Actor John Phillip Law passed away Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 70 years old. No cause of death has yet been announced. Law, who studied acting under Elia Kazan, gained instant fame in 1966 when director Norman Jewison cast him as a sexy but shy Soviet sailor in the Oscar-nominated comedy The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! Law went onto star in cult favorites such as Mario Bava's Danger: Diabolik! and opposite Jane Fonda in Barbarella. Law also starred in the controversial film The Sergeant in which he was the object of Rod Steiger's affections in one of the first films to directly deal with homosexuality in a realistic way. Other major films include The Love Machine, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad and The Cassandra Crossing. Law was an avid reader of Cinema Retro and we mourn his passing. Columnist Raymond Benson conducted what is probably the last major interview with the star for Cinema Retro issue #7.
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