Brad Savage (born December 9, 1965) is an American child and adult actor and singer who appeared as the Boy in the Church who was the first to approach a cassocked Mork thinking he was a new priest in the Church, in Season 2's Clerical Error.
Biography[]
Savage was born in Livonia, Michigan in 1965. His mother, Judy, became a talent agent after Brad began his acting career. His sister, Tracie Savage, is an actor.
Savage is married to Bronwen R. Craig and has two children. His son, Keaton Savage, is an actor.
Savage currently plays bass guitar and sings in the celebrity group "Band from TV" with Greg Grunberg, Hugh Laurie, James Denton, Bob Guiney, Bonnie Somerville, and others.
Career[]
Savage also appeared in many television shows in the 1970s and 1980s, including Salem's Lot, CHiPs, Mork & Mindy, Emergency!, Fantasy Island, and The Love Boat.
He is probably best known for his role as Danny in the 1984 movie Red Dawn, for which he received a nomination for the Young Artist Award in the category "Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama". He appeared in several other films including Two-Minute Warning; The Apple Dumpling Gang; Echoes of a Summer; No Deposit, No Return; Return from Witch Mountain and Islands in the Stream.[1]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | The Apple Dumpling Gang | Clovis Bradley | |
| 1975 | The Other Side of the Mountain | Boy in Wheelchair | |
| 1976 | No Deposit, No Return | Jay | |
| 1976 | Echoes of a Summer | Philip | |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | Ramsay Child | |
| 1977 | Islands in the Stream | Andrew | |
| 1978 | Return from Witch Mountain | Muscles | |
| 1984 | Red Dawn | Danny | |
| Year | TV Movie | Role | |
| 1973 | The Bait | Mickey | |
| 1974 | Another April | Eric Moss | |
| 1975 | All Together Now | Andy Lindsay | |
| 1975 | Grandpa Max | Brad Sherman | |
| 1975 | My Father's House | Brad | |
| 1976 | Christmas in Disneyland | ||
| 1982 | Between Two Brothers | Robbie Frazer | |
| 1985 | Playing with Fire | Paul | |
| Year | TV Series | Episode(s) | Role |
| 1972 | Circle of Fear | House of Evil | Kevin |
| 1973 | The Streets of San Francisco | The Set-Up
Going Home |
Nicholas Carl
Martin Coughlin |
| 1972-73 | Emergency! | The Wedsworth-Townsend Act
Zero |
Boy
First Boy |
| 1973 | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | 5 Episodes | Sean Sanders |
| 1974 | The Girl with Something Extra | The Cost of Giving | Scott |
| 1974 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | The Latch-Key Child | Joshua Sellers |
| 1974 | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | The Ghost of Buzz Stevens | Eric |
| 1975 | Police Woman | Nothing Left to Lose | Boy |
| 1976 | Police Story | The Other Side of the Fence | Colin |
| 1976-1978 | The Tony Randall Show | 25 Episodes | Oliver Wendell Franklin |
| 1978 | Fantasy Island | Call Me Lucky/Torch Song | Joey Beamus |
| 1979 | Salem's Lot | Danny Glick | |
| 1980 | Mork & Mindy | Clerical Error | Boy in Church |
| 1980 | The Magical World of Disney | The Secret of Lost Valley: Part 1
The Secret of Lost Valley: Part 2 |
Adam Harkness |
| 1980-1983 | CHiPs | Kidnap
Hot Date |
Pete
Rick |
| 1981 | ABC Weekend Specials | Mayday! Mayday! | Mark Parker |
| 1981 | Lou Grant | Generations | Danny |
| 1981 | Aloha Paradise | Make Me a Match/Treasure Hunt/The Kid Who Would Be a Daddy/ | Scott |
| 1982 | Code Red | Revenge | Sean |
| 1982 | The Love Boat
|
Mothers Don't Do That/Marrying for Money/Substitute Lover | Danny Healy |
| 1982 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Challenges | Stu |
| 1982 | The Quest | Last One There Is a Rotten Heir | |
| 1983 | Lottery! | Kansas City: Protected Winn | |
| 1983 | Simon & Simon | Bon Voyage, Alonso | Nick |
| 1984 | Whiz Kids | Father's Day | Kyle |
| 1987 | ABC Afterschool Specials | Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story | |
| 2013 | The Client List | Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy
When I Say I Do |
Roberto |
He also appeared in the short film Let's Call It Quits (1974). In the late 80's he moved behind the camera for a spell working as a contestant coordinator on the game show Triple Threat (1988-1989) and a Production Assistant on ALF (1989) and in Post Production Editorial capacity on the In the Line of Duty TV Movies - A Cop for the Killing (1990); Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991); Siege at Marion (1992); and Street War (1992), along with the TV Movies Bump in the Night (1991) and Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (1991).[2]
After a return to acting in The Client List (2013), Brad moved into production, working as associate producer on the Movie Campin' Buddies (2014), and executive producer on Burning Dog (2020). And executive producer on the TV shows, Nickel & Dining (2016), Movie Nights (2016) and Geeking Out (2016).
Mork & Mindy[]
Brad appeared as a boy in St. Peter's Church looking out for Father Denny, but when Mork comes in dressed in a cassock, he assumes he's a new priest. Approaching him, Mork tells him not to be so formal and call him 'Pops' rather than 'Father'. He tells Mork he's concerned by the some of the things he's been writing on the Bus Station walls. He whispers some of them in Morks ear. Mork's mouth dropping, before suggesting there should be flies buzzing around the boy. The boy agrees, but doesn't know how he can be forgiven. Mork suggests that he erase all that stuff, and put stuff that people want to read up instead like 'Nuclear Energy cures Acne' or 'Frank Sinatra has made his last comeback'. Thanking him the boy says he'll go do that, but off of Mork's query says he hasn't seen Father Denny that night, and thinks maybe it's 'Disco' Night.