John Saxon
Birthday
1935/08/05
Day of death
2020/07/25 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Carmine Orrico
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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, Pre...Read more
Acting
(1994) Beverly Hills Cop III
as Orrin Sanderson
(1984) A Nightmare on Elm Street
as Lieutenant Thompson
(1996) From Dusk Till Dawn
as FBI Agent Stanley Chase
(1989) My Mom's a Werewolf
as Harry Thropen
(1963) The Cardinal
as Benny Rampell
(1987) A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Donald Thompson
(1973) Mr. Kingstreet's War
as Mr. Kingstreet
(1979) The Electric Horseman
as Hunt Sears
(1988) Zombie Death House
as Colonel Gordon Burgess
(1960) The Unforgiven
as Johnny Portugal
(1994) New Nightmare
as John Saxon / Donald Thompson
(1982) Wrong Is Right
as Homer Hubbard
(1976) Raid on Entebbe
as Maj. Gen. Benny Peled
(1980) Cannibal Apocalypse
as Norman Hopper
(1962) War Hunt
as Pvt. Raymond Endore
(1975) Mitchell
as Walter Deaney
(1973) Enter the Dragon
as Roper
(1966) The Appaloosa
as Chuy
(1978) Shalimar
as Colonel Columbus
(1966) Queen of Blood
as Allan Brenner
(1963) The Girl Who Knew Too Much
as Dr. Marcello Bassi
(1994) Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon
as Self
(2006) Stanley's Girlfriend
as Leo
(2009) War Wolves
as Tony Ford
(1962) Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Byron Grant
(1978) The Bees
as John Norman
(1980) Battle Beyond the Stars
as Sador
(2006) Trapped Ashes
as Leo (segment "Stanley's Girlfriend")
(1995) Jonathan of the Bears
as Fred Goodwin
(1965) The Night Caller
as Dr. Jack Costain
(1972) Joe Kidd
as Luis Chama
(1976) The Swiss Conspiracy
as Robert Hayes
(1959) Cry Tough
as Miguel Antonio Enrico Francisco Estrada
(1972) House Made of Dawn
as Tosamah
(1980) Blood Beach
as Captain Pearson
(1979) Fast Company
as Phil Adamson
(2006) The Craving Heart
as Richard Tom
(1958) The Reluctant Debutante
as David Parkson
(1982) Scorpion with Two Tails
as Arthur Barnard
(1974) Black Christmas
as Lt. Fuller
(1960) Portrait in Black
as Blake Richards
(1986) Hands of Steel
as Francis Turner
(1992) Animal Instincts
as Otto Van Horne
(1979) The Glove
as Sam Kellog
(1962) Agostino
as Renzo
(1983) Prisoners of the Lost Universe
as Kleel
(1976) Mark Strikes Again
as Altman
(1977) The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
as Frank Di Maggio
(1998) The GREATEST : Bruce Lee
as Comentador
(2009) Clarkworld
as Self
(1974) Planet Earth
as Dylan Hunt
(1969) Death of a Gunfighter
as Lou Trinidad
(1976) Shadows in an Empty Room
as Sgt. Ned Matthews
(2015) Black Christmas Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(1961) Posse from Hell
as Seymour Kern
(1956) The Unguarded Moment
as Leonard Bennett
(1976) Violent Naples
as Francesco Capuano
(1990) Blood Salvage
as Clifford Evans
(1980) Beyond Evil
as Larry Andrews
(1958) The Restless Years
as Will Henderson
(1976) A Special Cop in Action
as Albertelli
(2012) Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
as Self
(1983) The Big Score
as Davis
(1977) Moonshine County Express
as J.B. Johnson
(1968) One Dollar Too Many
as Clay Watson
(1964) The Cavern
as Joe Cramer
(1993) The Baby Doll Murders
as John Maglia
(1992) Lucky Luke 2
as The Man in Black (archive footage)
(1968) Western, Italian Style
as Self
(1958) This Happy Feeling
as Bill Tremaine
(1991) The Arrival
as Agent Miils
(1992) Hellmaster
as Professor Jones
(1985) Fever Pitch
as Sports Editor
(1975) Strange New World
as Capt. Anthony Vico
(1990) Aftershock
as Oliver Quinn
(1960) The Plunderers
as Rondo
(1959) The Big Fisherman
as Voldi
(1976) Cross Shot
as Commissario Jacovella
(1990) The Final Alliance
as Ghost
(1991) Blackmail
as Gene
(1956) Rock, Pretty Baby
as Jimmy Daley
(1958) Summer Love
as Jimmy Daley
(1993) No Escape, No Return
as James Mitchell
(1974) Can Ellen Be Saved?
as James Hallbeck
(2001) Night Class
as Murphy
(1999) Welcome to Primetime
as Self
(1970) The Intruders
as Billy Pye
(1980) Running Scared
as Captain Munoz
(1955) Running Wild
as Vince Pomeroy
(1966) The Doomsday Flight
as George Ducette
(2010) Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self
(1975) Fight to the Death
as Mariano Beltrán
(1973) Family Killer
as Gaspare Ardizzone
(1973) Linda
as Jeff Braden
(1970) Company of Killers
as Dave Poohler
(2004) Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
as Self
(1969) Istanbul Express
as Cheval
(1995) Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
as Self
(2006) Pelts
as Jeb 'Pa' Jameson
(1968) For Singles Only
as Bret Hendley
(1994) Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up
as Charles Searage
(1967) Winchester '73
as Dakin McAdam
(1954) A Star Is Born
as Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)
(1965) The Ravagers
as Capt. Kermit Dowling
(1992) Maximum Force
as Captain Fuller
(1989) Criminal Act
as Herb Tamplin
(1990) The Best of the Martial Arts Films
as Self - Host
(1982) Desire
as Joe Hale
(1954) It Should Happen to You
as Boy Watching Argument in Park (uncredited)
(1973) Snatched
as Paul Maxvill
(2000) Living in Fear
as Rev. Leo Hausman
(1998) The Party Crashers
as Mr. Foster
(1999) Bottom Feeders
as Antonio DiPaolo Jr.
(1978) The Immigrants
as Alan Brocker
(2000) Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
as Self
(1990) Crossing the Line
as Jack Kagan
(2008) God's Ears
as Lee Robinson
(1995) The Killers Within
as Detective Lewis
(1994) Killing Obsession
as Dr. Sachs
(2010) Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
as John
(1999) Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
as Self (scenes Enter the Dragon) (archive footage)
(1998) Bruce Lee: In His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
(2009) How Bruce Lee Changed the World
as Self
(1998) The Path of the Dragon
as Self
(2002) Black Christmas Revisited
as ---
(1998) Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) One Too Many
as Sergio Puccini
(1991) Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
(1975) Crossfire
as Dave Ambrose
(2001) Final Payback
as Police Chief George Moreno
(1990) The Last Samurai
as Haroun Al-Hakim
(2002) Outta Time
as Darabont
(1999) Joseph's Gift
as Jacob Keller
(1989) Nightmare Beach
as Strycher
(1982) Tenebre
as Bullmer
(1985) Brothers-in-Law
as Royal Cane
(2003) Pitcher and the Pin-Up
as Michael Curtis
(2004) Blood and Steel: The Making of 'Enter the Dragon'
as Self
(2002) 'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux
as Sarge
(1981) Golden Gate
as Monty Sager
(1997) Lancelot: Guardian of Time
as Wolvencroft
(1982) Rooster
as Jerome Brademan
(2006) The 12 Days of Black Christmas
as Self
(1991) Payoff
as Rafael Concion
(1984) Solomon Northup's Odyssey
as Epps
(1973) Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon
as Self
(2015) The Dentros
as George Dentro
(1988) Stephen King's Monster Stories
as ---
(2000) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Walter Gordon
(2005) Masters of Horror
as Jeb 'Pa' Jameson
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Virgil Stanley
(1975) Wonder Woman
as Captain Radl
(1969) The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
as Dr. Theodore Stuart
(1992) Lucky Luke
as ---
(1983) Masquerade
as ---
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Marco Gambini
(1983) The A-Team
as Martin James
(1970) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Mike Tedesca
(1970) Night Gallery
as Ianto
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Maj. Frederick Sloan
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Pedro Manez
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Gristy Calhoun
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Harry Clive
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Nedlick
(1976) Once an Eagle
as Capt. Townshend
(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as René Nadasy
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Peter Max
(1959) Bonanza
as Chief Jocova
(1959) Bonanza
as Blas
(1974) The Rockford Files
as Dave Delaroux
(1967) Ironside
as Eric Saginor
(1959) Bonanza
as Steven Friday
(1983) The A-Team
as Kalem
(1972) Banyon
as Johnny Clay
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as Publisher Charles Desskasa
(1984) Finder of Lost Loves
as Zach Donahue
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Mario Silvetti
(1992) Melrose Place
as Henry Waxman
(1992) Lucky Luke
as The Man in Black
(1968) It Takes a Thief
as Dead Man
(1978) Fantasy Island
as Dr. Roger Sullivan
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Dingo
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Bernardo Bonelli
(1977) 79 Park Avenue
as Harry Vito
(1985) The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Garth December
(1986) Matlock
as John Franklin
(1974) Petrocelli
as Richie Martin
(1982) Hotel
as Jack Curtis
(1983) Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as Dirk Fredericks
(1983) Hardcastle and McCormick
as Martin Cody
(1972) Banacek
as Harry Harland
(1962) The Virginian
as Sgt. Terence Mulcahy
(1972) Kung Fu
as Raven
(1962) The Virginian
as Ben Oakes
(1963) Burke's Law
as Bud Charney
(1962) The Virginian
as Dell Stetler
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as Vincent 'Vince' Hagopian Jr.
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Martin Glass
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Cal Strom, Jr.
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Jerry Lydecker
(1981) Falcon Crest
as Tony Cumson
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member