John Saxon
Birthday: 1935-08-05
Deathday: 2020-07-25
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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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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2010-01-01 | Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen | John |
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2009-03-08 | War Wolves | Tony Ford |
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2008-06-10 | God's Ears | Lee Robinson |
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2006-12-01 | Pelts | Jeb 'Pa' Jameson |
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2006-09-12 | Trapped Ashes | Leo (segment "Stanley's Girlfriend") |
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2006-07-28 | The Craving Heart | Richard Tom |
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2006-05-17 | Stanley's Girlfriend | Leo |
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2003-06-14 | Pitcher and the Pin-Up | Michael Curtis |
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2002-12-03 | Black Christmas Revisited | |
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2002-03-28 | Outta Time | Darabont |
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2002-03-19 | 'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux | Sarge |
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2001-10-23 | Night Class | Murphy |
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2001-04-24 | Final Payback | Police Chief George Moreno |
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2000-12-31 | Living in Fear | Rev. Leo Hausman |
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1999-01-01 | Bottom Feeders | Antonio DiPaolo Jr. |
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1999-01-01 | Joseph's Gift | Jacob Keller |
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1998-10-06 | The GREATEST : Bruce Lee | Comentador |
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1998-09-10 | The Party Crashers | Mr. Foster |
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1997-01-03 | Lancelot: Guardian of Time | Wolvencroft |
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1996-01-19 | From Dusk Till Dawn | FBI Agent Stanley Chase |
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1995-04-21 | Jonathan of the Bears | Fred Goodwin |
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1995-01-01 | The Killers Within | Detective Lewis |
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1994-12-27 | Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up | Charles Searage |
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1994-10-13 | New Nightmare | John Saxon / Donald Thompson |
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1994-07-20 | Killing Obsession | Dr. Sachs |
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1994-05-24 | Beverly Hills Cop III | Orrin Sanderson |
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1993-12-29 | No Escape, No Return | James Mitchell |
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1993-04-14 | The Baby Doll Murders | John Maglia |
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1992-12-16 | Hellmaster | Professor Jones |
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1992-10-21 | Animal Instincts | Otto Van Horne |
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1992-10-07 | Maximum Force | Captain Fuller |
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1991-10-23 | Blackmail | Gene |
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1991-01-10 | Payoff | Rafael Concion |
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1991-01-01 | The Arrival | Agent Miils |
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1990-10-05 | Aftershock | Oliver Quinn |
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1990-09-14 | Blood Salvage | Clifford Evans |
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1990-08-08 | Crossing the Line | Jack Kagan |
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1990-06-30 | The Final Alliance | Ghost |
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1990-02-28 | The Last Samurai | Haroun Al-Hakim |
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1989-09-27 | Criminal Act | Herb Tamplin |
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1989-07-14 | Nightmare Beach | Strycher |
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1989-05-11 | My Mom's a Werewolf | Harry Thropen |
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1988-12-01 | Zombie Death House | Colonel Gordon Burgess |
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1987-02-27 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Donald Thompson |
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1986-03-26 | Hands of Steel | Francis Turner |
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1985-11-22 | Fever Pitch | Sports Editor |
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1985-04-28 | Brothers-in-Law | Royal Cane |
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1984-12-10 | Solomon Northup's Odyssey | Epps |
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1984-11-09 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Lieutenant Thompson |
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1983-08-15 | Prisoners of the Lost Universe | Kleel |
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1983-03-17 | The Big Score | Davis |
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1982-12-25 | Desire | Joe Hale |
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1982-10-28 | Tenebre | Bullmer |
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1982-09-17 | Scorpion with Two Tails | Arthur Barnard |
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1982-08-19 | Rooster | Jerome Brademan |
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1982-06-06 | One Too Many | Sergio Puccini |
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1982-04-16 | Wrong Is Right | Homer Hubbard |
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1981-09-25 | Golden Gate | Monty Sager |
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1980-11-01 | Running Scared | Captain Munoz |
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1980-09-08 | Battle Beyond the Stars | Sador |
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1980-09-01 | Blood Beach | Captain Pearson |
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1980-08-04 | Cannibal Apocalypse | Norman Hopper |
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1980-05-01 | Beyond Evil | Larry Andrews |
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1979-12-21 | The Electric Horseman | Hunt Sears |
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1979-12-01 | The Glove | Sam Kellog |
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1979-03-18 | Fast Company | Phil Adamson |
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1978-12-08 | Shalimar | Colonel Columbus |
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1978-11-20 | The Immigrants | Alan Brocker |
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1978-11-01 | The Bees | John Norman |
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1977-06-01 | Moonshine County Express | J.B. Johnson |
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1977-02-03 | The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist | Frank Di Maggio |
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1976-12-30 | Cross Shot | Commissario Jacovella |
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1976-12-26 | Raid on Entebbe | Maj. Gen. Benny Peled |
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1976-11-27 | A Special Cop in Action | Albertelli |
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1976-10-20 | Mark Strikes Again | Altman |
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1976-08-07 | Violent Naples | Francesco Capuano |
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1976-03-09 | Shadows in an Empty Room | Sgt. Ned Matthews |
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1976-03-01 | The Swiss Conspiracy | Robert Hayes |
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1975-09-10 | Mitchell | Walter Deaney |
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1975-07-13 | Strange New World | Capt. Anthony Vico |
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1975-03-24 | Crossfire | Dave Ambrose |
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1975-01-27 | Fight to the Death | Mariano Beltrán |
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1974-10-11 | Black Christmas | Lt. Fuller |
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1974-04-23 | Planet Earth | Dylan Hunt |
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1974-02-05 | Can Ellen Be Saved? | James Hallbeck |
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1973-11-03 | Linda | Jeff Braden |
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1973-08-17 | Enter the Dragon | Roper |
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1973-05-01 | Mr. Kingstreet's War | Mr. Kingstreet |
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1973-02-23 | Family Killer | Gaspare Ardizzone |
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1973-01-31 | Snatched | Paul Maxvill |
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1972-07-19 | Joe Kidd | Luis Chama |
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1972-03-24 | House Made of Dawn | Tosamah |
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1970-11-10 | The Intruders | Billy Pye |
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1970-08-26 | Company of Killers | Dave Poohler |
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1969-05-08 | Death of a Gunfighter | Lou Trinidad |
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1969-03-07 | Istanbul Express | Cheval |
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1968-08-12 | One Dollar Too Many | Clay Watson |
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1968-06-05 | For Singles Only | Bret Hendley |
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1967-03-14 | Winchester '73 | Dakin McAdam |
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1966-12-13 | The Doomsday Flight | George Ducette |
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1966-09-15 | The Appaloosa | Chuy |
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1966-03-01 | Queen of Blood | Allan Brenner |
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1965-12-31 | The Night Caller | Dr. Jack Costain |
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1965-01-08 | The Ravagers | Capt. Kermit Dowling |
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1964-06-26 | The Cavern | Joe Cramer |
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1963-12-12 | The Cardinal | Benny Rampell |
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1963-02-10 | The Girl Who Knew Too Much | Dr. Marcello Bassi |
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1962-12-06 | Agostino | Renzo |
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1962-06-15 | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Byron Grant |
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1962-05-01 | War Hunt | Pvt. Raymond Endore |
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1961-03-01 | Posse from Hell | Seymour Kern |
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1960-11-05 | The Plunderers | Rondo |
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1960-07-27 | Portrait in Black | Blake Richards |
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1960-04-06 | The Unforgiven | Johnny Portugal |
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1959-08-04 | The Big Fisherman | Voldi |
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1959-08-01 | Cry Tough | Miguel Antonio Enrico Francisco Estrada |
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1958-12-01 | The Restless Years | Will Henderson |
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1958-08-14 | The Reluctant Debutante | David Parkson |
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1958-06-18 | This Happy Feeling | Bill Tremaine |
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1958-03-10 | Summer Love | Jimmy Daley |
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1956-12-27 | The Unguarded Moment | Leonard Bennett |
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1956-12-01 | Rock, Pretty Baby | Jimmy Daley |
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1955-11-11 | Running Wild | Vince Pomeroy |
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1954-10-01 | A Star Is Born | Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited) |
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1954-01-15 | It Should Happen to You | Boy Watching Argument in Park (uncredited) |