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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• 2015The Dentros — George Dentro
• 2010Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen — John
• 2009The Mercy Man — Father McMurray
• 2009War Wolves — Tony Ford
• 2009Старі пси — Lee Robinson
• 2008God's Ears — Lee Robinson
• 2006Pelts — Jeb 'Pa' Jameson
• 2006Stanley's Girlfriend — Leo
• 2006The Craving Heart — Richard Tom
• 2006Trapped Ashes — Leo (segment "Stanley's Girlfriend")
• Майстри жахів — Jeb 'Pa' Jameson
• 2003Pitcher and the Pin-Up — Michael Curtis
• 2002'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux — Sarge
• 2002Outta Time — Darabont
• 2001Final Payback — Police Chief George Moreno
• 2001Night Class — Murphy
• CSI: Місце злочину — Walter Gordon
• 2000Living in Fear — Rev. Leo Hausman
• 1999Joseph's Gift — Jacob Keller
• 1998Bottom Feeders — Antonio DiPaolo Jr.
• 1998The GREATEST : Bruce Lee — Comentador
• 1998The Party Crashers — Mr. Foster
• 1997Lancelot: Guardian of Time — Wolvencroft
• 1996Від заходу до світанку — FBI Agent Stanley Chase
• 1995Jonathan of the Bears — Fred Goodwin
• Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story — Richard Brooks
• 1995The Killers Within — Detective Lewis
• 1994Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up — Charles Searage
• 1994Killing Obsession — Dr. Sachs
• 1994Жах на вулиці В'язів 7: Новий кошмар — John Saxon / Lt. Donald Thompson
• 1994Поліцейський із Беверлі-Гіллз 3 — Orrin Sanderson
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues — Straker
• 1993No Escape, No Return — James Mitchell
• 1993The Baby Doll Murders — John Maglia
• 1992Animal Instincts — Otto Van Horne
• 1992Hellmaster — Professor Jones
• Lucky Luke — The Man in Black
• 1992Lucky Luke 2 — The Man in Black (archive footage)
• 1992Maximum Force — Captain Fuller
• Район Мелроуз — Henry Waxman
• 1991Blackmail — Gene
• 1991Payoff — Rafael Concion
• 1991Solomon Northup's Odyssey — Epps
• 1991The Arrival — Agent Miils
• 1990Aftershock — Oliver Quinn
• 1990Blood Salvage — Clifford Evans
• 1990Crossing the Line — Jack Kagan
• 1990The Final Alliance — Ghost
• 1990The Last Samurai — Haroun Al-Hakim
• 1989Criminal Act — Herb Tamplin
• 1989My Mom's a Werewolf — Harry Thropen
• 1989Nightmare Beach — Strycher
• In the Heat of the Night — Dalton Sykes
• Monsters — Ben O'Connell
• 1988Stephen King's Monster Stories
• 1988Zombie Death House — Colonel Gordon Burgess, Director
• 1987Жах на вулиці В’язів 3: Воїни снів — Thompson
• 1986Hands of Steel — Francis Turner
• Matlock — John Franklin
• 1985Brothers-in-Law — Royal Cane
• 1985Fever Pitch — Sports Editor
• Half Nelson — Actor
• The Ray Bradbury Theater — Dudley Stone
• Новий Альфред Гічкок представляє — Garth December
• Finder of Lost Loves — Zach Donahue
• Glitter — Judd Kovac
• Вона написала вбивство — Marco Gambini, Bernardo Bonelli, Jerry Lydecker
• 1984Жах на вулиці В’язів — Lt. Thompson
• Hardcastle and McCormick — Martin Cody
• Masquerade — Joey Savane
• 1983Prisoners of the Lost Universe — Kleel
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King — Dirk Fredericks
• 1983The Big Score — Davis
• Команда А — Martin James, Kalem
• American Playhouse — Epps
• 1982Desire — Joe Hale
• Hotel — Jack Curtis
• 1982Lo Scorpione a Due Code — Arthur Barnard
• 1982One Too Many — Sergio Puccini
• 1982Rooster — Jerome Brademan
• 1982Scorpion with Two Tails — Arthur Barnard
• 1982Tenebre — Bullmer
• 1982Wrong Is Right — Homer Hubbard
• Falcon Crest — Tony Cumson
• 1981Golden Gate — Monty Sager
• Династія — Rashid Ahmed
• 1980Battle Beyond the Stars — Sador
• 1980Beyond Evil — Larry Andrews
• 1980Blood Beach — Captain Pearson
• 1980Cannibal Apocalypse — Norman Hopper
• 1980Running Scared — Captain Munoz
• Магнум, приватний детектив — Ed Russler
• 1979Fast Company — Phil Adamson
• 1979The Electric Horseman — Hunt Sears
• 1979The Glove — Sam Kellog
• Greatest Heroes of the Bible — Adonijah
• 1978Shalimar — Colonel Columbus
• 1978The Bees — John Norman
• The Immigrants — Alan Brocker
• Vega$ — Michael Jennings
• Острів фантазій — Roger Sullivan, Professor Harold DeHaven
• 79 Park Avenue — Harry Vito
• 1977Moonshine County Express — J.B. Johnson
• 1977The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist — Frank Di Maggio
• The Fantastic Journey — Consul Tarant
• Westside Medical — Bob Farrow
• 1976A Special Cop in Action — Albertelli
• 1976Cross Shot — Commissario Jacovella
• 1976Mark Strikes Again — Altman
• Most Wanted — Randall Mason
• Once an Eagle — Capt. Townshend
• Quincy, M.E. — Publisher Charles Desskasa
• 1976Raid on Entebbe — Maj. Gen. Benny Peled
• 1976Shadows in an Empty Room — Sgt. Ned Matthews
• 1976The Swiss Conspiracy — Robert Hayes
• 1976Violent Naples — Francesco Capuano
• Біонічна жінка — Nedlick
• 1975Crossfire — Dave Ambrose
• 1975Fight to the Death — Mariano Beltrán
• 1975Mitchell — Walter Deaney
• 1975Strange New World — Capt. Anthony Vico
• Диво-жінка — Captain Radl
• Старскі та Гатч — René Nadasy
• 1974Can Ellen Be Saved? — James Hallbeck
• Petrocelli — Richie Martin
• 1974Planet Earth — Dylan Hunt
• The Rockford Files — Dave Delaroux
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Maj. Frederick Sloan, Nedlick
• 1974Чорне Різдво — Lt. Fuller
• 1973Family Killer — Gaspare Ardizzone
• 1973Linda — Jeff Braden
• 1973Mr. Kingstreet's War — Mr. Kingstreet
• Police Story — Rick Calvelli
• 1973Snatched — Paul Maxvill
• 1973Вихід дракона — Roper
• Banacek — Harry Harland
• Banyon — Johnny Clay
• 1972House Made of Dawn — Tosamah
• 1972Joe Kidd — Luis Chama
• Kung Fu — Raven
• The Rookies — Farley
• The Sixth Sense — Dr Harry Auden
• The Streets of San Francisco — Vince Hagopian Jr.
• 1970Company of Killers — Dave Poohler
• Night Gallery — Ianto
• 1970The Intruders — Billy Pye
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show — Mike Tedesca
• 1969Death of a Gunfighter — Lou Trinidad
• Hawaii Five-O — Harry Clive
• 1969Istanbul Express — Cheval
• The Bold Ones: The New Doctors — Dr. Theodore Stuart
• 1968For Singles Only — Bret Hendley
• It Takes a Thief — Dead Man
• 1968One Dollar Too Many — Clay Watson
• The Name of the Game — Peter Max
• Cimarron Strip — Screamer
• Garrison's Gorillas — Janus
• Ironside — Eric Saginor, Carter
• 1967Winchester '73 — Dakin McAdam
• 1966Queen of Blood — Allan Brenner
• 1966The Appaloosa — Chuy
• 1966The Doomsday Flight — George Ducette
• The Time Tunnel — Marco Polo
• 1965The Night Caller — Dr. Jack Costain
• 1965The Ravagers — Capt. Kermit Dowling
• Another World — Edward Gerard
• 1964The Cavern — Joe Cramer
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Mario Silvetti, Augie
• Burke's Law — Bud Charney, Gil Lynch
• 1963The Cardinal — Benny Rampell
• 1963The Girl Who Knew Too Much — Dr. Marcello Bassi
• 1962Agostino — Renzo
• 1962Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation — Byron Grant
• The Virginian — Sgt. Terence Mulcahy, Ben Oakes, Dell Stetler
• 1962War Hunt — Pvt. Raymond Endore
• Dr. Kildare — Richard Ross
• 1961Posse from Hell — Seymour Kern
• Шоу Діка Павелла — Nick Giller
• 1960Portrait in Black — Blake Richards
• 1960The Plunderers — Rondo
• 1960Непрощена — Johnny Portugal
• Bonanza — Chief Jocova, Blas, Steven Friday
• 1959Cry Tough — Miguel Antonio Enrico Francisco Estrada
• 1959The Big Fisherman — Voldi
• 1958Summer Love — Jimmy Daley
• 1958The Reluctant Debutante — David Parkson
• 1958The Restless Years — Will Henderson
• 1958This Happy Feeling — Bill Tremaine
• 1956Rock, Pretty Baby — Jimmy Daley
• 1956The Unguarded Moment — Leonard Bennett
• 1955Running Wild — Vince Pomeroy
• Дим зі ствола — Virgil Stanley, Pedro Manez, Gristy Calhoun, Dingo, Cal Strom, Jr.
• 1954It Should Happen to You — Boy Watching Argument in Park (uncredited)
• Medic — Danny Ortega
• 1954Зірка народилася — Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)
• General Electric Theater — Martin Glass

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (23)

• 2018The Green Fog — Self
• 2015Black Christmas Legacy — Self (archive footage)
• 2012Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s — Self
• 2010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy — Self
• 2009Clarkworld — Self
• 2009How Bruce Lee Changed the World — Self
• 2006The 12 Days of Black Christmas — Self
• 2004Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon — Self
• 2004Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen — Self
• 2002Black Christmas Revisited — Self
• 2001The Unbeatable Bruce Lee — Self
• 2000Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre — Self
• 1999Welcome to Primetime — Self
• 1998The Path of the Dragon — Self
• 1995Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities — Self
• 1994Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon — Self
• 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — Self (archive footage)
• 1990The Best of the Martial Arts Films — Self - Host
• 1973Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon — Self
• 1968Western, Italian Style — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Золотий глобус — Self - Presenter, Self - Audience Member
• New Line: Independent Legacies — Self (archive footage)