John Saxon
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John Saxon (born Carmine Orrico; August 5, 1936 – 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 had 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, shortly before his 84th birthday.
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Filmography
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Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | It Should Happen to You | Boy Watching Argument in Park | Uncredited |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born | Movie Premiere Usher | Uncredited |
| 1955 | Running Wild | Vince Pomeroy | |
| 1956 | The Unguarded Moment | Leonard Bennett | |
| 1956 | Rock, Pretty Baby | Jimmy Daley | |
| 1957 | Summer Love | Jimmy Daley | |
| 1958 | This Happy Feeling | Bill Tremaine | |
| 1958 | The Reluctant Debutante | David Parkson | |
| 1958 | The Restless Years | Will Henderson | |
| 1959 | Cry Tough | Miguel Antonio Enrico Francisco Estrada | |
| 1959 | The Big Fisherman | Prince Voldi | |
| 1960 | The Unforgiven | Johnny Portugal | |
| 1960 | Portrait in Black | Blake Richards | |
| 1960 | The Plunderers | Rondo | |
| 1961 | Posse from Hell | Seymour Kern | |
| 1962 | War Hunt | Pvt. Raymond Endore | |
| 1962 | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Byron Grant | |
| 1962 | Agostino | Renzo | |
| 1963 | The Girl Who Knew Too Much | Dr. Marcello Bassi | |
| 1963 | The Cardinal | Benny Rampell | |
| 1964 | The Cavern | Pvt. Joe Cramer | |
| 1965 | The Ravagers | Capt. Kermit Dowling | Also known as: In the Philippines: Only the Brave Know Hell |
| 1965 | The Night Caller | Dr. Jack Costain | |
| 1966 | Queen of Blood | Allan Brenner | |
| 1966 | The Appaloosa | Chuy | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor — Motion Picture |
| 1966 | The Doomsday Flight | George Ducette | Television film |
| 1967 | Winchester '73 | Dakin McAdam | Television film |
| 1968 | Istanbul Express | Cheval | Television film |
| 1968 | For Singles Only | Bret Hendley | |
| 1968 | One Dollar Too Many | Clay Watson | |
| 1969 | Death of a Gunfighter | Lou Trinidad | |
| 1971 | "The Men From Shiloh (rebranded name of The Virginian | Sgt. Terence Mulcahy | TV western |
| 1971 | Mr Kingstreet's War | Jim Kingstreet | |
| 1972 | Joe Kidd | Luis Chama | |
| 1973 | I Kiss the Hand | Gaspare Ardizzone | |
| 1973 | Enter the Dragon | Roper | |
| 1974 | Planet Earth | Dylan Hunt | |
| 1974 | Black Christmas | Lt. Ken Fuller | |
| 1975 | Metralleta 'SteinTemplate:' | Mariano Beltrán | |
| 1975 | Mitchell | Walter Deaney | |
| 1976 | The Swiss Conspiracy | Robert Hayes | |
| 1976 | Strange Shadows in an Empty Room | Sgt. Ned Matthews | |
| 1976 | Violent Naples | Francesco Capuano | |
| 1976 | Mark Strikes Again | Inspector Altman | |
| 1976 | A Special Cop in Action | Jean Albertelli | |
| 1976 | Cross Shot | Commissioner Jacovella | |
| 1977 | Raid on Entebbe | Gen. Benny Peled | |
| 1977 | The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist | DiMaggio | |
| 1977 | Moonshine County Express | J.B. Johnson | |
| 1977 | Tre soldi e la donna di classe | ||
| 1978 | The Bees | John Norman | |
| 1978 | Shalimar | Col. Columbus | |
| 1979 | Fast Company | Phil Adamson | |
| 1979 | The Glove | Sam Kellog | |
| 1979 | The Electric Horseman | Hunt Sears | |
| 1980 | Beyond Evil | Larry Andrews | |
| 1980 | Cannibal Apocalypse | Norman Hopper | |
| 1980 | Battle Beyond the Stars | Sador | |
| 1980 | Running Scared | Captain Munoz | |
| 1981 | Blood Beach | Captain Pearson | |
| 1982 | Wrong Is Right | Homer Hubbard | |
| 1982 | Una di troppo | Sergio Puccini the notary | |
| 1982 | Scorpion with Two Tails | Arthur Barnard | |
| 1982 | Tenebrae | Bullmer | |
| 1982 | Desire | Joe Hale | |
| 1983 | Prisoners of the Lost Universe | Kleel | |
| 1983 | The Big Score | Davis | |
| 1984 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Lt. Donald Thompson | |
| 1985 | Fever Pitch | Sports editor | |
| 1986 | Hands of Steel | Francis Turner | |
| 1987 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Donald Thompson | credited as Special Appearance |
| 1987 | House Made of Dawn | Tosamah | |
| 1987 | Death House | Colonel Gordon Burgess | |
| 1988 | The Last Samurai | ||
| 1988 | Nightmare Beach | Strycher | |
| 1989 | My Mom's a Werewolf | Harry Thropen | |
| 1989 | Criminal Act | Herb Tamplin | |
| 1990 | Aftershock | Oliver Quinn | |
| 1990 | The Final Alliance | Ghost | |
| 1990 | Crossing the Line | Jack Kagan | |
| 1990 | Blood Salvage | Clifford Evans | |
| 1991 | The Arrival | Agent Mills | |
| 1992 | Maximum Force | Captain Fuller | |
| 1992 | Hellmaster | Professor Jones | |
| 1993 | The Baby Doll Murders | John Maglia | |
| 1993 | No Escape No Return | James Mitchell | |
| 1993 | Jonathan of the Bears | Fred Goodwin | |
| 1994 | Beverly Hills Cop III | Orrin Sanderson | |
| 1994 | Killing Obsession | Dr. Sachs | |
| 1994 | Wes Craven's New Nightmare | Himself/Donald Thompson | |
| 1994 | Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up | Charles Searage | |
| 1996 | From Dusk till Dawn | FBI Agent Stanley Chase | |
| 1997 | The Killers Within | Detective Lewis | |
| 1997 | Lancelot: Guardian of Time | Wolvencroft | |
| 1998 | The Party Crashers | Mr. Foster | |
| 1998 | Joseph's Gift | Jacob Keller | |
| 1999 | Criminal Minds | Antonio DiPaolo Jr. | |
| 2001 | Final Payback | Police Chief George Moreno | |
| 2001 | Night Class | Murphy | |
| 2002 | Outta Time | James Darabont | |
| 2003 | The Road Home | Michael Curtis | |
| 2006 | The Craving Heart | Richard Tom | |
| 2006 | Trapped Ashes | Leo | Segment: "Stanley's Girlfriend" |
| 2008 | God's Ears | Lee Robinson | |
| 2009 | Old Dogs | Paul | |
| 2009 | War Wolves | Tony Ford | |
| 2009 | The Mercy Man | Father McMurray | |
| 2010 | Genghis Khan | Chiledu | |
| 2015 | The Extra | Victor Vallient |
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Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Medic | Danny Ortega | — "Walk with Lions" |
| 1961 | General Electric Theater | Martin Glass | — "Cate in the Cradle" |
| 1962 | The Dick Powell Theatre | Nick Giller | — "A Time to Die" |
| 1963–1964 | Burke's Law | Gil Lynch / Bud Charney | 2 episodes
— "Who Killed Cable Roberts" (1963) — "Who Killed the Horne of Plenty?" (1964) |
| 1964 | Another World | Edward Gerard #1 | (1985–1986) |
| 1964–1966 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Mario Silvetti / Augie | 2 episodes
— "Echo of Evil" (1964) — "After the Lion, Jackals" (1966) |
| 1965–1975 | Gunsmoke | Gristy Calhoun / Pedro Manez / Virgil Stanley / Cal Strom, Jr. / Dingo | 5 episodes
— "Dry Road to Nowhere" (1965) — "The Avengers" (1965) — "The Whispering Tree" (1966) — "The Pillagers" (1967) — "The Squaw" (1975) |
| 1966 | Dr. Kildare | Richard Ross | 2 episodes
— "The Art of Taking a Powder" — "Read the Book and Then See the Picture" |
| 1966 | The Doomsday Flight | George Ducette | TV Movie |
| 1967 | The Time Tunnel | Marco Polo | — "Attack of the Barbarians" |
| 1967 | Winchester 73 | Dakin McAdam | TV Movie |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | Screamer | — "Journey to a Hanging" |
| 1967 | Garrison's Gorillas | Janus | — "20 Gallons to Kill" |
| 1967–1969 | Bonanza | Chief Jocova / Blas / Steven Friday | 3 episodes
— "Black Friday" (1967) — "The Conquistadores" (1967) — "My Friend, My Enemy" (1969) |
| 1967–1970 | Ironside | Eric Saginor / Carter | 2 episodes
— "An Inside Job" (1967) — "Ransom" (1970) |
| 1967–1971 | The Virginian | Sergeant Terence Mulcahy / Ben Oakes / Dell Stetler | 3 episodes
— "The Modoc Kid" (1967) — "Vision of Blindness" (1968) — "The Regimental Line" (1971) |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Dead Man | — "A Thief Is a Thief" |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Peter Max | — "Collector's Edition" |
| 1968 | Istanbul Express | Cheval | TV Movie |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Dr. Theodore Stuart | recurring role (29 episodes) |
| 1970 | Company of Killers | Dave Poohler | TV Movie |
| 1970 | The Intruders | Billy Pye | TV Movie |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | Dr. Harry Auden | — "Lady, Lady, Take My Life" |
| 1972 | Night Gallery | Ianto (segment "I'll Never Leave You – Ever") | — "I'll Never Leave You – Ever / There Aren't Any More MacBanes" |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | Raven | — "King of the Mountain" |
| 1972 | Banyon | Johnny Clay | — "The Clay Clarinet" |
| 1972 | Norman Corwin Presents | unknown role | — "The Better It Looks, the Worse It Is" |
| 1973 | Snatched | Paul Maxvill | TV Movie |
| 1973 | The Streets of San Francisco | Vincent "Vince" Hagopian, Jr. | — "A Collection of Eagles" |
| 1973 | The Rookies | Farley | — "Cauldron" |
| 1973 | Linda | Jeff Braden | TV Movie |
| 1973 | Police Story | Rick Calvelli | — "Death on Credit" |
| 1974 | Banacek | Harry Harland | — "The Vanishing Chalice" |
| 1974 | Can Ellen Be Saved? | James Hallbeck | TV Movie |
| 1974 | Planet Earth | Dylan Hunt | TV Movie |
| 1974 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Mike Tedesca | — "Menage-a-Phyllis" |
| 1974–1976 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Nedlick / Major Frederick Sloan | 2 episodes
— "Day of the Robot" (1974) — "The Return of Bigfoot: Part 1" (1976) |
| 1975 | Crossfire | Dave Ambrose | TV Movie |
| 1975 | Strange New World | Captain Anthony Vico | TV Movie |
| 1975 | Petrocelli | Richie Martin | — "Mark of Cain" |
| 1976 | The Rockford Files | Dave Delaroux | — "A Portrait of Elizabeth" |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman | Nedlick | — "The Return of Bigfoot: Part 2" |
| 1976 | Starsky and Hutch | Rene Nadasy | — "The Vampire" |
| 1976 | Wonder Woman | Captain Radl | 2 episodes |
| 1976 | Once an Eagle | Captain Townshend | Miniseries (4 episodes) |
| 1976 | Raid on Entebbe | General Benny Peled | TV Movie |
| 1977 | Most Wanted | Randall Mason | — "The Insider" |
| 1977 | The Fantastic Journey | Consul Tarant | — "A Dream of Conquest" |
| 1977 | Westside Medical | Bob Farrow | — "Intensive Care" |
| 1977 | Quincy M.E. | Publisher Charles Desskasa | — "Sullied By Thy Name" |
| 1977 | Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue | Harry Vito | Miniseries (3 episodes) |
| 1978 | The Immigrants | Alan Brocker | TV Movie |
| 1978 | Greatest Heroes of the Bible | Adonijah | — "The Judgement of Solomon" |
| 1978–1984 | Fantasy Island | Michael Anderson / Cyrano de Bergerac / Monsieur Berandt Sabatier / Evan Watkins / Professor Harold DeHaven / Colin McArthur / Dr. Roger Sullivan | 6 episodes |
| 1979 | Hawaii Five-O | Harry Clive | — "The Bark and the Bite" |
| 1980 | Vega$ | Michael Jennings | — "Aloha, You're Dead" |
| 1981 | Golden Gate | Monty Sager | TV Movie |
| 1982 | Rooster | Jerome Brademan | TV Movie |
| 1982–1984 | Dynasty | Rashid Ahmed | Recurring role (6 episodes) |
| 1982–1988 | Falcon Crest | Tony Cumson | Recurring role (32 episodes) |
| 1983 | Savage in the Orient | Nick Costa | TV Movie |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Martin Cody | — "Rolling Thunder" |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Dirk Fredericks | 2 episodes
— "The First Time" — "Saved by the Bells" |
| 1983–1985 | The A-Team | Kalem / Martin James | 2 episodes
— "Children of Jamestown" (1983) — "Moving Targets" (1985) |
| 1984 | Magnum P.I. | Ed Russler | — "Jororo Farewell" |
| 1984 | Masquerade | Joey Savane | — "The French Correction" |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | Commander Zach Donahue | — "White Lies" |
| 1984 | American Playhouse Presents | Epps | — "Solomon Northup's Odyssey" |
| 1984–1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Bernardo Bonelli / Marco Gambini / Jerry Lydecker | 3 episodes
— "Hooray for Homicide" (1984) — "A Very Good Year for Murder" (1988) — "Proof in the Pudding" (1994) |
| 1985 | Half Nelson | unknown role | — "Diplomatic Immunity" |
| 1985 | Brothers-in-Law | Royal Cane | TV Movie |
| 1985 | Glitter | The Author | — "The Matriarch" |
| 1987 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Garth December | — "The Specialty of the House" |
| 1987 | Hotel | Jack Curtis | — "Fallen Angel" |
| 1989 | The Ray Bradbury Theatre | Dudley Stone | — "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone" |
| 1991 | Monsters | Benjamin O'Connell | — "The Waiting Room" |
| 1991 | Matlock | John Franklin | — "The Parents" |
| 1991 | Payoff | Rafael Concion | TV Movie |
| 1991 | Blackmail | Gene | TV Movie |
| 1991 | In the Heat of the Night | Dalton Sykes | — "Liar's Poker" |
| 1992 | Lucky Luke | The Man in Black | — "Magia Indiana" |
| 1994–1995 | Melrose Place | Henry Waxman | recurring role (4 episodes) |
| 1995 | Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story | Richard Brooks | TV Movie |
| 1996 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Straker | — "Escape" |
| 1997 | California | Don Rafael Guevara | — "Episode #1.1" |
| 2001 | Living in Fear | Reverend Leo Hausman | TV Movie |
| 2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Walter Gordon | — "Grave Danger: Part 1" |
| 2006 | Masters of Horror | Jeb "Pa" Jameson | — "Pelts" |
| 2009 | War Wolves | Tony Ford | TV Movie |
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