{{short description|American actor (born 1956)}} {{Infobox person | name = Jim Youngs | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|13|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Old Bethpage, New York, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = | relatives = John Savage (brother)<br>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''. Ganios and his ''Porky's'' co-stars launched a Kickstarter campaign in an effort to produce the film.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/9lJUAo26VEI Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309231900/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lJUAo26VEI Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lJUAo26VEI| title = PORKY'S Movie 30th Anniversary Interview Tony Ganios Meat Tuperallo The Wanderers WISEGUY | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.moviepropcollectors.com/magazine/2013/05/16/12684/|title=Daddies' Girls: First 3D teen/Sex comedy with original cast of Porky's « Movie Prop Collectors|access-date=2017-12-26|archive-date=2014-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215060425/http://www.moviepropcollectors.com/magazine/2013/05/16/12684/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !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 |''The Price of Life'' |Zachary | |- |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 === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1980–1981 |''Secrets of Midland Heights'' |John Grey |11 episodes |- |1981 |''Splendor in the Grass'' |Alan 'Toots' Tuttle | rowspan="3" |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== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0950281}}
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