John Saxon

Known for ActingBorn 1935-08-05Died 2020-07-25Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Clarkworld

Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities

Desire

Welcome to Primetime

Golden Gate

Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon

The Best of the Martial Arts Films

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee

Banacek

Black Christmas Legacy

How Bruce Lee Changed the World

Stanley's Girlfriend

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

Crossfire

Linda

House Made of Dawn

Banyon

The GREATEST : Bruce Lee

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Night Gallery

Bottom Feeders

The Killers Within

Kung Fu

Murder, She Wrote

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Rockford Files

Masquerade

The A-Team

Quincy, M.E.

The Time Tunnel

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Masters of Horror

Enter the Dragon

Bonanza

Magnum, P.I.

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Starsky & Hutch

Running Wild

One Dollar Too Many

The Six Million Dollar Man

Matlock

From Dusk Till Dawn

Joseph's Gift

Monsters

Petrocelli

It Takes a Thief