John Saxon
Acting
- Born
- August 5, 1935
- Died
- July 25, 2020
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Known For
- Мужской
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.
Filmography
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Walter Gordon
2000
Bonanza
as Chief Jocova, as Blas, as Steven Friday
1959
Murder, She Wrote
as Marco Gambini, as Bernardo Bonelli, as Jerry Lydecker
1984
Hawaii Five-O
as Harry Clive
1969
Ironside
as Eric Saginor
1967
Magnum, P.I.
as Ed Russler
1980
The Rockford Files
as Dave Delaroux
1974
Quincy, M.E.
as Publisher Charles Desskasa
1976
The A-Team
as Kalem, as Martin James
1983
Matlock
as John Franklin
1986
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Nedlick, as Maj. Frederick Sloan
1974
The Virginian
as Dell Stetler, as Sgt. Terence Mulcahy, as Ben Oakes
1962
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Mike Tedesca
1970
Starsky & Hutch
as René Nadasy
1975
Fantasy Island
as Roger Sullivan
1978
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Garth December
1985
Gunsmoke
as Dingo, as Pedro Manez, as Virgil Stanley, as Gristy Calhoun, as Cal Strom, Jr.
1955
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as Dirk Fredericks
1983
Night Gallery
as Ianto
1970
The Streets of San Francisco
as Vincent 'Vince' Hagopian Jr.
1972
Vega$
as Michael Jennings
1978
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Martin Cody
1983
The Time Tunnel
as Marco Polo
1966
Masters of Horror
as Jeb 'Pa' Jameson
2005
Wonder Woman
as Captain Radl
1975
Petrocelli
as Richie Martin
1974
It Takes a Thief
as Dead Man
1968
Kung Fu
as Raven
1972