Biography

John Sarno

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John Anthony Sarno, was born in New York City, New York. His family origin is Italian from Sarno, Italy. John worked for Revlon on Park Avenue and backstage at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts under Directors Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan. Elia asked him to audition and cast him to debut as a Spear Holder on stage. He attended schools in New York and was instructed in Stanislavski's techniques by Lee Strasberg at The Actor's Studio. There at the Actor's Studio John attended class with Al Pacino, Sidney Poitier, Ellen Burstyn, and others. John continued to work as an actor progressing to the Broadway stage as Billy Bibbit in Dale Wasserman's adaptation of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. John was consequently cast in Director Russ Meyer's film The Seven Minutes and moved to Los Angeles, California. John Sarno was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his breakthrough performance in The Seven Minutes. John is also famous for his television work as in Smoot's death scene on Kojack, William Keho on NYPD Blue and films such as David Fincher's Zodiac. John continues to work in film as a supporting actor and recently traveled outside of California to play in the film: Monday at 11:01 AM. John Anthony Sarno passed away on Christmas Day, 25 December 2015 from lung cancer.
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Lee Strasberg was John's acting coach at the Actor's Studio and John has also worked with Director Elia Kazan.
John Sarno received top award honors for The Best Dramatic Instructor for his work assisting and directing other actors for film, television and commercials from the U.S. Business Association in Washington D.C.
Director Elia Kazan saved John's life by rescuing him from drowning in Montauk Bay, Montauk, New York.
Studied at the Actor's Studio and was instructed by the father of Method acting, Lee Strasberg. Other students in his class were actors: Jack Nicholson, Ellen Burstyn, Al Pacino, Robert Di Niro, Paul Newman, James Dean and director Eli Kazan.
John Sarno worked over 15 years assisting stars of the television soap opera series General Hospital from 1998 to 2013 and has also trained 19 soap opera stars.