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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 5, 1935
Died
July 25, 2020
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Carmine Orrico
John Saxon
1.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Black Christmas Legacy
2015
0.0
George Dentro
The Dentros
2015
7.7
Self
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
2012
7.8
Self
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
6.1
John
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
2010
10.0
Self
Clarkworld
2009
0.0
Father McMurray
The Mercy Man
2009
8.0
Self
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009
3.2
Tony Ford
War Wolves
2009
0.0
Lee Robinson
God's Ears
2008
Credits
Black Christmas Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
2015
8.0
The Dentros
as George Dentro
2015
0.0
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
as Self
2012
7.7
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self
2010
7.8
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
as John
2010
6.1
Clarkworld
as Self
2009
10.0
The Mercy Man
as Father McMurray
2009
0.0
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
as Self
2009
8.0
War Wolves
as Tony Ford
2009
3.2
God's Ears
as Lee Robinson
2008
0.0
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
as Self
2006
4.0
Pelts
as Jeb 'Pa' Jameson
2006
5.6
Trapped Ashes
as Leo (segment "Stanley's Girlfriend")
2006
5.0
🎬
The Craving Heart
as Richard Tom
2006
3.3
🎬
Stanley's Girlfriend
as Leo
2006
8.0
Masters of Horror
as Jeb 'Pa' Jameson
2005
7.1
Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon
as Self
2004
8.6
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
as Self
2004
6.0
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
as Michael Curtis
2003
6.2
Black Christmas Revisited
as Self
2002
5.0
Outta Time
as Darabont
2002
1.7
🎬
'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux
as Sarge
2002
0.0
Night Class
as Murphy
2001
2.9
Final Payback
as Police Chief George Moreno
2001
3.5
Living in Fear
as Rev. Leo Hausman
2000
3.9
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Walter Gordon
2000
7.6
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
as Self
2000
5.9
Welcome to Primetime
as Self
1999
0.0
🎬
Bottom Feeders
as Antonio DiPaolo Jr.
1999
7.3
Joseph's Gift
as Jacob Keller
1999
0.0
The GREATEST : Bruce Lee
as Comentador
1998
7.7
The Party Crashers
as Mr. Foster
1998
1.0
The Path of the Dragon
as Self
1998
6.4
Lancelot: Guardian of Time
as Wolvencroft
1997
4.0
From Dusk Till Dawn
as FBI Agent Stanley Chase
1996
7.0
🎬
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
as Self
1995
10.0
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
as Richard Brooks
1995
6.0
Jonathan of the Bears
as Fred Goodwin
1995
5.8
The Killers Within
as Detective Lewis
1995
5.0
Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up
as Charles Searage
1994
4.0
New Nightmare
as Self
1994
6.5
Killing Obsession
as Dr. Sachs
1994
3.2
Beverly Hills Cop III
as Orrin Sanderson
1994
5.9
Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon
as Self
1994
6.1
No Escape, No Return
as James Mitchell
1993
5.9
The Baby Doll Murders
as John Maglia
1993
2.6
Hellmaster
as Professor Jones
1992
4.5
Animal Instincts
as Otto Van Horne
1992
4.9
Maximum Force
as Captain Fuller
1992
4.6
Melrose Place
as Henry Waxman
1992
5.9
Lucky Luke
1992
5.7
Lucky Luke
as The Man in Black
1992
5.7
Lucky Luke 2
as The Man in Black (archive footage)
1992
5.2
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
1991
7.7
Blackmail
as Gene
1991
3.2
Payoff
as Rafael Concion
1991
3.7
The Arrival
as Agent Miils
1991
4.1
Aftershock
as Oliver Quinn
1990
4.4
Blood Salvage
as Clifford Evans
1990
5.5
Crossing the Line
as Jack Kagan
1990
5.0
The Final Alliance
as Ghost
1990
5.9
The Last Samurai
as Haroun Al-Hakim
1990
6.3
The Best of the Martial Arts Films
as Self - Host
1990
8.7
Criminal Act
as Herb Tamplin
1989
4.8
Nightmare Beach
as Strycher
1989
5.5
My Mom's a Werewolf
as Harry Thropen
1989
4.5
Zombie Death House
as Colonel Gordon Burgess
1988
4.2
Stephen King's Monster Stories
1988
5.0
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Thompson
1987
6.7
Hands of Steel
as Francis Turner
1986
5.3
Matlock
as John Franklin
1986
7.1
Fever Pitch
as Sports Editor
1985
3.4
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Garth December
1985
7.2
Brothers-in-Law
as Royal Cane
1985
4.0
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
as Epps
1984
6.2
A Nightmare on Elm Street
as Lieutenant Thompson
1984
7.3
Murder, She Wrote
as Marco Gambini
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Bernardo Bonelli
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Jerry Lydecker
1984
7.5
Finder of Lost Loves
as Zach Donahue
1984
5.7
Masquerade
1983
5.0
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as Dirk Fredericks
1983
6.4
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Martin Cody
1983
6.4
Prisoners of the Lost Universe
as Kleel
1983
3.5
The Big Score
as Davis
1983
5.0
The A-Team
as Martin James
1983
7.5
The A-Team
as Kalem
1983
7.5
Desire
as Joe Hale
1982
0.0
Tenebre
as Bullmer
1982
6.8
Scorpion with Two Tails
as Arthur Barnard
1982
4.6
Hotel
as Jack Curtis
1982
6.8
Rooster
as Jerome Brademan
1982
2.0
One Too Many
as Sergio Puccini
1982
0.0
Wrong Is Right
as Homer Hubbard
1982
5.5
Lo Scorpione a Due Code
as Arthur Barnard
1982
0.0
Falcon Crest
as Tony Cumson
1981
5.5
Golden Gate
as Monty Sager
1981
0.0
Magnum, P.I.
as Ed Russler
1980
7.3
Running Scared
as Captain Munoz
1980
4.3
Battle Beyond the Stars
as Sador
1980
5.3
Blood Beach
as Captain Pearson
1980
4.9
Cannibal Apocalypse
as Norman Hopper
1980
5.5
Beyond Evil
as Larry Andrews
1980
4.0
The Electric Horseman
as Hunt Sears
1979
6.1
The Glove
as Sam Kellog
1979
4.9
Fast Company
as Phil Adamson
1979
5.1
🎬
Shalimar
as Colonel Columbus
1978
5.9
The Immigrants
as Alan Brocker
1978
2.0
The Bees
as John Norman
1978
4.6
Fantasy Island
as Dr. Roger Sullivan
1978
6.4
79 Park Avenue
as Harry Vito
1977
4.8
Moonshine County Express
as J.B. Johnson
1977
4.7
The Fantastic Journey
as Consul Tarant
1977
5.9
The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
as Frank Di Maggio
1977
6.6
Cross Shot
as Commissario Jacovella
1976
6.1
Raid on Entebbe
as Maj. Gen. Benny Peled
1976
6.0
Once an Eagle
as Capt. Townshend
1976
6.8
A Special Cop in Action
as Albertelli
1976
6.1
Mark Strikes Again
as Altman
1976
4.2
Quincy, M.E.
as Publisher Charles Desskasa
1976
7.5
Violent Naples
as Francesco Capuano
1976
6.4
Shadows in an Empty Room
as Sgt. Ned Matthews
1976
5.7
The Swiss Conspiracy
as Robert Hayes
1976
4.6
Wonder Woman
as Captain Radl
1975
7.0
Starsky & Hutch
as René Nadasy
1975
7.3
Mitchell
as Walter Deaney
1975
3.2
Strange New World
as Capt. Anthony Vico
1975
3.9
Crossfire
as Dave Ambrose
1975
0.0
Fight to the Death
as Mariano Beltrán
1975
3.5
Black Christmas
as Lt. Fuller
1974
6.9
The Rockford Files
as Dave Delaroux
1974
7.6
Petrocelli
as Richie Martin
1974
7.2
Planet Earth
as Dylan Hunt
1974
5.8
Can Ellen Be Saved?
as James Hallbeck
1974
3.8
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Maj. Frederick Sloan
1974
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Nedlick
1974
7.3
Linda
as Jeff Braden
1973
6.0
Enter the Dragon
as Roper
1973
7.4
Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon
as Self
1973
0.0
Mr. Kingstreet's War
as Mr. Kingstreet
1973
6.0
Family Killer
as Gaspare Ardizzone
1973
5.4
Snatched
as Paul Maxvill
1973
5.2
Kung Fu
as Raven
1972
7.7
The Streets of San Francisco
as Vincent 'Vince' Hagopian Jr.
1972
7.0
Banyon
as Johnny Clay
1972
7.0
Banacek
as Harry Harland
1972
8.6
Joe Kidd
as Luis Chama
1972
6.4
House Made of Dawn
as Tosamah
1972
0.0
Night Gallery
as Ianto
1970
7.8
The Intruders
as Billy Pye
1970
4.5
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Mike Tedesca
1970
7.6
Company of Killers
as Dave Poohler
1970
4.0
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
as Dr. Theodore Stuart
1969
4.0
Death of a Gunfighter
as Lou Trinidad
1969
6.2
Istanbul Express
as Cheval
1969
5.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Harry Clive
1968
7.1
The Name of the Game
as Peter Max
1968
6.8
One Dollar Too Many
as Clay Watson
1968
6.5
For Singles Only
as Bret Hendley
1968
5.5
It Takes a Thief
as Dead Man
1968
7.2
Western, Italian Style
as Self
1968
6.4
Ironside
as Eric Saginor
1967
6.8
Winchester '73
as Dakin McAdam
1967
6.4
The Doomsday Flight
as George Ducette
1966
6.4
The Appaloosa
as Chuy
1966
6.3
Queen of Blood
as Allan Brenner
1966
5.2
The Night Caller
as Dr. Jack Costain
1965
5.3
The Ravagers
as Capt. Kermit Dowling
1965
6.0
The Cavern
as Joe Cramer
1964
5.5
The Cardinal
as Benny Rampell
1963
6.6
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Mario Silvetti
1963
5.7
Burke's Law
as Bud Charney
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Gil Lynch
1963
6.0
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
as Dr. Marcello Bassi
1963
6.9
Agostino
as Renzo
1962
5.7
The Virginian
as Dell Stetler
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Ben Oakes
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Sgt. Terence Mulcahy
1962
6.4
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Byron Grant
1962
6.4
War Hunt
as Pvt. Raymond Endore
1962
6.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Posse from Hell
as Seymour Kern
1961
6.2
The Plunderers
as Rondo
1960
6.2
Portrait in Black
as Blake Richards
1960
5.5
The Unforgiven
as Johnny Portugal
1960
6.2
Bonanza
as Chief Jocova
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Blas
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Steven Friday
1959
7.5
The Big Fisherman
as Voldi
1959
4.6
Cry Tough
as Miguel Antonio Enrico Francisco Estrada
1959
5.8
The Restless Years
as Will Henderson
1958
0.0
The Reluctant Debutante
as David Parkson
1958
6.6
This Happy Feeling
as Bill Tremaine
1958
4.0
Summer Love
as Jimmy Daley
1958
5.0
The Unguarded Moment
as Leonard Bennett
1956
6.2
Rock, Pretty Baby
as Jimmy Daley
1956
4.5
Running Wild
as Vince Pomeroy
1955
0.0
Gunsmoke
as Virgil Stanley
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Pedro Manez
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Gristy Calhoun
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Dingo
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Cal Strom, Jr.
1955
6.6
A Star Is Born
as Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)
1954
7.1
It Should Happen to You
as Boy Watching Argument in Park (uncredited)
1954
6.9
General Electric Theater
as Martin Glass
1953
6.4
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member
1944
7.2