
John Saxon
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 5, 1935
- Died
- July 25, 2020 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
John Saxon (born Carmine Orrico; August 5, 1935 – July 25, 2020) was an American actor and martial artist who worked on more than 200 projects during a span of 60 years. Saxon is known for his work in Westerns and horror movies, often playing police officers and detectives. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Saxon studied acting with Stella Adler before beginning his career as a contract actor for Universal Pictures, playing in such movies as Rock, Pretty Baby (1956) and Portrait in Black (1961). During the 1970s and 1980s, he established himself as a character actor, frequently portraying law enforcement officials in horror movies such as Black Christmas (1974), Dario Argento's Tenebrae (1982), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In addition to his roles in horror movies, Saxon co-starred with Bruce Lee in the martial arts movie Enter the Dragon (1973), and has supporting roles in the westerns Death of a Gunfighter (1969) and Joe Kidd (1972), as well as the adventure thriller Raid on Entebbe (1977). In the 1990s, Saxon occasionally appeared in movies, with small roles in Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) and From Dusk till Dawn (1996). Saxon died of pneumonia in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on July 25, 2020.
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Filmography
New Line: Independent Legacies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Green Fog
Movie · as Self

Black Christmas Legacy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Dentros
Movie · as George Dentro

Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
Movie · as Self

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Movie · as Self

Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
Movie · as John

War Wolves
Movie · as Tony Ford

Clarkworld
Movie · as Self

How Bruce Lee Changed the World
Movie · as Self

The Mercy Man
Movie · as Father McMurray

Old Dogs
Movie · as Lee Robinson

God's Ears
Movie · as Lee Robinson
Stanley's Girlfriend
Movie · as Leo

Trapped Ashes
Movie · as Leo (segment "Stanley's Girlfriend")
The Craving Heart
Movie · as Richard Tom

Pelts
Movie · as Jeb 'Pa' Jameson

The 12 Days of Black Christmas
Movie · as Self

Masters of Horror
TV · as Jeb 'Pa' Jameson · 1 ep

Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
Movie · as Self

Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon
Movie · as Self

Pitcher and the Pin-Up
Movie · as Michael Curtis

Black Christmas Revisited
Movie · as Self

Outta Time
Movie · as Darabont
'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux
Movie · as Sarge

Night Class
Movie · as Murphy

Final Payback
Movie · as Police Chief George Moreno

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
Movie · as Self

Living in Fear
Movie · as Rev. Leo Hausman

Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
Movie · as Self

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Walter Gordon · 1 ep

Welcome to Primetime
Movie · as Self

Joseph's Gift
Movie · as Jacob Keller

The GREATEST : Bruce Lee
Movie · as Comentador

The Party Crashers
Movie · as Mr. Foster
Bottom Feeders
Movie · as Antonio DiPaolo Jr.

The Path of the Dragon
Movie · as Self

Lancelot: Guardian of Time
Movie · as Wolvencroft

From Dusk Till Dawn
Movie · as FBI Agent Stanley Chase

Jonathan of the Bears
Movie · as Fred Goodwin
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
Movie · as Self

The Killers Within
Movie · as Detective Lewis

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
TV · as Richard Brooks · 2 eps

Beverly Hills Cop III
Movie · as Orrin Sanderson

Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Movie · as John Saxon / Lt. Donald Thompson

Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon
Movie · as Self

Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up
Movie · as Charles Searage

Killing Obsession
Movie · as Dr. Sachs

The Baby Doll Murders
Movie · as John Maglia

No Escape, No Return
Movie · as James Mitchell

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV · as Straker · 1 ep

Animal Instincts
Movie · as Otto Van Horne

Lucky Luke 2
Movie · as The Man in Black (archive footage)

Hellmaster
Movie · as Professor Jones

Maximum Force
Movie · as Captain Fuller

Lucky Luke
TV · as The Man in Black

Melrose Place
TV · as Henry Waxman · 5 eps

The Arrival
Movie · as Agent Miils

Blackmail
Movie · as Gene

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Payoff
Movie · as Rafael Concion

Solomon Northup's Odyssey
Movie · as Epps

Blood Salvage
Movie · as Clifford Evans

Aftershock
Movie · as Oliver Quinn

The Final Alliance
Movie · as Ghost

The Best of the Martial Arts Films
Movie · as Self - Host

Crossing the Line
Movie · as Jack Kagan

The Last Samurai
Movie · as Haroun Al-Hakim

My Mom's a Werewolf
Movie · as Harry Thropen

Criminal Act
Movie · as Herb Tamplin

Nightmare Beach
Movie · as Strycher

Zombie Death House
Movie · as Colonel Gordon Burgess

Stephen King's Monster Stories
Movie

Monsters
TV · as Ben O'Connell · 1 ep

In the Heat of the Night
TV · as Dalton Sykes · 1 ep

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Movie · as Thompson

Hands of Steel
Movie · as Francis Turner

Matlock
TV · as John Franklin · 1 ep

Fever Pitch
Movie · as Sports Editor

Brothers-in-Law
Movie · as Royal Cane

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Garth December · 1 ep

Half Nelson
TV · as Actor · 1 ep

The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV · as Dudley Stone · 1 ep

A Nightmare on Elm Street
Movie · as Lt. Thompson

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Marco Gambini, Bernardo Bonelli, Jerry Lydecker · 1 ep

Finder of Lost Loves
TV · as Zach Donahue · 1 ep

Glitter
TV · as Judd Kovac · 1 ep

Prisoners of the Lost Universe
Movie · as Kleel

The Big Score
Movie · as Davis

Masquerade
TV · as Joey Savane · 1 ep

The A-Team
TV · as Martin James, Kalem · 1 ep

Hardcastle and McCormick
TV · as Martin Cody · 2 eps

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV · as Dirk Fredericks · 2 eps

Wrong Is Right
Movie · as Homer Hubbard

Scorpion with Two Tails
Movie · as Arthur Barnard

Desire
Movie · as Joe Hale

One Too Many
Movie · as Sergio Puccini

Tenebre
Movie · as Bullmer

Rooster
Movie · as Jerome Brademan

Lo Scorpione a Due Code
Movie · as Arthur Barnard

Hotel
TV · as Jack Curtis · 1 ep

American Playhouse
TV · as Epps · 1 ep

Golden Gate
Movie · as Monty Sager

Falcon Crest
TV · as Tony Cumson · 32 eps

Dynasty
TV · as Rashid Ahmed · 6 eps

Cannibal Apocalypse
Movie · as Norman Hopper

Battle Beyond the Stars
Movie · as Sador

Blood Beach
Movie · as Captain Pearson

Beyond Evil
Movie · as Larry Andrews

Running Scared
Movie · as Captain Munoz

Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Ed Russler · 1 ep

The Electric Horseman
Movie · as Hunt Sears

Fast Company
Movie · as Phil Adamson

The Glove
Movie · as Sam Kellog

Shalimar
Movie · as Colonel Columbus

The Bees
Movie · as John Norman

Fantasy Island
TV · as Roger Sullivan, Professor Harold DeHaven · 1 ep

The Immigrants
TV · as Alan Brocker · 2 eps

Greatest Heroes of the Bible
TV · as Adonijah · 1 ep

Vega$
TV · as Michael Jennings · 2 eps

The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
Movie · as Frank Di Maggio

Moonshine County Express
Movie · as J.B. Johnson

79 Park Avenue
TV · as Harry Vito · 2 eps

The Fantastic Journey
TV · as Consul Tarant · 1 ep

Westside Medical
TV · as Bob Farrow · 1 ep

Raid on Entebbe
Movie · as Maj. Gen. Benny Peled

The Swiss Conspiracy
Movie · as Robert Hayes

Mark Strikes Again
Movie · as Altman

Shadows in an Empty Room
Movie · as Sgt. Ned Matthews

Violent Naples
Movie · as Francesco Capuano

A Special Cop in Action
Movie · as Albertelli

Cross Shot
Movie · as Commissario Jacovella

Once an Eagle
TV · as Capt. Townshend · 7 eps

Quincy, M.E.
TV · as Publisher Charles Desskasa · 1 ep

The Bionic Woman
TV · as Nedlick · 1 ep

Most Wanted
TV · as Randall Mason · 1 ep

Mitchell
Movie · as Walter Deaney

Strange New World
Movie · as Capt. Anthony Vico

Fight to the Death
Movie · as Mariano Beltrán

Crossfire
Movie · as Dave Ambrose

Wonder Woman
TV · as Captain Radl · 2 eps

Starsky & Hutch
TV · as René Nadasy · 1 ep

Black Christmas
Movie · as Lt. Fuller

Planet Earth
Movie · as Dylan Hunt

Can Ellen Be Saved?
Movie · as James Hallbeck

The Six Million Dollar Man
TV · as Maj. Frederick Sloan, Nedlick · 1 ep

The Rockford Files
TV · as Dave Delaroux · 1 ep

Petrocelli
TV · as Richie Martin · 1 ep

Mr. Kingstreet's War
Movie · as Mr. Kingstreet

Enter the Dragon
Movie · as Roper

Family Killer
Movie · as Gaspare Ardizzone

Linda
Movie · as Jeff Braden

Snatched
Movie · as Paul Maxvill

Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon
Movie · as Self

Police Story
TV · as Rick Calvelli · 1 ep

Joe Kidd
Movie · as Luis Chama

House Made of Dawn
Movie · as Tosamah

Banyon
TV · as Johnny Clay · 1 ep

Banacek
TV · as Harry Harland · 1 ep

The Streets of San Francisco
TV · as Vince Hagopian Jr. · 1 ep

Kung Fu
TV · as Raven · 1 ep

The Sixth Sense
TV · as Dr Harry Auden · 1 ep

The Rookies
TV · as Farley · 1 ep

The Intruders
Movie · as Billy Pye

Company of Killers
Movie · as Dave Poohler

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV · as Mike Tedesca · 1 ep

Night Gallery
TV · as Ianto · 1 ep

Death of a Gunfighter
Movie · as Lou Trinidad

Istanbul Express
Movie · as Cheval

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
TV · as Dr. Theodore Stuart · 29 eps

Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Harry Clive · 1 ep

One Dollar Too Many
Movie · as Clay Watson

Western, Italian Style
Movie · as Self

For Singles Only
Movie · as Bret Hendley

The Name of the Game
TV · as Peter Max · 1 ep

It Takes a Thief
TV · as Dead Man · 1 ep

Winchester '73
Movie · as Dakin McAdam

Ironside
TV · as Eric Saginor, Carter · 1 ep

Cimarron Strip
TV · as Screamer · 1 ep

Garrison's Gorillas
TV · as Janus · 1 ep

The Appaloosa
Movie · as Chuy

Queen of Blood
Movie · as Allan Brenner

The Doomsday Flight
Movie · as George Ducette

The Time Tunnel
TV · as Marco Polo · 1 ep

The Night Caller
Movie · as Dr. Jack Costain

The Ravagers
Movie · as Capt. Kermit Dowling

The Cavern
Movie · as Joe Cramer

Another World
TV · as Edward Gerard · 6 eps

The Cardinal
Movie · as Benny Rampell

The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Movie · as Dr. Marcello Bassi
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Mario Silvetti, Augie · 1 ep

Burke's Law
TV · as Bud Charney, Gil Lynch · 1 ep

War Hunt
Movie · as Pvt. Raymond Endore

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Movie · as Byron Grant

Agostino
Movie · as Renzo

The Virginian
TV · as Dell Stetler, Ben Oakes, Sgt. Terence Mulcahy · 1 ep

Posse from Hell
Movie · as Seymour Kern

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Dick Powell Show
TV · as Nick Giller · 1 ep

Dr. Kildare
TV · as Richard Ross · 2 eps

The Unforgiven
Movie · as Johnny Portugal

Portrait in Black
Movie · as Blake Richards

The Plunderers
Movie · as Rondo

Cry Tough
Movie · as Miguel Antonio Enrico Francisco Estrada

The Big Fisherman
Movie · as Voldi

Bonanza
TV · as Chief Jocova, Blas, Steven Friday · 1 ep

The Reluctant Debutante
Movie · as David Parkson

The Restless Years
Movie · as Will Henderson

This Happy Feeling
Movie · as Bill Tremaine

Summer Love
Movie · as Jimmy Daley

The Unguarded Moment
Movie · as Leonard Bennett

Rock, Pretty Baby
Movie · as Jimmy Daley

Running Wild
Movie · as Vince Pomeroy

Gunsmoke
TV · as Virgil Stanley, Pedro Manez, Gristy Calhoun, Dingo, Cal Strom, Jr. · 1 ep

A Star Is Born
Movie · as Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)

It Should Happen to You
Movie · as Boy Watching Argument in Park (uncredited)

Medic
TV · as Danny Ortega · 1 ep

General Electric Theater
TV · as Martin Glass · 1 ep

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Audience Member · 2 eps







