John Saxon

Acting · 2.8 popularity

Age

Movies

151

Born: August 5, 1935 – July 25, 2020
From: 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.

Works

151 films

A Nightmare on Elm Street

19847.3

From Dusk Till Dawn

19967.0

Enter the Dragon

19737.4

Beverly Hills Cop III

19945.9

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

19946.5

Old Dogs

20095.6

Black Christmas

19747.0

Joe Kidd

19726.4

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

19876.7

The Unforgiven

19606.2

Battle Beyond the Stars

19805.4

Tenebre

19826.8

Animal Instincts

19924.9

A Star Is Born

19547.1

Blood Beach

19804.9

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

20107.8

How Bruce Lee Changed the World

20098.0

Brothers-in-Law

19857.0

Raid on Entebbe

19766.0

The Electric Horseman

19796.1

The Appaloosa

19666.4

The Bees

19784.7

Istanbul Express

19695.4

The Cardinal

19636.5

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

19626.5

Wrong Is Right

19825.6

Hands of Steel

19865.3

Final Payback

20014.2

Posse from Hell

19616.2

Criminal Act

19895.2

Death of a Gunfighter

19696.3

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

19918.0

The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist

19776.6

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

19636.9

Nightmare Beach

19895.5

It Should Happen to You

19547.1

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee

20018.4

New Line: Independent Legacies

2026

Maximum Force

19924.8

Pelts

20065.6

War Hunt

19626.4

The Reluctant Debutante

19586.7

Prisoners of the Lost Universe

19833.6

My Mom's a Werewolf

19894.8

Night Class

20013.2

Zombie Death House

19884.4

Stephen King's Monster Stories

19885.0

Cannibal Apocalypse

19805.5

The Plunderers

19606.3

Fight to the Death

19754.7

Blackmail

19913.9

Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen

20046.5

Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre

20006.1

Trapped Ashes

20065.1

Queen of Blood

19665.3

Planet Earth

19745.8

Summer Love

19585.5

Fast Company

19795.1

Shadows in an Empty Room

19765.8

Moonshine County Express

19774.9

Winchester '73

19676.7

War Wolves

20093.4

Living in Fear

20004.6

Portrait in Black

19605.7

Scorpion with Two Tails

19824.8

The Glove

19795.1

The Unguarded Moment

19566.5

Stanley's Girlfriend

20068.0

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

19916.8

The Big Score

19836.0

The Party Crashers

19983.3

The Final Alliance

19906.2

The Big Fisherman

19595.1

Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon

19946.5

Cross Shot

19766.6

House Made of Dawn

19728.0

The Path of the Dragon

19986.8

Beyond Evil

19804.2

The Swiss Conspiracy

19765.0

Blood Salvage

19905.6

The Doomsday Flight

19666.5

The Night Caller

19655.6

The Intruders

19705.0

Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen

20106.1

Aftershock

19904.4

Welcome to Primetime

19999.0

The Green Fog

20186.1

The Arrival

19914.4

Bottom Feeders

19987.5

The Best of the Martial Arts Films

19908.7

Violent Naples

19766.4

Jonathan of the Bears

19955.9

Fever Pitch

19854.3

Running Scared

19805.0

One Dollar Too Many

19687.0

Pitcher and the Pin-Up

20036.1

Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up

19945.5

Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s

20127.7

The GREATEST : Bruce Lee

19987.7

Cry Tough

19596.1

The Cavern

19645.8

Lancelot: Guardian of Time

19974.3

Western, Italian Style

19686.6

Shalimar

19786.1

Black Christmas Revisited

20025.0

Mitchell

19753.3

This Happy Feeling

19584.8

A Special Cop in Action

19766.1

Mr. Kingstreet's War

19736.3

Clarkworld

200910.0

Strange New World

19754.3

The Baby Doll Murders

19933.3

Payoff

19914.3

The Killers Within

19957.5

Can Ellen Be Saved?

19744.6

Linda

19738.0

The Ravagers

19656.5

Golden Gate

19819.0

Killing Obsession

19943.8

'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux

2002

Joseph's Gift

19997.0

The Restless Years

19587.0

Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon

20048.7

No Escape, No Return

19936.0

Rooster

19824.5

Outta Time

20023.0

Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon

1973

Snatched

19735.8

The 12 Days of Black Christmas

20064.0

Crossing the Line

19905.2

Rock, Pretty Baby

19566.0

Company of Killers

19706.5

For Singles Only

19686.7

The Immigrants

19786.0

Family Killer

19736.1

Agostino

19625.8

The Last Samurai

19907.0

God's Ears

2008

Hellmaster

19924.5

Lucky Luke 2

19925.5

Mark Strikes Again

19765.0

Black Christmas Legacy

20158.0

The Mercy Man

2009

Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities

199510.0

The Craving Heart

20063.3

The Dentros

2015

Desire

198210.0

Crossfire

19758.0

Lo Scorpione a Due Code

1982

One Too Many

19827.0

Running Wild

19557.5