John Saxon
American actor (1936-2020) · United States · Actors · Died at 83
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Something wrong?He moved from teen idol to character actor to horror mainstay, the cop who walked into the nightmare and somehow made it out - across 200 projects and six decades, he became the face you recognized even when you couldn't place the name.
A life in dates
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street LegacyFilm2006
PeltsFilm, Jeb 'Pa' Jameson2000
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries, Walter Gordon1994
Beverly Hills Cop IIIFilm, Orrin Sanderson1989
My Mom's a WerewolfFilm, Harry Thropen1986
MatlockSeries, John Franklin
Hands of SteelFilm, 1986Francis Turner1984
Murder, She WroteSeries, Marco Gambini1983
Prisoners of the Lost UniverseFilm, Kleel1982
American PlayhouseSeries, Epps1980
Magnum, P.I.Series, Ed Russler
Battle Beyond the StarsFilm, 1980Sador1979
Fast CompanyFilm, Phil Adamson1976
A Special Cop in ActionFilm, Albertelli1975
Starsky & HutchSeries, René Nadasy1973
Enter the DragonFilm, Roper1969
Hawaii Five-OSeries, Harry Clive
Death of a GunfighterFilm, 1969Lou Trinidad1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries, Mario Silvetti
The CardinalFilm, 1963Benny Rampell1961
Dr. KildareSeries, Richard Ross
Posse from HellFilm, 1961Seymour Kern1954
A Star Is BornFilm, Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1936Born5 August 1936Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 40
NLNever Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
ODOld Dogs
HWHow Bruce Lee Changed the WorldPEPelts
TATrapped Ashes
FDFrom Dusk Till DawnBIBeverly Hills Cop III
WNWes Craven's New Nightmare
AIAnimal Instincts
NBNightmare BeachMWMy Mom's a Werewolf
AWA Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream WarriorsHSHands of Steel
ASA Nightmare on Elm StreetPUPrisoners of the Lost Universe
TETenebre
WRWrong Is Right
STScorpion with Two TailsBSBattle Beyond the Stars
BBBlood Beach
CACannibal Apocalypse
THThe Electric HorsemanFCFast Company
TFThe Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
RERaid on EntebbeAAA Special Cop in Action
BCBlack ChristmasEDEnter the Dragon
JKJoe KiddDGDeath of a Gunfighter
TAThe Appaloosa
QBQueen of Blood
TMThe Girl Who Knew Too MuchTCThe Cardinal
MVMr. Hobbs Takes a VacationPHPosse from Hell
TUThe Unforgiven
PBPortrait in BlackABA Star Is Born
IYIt Should Happen to You238 credits on file
Television 24
CICSI: Crime Scene Investigation
MPMelrose PlaceMAMatlock
TPThe New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsMWMurder, She Wrote
TTThe A-TeamAPAmerican Playhouse
HOHotel
FCFalcon Crest
DYDynastyMIMagnum, P.I.
FIFantasy Island
QEQuincy, M.E.SHStarsky & Hutch
TMThe Six Million Dollar Man
TFThe Rockford FilesHOHawaii Five-O
IRIronside
TVThe Virginian
TSThe Mike Douglas ShowDKDr. Kildare
BOBonanzaGAGolden Globe AwardsAbout this person
Born Carmine Orrico in Brooklyn, Saxon studied with Stella Adler and landed at Universal, where Rock, Pretty Baby and Portrait in Black turned him into a Golden Globe-winning teen idol in the late 1950s. When Hollywood stalled, he went to Italy and stayed through the '70s and '80s, finding the work more mature than what the studios were offering. Enter the Dragon put him opposite Bruce Lee in 1973; Westerns like The Appaloosa earned him a supporting-actor nomination. But it was horror that claimed him: Black Christmas in '74, then A Nightmare on Elm Street a decade later, playing the detective walking into rooms no one should enter. He kept working into the '90s - a cameo in Wes Craven's New Nightmare, a bit in From Dusk till Dawn - before stepping back, the reliable professional who'd done the job 200 times over.
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