Philip Sayer


Philip Sayer was a Welsh actor. He worked for stage, film and television; his probably best known role was as Sam Phillips in the science fiction horror film Xtro.

Biography

Philip Sayer was born on 26 October 1946 in Swansea, the son of Thomas Henry and Myra Sayer.
He died of cancer in 1989, aged 42. After Sayers's death, Brian May attended a memorial service and subsequently wrote the song "Just One Life" as a tribute. A Philip Sayer Scholarship fund was set up at LAMDA in Sayer's memory. Sayer Clinics are named after and in memory of Philip Sayer.
In a 2017 interview, actress Susan Sarandon revealed that she had had an affair with Sayer and that he had been gay.

Appearances