John Michael Beck Taylor (born February 4, 1949), commonly known as
Michael Beck, is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Swan
in The Warriors (1979) and Sonny Malone in Xanadu (1980).Beck was born
in Memphis, Tennessee, the third of nine children. He attended Memphis
University School and then Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi on
a football scholarship. While in college he was initiated into Kappa
Alpha Order fraternity. After graduating with a degree in economics,
he was one of 30 (out of 2,500) applicants chosen for London's Central
School of Speech and Drama. Beck's stage credits, beginning with
college, include: Camelot (he was King Arthur), Of Mice and Men (he
was George Milton), Romeo and Juliet (he was Tybalt), and Cat On a Hot
Tin Roof.Beck is known predominantly for his roles as Swan in the
action film The Warriors (1979), Sonny Malone in Xanadu (1980),
Lieutenant Commander Dallas in Megaforce (1982), and Koda in Triumphs
of a Man Called Horse (1983). Both the Xanadu and Megaforce roles
garnered him Razzie nominations, for Worst Actor and Worst Supporting
Actor, respectively. Beck has appeared in other movies such as
Warlords of the 21st Century (1982), Wes Craven's Chiller (1985), Gone
to Texas (1986) as James Bowie, and Forest Warrior (1996).Beck
appeared as Hans Helms in the 1978 TV miniseries Holocaust, and
starred with Michael Paré in the CBS police drama Houston Knights
(1987â€"1988). More recently, he appeared in television shows such as
JAG, Walker, Texas Ranger, In the Heat of the Night, as the Mars-born
terrorist-turned-cyborg assassin Abel Horn in Babylon 5 (episode
"Spider in the Web"), and as Mr. Jones in the spin-off series Crusade.
Michael Beck, is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Swan
in The Warriors (1979) and Sonny Malone in Xanadu (1980).Beck was born
in Memphis, Tennessee, the third of nine children. He attended Memphis
University School and then Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi on
a football scholarship. While in college he was initiated into Kappa
Alpha Order fraternity. After graduating with a degree in economics,
he was one of 30 (out of 2,500) applicants chosen for London's Central
School of Speech and Drama. Beck's stage credits, beginning with
college, include: Camelot (he was King Arthur), Of Mice and Men (he
was George Milton), Romeo and Juliet (he was Tybalt), and Cat On a Hot
Tin Roof.Beck is known predominantly for his roles as Swan in the
action film The Warriors (1979), Sonny Malone in Xanadu (1980),
Lieutenant Commander Dallas in Megaforce (1982), and Koda in Triumphs
of a Man Called Horse (1983). Both the Xanadu and Megaforce roles
garnered him Razzie nominations, for Worst Actor and Worst Supporting
Actor, respectively. Beck has appeared in other movies such as
Warlords of the 21st Century (1982), Wes Craven's Chiller (1985), Gone
to Texas (1986) as James Bowie, and Forest Warrior (1996).Beck
appeared as Hans Helms in the 1978 TV miniseries Holocaust, and
starred with Michael Paré in the CBS police drama Houston Knights
(1987â€"1988). More recently, he appeared in television shows such as
JAG, Walker, Texas Ranger, In the Heat of the Night, as the Mars-born
terrorist-turned-cyborg assassin Abel Horn in Babylon 5 (episode
"Spider in the Web"), and as Mr. Jones in the spin-off series Crusade.
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