David Rohan Sage (July 13, 1940 â March 12, 2026) was an American character actor known for his various roles primarily in television in the 1980s and 1990s.
Sage began his career in the Italian film Cannibal Holocaust (1980). He was in Galaxies Are Colliding (1992) and The Birdcage.
Among the many shows in the 1980s, Sage was in were The Quest, The Greatest American Hero, Cagney & Lacey, Falcon Crest, Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and Murder, She Wrote. During the 1990s, he was in Seinfeld, ', Monsters, Picket Fences, and The Young and the Restless. Sage was in nine made-for-TV movies: Love, Mary (1985), Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988), Rock Hudson (1990), Shattered Dreams (1990), Just Life (1990), A Private Matter (1992), ' (1993), ' (1993), and Where Are My Children? (1994). He was cast in one miniseries: ' (1989).
Sage was born in Syracuse, New York, on July 13, 1940. He had a sister, Patti Morse.
He graduated from the Goodman School of Drama and performed in theater companies around the United States, before moving to Los Angeles in 1987. He ended his career in 2002, after a stroke.
Sage was married to Judy. He died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 85.