986YoungbloodKelly Youngblood1986Nobody's FoolBilly1986HotshotJimmy Kristidis1987The Price of LifeZachary1987You Talkin' to Me?Bronson Green1988Keys to FreedomZach Mitchum1993SkeeterRoy Boone1993Cyborg 2Pinwheel Exec #11995The DangerousHenry LautrecUncredited
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1980–1981Secrets of Midland HeightsJohn Grey11 episodes1981Splendor in the GrassAlan 'Toots' TuttleTelevision film1982The Executioner's SongSterling Baker1987Roses Are for the RichLonnie Norton1987Private EyeBilly RayEpisode: "Blue Hotel Pt.1"1990WiseguyRichie Burns / Jimmy2 episodes1991American PlayhouseZacharyEpisode: "Triple Play II"1992Silk StalkingsJohnny RiderEpisode: "In Too Deep"1994Babylon 5Frank BensonEpisode: "And the Sky Full of Stars"1995NYPD BlueDet. MulliganEpisode: "Large Mouth Bass"
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