John Saxon
Acting
Born 1935-08-05
Died 2020-07-25
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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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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Filmography
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Murder, She Wrote
Melrose Place
The Mike Douglas Show
Bonanza
The A-Team
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Ironside
Golden Globe Awards
Magnum, P.I.
Falcon Crest
American Playhouse
Hawaii Five-O
Dynasty
Fantasy Island
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Virginian
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Rockford Files
Quincy, M.E.
Matlock
Dr. Kildare
Hotel
Burke's Law
Starsky & Hutch
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Night Gallery
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Gunsmoke
The Bionic Woman
In the Heat of the Night
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
The Name of the Game
The Rookies
Masters of Horror
Vega$
The Time Tunnel
Monsters
The Ray Bradbury Theater
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Streets of San Francisco
Hardcastle and McCormick
Police Story
Wonder Woman
Petrocelli
It Takes a Thief
Finder of Lost Loves
Banacek
Enter the Dragon
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Cimarron Strip
The Dick Powell Show
Garrison's Gorillas
The Sixth Sense
Beverly Hills Cop III
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Masquerade
Old Dogs
Once an Eagle
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